Posted on 09/04/2010 9:01:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Just two months before November elections, President Barack Obama's Democratic allies insist they will defy predictions of a Republican romp that could cripple the White House's still-ambitious agenda.
"Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated," House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson told reporters on a conference call Thursday, scoffing at a growing chorus of warnings the party could lose the US Congress.
"Let me be very clear about it: We are going to hold the House of Representatives and we are going to hold the United States Senate and we're going to do it each district one at a time," said Larson.
But opinion polls show deep US public anger at the sour economy and stubbornly high unemployment 20 months after Obama took office vowing to turn things around, and political forecasters warn Democrats will pay a stiff price.
With all 435 House seats and 37 of 100 Senate spots up for grabs, as well as state legislatures and key governorships, what's at stake is nothing less than the future of Obama's agenda.
Experts note that, historically, sitting US presidents have seen their party lose seats in legislative elections during their first term.
University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato predicts Republicans, who need 39 House seats to seize control of the chamber, could grab as many as 47, and fall just short of the 10 they need to run the Senate.
Sabato notes that Democrats have a considerable fundraising edge and veteran candidates and that "something big and unexpected can always drop from the skies" to shift the political battle in the party's favor.
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But “conditions have deteriorated badly for Democrats over the summer. The economy appears rotten, with little chance of a substantial comeback by November 2nd,” he wrote in a commentary.
nothing like a Recovery Summer gone to rot.
stinks up the place real bad...
>> nothing like a Recovery Summer gone to rot.
stinks up the place real bad...<<
PU! *holds nose*
US President Barack Obama speaks on the economy in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, September 3. Obama said better-than-expected jobs data released Friday was positive, but said it was not good enough as the economy struggles out of the deepest slump in decades. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
Don’t worry. The Republican Party has long demonstrated an uncanny talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
This is what a fool looks like...John Larson
President Barack Obama, seen here in June 2010 at a highway project site, ruled out an "extraordinary" new economic stimulus plan to fire up the slowing recovery, but is scouting new ideas to boost jobs and growth. (AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)
“better-than-expected jobs data released Friday was positive”
What universe is he living in?
Dang! How would he look if he hadn’t enjoyed more vacation time in 18 months than Pres Bush had in eight years?
Obama loaning out his teleprompter? It's sour-sounding and hackneyed no matter who spouts it.
Damn... you had to say that.
I am sitting in my sweaty boxers in a room with the temps in the high 90s and I still felt a shiver down my spine.
A universe where an uptick in unemployment (from 9.5% to 9.6%) was "better than expected".
And The Summer of Recovery marches on...
Smells like Stinky European Cheese or the clothes I wear to the gym after a couple of workouts....
Good Lord—it looks like Alfred E. Newman is in his family tree.
Just what I was thinking!
And so Orwellian or something... Whenever they preface with that patronizing sentence, we know they (mainly Hussein) will obfuscate and be anything but clear. Anyone actually speaking clearly or with transparency wouldn’t say something that stupid....
Sabato notes that Democrats have a considerable fundraising edge(Your money given to the favored then kicked back to the looters)
Maybe they're going to send MichelleAntoinette out on the campaign trail. She'd be "big and unexpected."
Collectivist crime syndicates should be wiped from the face of planet earth.
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