"The Democratic landslides in Congress in the last two elections?"
Huh? Say what? "Landslides?" Um, no. Not hardly. Not even close, actually.
A landslide would've meant a "fillibuster proof" majority in the Senate and not the 56/41 split it is now. You're closer to right in the House but even there it's no "landslide."
As to the 2008 election, it would've been a minor miracle for the Republicans to have kept the White House. The American voting public rarely hands over the Oval Office to the same political party three times in a row. Bush Sr. was the last get to get such a luxurious a treatment.
Combine the Iraq war, the nose-diving economy, the inarticulateness of both Bush _and_ McCain, along with that American tradition of "throw the bums out" (no matter which bums happen to have been in) and it's no surprise that Obama won. Here as well though, it was not a landslide.
True, it was a decisive victory but I see that as much more a rejection of Bush and a desire for fresh blood in the White House. And yeah, McCain was anything but fresh blood.
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Landslides? Say what?
Date: 2009-04-17 07:14 pm (UTC)"The Democratic landslides in Congress in the last two elections?"
Huh? Say what? "Landslides?" Um, no. Not hardly. Not even close, actually.
A landslide would've meant a "fillibuster proof" majority in the Senate and not the 56/41 split it is now. You're closer to right in the House but even there it's no "landslide."
As to the 2008 election, it would've been a minor miracle for the Republicans to have kept the White House. The American voting public rarely hands over the Oval Office to the same political party three times in a row. Bush Sr. was the last get to get such a luxurious a treatment.
Combine the Iraq war, the nose-diving economy, the inarticulateness of both Bush _and_ McCain, along with that American tradition of "throw the bums out" (no matter which bums happen to have been in) and it's no surprise that Obama won. Here as well though, it was not a landslide.
True, it was a decisive victory but I see that as much more a rejection of Bush and a desire for fresh blood in the White House. And yeah, McCain was anything but fresh blood.
Madoc