I have long believed that Obama purposely lost Democrats the House in 2010. He figured that John Boehner and the Republicans would be a good target and help him get reelected in 2012. It worked for Bill Clinton to run against a Republican Congress in 1996, so Obama figured it would work for him too.
Obama seemed to purposely make gaffes in 2009 and 2010 and had Democrats push through a horrible cap and trade bill in the House which never had any chance of passing the Senate.
If you look closely, he barely lifted a finger to help Democrats in 2012. George W. Bush raised money for Republicans in 2002 and 2006 and had an entire midterm election strategy. All Presidents in recent memory have had strong midterm election strategies to help their party. Not Obama.
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