06 October 2010

America Will Survive the Obama Debacle... But Will the Democratic Party?

Only if November's mid-term elections -where the far-Left 'progressive' movement is to be stopped cold- compels the Dem survivors to repudiate Barack Obama and adopt some semi-sane platform... because his name is mud now



As most polls continue to swing to the right, it's unlikely any amount of "bucking up" can spare House Democrats a humiliating political spanking on November 2nd- and they do so deserve one.

It's quickly become every-man-for-himself as candidates build all the distance they can between themselves and Dear Leader in the name of political survival. Supposedly the crowning achievement of this regime was "bravely" ramming back-door HC nationalization down our throats... yet one-in-four registered Democrats already favor repeal of ObamaCare, as do large numbers of Republicans and Independents.

Although vigilance is to be called for on our side -best be on the lookout for attempts to pull a Franken or stuff boxes in close contests- conservatives do have genuine reason to believe America's admirable tendency towards self-correction has at long last kicked in.

And fate has joined our side: the seemingly infinite political luck that propelled a corrupt, unqualified community-organizer all the way to the White House has vanished... it's all going wrong now.  

As most Obama voters deduce that the he lied-to/guilt-tripped them to get elected, it's also become more-and-more difficult for the WH/MSM/online Left to spin the radical agenda of this administration as anything other than what it is: deeply damaging and farcical hokum. 



Dick Morris says Obama has driven the party right off a cliff... perhaps never to recover:


Barack Obama is destroying the Democratic Party... 

The damage he is doing to his party's image and prospects closely resembles the harm Hoover did to the Republican Party, from which it did not recover for 20 years after he left office. And the extent to which Obama is discrediting the left parallels the damage George McGovern did to his ideological confreres in 1972, when he went down in flaming defeat.

In a sense, America met its first conservative in 1981, and fell in love. We met our first liberal in 2009, and are running away screaming. 

FDR was too long ago to count; Lyndon Johnson too distracted by Vietnam to make an impact. So Obama is the first full-throated liberal to be president in our lifetimes. And we won't soon forget him and the lessons his failure is teaching us.

Strangely, the Democrats don't yet get it. They whistle a happy tune as they march off the cliff. There is no voice of dissent against Obama's policies, no mumbled animosity, no suppressed discontent.


The party is solid as a phalanx behind its leader even as he sends it to political death...



This is likely not the legacy Obama had in mind when, with his massive ego, limited competence, and paltry experience, he took over the White House. Americans, in a fit of national delusion, made what they now realize was one of their biggest mistakes.

The magnitude of our error, or at least of our understanding of it, will become apparent on Nov. 2, when the GOP will win both houses of Congress, the House by a considerable margin.

The 2010 landslide will likely set the record for the largest transfer of House seats in an off-year election. The prior mark of 74 seats in 1922 (a Democratic gain in the wake of Harding's scandals and the Teapot Dome investigation) will probably be eclipsed. But the true measure of the damage Obama has done to his ideology and his party will not be evident for some time. 

Strike you as a tad overconfident? Micheal Barone at the Washington Examiner takes it a step further: America's turn to the right in this election has the potential to be nothing short of earth-shattering... with a 100+ seat Republican gain (!)

Yes, the Democratic party does appear to be on the verge of a historic election defeat, and less than four weeks from today- it's only the degree of the wipeout that really remains in question.

Pelosi's gavel seems certain to be yoinked, while over in the Senate the contested majority now moves into the "toss-up" column. Any subsequent lame-duck spending/amnesty stunts will only increase Americans' mounting animosity towards the irresponsible and arrogant libs... better dare not try it.

But as the damage they've inflicted over the last 18 mos. becomes increasingly apparent -i.e. inflation/dollar crash or Iranian bomb- any political comeback by the Dems in the short-to-mid-term seems unlikely... regardless of what the economy does.

The primary focus of our legislature should be defunding/unwinding monstrous big-government programs foisted upon us against our will... hard to imagine many Democrats finding prompt forgiveness and a politically-beneficial role in that... while any GOP-launched investigations will do little to aid Democrats' stature- not to mention the President's.



By 2012, people will lie to their children about who they voted back in '08, ditch incriminating hopenchangey paraphernalia serupticiously -if they haven't already-, even wince at the very mention of the name Obama... and the GOP could take 45 states running Gilbert Gottfried.

But be sure and get yourself and all like-minded friends to the polls on November 2nd, though- don't give ACORN and other leftist pond-scum the chance to snake any seats.... let's really blow them out of the water so they'll be none of that this time.



19 comments:

Trestin said...

I sure hope that they are done, but many said the same about the Republicans after Bush. I'm worried that they may re-brand themselves as even more extreme.

Reaganite Republican said...

IMO greatest hope for them is amnesty... yet another reason to fight that scheme tooth and nail

Anonymous said...

OUR BIGGEST THREAT...OVERCONFIDENCE !

Reaganite Republican said...

Morris said it was "underconfidence", actually

He claims the GOP is writing off winnable races by taking too pessimistic a view of the opportunity here:

"Over confidence is not a danger. Everybody is working as hard as they can to elect Republicans all over America.

