Obama Turns To Local Media To Promote Reelection Message
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Given how voting districts are drawn, the outcome of the 2008 election made government as Democratic as it's ever going to get in the foreseeable future. People are, generally, satisfied with the job that their representatives are doing. What people want is the other guy'selected 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.
2008 was as good as it's going to get for Democrats. This is as good as it's going to get for Obama. He's not going to get more Democrats on his coattails in 2012 than he got in 2008 (and we know what he did with that Democratic majority in the House and filibuster-proof Democratic Senate - He blew it). What would change if Obama was returned to the White House for a 2nd term?
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