The national spread may only mean we win our safe and leaning seats by bigger margins, and capture most of the toss-ups, but there are still lots of close races with the Democratic incumbent holding millions in the bank.

Our ideal result might even be losing the House 218-217 (Pelosi will be thrown under the bus) and a 50-50 Senate. Not enough to repeal Obamacare & other nonsense (but after a sure Presidential veto, it would take 2/3 of both House and Senate to override), but enough to block funding for them.

That way, with Democratic control of Congress, it would be harder for Obama to sell his “Republican obstructionism” excuse in 2012.

and plenty of time for more people to think about golfing while the economy sinks, the looming tax increases of 2011, the Ramen they are eating because of unemployment, the Ground Zero victory mosque and other raw wounds traceable directly or inferentially to zero and its ilk. The momentum remains conservative and feel, strongly, this prediction, while probably correct on 8/24, will be superseded by even greater swings in the coming days. The current regime is the culmination of the agenda begun by Wilson & FDR. Now that the electorate has begun to experience this rather than look at it in the abstract, distracted by the pixie dust BS, revulsion will increase – particularly as young “home & change” 0biebots see the change in their paychecks (if they have such) and hope they can meet the bills. Reality is a “witch,” ain’t it?

I really expect to see a more massive re-alignment. Not a veto-proof Senate, yet, but more than enough to throw some brakes on the runaway insanity.

My God did it feel good this morning to finally be able to fill in the circle next to Marco Rubio’s name.

Of course, have Boss Reid lose his job and make it tough on Richard Durbin. I hope it things get tough for Obama so that he goes full tilt left. The Best case scenario is to win the house and senate. It’s getting more likely every day.

52 seats seems a little low right now. Gehaghty’s analysis yesterday put 41 seats in the category of “GOP should win these” and another 36 in the 50/50 category. Figuring the “GOP should win” losses are balanced by wins in the 28 “DEM should win” category, then we are looking at a 59 seat pickup.

… is that the Democrats get absolutely slaughtered (politically speaking) in the House, giving Speaker Boehner a solid majority and control of funding. Yet I would prefer to see the Senate remain in Dem control, but at only about 51 seats (giving more GOP representation on the committees).

That whiny lightweight Marxist already blames the GOP and everybody else for his problems, so I don’t want to give his future, predictable whining some credibility. Clinton was able to recover from 1994′s massacre and go on to win re-election by blaming the “evil” GOP (which controlled both houses of Congress) for everything. This way the Dems will still control two out of three (Senate and White House), so the Obamessiah’s whining should HOPEFULLY be seen for what it truly is.

Key difference between Clinton and Obama: Obama already passed health care, which the public still hates. It won’t get repealed by 2012. With Republicans in control of both houses, we will be able to do enough to revive the economy a bit, we will repeal health care, and then obama will veto it. It will still be an active issue in 2012, and Obama will lose.

Even if the republicans take back the House and eek out a majority in the Senate, he wont be able to make a case against republicans.

The reason is simple – he is an arrogant, childish, incoment fool.

Look what he did with one of the most favorable political climates Dems have ever seen – he wasted it and it only took about 1 year. He was given a chance for generations long Democratic majorities and he blew it.

He isnt competent enough to use a Republican senate to his advantage. he just doesnt have the political ability.

Add to that his childish arrogance and what we will see is, as his power is infringed upon, he will become unglued. His out of the mainstream beliefs and actions will get evern more radical. He wont know how to handle majority opposition. Has he ever been opposed in his life? No. He will become defiant and careless, and self destruct even more than he already has.

My guess is that in 2012 he wont even run, He wouldnt be able to do anything he wants anyway (anything from the leftist agenda) so his ONLY purpose to being in the WH from 2012-2016 would be to veto a healthcare repeal.

I think he would rather give up on it and not have to “waste his time” for another four years. When has he ever dedicated himself to 8 years of a job anyway? My guess is that he is so disloyal, that he isnt even loyal to his leftist causes. He is in the history books, he is world famous – and that is enough for him.

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Is this all there is? What happens to the new young bloods, you know, the only three with brains in our whole outfit? Ryan, and definitely Coburn, and that other young gun – what happens to them? They get the brush off from the cocktail RINO establishment types. No wonder young adults take a walk from “the system” and are no shows at your precinct. This seniority loyalty system for the Speaker is based on turn-taking, and rewards the exhausted and senile. It has to go.

Until Obama is gone, can the new Republican powers-that-be NOT wuss out and let the new Democrat minority walk all over them? Pelosi locked them out of everything, and its perfectly honorable to make the Dems PROVE they can play like a team before letting them have equal committee assignments, etc.

I think a 2 year probationary period is in order, where Dems are subject to the EXACT same rules as Republicans were. Then, if they prove they can act like adults and obey the Constitution, they can start to get treated like adults.

Seniors and independents weren’t nearly as toxic toward Dems as they are today. The Dem voter base was ticked at Clinton not passing Hillarycare. The GOP base is arguably as fired up as they were in 1994 if not more today. Right now I see a 60-90 seat gain in the House. Realistically though, 60-70 seats. However, there are some supposively “safe, likely” Democratic seats that could fall in November that aren’t on the radar. Hence, that is why I have an outside shot at an 80-90 seat gain.