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Dems alarmed as independents bolt
Following serious setbacks with independents in off-year elections earlier this month, White House officials attributed the defeats to local factors and said President Barack Obama sees no need to reposition his own image or the Democratic message.
Since then, however, a flurry of new polls makes clear that Democrats are facing deeper problems with independents—the swing voters who swung dramatically toward the party in 2006 and 2008 but who now are registering deep unease with the amount of spending and debt called for under Obama's agenda in an era of one-party rule in Washington.
Following serious setbacks with independents in off-year elections earlier this month, White House officials attributed the defeats to local factors and said President Barack Obama sees no need to reposition his own image or the Democratic message.
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No I think your "Average" citizen is waking up to the fact that this country is in the economic basement.
If voters thought O could walk on water and turn turds into trillions (on the +) side, than of course they'd be sorely disillusioned and turning away from the GROUP currently in charge.
Obviously, the ladies who frequent this forum have an interest and passion for government and politics, that the average US citizen does not possess.
You guys are thinking way too deeply on this one-
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