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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Agreed. You also left out that the debt is trending up, and we should ask ourselves if the benefits we're seeing are worth the bill that we'll be sticking our kids with. The answer to that question may be "yes", by the way. But I'm not sure reducing unemployment to 8% is necessarily a good thing, if we bankrupt ourselves to get there. That's obviously an oversimplification of a complicated issue. But we should be talking about what he spent to get his results, is all I'm saying.
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I think independent voters see the debt problem as bi-partisan.
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Sure it could - the election is 6 months away, in case you didn't know. You don't want to peak too early. I'm not saying that's what's happening, I'm just saying if the market tanks in October, no one will care what it did in February.
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I think we're trending strong and the economy will continue to gain strength if global instability doesn't disrupt it.
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That's your fringe opinion. Chances are (after super Tuesday), Romney will be the lock, and that's 6 months before the election. Back in 2008, Hilary and Obama were in a brutal slugfest right up until the convention. I don't remember hearing you (or anyone) say then, that the primary would leave the Democrats as "damaged goods". Why the difference in opinion? Why is a bitter contest good for Democrats, but bad for Republicans?
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No, it's a mainstream opinion. Hell, the biggest critics of the Republican contestants are the leading conservative media outlets.
We've covered this before. With Obama and Clinton the party saw 2 viable options. With the GOP the party doesn't see any viable options.
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As of today, there are 33 Senate Democrats that are retiring or up for re-election. Only 10 Republicans are retiring or up for re-election. I'll make you any gentleman's wager you choose that the GOP has a net increase in the House and in the Senate.
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Your numbers are wrong. It's 21 Democrat, 2 Independent and 10 Republican. Additionally, the majority of Democrat races are in Blue or Purple states.
I'll take your wager.
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Agreed. The economy and Iran are 2 huge factors.
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I think they're linked. If Iran blows up it will put a large strain on the economy.
-spence