Here’s that unbiased reporter, Al Hunt:
Barring an unexpected and big event, Democrats will win control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November and conceivably the Senate, too. Whether it's a tsunami or just a powerful wave, the political dynamics are moving in that direction, or more accurately, against the Republicans and President George W. Bush.Did I miss the tsunami? Or did the Democrats simply revert back to their default position of taking no position on anything? Yeah, I think that’s what happened somewhere between “culture of corruption” and “a new direction” which mostly involves hiding behind John McCain.
Democratic insiders, who months ago thought their chances of winning a majority in the House were no better than even, and that the Senate was a lost cause, have become far more optimistic. Now, they say, winning the House is a lock, and the Senate is within reach.
"We have to go back to 1974 (during Watergate) to find such a favorable environment,'' says James Carville, who ran Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. "If we can't win in this environment, we have to question the whole premise of the party.''Some would opine that the purpose of a political party is to take a stand on an issue and let the voters decide. But that’s just crazy talk:
“Why has the public not taken their anger out on congressional Republicans and the president? We think the answer lies with voters’ deeper feelings about the Democrats who appear to lack direction, conviction, values, advocacy or a larger public purpose.”So say those well-known GOP undercover agents James Carville and Stanley Greenberg.
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What do the Democrats expect with a strategy of "be vague and hope for the worst?”
Don't leave out the part where the Democrats aren't inept bunglers who break the laws that inconvenience them, bust the budget, and foolishly squander our international prestige in a pool of wasted military blood, all for no gain. Experts predict that that may give them a small bump in the poll numbers.
Question - when was the last time Al Hunt was right about anything?
Eleanor Zogby -- cool web nic. However, those of us older than 30 have pretty good memories of Democratic Congresses prior to 1994 who were "inept bunglers who (broke) the laws that inconvenience(d) them, bust(ed) the budget (for 30 years -- no Democratic Congress since 1964 balanced a single budget -- that took a Republican Congress), and foolishly squander(ed) our international prestige" by sucking up to a variety of Lefty/Commie/nutcase dictators around the world. Sucking up especially to a variety of Stalinist type dictators.
I do welcome the test of the old adage that "you can't be something with nothing." The Dems are really trying.
And, eleanor, got a cite for those 'experts' and links to their previous successes? (Like John Zogby, perhaps? Or Al Hunt? As Yogi Berra says, "Predicting is hard. Especially about the future.")
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