There have been another series of polls that show that Democrats are in serious, serious trouble in the 2009 and 2010 elections. A new Virginia poll gives Republican Bob McDonnell a 55%-40% lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds in the 2009 governors race. http://www.surveyusa.com/...
What is even worse with this poll is that it gives insane right winger Ken Cuccinelli a 53%-42% lead over moderate Democrats Steve Shannon in the Attorney General race. This would mean that Republicans would get a complete sweep of every statewide office up in 2009, giving them a huge momentum burst going into the crucial 2010 midterms.
What is really bad is the generic ballot, which IS the national bellwether and it now gives Republicans a 43%-42% edge. http://www.npr.org/...
This would likely give Republicans control of the House and would allow them to cut significantly into the Democrats' Senate majority. We would be treated to Speaker Cantor and his plans to destroy Social Security and Medicare as well as his party's position of doing nothing on healthcare and favoring of a 23% national sales tax.
This is a likelyhood if these polls continue to show that Americans want divided government. It is time to jam through healthcare quickly and if the blue dogs object, Obama needs to step in and say to them "you dont have a choice here. You will support this bill or you will make sure that Americans dont have universal healthcare for another 20 years".
And I dont want to hear any crap about it being all fine because "Obama will get reelected in 2012 like Clinton beat Dole in 1996". That would be the WORST thing that could happen. A Republican Congress would harness strings to Obama just like they did to Clinton and force him to do everything that they want. We also would not likely get Congress back until at least 2022 due to the redistricting screwjob Republicans will do to us in 2011. I hate that every time that we win the White House, we have to fall apart and lose everything else. Is this some sort of unwritten rule about Democrats?