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Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes
This covers the whole lot... Whats is left at the site is worth the read, but thats your choice isn't it..
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Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes
By LIZ SIDOTI, AP National Political Writer Liz Sidoti, Ap National Political Writer – 59 mins ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections.
In this big swing-voting state alone, Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland is in a dogfight for re-election. Senate candidate Lee Fisher may be even worse off. As many as six House Democrats could lose their jobs this fall. Recession-fueled animosity is dominating every race, giving Republicans hope of huge victories.
In Ohio, like almost everywhere else, voters don't much care for Washington, Wall Street or anything resembling the establishment. They grouse about every politician, including President Barack Obama, whom Ohioans played a critical role in electing. They fume over the nation's teetering finances.
"I don't think we've seen the worst of it yet," says Jarrod Davis, 26, a Republican. Adds independent Dan Sharpe, 41: "So far, nothing's gotten better under the Democrats."
Both of these construction workers backed Obama and his party before, but they say Democrats can't count on their support again — if they even vote.
At stake nationally is the balance of power in Washington, the tone for the remainder of Obama's first term and his likely 2012 re-election bid. All 435 House seats as well as 37 Senate seats are on the ballot. The country also will elect 37 governors in races that will determine who oversees the once-a-decade redrawing of political districts.
Republicans are hoping to capitalize on voters' economic disillusionment, frustration with Obama and tea party-generated enthusiasm.
Democrats are relying on a financial advantage, a robust get-out-the-vote operation and, mostly, the ghost of George W. Bush to curb an expected Nov. 2 shellacking.
Hows that working out wise guys. Lady Nancy didn't clean the swamp. So the people will, you do remember the people Lady "Elitist Liberal" Nancy?
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Natale, who calls herself a left-leaning independent, was one of the legions of young people who enthusiastically embraced Obama in 2008 and who Democrats hope will turn out in November.
So who will she vote for? She pauses to think before saying, "I'm not sure."
Nearby at Suzzie's Beechwold Diner, Steve Reither epitomizes the Democrats' other big challenge: a fired-up electorate tilting toward the GOP.
A Republican-turned-independent, Reither is sick of both parties and says: "They all talk about change and nothing changes." But he saves his harshest words for Obama, whom he calls a socialist and a liar. This year, he says he'll probably vote largely with the GOP in November — "I'll hold my nose" — simply to fire Democrats.
"This administration and his cronies are running this country into the ground," Reither, 55, says as he finishes his breakfast. The owner of a small auto restoration business, he says he's been struggling for the past two years, and he blames Obama's policies that "hurt the little guy."
It's no wonder that jobs — who can create them, who is to blame for the losses — are nearly all that candidates here discuss.
Democrats at all levels are sounding a populist tone, casting their races as helping voters on Main Street vs. Republican policies intended to help Wall Street. Republicans, in turn, argue that Democrats — led by Obama — are making a tough economic situation worse with a free-spending, big-government agenda.
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