It’s your TGIF version of your open thread. Let’s roll.
I obviously picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue:
During an interview with Mike Huckabee last night on Fox News, host Greta Van Susteren said that Republican Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate special election this week “has awakened people there might be some discontent.” But Huckabee warned the GOP to not “get too giddy” because now Obama will probably be re-elected:
HUCKABEE: I want to be careful to not let Republicans get a little too giddy about this. Here’s the fact. I think that this was the beginning of the end of the Democratic domination of Congress. But let me go out on a limb tonight, Greta, and tell you that this is probably the beginning of the reelection of Barack Obama because he’s going to have to make course corrections that will likely put him in a much better position in his reelection bid than he would have been had he continued on this Pelosi/Reid-led disastrous trip off the cliff.
He obviously thinks Obama will move right. I think Obama may find his groove by moving populist (see the bank regulations). The recent SCOTUS decision making our elections corporately owned may actually benefit Obama in public perception if he’s seen as fighting against it.
Republicans aren’t really gaining from Democrats’ woes.
A new Public Policy Polling poll found that only 19% of voters nationally are happy with the direction of the Republican Party, compared to 56% who are unhappy with it. Even GOP voters are displeased with where the party’s going: Just 38% say they are unhappy with the current direction to 35% who support it.
Analysis: “This much seems clear: if the Republicans keep winning even with a heavily damaged national brand it’s an indication voters are choosing much more by what they’re against right now than what they’re for. I think a GOP controlled Congress for next year is still unlikely but it could be the best thing that ever happened to Barack Obama’s reelection hopes.”
The choice is clear. Democrats can win if they give people something to vote for.