(Linda Feldmann-csmonitor).Democrats are looking Tuesday’s few elections straight in the eye and seeing potential for embarrassment.
....If Republicans sweep the Big Three, they will be jubilant. It’s been one year since the Democrats had their second big election in a row, seizing the White House and building big majorities in the House and Senate. Now, the Republicans will say they’re back. That will help build momentum toward midterm elections next November, and it could help with recruitment against Democrats in districts won last fall by the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain.
A “throw the bums out” mind-set is growing among voters, which is bad news for all incumbents – but especially bad for the party that has more incumbents, the Democrats.
Losing the two governors’ races would be hard for Democrats to sugarcoat. “In New Jersey and Virginia, they [would] say that this is about local politics and not national politics,” says Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University in New Jersey.
....If Republicans sweep the Big Three, they will be jubilant. It’s been one year since the Democrats had their second big election in a row, seizing the White House and building big majorities in the House and Senate. Now, the Republicans will say they’re back. That will help build momentum toward midterm elections next November, and it could help with recruitment against Democrats in districts won last fall by the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain.
A “throw the bums out” mind-set is growing among voters, which is bad news for all incumbents – but especially bad for the party that has more incumbents, the Democrats.
Losing the two governors’ races would be hard for Democrats to sugarcoat. “In New Jersey and Virginia, they [would] say that this is about local politics and not national politics,” says Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University in New Jersey.
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