Unfortunately I think the Republican Party is really going to suffer because of its role in the government shutdown. I think, perhaps, that Tea Party Republicans will especially suffer due to it. I really think Republicans will likely lose the 2014 elections and maybe even the 2016 elections.
I hope that the Republicans do not lose the upcoming elections. I do not agree with everything that the Republican Party stands for but I do agree more with them than I do with the Democrats by far. We need conservatives to be in charge and let’s face it, the Democrats are leftists while the Republicans are generally more conservative.
The TEA PARTY cannot be so blind and arrogant as to think they can rough up the establishment of the GOP, Dems and Independents and not suffer consequences.
Case in point: When I get e-mails from the TEA PARTY trying to run a Ted Cruz for Senate in Massachusetts soliciting me for money in order to “win”, I see that more or less as an insult to my intelligence.
That’s like #occupy getting Nancy Pelosi to run for Senate in Oklahoma and sending out e-mails to New York and Vermont saying she can win.
It’s absurd.
And let me tell you what went down in Nodak and WI last election was absolutely unacceptable, and I hope the voters there realize there’s not much that Walker and the gang can do if the feds ruin the dollar.
The TEA PARTY is not going to out-feel the left. They need to be smart about it, and in a lot of cases, they aren’t.
You can’t possibly run people like Linda McMahon in a blue state or have someone like Sharron Angle go against the Senate Majority Leader, who is well liked in Nevada and had a nice war chest.
But the TEA PARTY brings diversity and energy to a GOP that has gotten so “square and boring” as El Rushbo would say, that they can’t see past their own suits and panic whenever the establishment media criticizes them.
However, that being said, the GOP will keep the House and likely win the Senate in 2014.
A lot of the democrat seats up are in red states where Romney won by double digits even with high democrat turn-out.
The media will, of course, mostly “squirrel and spin” this, but it’s not looking good for Harry Reid keeping his spot.
As far as 2016 goes, look at like this:
It took the democrats winning the following to drag Obama across the finish line:
3:1 Latinos
3:1 Asians
Single women by 33 points.
93% of Blacks (BTW, 20% of Black men 18-29 went to Romney)
If you ask me, there’s a **lot more pressure on the democrats **because they need such **high percentages of these groups. **
And if they want to run Hilary, I suppose that’s fine.** Her numbers have quietly fallen** to the point where whispers about Warren and Klobuchar should enter the primary, and I doubt minority voters will give her the same free passes.
I’ve also noticed that some of the polls undersample republicans by as much as 10-11 points.
What should concern the left is that their Vice President has at one time or another, trailed Rubio, Christie, Ryan and Paul.
A vice president should be practically a shoe-in, especially if magical demographics are on his or her side.
And if anyone tells you the left is without division, ask how union coal miners feel about the “war on coal” or ObamaCare. Ask the 35 environmental organizations why they are suing Obama appointee Lisa Jackson of the EPA for not enforcing existing regulations on the energy industry.
Rob