V**ers' verdict explodes Democratic myths
Nov 5, 2014 11:47:37 #
As Democratic losses mounted in Senate races across the country on e******n night, some liberal commentators clung to the idea that dissatisfied v**ers were sending a generally anti-incumbent message, and not specifically repudiating Democratic officeholders. But the facts of the e******n just don't support that story.
V**ers replaced Democratic senators with Republicans in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia and likely in Alaska, and appear on track to do so in a runoff next month in Louisiana. At the same time, v**ers kept Republicans in GOP seats in heavily contested races in Georgia, Kansas and Kentucky. That is at least 10, and as many as a dozen, tough races, without a single Republican seat changing hands. Tuesday's v****g was a wave alright a very anti-Democratic wave.
In addition to demolishing the claim of bipartisan anti-incumbent sentiment, v**ers also exposed as myths five other ideas dear to the hearts of Democrats in the last few months:
1) The e******n wouldn't be a referendum on President Obama. "Barack Obama was on the b****t in 2012 and in 2008," Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in late October. "The candidates that are on the b****t are Democratic and Republican candidates for Congress." Of course, that was true, but Republicans from New Hampshire to Alaska worked tirelessly to put the president figuratively on the b****t. And they succeeded.
Every day on the stump, Republican candidates pressed the point that their Democratic opponents v**ed for the Obama agenda nearly all the time. "Kay Hagan has v**ed for President Obama's failed partisan agenda 95 percent of the time," said Thom Tillis, who defeated the incumbent Democrat in North Carolina. Mark Pryor "v**es with Barack Obama 93 percent of the time," said Tom Cotton, who defeated the incumbent Democrat in Arkansas. "Mark Udall has v**ed with [Obama] 99 percent of the time," said Cory Gardner, who defeated the incumbent Democrat in Colorado.
On E******n Day, nearly 60 percent of v**ers told exit pollsters they were dissatisfied or angry with the Obama administration. In retrospect, there was no more effective campaign strategy for Republicans running in 2014 than to tie an opponent to the president.
2) Obamacare wouldn't matter. Many Democrats and their liberal supporters in the press believed that the president's healthcare plan, a year into implementation, would not be a major factor in the midterms. But Republican candidates ignored the liberal pundits and pounded away on Obamacare anyway and it contributed to their success.
"In our polling, [Obamacare] continues to be just as hot as it's been all year long," said a source in the campaign of Tom Cotton, who won a Senate seat handily in Arkansas, in an interview about ten days before the e******n. "If you look at a word cloud of v**ers' biggest hesitation in v****g for Mark Pryor, the two biggest words are 'Obama' and 'Obamacare.' Everything after that is almost an afterthought." Other winning GOP candidates pushed hard on Obamacare, too. Tillis in North Carolina, Gardner in Colorado, Joni Ernst in Iowa, and several others made opposition to Obamacare a central part of their campaigns.
3) An improving economy would limit Democrats' losses. In the few places he felt confident and welcome enough to campaign, Obama dev**ed much of his appeal to citing the economic progress his administration has made: jobs created, growth, healthcare costs, corporate regulation.
The e******n results were pretty definitive proof that v**ers are not feeling the progress Obama feels has been made. Most importantly, it is an unhappy fact that a significant part of the decline in the unemployment rate under Obama has been the result of discouraged workers giving up the search for employment altogether. Indeed, in exit polls, nearly 70 percent of v**ers expressed negative feelings about the economy, many years into the Obama recovery.
4) Women would save Democrats. There were times when the midterm Senate campaigns seemed entirely dev**ed to seeking the approval of women v**ers. The Udall campaign in Colorado was almost a parody of such an appeal to women, focusing so extensively on contraception and a******n that the Denver Post called it an "obnoxious one-issue campaign."
