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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 09:44 AM Original message |
1982 Republicans were not at all ENTHUSIASTIC. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Reagan wasn't iconic at the time. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Er ... The Evil Empire Speech (June 1982) |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Nonetheless, at the time of the 1982 midterms, he was both unpopular and not yet iconic |
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DFLforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Sounds even more like 2010 then. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. So? his popularity fell down to about 36% in 1983--he wasn't the icon the media spinned him into |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It was March 8, 1983 |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. So all is lost then. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. So what are you trying to say, Obama will win re-election by winning 49 states? |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Thank you |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If He Can Bring Unemployment Down To Less Than Eight Percent He Will Come Close |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Maybe, but even at zero percent unemployment, Utah, Idaho, and Alabama are lost causes |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. When I Look Back At That Election It's Interesting The Republicans Didn't Lose A Lot More Seats |
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