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To: RetiredNow who wrote (552689)	3/1/2010 10:17:14 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573834

"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.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (552689)	3/4/2010 12:57:50 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573834

Well, remember that when the GOP was in power, they had the Independents with them. They had the independents who care about containing government spending, and the independents who recognized the corruption under the Democrats. Then they showed that they (the particular Republicans who where in power) where big spenders, and a number of them where also corrupt, and they lost the independents. When they lost power the Independents went with the Dems. Who haven't shown themselves to be any better on spending, corruption (both in the narrow sense, and the wider sense that the whole political system is somewhat corrupt), or deficits. The independents that wanted big government and heavy regulation, where mostly voters for the Dems even when the Republicans where at their high point in terms of power and/or popularity.