Tea Party
It seems that not only are established Republicans having trouble holding onto office over the summer months. Looks like the tea party movement might just have some steam after all. For many, the country appears to be going in the wrong direction and that direction is being helped with Republicans that think big government is the norm. Enter the Tea Party to get Republicans or Conservatives to rethink their positions as voters seem to be willing to throw the bums out and retake their government back. With all this movement and Obama polling in the low 40's, seem like politicians on both side of the aisle are rethinking positions. Most Dems must be scared even when Fiengold dodged Obama when he came to town to stomp for Barrett. Is Obama the poster child for what's wrong with government?
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I think it is more of an anti-establishment attitude more than Obama being the face of whats wrong with politics. Obama's poor aprooval ratings will show up in November because the democrats will lose a lot of seats. It won't be the only factor though.
I agree that its not just Obama bringing down the Dems in November, but I disagree about it being more anti-establishment. Its anti-Liberal. Even the Republican Primaries where the incumbent was defeated the more Conservative candidate won(Alaska, Utah among others). There is certainly an anti-establishment mood (career politician=bad in like every ad) but I think it is mostly anti big government, spending, debt etc. Of course if freshface Dems beat some incumbent Reps in the general election I could be proven wrong.
I think just because the economy is bad, people jump right to the president and the party he is affiliated with. Which would go along with anti-Liberal. The general population is always looking for someone to blame and since Obama is the face of our country he takes the blame. Maybe with some new faces in Congress somethings will start to change.
If the economy starts improving, obviously then the dems and the president's approval numbers will increase, but until this happens things seem like they're going to continue get more and more dire for the democratic party.
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