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Originally Posted by McG
Considering how many people are against the war, the amount of people who lost their jobs in the last 4 years don't you think the Dems should of done better?
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not really, i think there are only like a few million (maybe 3-4 even) people mobalized against the war right now.
and jobs are coming back. but that's only half the story, because the jobs that are coming back to replace the lost ones are low income, minimum wage types. and then we hear the argument that minimum wage was never meant to raise a family. but if higher paying jobs are going to come back, they aren't coming back yet and certainly not enough to go around for everyone.
so it could take a while before people begin to start to question the president on this.
plus, I heard a very intelligent analysis on PBS wherein the woman argued that this cycle had a few things that allowed the administration dissociate itself from the job loss. for example, even before the adminstration came to power, their megaphone began to pump the message out that we were entering a recession (I'm not saying that wasn't the case, just that they set the stage to blame it on the previous administration whereas usually the flak would hit the sitting president when people realized a recession was upon them). then 9-11 happened and the administration had all sorts of instances to point to and shed responsibility.
and again, that's not to say he was responsible. but before I think people would get upset at their lost job and aim that at the sitting president, regardless of who or what was at fault. this time the president was able to dodge that anger so we didn't see much of that at play in the election that was expected due to traditional ways things worked.