Wait wait -- the GOP outspent Dems by up to 8-1 in the recall race? What the fuck?
Obama is never going to compete with that. It's too late to shift from grassroots to really putting yourself out there for PAC money. This is madness. Totally unfair. It should worry each and every one of you that the GOP is on a level that Dems simply cannot touch financially.
The problem with SuperPACs is that they way they operate has GOP DNA all over it. It attracts people like them and either turns away Democrats, or makes them reluctantly go along with it in a way that doesn't come close to competing with pro-GOP donors. Its very nature all but assures that Republicans will have a much easier time getting, say, $1 billion dollars.
I still think the electoral math adds up for Obama, but, between PAC money, a sluggish economy and the Eurozone crashing in another 3 months, this election is going to be one hell of a ride.
Walker is a twit but they should have backed off from the recall election. I lost faith in it as soon as I learned Feingold didn't care. Thanks for nothing, WI. Local Dems no doubt put the state in jeopardy, and Obama NEEDS it. The electoral math might not be so sound after all. Exit polling is a bit encouraging, but no one really cared much for the Presidential election last night -- their mind is on this race. Their opinion of the President's leadership could very well change, especially if Romney and Walker get together in the state and really sell their message hard, capitalizing on what brought those swing voters back to Walker last night. We know they will certainly have the money to do that. Dems will be spreading themselves thin as is, now with this in the way they're going to have an even harder time. Defending WI in a year like this is the last thing anyone should want to fucking hear. It would've been a lock if the Unions would have backed off once they realized victory really wasn't a possibility.
This is like the Scott Brown election of 2012 or something (what's with all these Scotts cockblocking Dems, geez). Unintended consequence. Dems think they can just do whatever they want in a state that typically favors them and it ends up biting them in the ass.
I'm starting to feel the same way I did in 2010. All of these little signs are alarming, you remain hopeful but your gut tells you something really bad is going to happen. And of course the House got taken over by a bunch of Republicans even crazier than the ones that controlled it from 1994-2006. The same thing could very well happen in November. At best we're looking at Obama winning by 2-4 points, 5 if he's lucky. There's no margin for error here. None. It seems to be getting tougher for him by the week.
The ruling against the mandate will be another blow.
Obama is never going to compete with that. It's too late to shift from grassroots to really putting yourself out there for PAC money. This is madness. Totally unfair. It should worry each and every one of you that the GOP is on a level that Dems simply cannot touch financially.
The problem with SuperPACs is that they way they operate has GOP DNA all over it. It attracts people like them and either turns away Democrats, or makes them reluctantly go along with it in a way that doesn't come close to competing with pro-GOP donors. Its very nature all but assures that Republicans will have a much easier time getting, say, $1 billion dollars.
I still think the electoral math adds up for Obama, but, between PAC money, a sluggish economy and the Eurozone crashing in another 3 months, this election is going to be one hell of a ride.
Walker is a twit but they should have backed off from the recall election. I lost faith in it as soon as I learned Feingold didn't care. Thanks for nothing, WI. Local Dems no doubt put the state in jeopardy, and Obama NEEDS it. The electoral math might not be so sound after all. Exit polling is a bit encouraging, but no one really cared much for the Presidential election last night -- their mind is on this race. Their opinion of the President's leadership could very well change, especially if Romney and Walker get together in the state and really sell their message hard, capitalizing on what brought those swing voters back to Walker last night. We know they will certainly have the money to do that. Dems will be spreading themselves thin as is, now with this in the way they're going to have an even harder time. Defending WI in a year like this is the last thing anyone should want to fucking hear. It would've been a lock if the Unions would have backed off once they realized victory really wasn't a possibility.
This is like the Scott Brown election of 2012 or something (what's with all these Scotts cockblocking Dems, geez). Unintended consequence. Dems think they can just do whatever they want in a state that typically favors them and it ends up biting them in the ass.
I'm starting to feel the same way I did in 2010. All of these little signs are alarming, you remain hopeful but your gut tells you something really bad is going to happen. And of course the House got taken over by a bunch of Republicans even crazier than the ones that controlled it from 1994-2006. The same thing could very well happen in November. At best we're looking at Obama winning by 2-4 points, 5 if he's lucky. There's no margin for error here. None. It seems to be getting tougher for him by the week.
The ruling against the mandate will be another blow.
