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Obama is doing an excellent job even if he is not pursuing progressive policies with as much fervor as I would like so I do not see the Democrats giving "back" any of the states that went for Obama last year.
The democrats don't have to give back anything, the citizens of those states will decide that.
The reason NC, FL, and VA went blue in '08 was the very high black turnout for Obama (especially in NC). I predict in the midterms next year those states will go back to voting "red" since Obama wont be running, but who knows about 2012.
What states that currently vote red do you think will turn (or stay) blue in 2012?
Ones I think will stay Blue
VA
NC
FL
Red going Blue
AZ
GA
WV
I cant think of any long time Blue states turning Red (WV did for this election, not sure if it will stay)
I've got family in Northern Virginia and I spent a month there campaigning for Obama. I think that VA will stay blue because the fastest growing part of VA is Northern Virginia, which is one of the states Democratic strongholds. There is also a large hispanic population in NVA consisting of alot of recent immigrants. As more of these immigrants become citizens, I think this will tilt VA even more in the Dems favor.
I really don't know what you meant by West Virginia as red going blue. Really it was one of the bluest states in the country; while people there have always had conservative social values, on the bread and butter issues they historically have leaned to the left. However, in the last 3 elections West Virginia has gone red. I think this has to do with a few factors. First, the Democrats have become way to big business friendly to the point where they side with big business over workers. Second, West Virginia is a coal producing state and I bet alot of this green energy stuff scares them. Although I do support going green, they have a legitimate concern over what is going to happen to all the coal miners; this will be a challange for the Dems to try and go green without causing major economic damage to coal miners. Third, the state is predominantly white. I think that there are some racist people and even more people that have negative misconceptions of black people and alot of them didn't vote for Obama because he's black.
What states that currently vote red do you think will turn (or stay) blue in 2012?
Red going Blue
AZ
GA
WV
I cant think of any long time Blue states turning Red (WV did for this election, not sure if it will stay)
People in WV highly value our individual rights and freedoms.
We'll be voting for the party that
1. Doesn't declare economic war on our state
2. That isn't out to further restrict the rights of US citizens
3. That isn't out to increase government involvement and control in the lives of US citizens
Whaaaat is up with the Democratic party? When did it change so much?
When I old enough to vote, I registered Democrat (I still am). Way back then they were "for the people", now they have gone from being "for the people" to being "for the government, the heck with the people cuz the people are too stupid to make any decisions on their own".
BTW - In the majority of WV, if you aren't Democrat then don't even bother running for state/local office. You won't get elected unless you are a Democrat.
When mainstream Republicans abandoned the GOP to the Limbaugh Loonies it became a laughing stock. The elected Republicans find themselves having to kowtow to Limbaugh and look totally confused. I'm not big on the Democrats but if the best the GOP can offer is McCain I can't support them.
Obama's bad stock market in Jan. and Feb. simply opened up the stock market to make it easier for smart investers to buy low and sell high. For instance, stock in Ford has tripled since February.
You're right on that one. Fear and hate spread by McCain/Palin was instrumental in getting Obama elected. People got really tired of it.
No, fear and hate spewed by the Dems and smear tactics by the left wing TV media of others (even Hillary in their OWN party) got Obama elected. Don't let your partisan bias blind you
Time magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin recently caused a stir when he took his fellow scribes to task for tilting toward Obama during their campaign coverage.
"It's the most disgusting failure of people in our business ..........."It was extreme bias--extreme pro-Obama coverage." The Prevalence Of Media Bias - Forbes.com
Media bias is inescapable. MSNBC and CBS will usually be pro Obama on everything. FOX and ABC will be pro republican. Media neutrality disappeared with the invention of 24 hour news networks that need commercials to support themselves.
That's true to a point but I don't ever remember a comparable media "love affair" with a President.
As to ABC - haven't seen pro-republican for the last year.
Anyone else remember any comparable media bias of other Presidents?
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