Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Primary Results From Yesterday Bad News For Obama

Certainly seems on balance that the results should not make people who support Obama's / Reid's / Pelosi's agenda feel safe with their backing; not that this is a shift from the last few major elections.

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/19/the-muddled-message-from-yesterdays-elections

"It’s worth noting that the Democratic establishment candidates had a tough time in close-fought races. Arlen Specter had the backing of the DSCC and Barack Obama, was an incumbent who delivered key votes to Harry Reid — and still lost to Joe Sestak, who couldn’t claim any of those things. Blanche Lincoln managed to survive to a runoff round with an almost-imperceptible lead over Bill Halter but not a majority. The problem for both is that the Left is more energized than the center in this cycle, which made it hard for establishment candidates to keep support.

The larger problem for Democrats is that the entire Right is significantly more energized than the Left. While Lincoln hashes out her runoff and Sestak tries to run to the center after beating Specter from the Left, Republicans are already positioned to generate turnout models that will handicap Democrats greatly. There is a large difference between winning a closed primary and winning a general election, and the anti-incumbent fever that impacted both races will add to Democrats’ woes regardless of whether Halter wins or not — and it’s worth pointing out, as Pat Toomey undoubtedly will, that Sestak is an incumbent in the House.
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1 comment:

  1. Wait till Oblowtoad & friends get a load of the new Iron Man.Kill all Red Communist on the Planet Now !!!

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