red states rule
10-22-2011, 02:52 AM
We know Obama's re-election bid is in serous trouble, but now the chances of the Dems keeping the US Senate are in question as well
2012 could be more devastatingfor the Dems then the 2010 mid-term election was
We can only hope
In 2008, President Barack Obama swept into the White House, and Senate Democrats eventually picked up nine seats, giving the new commander in chief the biggest Senate majority in decades.
But as Obama heads into his 2012 reelection campaign, keeping that Senate majority will be a major challenge — and Obama’s weakness at the top of the ticket may be partly to blame.
In every major race next year featuring a Senate Democratic incumbent, Obama is polling worse than the incumbent — in some cases, by a substantial margin — according to publicly released surveys.
So rather than running for reelection on Obama’s coattails, these Senate Democrats may end up facing questions over whether they can win with the president on the ballot.
“That means Montanans have good taste,” Democratic Sen. Jon Tester said with a laugh, referring to his approval ratings, which are far better than the president’s in the Big Sky State. “I’m a nicer guy.”
In Nebraska, Obama’s poll numbers are tanking while Sen. Ben Nelson, one of the country’s most endangered Democratic incumbents, is doing marginally better.
Nelson made clear in an interview that he won’t tie himself to Obama or the Democratic Party.
“All races will still be local, and the media will be talking about it nationally since it’s a national race — when, in fact, it will be local races at the state level,” Nelson insisted.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66518.html#ixzz1bUkSUNRD (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66518.html#ixzz1bUkSUNRD)
2012 could be more devastatingfor the Dems then the 2010 mid-term election was
We can only hope
In 2008, President Barack Obama swept into the White House, and Senate Democrats eventually picked up nine seats, giving the new commander in chief the biggest Senate majority in decades.
But as Obama heads into his 2012 reelection campaign, keeping that Senate majority will be a major challenge — and Obama’s weakness at the top of the ticket may be partly to blame.
In every major race next year featuring a Senate Democratic incumbent, Obama is polling worse than the incumbent — in some cases, by a substantial margin — according to publicly released surveys.
So rather than running for reelection on Obama’s coattails, these Senate Democrats may end up facing questions over whether they can win with the president on the ballot.
“That means Montanans have good taste,” Democratic Sen. Jon Tester said with a laugh, referring to his approval ratings, which are far better than the president’s in the Big Sky State. “I’m a nicer guy.”
In Nebraska, Obama’s poll numbers are tanking while Sen. Ben Nelson, one of the country’s most endangered Democratic incumbents, is doing marginally better.
Nelson made clear in an interview that he won’t tie himself to Obama or the Democratic Party.
“All races will still be local, and the media will be talking about it nationally since it’s a national race — when, in fact, it will be local races at the state level,” Nelson insisted.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66518.html#ixzz1bUkSUNRD (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66518.html#ixzz1bUkSUNRD)