Unofficial Hug a Democrat Day!

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Midterm elections have been brutal for congressional Democrats in the Obama era. The party lost at least 77 seats in the midterms in 2010 and 2014, though they gained back eight seats in 2012.

Obama has already surpassed President Dwight Eisenhower’s tally of 66 midterm losses in the House, according to data published by the Rothenberg Political Report. President Franklin Roosevelt and Truman each lost more House seats during their midterm years.

The 2010 midterms account for the bulk of the losses. In the tumultuous period after the passage of ObamaCare, Republicans picked up 63 seats in a wave election that awarded them control of the House.

 

Polly thinks it is critically important for the president to recognize the political terrain has changed dramatically.  If Republicans have control of the House and the Senate, it’s a whole new ballgame. He’s going to need to make serious adjustments in the ways he deals with the opposition. Time to take a different tack, Potus. 

xoxo, 

Polly 

 

 

The Elephant In The Room

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Yesterday was Election Day. Republicans needed six seats to take the Senate.  They got at least seven. Today is unofficial HUG a Democrat day. The GOP is doing the chacha all the way to the Senate. It now has control of both houses of Congress for the first time in eight years. And it was NOT close. Not even a little bit. This means the GOP is the starting line if this was the Super Bowl. And the Dems are on the sidelines.

xoxo,

Polly

Jay Carney: Democrats are ‘Going to Have a Bad Election Day’

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Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney admitted on CNN today that Democrats are “going to have a bad election day” any way you look at it, considering how well the Republicans are doing and how likely it is they will make some significant gains in both chambers of Congress.

Carney said, “No matter how you slice it Republicans are gonna pick up seats in the Senate and the House, and they may win control of the Senate.” Jake Tapper pointed out the very strong “anti-Obama sentiment” that exists among the public and its relation to the more prevalent anti-incumbent sentiment over the country.

Xoxo,

Polly