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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I take a different view. I think it is all but certain that the Democrats will lose one or both of the Senate and House this fall. I also think that this will turn out to be a very good thing for Obama, and will make it likelier that he will win in 2012.
It's important to remember that the memory of the voting population is extremely short. What happens over the next year is only important in terms of establishing a media narrative, and the narrative of the embattled president working hard to protect the interests of Americans against an evil Congress determined to thwart him is a story that the Democrats would love to be telling voters in 2012.
Defending the record of a president who had all three branches of government under his control (even though that really isn't true--nor should it be) is a much harder sell.
If they were taking a long view, the GOP would realize that the way back into the White House is to lose the mid-terms this fall.
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Well, you've got to expand on that!
Basically, we have had a constant election cycle ever since the Presidency was hyper-politicized during the Clinton Administration. The Republicans play the game better and they will not let American voters forget Obama's mistakes.