Beyond Udall, most Democrats hoped a g****r gap would boost them to victory. As it turned out, there was a g****r gap in Tuesday's v****g, but it favored Republicans. Exit polls showed that Democrats won women by seven points, while Republicans won men by 13 points. The numbers are definitive proof that, contrary to much conventional wisdom, Democrats have a bigger g****r gap problem than the GOP. The e******ns showed precisely the opposite of what Democrats hoped they would.
5) The ground game would power Democrats to victory. When all else failed and all else seemed to fail in the campaign's final days Democrats believed that a superior ability to get v**ers to the polls would be their margin of victory, or at the very least would limit Democratic losses. After all, the Obama campaigns of 2008 and 2012 had run rings around Republicans in v**er contact and get-out-the-v**e technology.
It didn't turn out that way. Republicans had upped their game; the party invested millions in an improved turnout machine, and it appears to have passed its first test. At the same time, Democrats failed to conjure that 2008 and 2012 turnout magic in 2014. "The Obama coalition that propelled the president to two victories remained cohesive, drawing on minorities, younger v**ers as well as women," the Wall Street Journal reported. "But Democratic efforts to boost turnout among younger and minority v**ers fell short."
Perhaps most importantly, Democrats learned that a solid turnout effort could not overcome the d**g of Obama, Obamacare, the economy, and a generalized unhappiness with the state of the country under the Obama administration.
In the end, Tuesday's v**e represented a repudiation of virtually every notion Democrats embraced in recent weeks as they tried to disregard the growing evidence that they were headed for a historic defeat. Now, the v**e is in, and the v**ers' message can no longer be discounted.
Byron York
V**ers replaced Democratic senators with Republicans in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia and likely in Alaska, and appear on track to do so in a runoff next month in Louisiana. At the same time, v**ers kept Republicans in GOP seats in heavily contested races in Georgia, Kansas and Kentucky. That is at least 10, and as many as a dozen, tough races, without a single Republican seat changing hands. Tuesday's v****g was a wave alright a very anti-Democratic wave.
In addition to demolishing the claim of bipartisan anti-incumbent sentiment, v**ers also exposed as myths five other ideas dear to the hearts of Democrats in the last few months:
1) The e******n wouldn't be a referendum on President Obama. "Barack Obama was on the b****t in 2012 and in 2008," Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in late October. "The candidates that are on the b****t are Democratic and Republican candidates for Congress." Of course, that was true, but Republicans from New Hampshire to Alaska worked tirelessly to put the president figuratively on the b****t. And they succeeded.
Every day on the stump, Republican candidates pressed the point that their Democratic opponents v**ed for the Obama agenda nearly all the time. "Kay Hagan has v**ed for President Obama's failed partisan agenda 95 percent of the time," said Thom Tillis, who defeated the incumbent Democrat in North Carolina. Mark Pryor "v**es with Barack Obama 93 percent of the time," said Tom Cotton, who defeated the incumbent Democrat in Arkansas. "Mark Udall has v**ed with [Obama] 99 percent of the time," said Cory Gardner, who defeated the incumbent Democrat in Colorado.
On E******n Day, nearly 60 percent of v**ers told exit pollsters they were dissatisfied or angry with the Obama administration. In retrospect, there was no more effective campaign strategy for Republicans running in 2014 than to tie an opponent to the president.
2) Obamacare wouldn't matter. Many Democrats and their liberal supporters in the press believed that the president's healthcare plan, a year into implementation, would not be a major factor in the midterms. But Republican candidates ignored the liberal pundits and pounded away on Obamacare anyway and it contributed to their success.
"In our polling, [Obamacare] continues to be just as hot as it's been all year long," said a source in the campaign of Tom Cotton, who won a Senate seat handily in Arkansas, in an interview about ten days before the e******n. "If you look at a word cloud of v**ers' biggest hesitation in v****g for Mark Pryor, the two biggest words are 'Obama' and 'Obamacare.' Everything after that is almost an afterthought." Other winning GOP candidates pushed hard on Obamacare, too. Tillis in North Carolina, Gardner in Colorado, Joni Ernst in Iowa, and several others made opposition to Obamacare a central part of their campaigns.
