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I don't believe the Republicans will win a majority in the midterms. They've had a fantastic opportunity handed to them to regain Congress, and squandered it.
The poor economy (I've honestly seen 0 improvement... I'm STILL unemployed), ineffectual government (failed financial reform), and a 0 sum insurance "reform" which fixes almost nothing, all help remove any momentum the Democrats hope to have. This effectively kills their base and puts independents to sleep.
Unfortunately, the Republican party has been wholly taken over by the ludicrous Right. The Intellectual Republican, which gained the Presidency and the Congress of the '80s/90s if effectively dead or has been silenced. Gone are the days of the Big Tent, gone are the days of party of new ideas.
I've only ever voted Republican, but I won't vote for them until they become the party they once were.
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"Smite the rocks with the rod of knowledge, and fountains of unstinted wealth will gush forth." - Ashbel Smith as he laid the first cornerstone of the University of Texas
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