In 1994 when the Democrats lost over 50 House seats at mid-term, the party's favorable rating was 62%, and for the Congress they controlled it was 53%. They still got killed. Now the party's favorable is 38% and Congress's approval is 25%. The Republicans' numbers are low, too, but they're not in charge.And they still want to push immigration “reform”, cap-and-trade, financial “reform” and a VAT. One is tempted to express a suspicion that drugs and alcohol are involved. Or perhaps they’re just crazy.
The Democratic Party is on the edge of an electoral cliff with a long fall to the bottom. No wonder they're seeing a demon under every bed.
Or are they crazy like a fox? Immigration and cap-and-trade both enjoy a certain amount of support from the idiot-wing of the Republican Party. Maybe nudging this legislation along represents an attempt by Democrats to damage the capacity of the Republican Party to serve as a banner about which disaffected independents will want to rally. Just a thought.
Jump, hell, I'll given 'em a push!
ReplyDeleteSeriously......the Dhimmicrats might be crazy like a fox, but I suspect that they underestimate the impact of the Republican Idiot Wing. Or at least don't realize how unseriously those cretins are taken.
Granted, it's possible; God knows the Repubs have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory before. So it's something to keep in mind whenever Senator Graham (and other like minded morons) opens his carbon emission orifice again.
"Carbon emission orifice"
ReplyDeleteI just believe I'll steal that one sometime.
Steal away! It's in the public domain, after all. Not even a serial number to file off.
ReplyDeleteThe goal of immigration reform is to add voters to their voter base. Maybe they are looking at 2012 and trying to jam this into law while they still have the votes to get it done.
ReplyDeleteAnd/or maybe they think they can frame the debate in such a manner as to woo some of the disaffected "moderates" back to their side.
There is a definite calculus at work, who knows.