Reply #54: It's clear that you aren't the only one, but....

[FreeJoe]

I can't join you. In 2006 and 2008 the polls correctly predicted the Democratic surge. Why didn't they lie then? Why are the pollsters hired by Democratic candidates telling us the same thing that the MSM pollsters are telling us?

It's time to face a few simple facts. The voters are angry and are taking it out on the party in power. They don't love or even really support the Republican platform. They just want to punish us. Honestly, the same thing happened in 2008. A big part of our success was riding a wave of anti-Republicanism rather than pro-Democrat feelings.

It leaves me wondering what the hell the voters want. Perhaps they don't really know. Perhaps the relentlessly negative campaigning that is the norm these days doesn't prepare the country for mandates but only sours everyone of politicians.