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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (552689)3/1/2010 10:17:14 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1573901
 
"Well, remember that when the GOP was in power, they had the Independents with them. "

Precisely.

"Unfortunately for the GOP, the majority of the remainder are pretty far right and are flirting with nutjobbery themselves."

Yep. And that is their problem. The election this year might not shape up like they are expecting because of this. People are restless. The special elections show that. But, the Republicans learned the wrong lesson. The ones that won didn't run as Republicans, much less nutjobs. They ran as independents, and moderate ones at that. The problem is that all the nutjobs saw was the Democrats are vulnerable. Which they are. But there are only a few Democrats who would be vulnerable to a nutjob.

The best the Democrats can hope for is that the economy improves enough so that it isn't a huge liability. Unemployment will be a big issue unless there are signs it will improve. Given that there already are signs, that is a plus for them.
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