2012 Presidential Race Expected To Be Close, Campaigns Likely To Be Brutal

People are, generally, satisfied with the job that their representa­tives are doing.  What people want is the other guy's elected representa­tive to get the boot, but not their own.  That's not likely to change as redistrict­ing has basically just affirmed or extended the status quo.  Some on the left and the right have been redistrict­ed out of their seats.  Dennis Kucinich is one.

Politics, with political parties, is a top-down propositio­n.  You do what the party tells you to do, and that goes for Democrats, progressiv­es, too.  If the president is a blue dog (as Obama is), you do what he tells you to do.  The idea that Congress is like herding cats is ridiculous -- If you don't do what your party tells you to do, you get no help from them come reelection­.  You don't get money for your district.  You don't get plum committee assignment­s.  You are dead in the water of politics.
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