Maybe.
The big problem for ALL 'rats isn't the statistics they can quote, but the casual observation of existing conditions that people are making every day. The duty 'rat (or some agency or the media) can talk statistics all day, but when you can drive down the street and see four dollar a gallon gas, long-vacant businesses and reflect on all those people you know who are out of work, those statistics all become so much lame excuses and outright lies that you don't trust anything you hear out of those people.
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me" might be old news, but it's coming back around for the 'rats in this election wrapped around a long, sharp stick. As an added factor, the politicians aren't the only ones going to get stuck with it....which makes the stakes even higher for the media that's been promoting this crap for so long.
Best evidence I've got: When was the last time you saw a campaign sign that actually said "D" anywhere at all? Even in microscopic fine print?
Excellent analysis, there, UVNV!
People will go into the voting booth knowing how things really are, not the way it’s being spun.
That’s one reason Obama won in the first place. A lot of people knew things were getting bad in 2008. So they went with a fresh face. The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers.
Fast forward to 2012 and things are actually worse. The Frsh Prince is now the Failed Prince!
Exactly. People see for themselves. They see friends and relatives who can’t sell their houses because they are underwater.
They see friends and relatives who are unemployed or under-employed. They see people who are afraid to leave a job they hate because they might not get another one.
And then try to change their minds with statistics?
I think not.