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2010 is going to be a very good election for the Republicans; mainly because the Democrats are generally spineless and don't act like winners. Americans like to vote for people who act like winners, and running away from your accomplishments is a sure way to avoid that. Amazing how fickle people can be: upset that Obama is doing pretty much exactly what he campaigned on - and less, even! - because people with carefully crafted messages of anger tell them they should be.
The divide between the rich and poor, which is already obscenely large, will continue to widen, and people will continue to misdirect the blame based on whatever the faces on TV tell them.
I'd love to predict that by 2012 people will have learned the lesson that voting for the angriest candidate, regardless of whether they are the best candidate, is no way to participate in Democracy, but I can't say I have much hope. It's just fascinating to me how much of American politics is a self-fulfilling prophecy. People complain about politicians and so they don't vote, thereby ensuring the politicians they don't like keep on winning. We haven't crossed 40% voter turnout in a midterm election since 1970!
I'm starting to wonder if there's any hope for American political culture - and that applies to both sides.
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