Who do you think bought Obama the election?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Given the recent SOCUS ruling on election ads all bets are off as far > as i see. The massive impact of direct advertising by corporations > will just overwhelm anything else. > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Anti-incumbent mood seems to be the order of the day, though it is >> rather too early to know what's going to happen in November. Both >> parties, and definitely Congress, have very poor favorable/unfavorable >> ratings right now. >> >> People who voted for Democrats in the last election want to see the >> majority used to do *something*. Thus far that hasn't happened very >> much. People who didn't vote for Democrats last election don't have >> any good reason to reward them for their behavior thus far. >> >> It's a partisan atmosphere. People who are hard core Democrats or >> Republicans will be out to push their representatives in one direction >> or another. A lot of independents and less-political voters will be >> apathetic and not turn out or else vote against whoever is in office >> because they are sick of it. >> >> 2010 is a non-Presidential year which has lower turnout, >> traditionally, anyway. Add in a lot of unfavorable ratings for both >> political parties and I think you'll see a substantially lower turnout >> overall. Which means that the people who are going to win are the ones >> who are successful at motivating their base and getting them to the >> polls. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311126 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
