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Originally Posted by james0246
^Agreed. 2010 will be pivotal to understanding the next presidential election, and if the Republicans can find a way to repeat their performance from 1994 (which is what they are trying to do now by stirring up the masses), then Obama will become something of a lame duck in 2011 with the odds for a re-election evening out significantly (older members will undoubtedly recall that Bob Dole was the front runner of the 1996 election up until just a month or so prior to the actual election) with whomever runs against him.
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Meh, I am not sure. Wasn't the Repubican Revolution of 1994 a remnant of Reagan-Culture influence. Like the Silent Majority really trying to continue the steering of a conservative country? The demos have changed, even if the old heads are the ones who really are the most regular voters.
Barring any HUGE slipups vis a vis the Economic Recovery or Health Care Reform, I fail to see strong coat tail type election waves of Republicans. Particularly in those big Northeast and Midwest suburbs, 's not the early 80s any more and demos have moderated. Local Elections will be very very local in focus, ie those that lean whatever way will go in the most logical direction as to who is most popular on the ground.