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.
>>

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