Howard Dean: 2010 won't be as bad for Dems as people think: Anti-incumbent--not anti-Dem--year

Salon ^ | March 4, 2010 | Alex Koppelman

[2ndDivisionVet]

We'll see, Doc, we'll see...

[fortheDeclaration]

No Dean, it will an anti-Democrat incumbent year.

[green pastures]

“2010 won’t be as bad for Dems as people think”

And screaming “Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh” doesn’t hurt your chances to become president, either...

[Pessimist]

I think he’s right.

Plus aren’t some of the Dems with little chance no even running again. As dumb as people are, that allows the dems to come up with “New & Improved” guys in their place.

They can essentially run against their own legacy.

[highlander_UW]

While it is both anti-incumbent and anti-dem it is in particular anti-dem because they are the ones that are actively attempting to destroy the nation. And given that the dems are in the significant majority there is little difference between anti-incumbent and anti-dem.

[ConservativeWarrior]

Howard who?

[PeaceBeWithYou]

AKA Barney Rubble, Yeeeeaaaahhhhhhrrrggg!

[DM1]

yes and no
some retirements help the Dems (ie CT Senate race) but most hurt look at Indiana, North Dakota and Delaware. the GOP opponents in any race can run against Washington since the Dems control all three levers of power
though Dean is correct to a certain degree the Dems will fare worse than the GOP

[Dick Bachert]

You mean THIS Howard Dean?

http://boortz.com/Player/100392351/

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Not if you shove CommieCare down our throats, Howie.

[griswold3]

I agree with that. Also, don’t forget all the ‘stimulus’ cash they’ll have to pass around.

[LibLieSlayer]

doc is smoking the crack pipe again... FU howie.

LLS

[green pastures]

LOL. Thank you for my laugh for the day— yes THAT Howard Dean...

:-)

[Teacher317]

“Dream on, Dream on, Dream until your dreams come truuuuuuuue”

[yetidog]

Much worse for Democrats in November. A naked emperor with no coattails is in play on their side and while divisions between rinos and teapartiers are troublesome, proably not fatal to a Republican ascendency. And I figured all that out without Howard Dean’s help.

[mancini]

Karl Rove will be debating this lunatic in Tempe, AZ

[OldDeckHand]

"They can essentially run against their own legacy."

Ask John McCain how well that works out. I understand the concept, and there might be a few isolated cases where that's true, probably only in places where the GOP is just a total disaster. But on balance, this is going to be a bad year for Dems candidates, even if the incumbent Dem is retiring.

[Gator113]

Dean needs to think outside the box and check the stats for guns and ammo sales for the past 2 years.

[lowtaxsmallgov]

Is he living in 2010?

Right now the Pubs are in danger of losing no Senate seats - in fact the only ones they have any chance of losing (MO, OH, NH) are ones NOT being contested by incumbents. So if anything, isn’t that a pro-incumbent wave?

Now, to the Dem side...
Kennedy seat - gone (Coakley wasn’t an incumbent)
VP’s seat - gone
Majority Leader - gone
POTUS seat - could be gone
Dorgan - gone (if it was anti-incumbent, shouldn’t quitting have saved this seat for the Dum’s???)
Lincoln - gone
Specter - gone
etc...

The Dumocrats might do the unimagineable and lose all of the following Senate seats in the same year - President’s seat, Vice-President’s seat, Majority Leader’s seat, and the Kennedy’s seat. Mind-boggling.

Folks, this is anti-Dum.

[central_va]

Right....