The LA Times is catching up with your humble pundit and prognosticator:
The failure of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s party in a major state election Sunday is another reminder to Democrats of a fundamental reality of politics — in recessions, voters tend to punish the party in charge.
Americans tend to think of their politics as being a thing unto itself — not related to contests elsewhere in the world. But the economic crisis that began in 2008 swept through all the major, developed market economies, and the political waves that have washed through their elections follow a similar pattern.
It wouldn’t be the Times without a little wishful thinking:
Obama and his advisers do have counter-arguments, of course. A substantial percentage of voters continue to blame former president George W. Bush, not Obama, for the country’s economic troubles. And a major theme of Obama’s campaign lately has been that Romney’s policies, far from providing new leadership, would simply mark a return to Bush’s policies. That argument could help Obama retain his job this fall — currently he leads narrowly in most polls — but if he does so, he will have bucked a worldwide trend.
Pretty weak tea for an endorsement of Obama’s chances. I thought they were misreading the true message. I’m beginning to see signs that this might just be Mitt’s election to lose.
I am the…Donk Whisperer…ba da da dum…
“I’m beginning to see signs that this might just be Mitt’s election to lose.”
I agree……..I think OWEbozo has done plenty enough to lose, now if Mitt will watch out and refute all the BS the D’s throw out there, he should win. One thing that I can’t see any of the OWEbozombies being able to deny is that when it comes to past performance, Mitt wins hands down.
He’s got to come out and kick the shit out of Obama every time they try something, not do what McLame did and sit back and be nice.
Instapundit has a link to a Powerline post by John Hinderaker that notes where conservatives are kicking the Dems ass on Twitter…pretty funny.
Mitt has more ammo to use against the IITWH than I have ever seen. To me if he blows it, it’s his own screwup.
Except when he decided to be a barber in high school without his license! Oh, the shame!
You don’t know…..it might could have been an improvement.
I liked what Bill O’Reilly said about it – the only way this is a real story is if Mitt pinned Barney Frank down and cut his hair.
But you might have a point – maybe the real problem is that he wasn’t licensed by the state…
We can’t find the records, so who knows?