Nobody is apathetic on the right. The only indifference and passivity in the nation is on the left. But under confidence – writing off seats that we can win – is a huge obstacle to further progress."

Coco Rico said...

I concur with most of what you've said here! Don't sleep. I've blogged today about all the likely avenues for a Democrat October surprise -- think something involving gays, Mexicans, or someone dying a trafic death: http://colorfulconservative.blogspot.com/2010/10/dems-hunt-for-october-surprise-gay.html

You're right, things look good, but never count out some freak event or a rash of fake registrations.

Ed said...

"I sure hope that they are done, but many said the same about the Republicans after Bush."

They were right, as evidenced by the Tea Party takeover of the GOP. Good.

Reaganite Republican said...

Agreed with you, Coco

And Ed, great insight... the old GOP IS dead for the most part already

Randy-g said...

The house is gone, if the Senate flips, Obama will just travel for two years and spend money he didn't earn or deserve...

KSS said...

"Barack Obama is destroying the Democratic Party...

The damage he is doing to his party's image and prospects closely resembles the harm Hoover did to the Republican Party, from which it did not recover for 20 years after he left office. And the extent to which Obama is discrediting the left parallels the damage George McGovern did to his ideological confreres in 1972, when he went down in flaming defeat."

And to that I say good luck and God's speed Mr. President - Keep doing what you are doing Sir, we are all behind you!!

I am so glad that the country is finally waking up!!

http://hardresetamerica.com/

Matt said...

I think the Dems will be down for a while, but they still hold the Universities and public schools. They may not hold power for a while, but they will busy themselves with indoctrinating more and more new regressives. We'll have to do things to uproot their power at the bureaucratic and institutional levels, or they will bounce back with new candidates, repackaged failure, and more useful idiots to support them.

Just a conservative girl said...

It wasn't all that long ago people were writing off republicans and conservatives. They will lose this election, that doesn't not mean that we can automatically assume that Obama is a one termer. We have to stay viligant over the next two years.

Steve Dennis said...

I have a feeling this could be a huge election cycle for Republicans, but I have been trying not to get my hopes up too much. The last thing that we need right now is overconfidence, we must keep our eyes on the prize until this thing is over. We must win be enough votes so as to offset any ACORN-like voter fraud
I have been starting to hear talk that the Senate might be in play now also, wouldn't that be amazing if the Republicans won back both houses! That is something I don't dare dream about.

Maggie Thornton said...

"By 2012, people will lie to their children about who they voted back in '08, ditch incriminating hopenchangey paraphernalia serupticiously -if they haven't already-, even wince at the very mention of the name Obama."

That's a classic comment RR.

I heard Matt Kiebbe (Freedom Works) say today on Fox that the Tea Party is already working on 2012 and have a list of targets - one of which is Olympia Snowe.

For everyone believing the Taxed Enough Already movement is a one trick pony, I can't wait to see the horror on their faces on Election Day 2012.

I believe we are even more energized to know that we can be a part of a massive change, simply by making it to the polls. Who would want to stay home on November 2nd if you are a conservative - which so many are, even though they didn't recognized their conservatism until this past year.

EricB said...

Just looking at this objectivity, according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, 192 house districts lean Democratic, 234 lean Republican, and 9 are exactly in the middle.

If the Republicans win only the non-Dem leaning districts, that's 243 seats, or a gain of 65 seats. That's really low-balling it though. Probably a best case scenario for Democrats is to lose about 50 seats.

For example, I live in a Dem +2 district, but the Republican is beating the Dem incumbent by several points in polls. 49 districts are in the range of Dem +1 to Dem +5. Winning just half of them and all of the Republican leaning districts is a pickup of 90 seats.

I really do agree with Dick Morris that people are underestimating Republican chances in this election. The playing field is naturally tilted to the Republican side because there are a lot of Democrats packed into relatively fewer urban districts. Republicans are more widely distributed across the country leading to built-in advantages. A Democratic landslide (like 2006 and 2008) leads to Democrats having 70-80 more seats. A Republican landslide, on the other hand, leads to well over 100 seat margins.

Mark Adams said...

It's both over confident and under confidence.

Biden is over confident the Dems will hold on to the House and the electorate is under-confident in the ability of the Democrats to run the country....
:)

John Carey said...

Great post RR. I personally believe the Democrats are done; not just this election cycle but for many many years to come. Americans got a taste of their progressive/Marxist policies and want nothing to do with it. The majority of Americans see the Democrats as radical and extreme. They are indeed done they just don't know it...yet.

Reaganite Republican said...

IMHO underconfidence as big a threat as over... we really need to go for the jugular and get that 100-seat gain.

Only a humiliation of this magnitude might create an atmosphere where Obama can't get away with ruling by decree and unvetted Czars' diktats once we strip him of his legislative ability

I say run-up the score, like in college football... but this time 100-0, screw them lol

The Right Girl said...

Excellent analysis. I'm stunned by how my liberal friends on Facebook STILL bash Palin, the Tea Party, and anything that is not wrapped in the Obama logo.

Reaganite Republican said...

Liberal friends on FB are THE most annoying type, lol

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