3) An improving economy would limit Democrats' losses. In the few places he felt confident and welcome enough to campaign, Obama dev**ed much of his appeal to citing the economic progress his administration has made: jobs created, growth, healthcare costs, corporate regulation.
The e******n results were pretty definitive proof that v**ers are not feeling the progress Obama feels has been made. Most importantly, it is an unhappy fact that a significant part of the decline in the unemployment rate under Obama has been the result of discouraged workers giving up the search for employment altogether. Indeed, in exit polls, nearly 70 percent of v**ers expressed negative feelings about the economy, many years into the Obama recovery.
4) Women would save Democrats. There were times when the midterm Senate campaigns seemed entirely dev**ed to seeking the approval of women v**ers. The Udall campaign in Colorado was almost a parody of such an appeal to women, focusing so extensively on contraception and a******n that the Denver Post called it an "obnoxious one-issue campaign."
Beyond Udall, most Democrats hoped a g****r gap would boost them to victory. As it turned out, there was a g****r gap in Tuesday's v****g, but it favored Republicans. Exit polls showed that Democrats won women by seven points, while Republicans won men by 13 points. The numbers are definitive proof that, contrary to much conventional wisdom, Democrats have a bigger g****r gap problem than the GOP. The e******ns showed precisely the opposite of what Democrats hoped they would.
5) The ground game would power Democrats to victory. When all else failed and all else seemed to fail in the campaign's final days Democrats believed that a superior ability to get v**ers to the polls would be their margin of victory, or at the very least would limit Democratic losses. After all, the Obama campaigns of 2008 and 2012 had run rings around Republicans in v**er contact and get-out-the-v**e technology.
It didn't turn out that way. Republicans had upped their game; the party invested millions in an improved turnout machine, and it appears to have passed its first test. At the same time, Democrats failed to conjure that 2008 and 2012 turnout magic in 2014. "The Obama coalition that propelled the president to two victories remained cohesive, drawing on minorities, younger v**ers as well as women," the Wall Street Journal reported. "But Democratic efforts to boost turnout among younger and minority v**ers fell short."
Perhaps most importantly, Democrats learned that a solid turnout effort could not overcome the d**g of Obama, Obamacare, the economy, and a generalized unhappiness with the state of the country under the Obama administration.
In the end, Tuesday's v**e represented a repudiation of virtually every notion Democrats embraced in recent weeks as they tried to disregard the growing evidence that they were headed for a historic defeat. Now, the v**e is in, and the v**ers' message can no longer be discounted.
Byron York
Nov 5, 2014 11:53:38 #
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Nov 5, 2014 13:09:58 #
JMHO wrote:
As Democratic losses mounted in Senate races acros... (show quote)
"The Obama coalition that propelled the president to two victories remained cohesive, drawing on minorities, younger v**ers as well as women," the Wall Street Journal reported. "But Democratic efforts to boost turnout among younger and minority v**ers fell short."
< I hope Brian Devon & KHH1 read this part very clearly, I won't expect that they comprehend though.
Nov 5, 2014 13:17:13 #
**Everytime a Democrat repairs this country via economic and progressive foreign policy measures, the country contracts selective amnesia as if it were a v***s. As a result, they return the same people to office that cause a cyclic phenomenon of decline** As soon as the economy tanks with indicators such as employment, stock prices and home values, then Dems are selected again for a repair job**
Nov 5, 2014 13:22:07 #
KHH1 wrote:
**Everytime a Democrat repairs this country via economic and progressive foreign policy measures, the country contracts selective amnesia as if it were a v***s. As a result, they return the same people to office that cause a cyclic phenomenon of decline** As soon as the economy tanks with indicators such as employment, stock prices and home values, then Dems are selected again for a repair job**
Once again, you have it exactly ass backwards. Nice try, but that dog won't hunt...the v**ers just threw out the Dems because they want this country put back on the right track. It's the Dems that have destroyed this economy, education system, degraded our military capability, etc. and the v**ers just said enough. So, take a seat KHH1 and watch the Republicans put this country back on track.
