College of Political Knowledge
2010/2012 Election Series
The mid term election is quickly approaching but what will the outcome be? Will the American people throw the bums out? Or will they go for broke and elect radical Righties to lead the country? Will the voter show logic and rationality in their voting? Just how will the people track in their voting?
There for awhile the media was giving the Tea Party more than its fair share of influence….why do I say that? Simple…..they missed the beginnings of the movement and now hope to capitalize on it……The media, especially conservatives in the media, have said that the people are tracking to the TP because of their anger with Washington…
Personally, I think it is much to do about nothing! The big TP candidate has shown that he is a Repub, NOT A Teabagger! One Scott Brown. The TP candidates in Kentucky and Nevada and elsewhere are showing that they are truly on the fringe…some think the unemployed are causing unemployment (no! really!)……and there is one that does NOT want to eliminate Social Security, but rather wants to PHASE it out (no! really! Has been said!) These show just how out of touch these people are….but the elections will tell just how out of touch the American people are.
If the TP cannot get a foothold in the South, where conservatism is at its highest point, then where will they find it?
A mainstream Republican rolled past a tea party activist Tuesday in the GOP runoff for a southeast Alabama congressional seat that Republicans hope to reclaim.Montgomery City Councilwoman Martha Roby was drawing 60 percent in the unofficial count in the 2nd Congressional District GOP runoff Tuesday against Rick Barber, a former Marine who operates a Montgomery pool hall that hosts tea party meetings.
Remember him? He was the one that was in a bar talking with our Founders and said to “Gather your armies”? His brand of politics did NOT play well in the Deep South……if not there, then where?
It is too early to look at the trends in voting…..okay something else…..Obama’s disapproval rating is 57…..Repubs are at 73% and Dems are weighing in at 67%……
I distrust polls especially the ones 4-6 months before an election…..much can happen by the time people vote and will swing approval in another direction…..the trends today point to the anger of the people will NOT translate into votes for any different type of candidate….the US will get a carbon copy of the politician that they voted out of office….nothing will change and the people can go back to bitching about their representation in Washington…a vicious cycle that few are willing to break…..the only trend that will be evident with the next election is that the TP will be proven to be a non-player……
Plato disliked democracy because he said it was “opinion over knowledge”…….and this next election will prove him correct, yet again…….people will vote with their opinions regardless of the facts…..
