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Governor
perhaps maybe not in the senate like in 2008, but the house could well be their for the taking given what the Pee Partiers have done to it, as evidenced by the work product since their half-win in 2010
Not that I disagree with his proposals, but I'd say that the stark differences are already apparent and have been, which is why I've long thought and argued that the fear of rightwingnuttery will be the proximate cause of their upcoming humiliating defeat.
Published on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Common Dreams Can Democrats Landslide Republicans?
by Ralph Nader
I often ask Congressional Democrats these days: "If you agree that your Republican counterparts in Congress are the most craven, corporatist, fact-denying, falsifying, anti-99 percent, militaristic Republicans in the party's history, then why are you not landsliding them?" Their responses are largely in the form of knowing smiles and furrowed brows.
There are answers that are more specific to account for the large election losses in 2010, the loss of the House of Representatives to John Boehner and Eric Cantor, and the prospect of losing the House and the Senate this November. Chief among them is that the two parties are vigorously dialing for the same commercial dollars to finance their campaigns. The resultant inhibitions and self-censorships bring the parties' real agendas closer together, erasing the bright lines that make elections clearer choices for voters.
Here are eight initiatives that could landslide the Republicans in November's Congressional contests. It starts with a ringing declaration that recalls the legendary labor rally challenge: "Whose side are you on?" With the two parties often seen as Republicrats or DemReps, due to the lack of credible, distinct differences on military, foreign policy, trade, agribusiness, energy and corporate crime/welfare subjects, among others, such a proclamation of "we the people" helps frame the details of this fresh approach, as follows.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/07-8
Not that I disagree with his proposals, but I'd say that the stark differences are already apparent and have been, which is why I've long thought and argued that the fear of rightwingnuttery will be the proximate cause of their upcoming humiliating defeat.
Published on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Common Dreams Can Democrats Landslide Republicans?
by Ralph Nader
I often ask Congressional Democrats these days: "If you agree that your Republican counterparts in Congress are the most craven, corporatist, fact-denying, falsifying, anti-99 percent, militaristic Republicans in the party's history, then why are you not landsliding them?" Their responses are largely in the form of knowing smiles and furrowed brows.
There are answers that are more specific to account for the large election losses in 2010, the loss of the House of Representatives to John Boehner and Eric Cantor, and the prospect of losing the House and the Senate this November. Chief among them is that the two parties are vigorously dialing for the same commercial dollars to finance their campaigns. The resultant inhibitions and self-censorships bring the parties' real agendas closer together, erasing the bright lines that make elections clearer choices for voters.
Here are eight initiatives that could landslide the Republicans in November's Congressional contests. It starts with a ringing declaration that recalls the legendary labor rally challenge: "Whose side are you on?" With the two parties often seen as Republicrats or DemReps, due to the lack of credible, distinct differences on military, foreign policy, trade, agribusiness, energy and corporate crime/welfare subjects, among others, such a proclamation of "we the people" helps frame the details of this fresh approach, as follows.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/07-8