Nov 5, 2014 15:49:17 #
JMHO wrote:
Once again, you have it exactly ass backwards. Nice try, but that dog won't hunt...the v**ers just threw out the Dems because they want this country put back on the right track. It's the Dems that have destroyed this economy, education system, degraded our military capability, etc. and the v**ers just said enough. So, take a seat KHH1 and watch the Republicans put this country back on track.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:58:33 #
KHH1 wrote:
**Everytime a Democrat repairs this country via economic and progressive foreign policy measures, the country contracts selective amnesia as if it were a v***s. As a result, they return the same people to office that cause a cyclic phenomenon of decline** As soon as the economy tanks with indicators such as employment, stock prices and home values, then Dems are selected again for a repair job**
You are insane. Get over it you sore loser!
Nov 5, 2014 17:08:30 #
JMHO wrote:
Once again, you have it exactly ass backwards. Nice try, but that dog won't hunt...the v**ers just threw out the Dems because they want this country put back on the right track. It's the Dems that have destroyed this economy, education system, degraded our military capability, etc. and the v**ers just said enough. So, take a seat KHH1 and watch the Republicans put this country back on track.
This is what both parties have delivered. Bough are bought:
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Nov 5, 2014 17:11:12 #
johnson90 wrote:
You are insane. Get over it you sore loser!
KHH1 and Brian Devon are two peas in a pod, two left wing progressives who live in CA. They both espouse the socialist agenda. They're sulking because they thought the whole country was as radical as they are...well, the v**ers yesterday demonstrated that they're tired of this socialist agenda. Fortunately, these progressives are being isolated in small pockets in two parts of the country. If the GOP does a good job the next two years, and I mean a good job in stopping Obama's agenda, we'll have a good shot at the big prize in 2016. Then, they will really be crying in their beer.
Nov 5, 2014 17:21:40 #
The NeoCON "War on Terror" BS needs to be exposed and stopped"
The NeoCONs got us in this mess in the Middle East.
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The NeoCONs got us in this mess in the Middle East.
The video below is just one of many exposing the treachery of our politicians.
Who wonders why CIA funded ISIS in Syria? Why did CONgress just add another $500 million in funding "insurgents" in Syria?
The Covert Origins of ISIS: Zb is in it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMjXbuj7BPI
ISIS - Why the US and Israel originally supported them!
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Nov 5, 2014 17:25:10 #
eagleye13 wrote:
The NeoCON "War on Terror" BS needs to b... (show quote)
Oh, I remember you now, you're the 9/11 t***her nut. Does the asylum staff know that you're on the computer again?
Nov 5, 2014 18:37:00 #
JMHO wrote:
Oh, I remember you now, you're the 9/11 t***her nut. Does the asylum staff know that you're on the computer again?
Oh: I remember you too! You're the one that is to thick headed to believe your own eyes. Here is a refresher for you and those not so thick. Funny how the search for t***h is made to look bad. How did that happen? Is some one shilling for something here?
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Nov 5, 2014 19:20:53 #
Nov 6, 2014 08:18:50 #
eagleye13 wrote:
Oh: I remember you too! You're the one that is to ... (show quote)
No, not thick headed...just a hell of a lot smarter than you, pal. You're so gullible, what other conspiracies do you subscribe to? I sure would love to sell you a used car, you're a natural born sucker. Have fun with your conspiracies.
Nov 6, 2014 10:17:37 #
JMHO wrote:
No, not thick headed...just a hell of a lot smarter than you, pal. You're so gullible, what other conspiracies do you subscribe to? I sure would love to sell you a used car, you're a natural born sucker. Have fun with your conspiracies.
Funny you should call me "pal"
You have ways of identifying what you are.
For those on the side; just spend a few minutes watching Builing 7 go down. Complete pulverization. Tons and tons of dust.
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