2010 midterm predictions

[theeedude]

It was the Democrats who blocked regulations that would have stopped Fannie and Freddie years ago.

It was also the Democrats who created the housing problem in the first place with their push to end redlining and other practices.

They created an environment where home ownership meant everything and sensible loan terms meant nothing.

It was Bush and GOP that failed to do their job as the bubble was being blown up. GOP wants power without the responsibility.

 

[PJABBER]

Been spending a lot of my free time talking to the politicos here and while a number of Dems are blustering, most are damn scared.

Scared for the loss of their cushy paychecks and the loss of the perks of power, scared that they will now have to go home and find work in the private sector where business execs will look at their resume and say "loser" and "you thought you were so smart, go regulate your own business," scared that redistricting will now put the Dems at a disadvantage for the next ten years.

Most of the Repub pros are not counting their chickens before they hatch (there are a number of close races that are being worked hard.) Quite a few are busy figuring out how they will deliver the electorate's expected substantial changes in the face of the veto power of an unrelentingly hostile White House and a "legislation by regulation" fixated executive branch. Most expect a record number of vetoes in the next two years.

The Repubs do seem to be getting it that they are not necessarily being elected because they are so great, but because the Dems have been so abysmally bad. They had better take this mandate with much more humility than the Dems did two years ago. After all, in a recent poll 65 percent of the people polled said they would throw the whole Congress our and start fresh. All the Rs are really getting is a chance to redeem themselves.

Still, most every R has bought a nice bottle of champagne or a six pack for Tuesday night. Except for the locals here in Maryland, where the state is set to buck the national conservative/Tea Party trend thanks to all those here who work for government and the very high percentage of urban/prog/lib/black en bloc voters.

My wife and I are going to put the kids to bed early Tuesday night, snuggle up and enjoy democracy in action, all the while flipping channels between FOX and MSLSD for the lulz. She said she doesn't mind if I post once in a while and hopes all of you progs and Dems are not too butt hurt. We are going to exchange a kiss for every State that goes Republican or Tea Party, so I don't expect I will have the time for too much else Tuesday evening. :awe:

I'm going to go for a Republican gain of 8 or 9 in the Senate and a gain upwards of 65 in the House. I expect the Repubs will also gain another 7 governorships.

 

[theeedude]

I am going to be working on my portfolio plan for the gridlock caused double dip recession. Use the sucker rally to unload US equities onto useful idiots who think GOP obstruction is going to be good for the economy.

 

[Zorkorist]

I'm expecting big Tea Party wins.

Note to Republicans and Democrats... Tea Party.

-John

 

[dmcowen674]

2010 midterm predictions

Rich that hate America get control back to further destroy the country.

 

[IBMer]

Been spending a lot of my free time talking to the politicos here and while a number of Dems are blustering, most are damn scared.

I don't know why you think anyone is scared. Its all the same rhetoric and promises we have been given in the last 20 years that were never kept.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

2010 midterm predictions

Rich that hate America get control back to further destroy the country.

Right, because we all know that the Democrats had absolutely nothing to do with laws or spending in the last 10 years. They sat there like ignorant bumps on a log during that time frame and will continue to do so in the future.

 

[CallMeJoe]

...It was also the Democrats who created the housing problem in the first place with their push to end redlining and other practices...

It is rare that you so patently express your support for racial discrimination.

 

[nageov3t]

I'm expecting big Tea Party wins.

Note to Republicans and Democrats... Tea Party.

-John

really?

I'd expect like a half-dozen tea party wins... tea partiers already gave democrats the Senate for another session.

 

[Tom]

Republican gains..

Senate 5
House 37

 

[PJABBER]

I don't know why you think anyone is scared. Its all the same rhetoric and promises we have been given in the last 20 years that were never kept.

LOL, that is about right.

But the underlying fear is simply that of unemployment or a forced return to having to hustle in the private sector back home, wherever home is.

The elected fat cats are well set. They get very cushy parachutes. The thousands of staffers don't.

The leeches that are the favored groups, whether they are the unions that might have just blown all of the billions they have thrown behind the losers or the media that went in 110% behind the Dems, will now have to face a much different crowd.

The battle for the next two years is going to be one for the purse strings. We can hope that we can finally gain some sanity in the choices being made, but, like Obama saying that Republicans need to get to the back of the bus, his crowd is now going to be the one trying not to be pushed out the back door.

 

[kranky]

I don't know what the conventional wisdom says the numbers will be, but I predict there will be a lot fewer incumbents tossed out than people think. The voter turnout will be small and that always favors the incumbents.

And instead of accepting that ongoing voter apathy is the reason that fewer incumbents lost, it will be spun as a mandate for more of the same. It's going to take more pain for the apathetic voters to be motivated to do something.

I do hope a large number of tea party candidates win even though some of their ideas are way out there. It will mean there is a beloved patriot in the armor of the two major parties and they will have to change some of their ways. It will mean that people can be elected without already being a multimillionaire, or without having to prostitute themselves to big money groups in return for funding. Perhaps neither major party will be able to continue to throw billions at pet projects that are nothing more than pandering to special interests.

