Democratic Dominance on the Horizon
The British newspaper the Telegraph reports:
Aides to George W.Bush, former Reagan White House staff and friends of John McCain have all told The Sunday Telegraph that they not only expect to lose on November 4, but also believe that Mr Obama is poised to win a crushing mandate.
They believe he will be powerful enough to remake the American political landscape with even more ease than Ronald Reagan did in 1980…
If the Democrat majority in the Senate is big enough – at least 60 seats to 40 – the Republicans will be unable to block legislation by use of a traditional filibuster – talking until legislation runs out of time. No president has had the support of such a majority since Jimmy Carter won the 1976 election. President Reagan achieved his political transformation partly through the power of his personality…
Ed Rollins, who masterminded Ronald Reagan’s second victory in 1984, said the election is already over and predicted: “This is going to turn into a landslide.”
A former White House official who still advises President Bush told The Sunday Telegraph: “McCain hasn’t won independents, nor has he inspired the base. It’s the worst of all worlds. He is dragging everyone else down with him. He needs to deploy people and money to salvage what we can in Congress.”
The prospect of defeat has unleashed what insiders describe as an “every man for himself” culture within the McCain campaign, with aides in a “circular firing squad” as blame is assigned.
The worse the polls, the more infighting, the fewer seats Republicans will be able to hold on to. This is going to become a major bloodbath in November, with Democrats taking over power completely, not feeling restricted by any opposition to their plans.
It are going to be an interesting four, or at the very least two, years. Democrats will control all branches of government, it will be interesting to see what they will do with that power. Change is coming indeed, what kind of change exactly is anyone’s guess.
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Republicans will focus on conservative Democrats, and threaten their seats if they vote with the Democratic majority. Obama will be linked to Pelosi, and you’ll see Obama-Pelosi a lot.
We just have to see if it will be effective; if Republicans are led by angry spokespeople like Sean Hannity it might undermine their own efforts more, if Republicans get some help from someone like Newt Gingrich, they might be sucessful.