In a "Republican year", do you think it makes any difference....

[zanana1]

Do you think it makes any difference if the Democratic incumbent has done an excellent job, or if the letter (R) comes after his/her name?

[MineralMan]

1. Yes and/or no...

[zanana1]

3. I'm serious....

Do you think Democrats should have just saved money by buying no TV time at all rather than have another "battle" that resembles a kindergarten fight? Does pointing out the mistakes and bad attitudes of opponents make any difference at all? In a Republican year, do voters really care about who will do the better job? I'd realy like some opinions about this.

[MineralMan]

4. Your premise is silly. There's no such thing as a "Republican year."

Thus, my answer. Serious questions get serious answers.

Every race is an individual race. There are 435 congressional races, alone. What "Republican Year?"

Foolishness.

[DJ13]

2. In that scenario the (R) has the advantage

Simply because any Democrat that might lose to a Republican likely already leans right, which means that Dem would probably be a Blue Dog, which is just an imitation (R) anyway, so the voters might as well vote for the real (R) instead of an imitation.

[CommonSensePLZ]

5. No

Doesn't seem the democrats can please anyone. America's just about determined to make a huge mistake.

T_T

[blondeatlast]

6. Just what is a "Republican Year"?

[zanana1]

7. I usually agree with the poster who puts pancakes on his bunny...

But On Nov.2, I think you'll find out what a "Republican Year" is.

[mstinamotorcity]

8. This is not a republican year

This is not the same uneducated voters that people think they are. I believe that this has gone on in the last three election cycles. But everytime Democrats have come out the winners. Its the fear. How many of your friends who you are around who voted for Democrats the last three elections now all of a sudden want to vote republican. With everything you know? There is no way you could be having that discusssion with your friends and this not come up and you not advocating for democratic principles on some subjects???? I'm just asking???? This does not seem quite right. Fear makes you not use critical thinking skills. They have laid a lot of money out there,but those stupid people like the Koch boys,Karl Rove,and the rest of those hateful fools gave it to the politicians and advertising agencies and their groups designed to go against the government. Isn't that sort of like paying yourself????:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[zanana1]

9. I agree that people "should" know better...

But the fear you speak of is more like panic. Day after day, the media lets us know just how bad the economy is and never reports on the upswings. The media also NEVER reminds voters of the state of the economy two short years ago. Et voila......PANIC! People who would ordinarily think things through are going to vote in panic mode; in other words, Republican.

[mstinamotorcity]

12. Okay I'll try one more time

The numbers you see are not real. Lets break it down. If you have twenty bus loads of people at a Health Care Rally and found out that they came from places like Aetna,Welpoint,United Healthcare and were screaming down with healthcare and you look around and say to yourself why are these people screaming no healthcare. Then later you find out that lets say Dick Army and Freedom Works have paid for the buses and lunch and who knows what else, do you still believe what you see???????Dick Army,Citizens for Patients Rights,Americans for Prosperity,Mama grizzlies for May,Koch Boysters,Tea Party Express,it doesn't matter they all have one mission, to destroy "this President" and make "this President" a one term President.

They want you to believe all of the camera work. Its what I call special effects. All of their goofy ads on websites are photo shopped.Its all smoke and mirrors to get you to stay at home. One if you think its no hope to vote why vote.Thats the subliminal message that they are gearing you to. The other will be that we are ahead so you don't have to really go out there. Watch when Monday comes,Some polls will change in races they want to win and say we are winning so some will feel like their vote is not needed and the Democrats will have it in the bag. DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE ON ANY LEVEL!!!! Go vote and tell your friends.

[Vickers]

10. I think (a) there is a certain percentage of people who will vote for

a candidate just because they have an R *or* a D after their name, and (b) now I want pancakes.

[KharmaTrain]

11. It's A "Wave" Year Only In Red & Purple Areas...

Last night I heard there may be 45 House races that will be decided by less than 5 points. That's out of 435 races with each party having at least 180 seats each in "safe" contests. That number may be a little higher and in many cases it was to be expected. Democrats made huge gains in two elections and most of them were in red and purple areas; some districts that hadn't been represented by a Democrat for decades. Many of these districts were represented by Blue Dogs...the group that may suffer the biggest losses on Tuesday.

It's to be expected that Democrats will be blamed for problems this country is encountering and this will be a determinating factor in many of these contested races. While Democrats have fallen from favor, the GOTB will be gaining by subtraction...retaking areas they've lost in recent years. Is this election a wave? Hardly, but it will futher polarize the nation and make the beltway totally dysfuncational. Not a pleasant thought.