What I'd love to see is some elected tea party candidates, after getting the picture on how things are done, blow the whistle on the shameful goings-on in government because their hands aren't tied by special interests. Perhaps that will lessen the influence that special interests currently have.

And wouldn't it be nice to discuss a topic here without the inevitable rehashing of who did what in the past.

 

[CycloWizard]

I hope Republicans win a majority in the house but not the senate, but only so we can have two blissful years of deadlock without a bunch of ridiculous laws pushed through. As long as POTUS is out of phase with congress, we can hope to have two years of sanity where government is effectively shut down. This deadlock breathes some certainty into things and allows people to live their lives without worrying where or when the other shoe will drop on them or their small business. Unfortunately, it's not enough time to really turn things around, so we will continue circling the drain.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

My prediction is that emotion and propaganda will carry this election just like every election before. I actually had some hope that society had matured a bit in 2008 and were actually using their brains in the decision. Looks like 2010 proves it was just the same old shit at work and getting it right that time was just a side effect.

 

[spidey07]

My prediction is that emotion and propaganda will carry this election just like every election before. I actually had some hope that society had matured a bit in 2008 and were actually using their brains in the decision. Looks like 2010 proves it was just the same old shit at work and getting it right that time was just a side effect.

In case you haven't been paying attention, the reason why the electorate is so ticked off is because their reps/senators and the president are going directly against the will of The People. Obama's economy and business destroying policies, words, deeds and actions are what is driving this. This election is about stopping Obama and congress. Never before has people been paying this much attention to politics because what this president and congress are doing is wreckless at best, purposefully destructful at worst (likely). This election is all about people thinking with their heads. They see what Obama has done and all that think like he does (congress). We're wide awake now, paying attention to every move, every condescending arrogant word from politicians and this horrible president. And WE REJECT YOU!

What this congress and president have done in just two short years is hit every single person in a noticeable and bad way, mainly passing the healthcare law when The People kept saying stop it.

The very future of our country and the American way of life is at stake tomorrow. Turnout is going to be huge. We can save our country, or guarantee its "fundamental transformation" into a socialist state like France, greece or spain - that is what awaits us if we don't stop Obama.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

spidey07, I have been paying attention. To things other than the propaganda you and your ilk love to regurgitate. But congrats, here's to Teapocalypse 2010, looks like you win.

 

[theeedude]

People support most provisions of the healthcare law (no exclusions for pre-existing conditions, no lifetime limits, etc) when asked about specifics. Obama should veto any attempts to repeal those. If GOP wants to remove the unpopular individual mandate provision and bankrupt the insurance industry, he should work with them

 

[ProfJohn]

It was Bush and GOP that failed to do their job as the bubble was being blown up. GOP wants power without the responsibility.

How could they do their part when the Democrats were blocking reform??


You sit around here and bitch all day long about how the Republicans with their 40 members in the Senate were blocking everything good the Democrats want to do but then turn around and expect that the GOP with a MUCH smaller majority should have been able to do anything they pleased.

At least try to be consistent with your trolling, thanks.

 

[theeedude]

How could they do their part when the Democrats were blocking reform??


You sit around here and bitch all day long about how the Republicans with their 40 members in the Senate were blocking everything good the Democrats want to do but then turn around and expect that the GOP with a MUCH smaller majority should have been able to do anything they pleased.

At least try to be consistent with your trolling, thanks.

They weren't even enforcing laws already on the books, as we are now finding out.
There was fraud at the rating agencies, fraud at the banks, fraud at the servicers, and zero action from the Bush administration regulators. It failed to do anything to prevent the crisis, which was its responsibility, because it went against GOP's ideology of letting the free markets sort it out. We are now living with the consequences of this.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

 

[ProfJohn]

It is rare that you so patently express your support for racial discrimination.

It goes far beyond racial discrimination.

In order to appear 'fair' and to avoid looking racist the banks were forced to give loans to people who couldn't pay them back.

The banks were essentially blackmailed by the race hustlers under threat of law suits and boycotts and protests etc etc.

The end result was bad for everyone.

 

[theeedude]

At the time when we need government action on this economic mess, record obstructionism from the right.

 

[theeedude]

It goes far beyond racial discrimination.

In order to appear 'fair' and to avoid looking racist the banks were forced to give loans to people who couldn't pay them back.

The banks were essentially blackmailed by the race hustlers under threat of law suits and boycotts and protests etc etc.

The end result was bad for everyone.

So you are claiming the sub prime mortgage issue is limited to minorities?

 

[ProfJohn]

At the time when we need government action on this economic mess, record obstructionism from the right.

And yet the public is about to kick the Democrats out of office...

Seems like the Republicans were the ones listening to the people.

 

[theeedude]

And yet the public is about to kick the Democrats out of office...

Seems like the Republicans were the ones listening to the people.

The same public who thought wasting hundreds of billions in Iraq, electing Bush and Republicans to create this mess in the first place was a good idea, now is telling us we need to put Republicans back in charge to clean it up. We'll see how that goes.