2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe big surprise on tuesday maybe the loss of house seats for the repuks
with our massive ground game many repuk house seats may fall whether we win enough to take back the house remains to be seen but in my gut I feel it is not out of the question. The bigger the turn out the better our changes of changing the house. Many red state repuks may stay home not wanting to vote for a Mormon and believing that their state will not matter in the end. RobMe does not have that many friends in his party, sure there are those who hate Obama but not enough to over come our massive ground game. After the 1st debate supper pacs keep their money on Mitt and did not move the ad spending to the house seats as they might have if Mitt had done a face plant in the 1st debate. A very large amount of Obama's game plan is based on the ground game and that in the end will make all of the difference. The press is focused on the national horse race and not in the streets where Obamas work has gone under the radar. The Main Stream Media's narrative has been how much enthusiasm the RobMe folks have, well I am not seeing it that way. We will find out on tuesday.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)to drag the GOP into a national race and sneak in under the radar in local races.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)We take back the house! I feel strongly about this.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)But the Teabag vote is still out there. Are they discouraged? They sent the Repubs there to block everything, and that's what they did. Are they not satisfied now because they didn't do anything?
Makes my head ache trying to fathom the "thinking" over there.
I know it's more than racism, though that is a big part of it. I'm hoping for some islands of blue to emerge in some very red states.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)PBO will have coattails.....
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Protalker
(418 posts)oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)Michele... oh Michele.... obscurity calling
Nika
(546 posts)I hope a change in House leadership comes to pass this election.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)hedgehog
(36,286 posts)awake
(3,226 posts)awake
(3,226 posts)What a surprise that will be!!
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)bushisanidiot
(8,064 posts)Hope i get to share it with you all. Because it is completely awesome.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Need 25 seats or thereabouts. Prob won't happen. But there's no chance Dems will lose seats. I'd say a 50/50 chance of picking up about 10 seats. Very good news would be taking the seats of the most divisive and obstructionist teabaggers: Bachman, Cantor, Walsh, and West. Looks good to take down Walsh and West. Have a chance against Bachman. Not sure what chance is against Cantor.
siligut
(12,272 posts)It would be so great to get Powell in Cantor's place.