Many Americans are angry. The Republicans are playing on that anger. Unfortunately they really do not have any answers to what really ails America. Their philosophy of inordinately low taxes, unfettered free trade, and policies conducive to the outsourcing of American jobs for large profits garnered from the use of cheap labor, along with lax regulation is the genesis of our problems. This took 30 years to manifest itself.
If the GOP gets in they will have no workable answers. We must realize that there is a paradigm shift in America. The income/wealth transfer to the top is all but complete. Without a government of the people to find an equitable way to mitigate the obvious defect in our capitalist society, I see nothing but hard times for most and eventually social turmoil.
The Republicans have used sound bites, race bating, misinformation, and other tactics to create a diverse coalition of the misinformed. That coalition wants power. Fortunately that coalition is so diverse except for their hate for either Obama/Reid/Pelosi or hate for government that they will likely fade as fast as they were created. The problem is the country will suffer as the government remains gridlocked.
Let’s ensure this does not happen. Make me wrong. GO VOTE.
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WASHINGTON — The Republican Party chief on Sunday forecast a wave of anti-Democratic voting on Election Day while his Democratic counterpart said a strong get-out-the-vote effort would hold back losses and help keep Congress out of GOP hands.
Nine days before elections that will decide whether President Barack Obama will face a Republican Congress, party chairman Michael Steele said he has seen a groundswell and energy behind GOP candidates as he has traveled around the country.
"I think you are going to see a wave, an unprecedented wave on Election Day that is going to surprise a lot of people," Steele said.
Steele said he believes "absolutely" that Republicans will gain the seats needed to become the majority party in the House and thus oust Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. He was less certain that Republicans will take over the Senate.
Tim Kaine, the Democratic National Committee chairman, expressed confidence that Democrats would retain power in both chambers. He argued that early voting and turnout at rallies for Democratic candidates are evidence that the party’s "ground game" will prevent the disaster some are predicting for the party.
"From this point forward it’s all about turnout and ground game," Kaine said. "We’ve got work to do, but we think we can do it."
In a mid-October survey of people likely to vote, an Associated Press-GfK poll found all signs pointing to a huge Republican victory on Nov. 2. In the survey, 50 percent said they will back the GOP candidate in their House district while 43 percent say they will support the Democrat. The GOP edge slightly narrowed in recent weeks as Democrats grew more energized.
Republicans need a 40-seat gain to take over the House. By some estimates at least 75 House seats may change hands, and most of those are held by Democrats. An additional two dozen other races for Democratic-controlled seats have tightened in recent weeks.
Republican political adviser Karl Rove predicted GOP gains in the upper 50s to low 60s in the House, well over the number needed for a GOP majority. Polls show intensity among voters on the side of those favoring the GOP, he said.
