Democrats In More Trouble Than In 1994?

"On every single statistical measurement, the Democrats are in more trouble today than they were in July 1994 when they lost control of the House and Senate."

Pollster Frank Luntz tells Tucker Carlson that the Democrats are "In More Trouble" now than in 1994. (See Video)

Luntz and Carlson agree that Obama is trying to spin what he has done to the economy into something positive. Luntz does not believe it will work.



Blog author's comments - Let's believe pollster Frank Luntz is right. If the Republicans gain back some power, will they be ready to take advantage of it and do what is necessary? Do they have a plan?

They have to show the voters they are up to the challenge. The Republicans have to offer an agenda of growth and a stop to what the Obama administration has done and wants to do.

One major problem - If the Republicans can assume power - it will be at the same time that all of the higher taxes go into affect which the Obama administration has already put in place, beginning next January. They would be in power when everything starts to get worse. The Obama regime is setup to dump disaster on the GOP.

Obama will point fingers, "see what has happened when the Republicans are in charge." He will also have the MSM backing him on every thing he says. I hope the Republicans will be ready to show the voters who actually created the problems.

Now will be the time for the Republicans to show the voters that they are the party who can begin to move us out of the economic problems we now face. If they cannot do this, the voters will abandon them again.

The Democrats will be depending primarily on an ignorant electorate who still receive their news from the MSM. The Republicans must have a clear message and agenda. They have to make the voting public aware of it.

This may be our last chance to right much of what Obama has done in only 18 months. To halt what he has planned for the country for the remainder of his four year term.

h/t: HotAirPundit

For Congressional Dems, Time Is Almost Up

National Journal
by Amy Walter, July 7, 2010

For Congressional Dems, Time Is Almost Up - A Little Good News Won't Cut It, What They Need Is A Game-Changer

For months now, the alarm bells have been sounding for President Obama. First there was the drop in support among independents.

Then his precipitous drop in support among white voters. Now comes the predictable news that Wall Street donors, sick of being used as political punching bags, are no longer lavishing campaign funds on Democrats.

But while these developments should be worrisome to the White House, they should be downright terrifying to congressional Democrats. Obama has time to right himself. For congressional Democrats, time has almost run out.

Obama's struggle among white voters will be felt most acutely by House Democrats.

A series of focus groups in five states conducted last month for the conservative nonprofit group Resurgent Republic found that while independent voters have soured on Obama, they haven't abandoned him completely. The same can't be said of their feelings for congressional Democrats.

In analyzing one such group in Orlando, GOP pollster Jan van Lohuizen concluded that it was two issues, health care and BP's oil spill, that ultimately soured these independent voters on Obama.

On health care, van Lohuizen blames the process of the debate more than the substance for turning off independents. As for BP, voters are disappointed that they "don't see strong leadership" from the president.

While Obama could still win these voters back in 2012, van Lohuizen says, they are "pretty well lost" to Democrats this fall.

These voters aren't exactly sold on the GOP, either. If Republicans take control of Congress, they'll "have to deliver," said Resurgent director Ed Gillespie. If they don't, voters will be more than willing to throw them out too.

With just over four months left until Election Day, there's plenty of time for something big to happen that will change the current trajectory.

But the emphasis should be on the word "big." A simple change in tone or an uptick in trend lines ain't gonna do it. . . Entire column

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Blog author's comments - Let's hope Amy Walter and her sources are correct with their predictions as stated in her column about the mid-term elections. I don't believe the Democrats are worried about campaign funds for the November election.

Because I know what "The Messiah" is capable of - this is what I think is going to happen concerning Democrat campaign funding. To bankroll the Dems campaigns, Obama will use money from the "Stimulus Bill." (only 43% of this money has been spent) He will also dip into the $20 Billion "slush fund" from BP, which is managed by his pay Czar.

If you don't believe Obama will use these funds to campaign for the Dems, you cannot be helped. I have said it before; he is capable of and will do anything he deems necessary to hold on to his power base.

If the Republicans do gain control of the House and pickup Senate seats, they have be ready to show the voters they will do what must be done to begin to reverse and try to stop what Obama has planned for our country. I am talking "leadership" folks. This is what has been severely lacking from the Republicans.

If this does not happen, they will be giving Obama a free pass in 2012. The voters will walk away from the Republicans again, as they did in 2006 and 2008.

The Republicans will have two years to 'man up' and show us they take this crisis as seriously as a many of us do. At this point in time, they have not given us that impression. If they have not learned how to "play politics" yet - from watching the Democrats in action these last 18 months - they never will. We shall see.

See additon to this post below - The Democrats do know how to play hard ball politics. This is something the Republicans must learn very soon.

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The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy
The Wall Street Journal , By John Fund, July 9, 2010

Democratic House members are so worried about the fall elections they're leaving Washington on July 30, a full week earlier than normal—and they won't return until mid-September. Members gulped when National Journal's Charlie Cook, the Beltway's leading political handicapper, predicted last month "the House is gone," meaning a GOP takeover. He thinks Democrats will hold the Senate, but with a significantly reduced majority.

The rush to recess gives Democrats little time to pass any major laws. That's why there have been signs in recent weeks that party leaders are planning an ambitious, lame-duck session to muscle through bills in December they don't want to defend before November. Retiring or defeated members of Congress would then be able to vote for sweeping legislation without any fear of voter retaliation. . . Entire column