The sad part of this article is how uncompetitive Republicans have become in this region over the past 20 years. Through the 80s, the GOP picked up most of these states. Even after the 80s, the GOP picked up at least one or two of them. Now the GOP has to struggle to pick up one of them.
That B.S. about how “the Democrats are the Party of the WORKIN’ MAN!” has been drilled very deep into people’s skulls around here for generations. It’s gonna take a major concerted effort to blow that apart.
Did you know that in Nov 2010 Republicans took control of the entire state of Michigan? I'll guess that you didn't.
That's right, Dems control nothing on the state level.
Governor, House, Senate, SOS, AG, Courts, Everything is controlled by the Reps by veto-proof margins.
The state legislatures are controlled by the GOP in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. In Iowa the GOP controls the House by two-thirds while the Dems control the Senate 26-24.
The GOP must get a handle on voter fraud in these states. If the Reps win Ohio, the race is over. And they certainly have good shots at the others. Obama is on the ropes. The pundits have failed to recognize the huge groundswell is this country fueled by the tea party and the silent majority of Americans who are sick and fed up with the direction of this country. The ultra-liberal Obama administration is out of step and out of touch with the American people. 2010 was just the opening salvo in the repudiation of Obama.
Here in VA, I have never seen such an energized and organized GOP, even in the liberal bastion of Fairfax County. The Obama administration has no idea of what is coming. "They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind."