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2026 Generic congressional ballot April vs Now

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Trump To Hold Rally In Wildwood NJ On 5/11

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks at a Rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 5:00PM EDT.

Date and Time

Saturday, May 11, 2024
5:00PM EDT

 

Venue

Wildwood Beach

3601 Boardwalk

Wildwood, NJ, 08260

 

Timeline of Events

12:00PM – Doors Open

5:00PM – 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump Delivers Remarks

 

General Admission Tickets

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Christie Video: This Isn't Democrat Or Republican

God Bless America - And The Legacy Of Ronald Reagan

NJ Benefits Reform: How Senators Voted

Here's how they voted today in the NJ Senate:

Voting YES:

Addiego (R) Allen (R) Bateman (R) Beach (D) Beck (R) Bucco (R) Cardinale (R) Ciesla (R)

Connors (R) Doherty (R) S. Kean (R) T. Kean (R) Kyrillos (R) Madden (D) Norcross (D) O'Toole (R)

Oroho (R) Pennaccio (R) Ruiz (D) Singer (R) Stack (D) Sweeney (D) Van Drew (D) Whelan (D)

Voting NO:

Buono (D) Codey (D) Cunningham (D) Gill (D) Girgenti (D)

Gordon (D) Greenstein (D) Lesniak (D) Sacco (D) Sarlo (D)

Scutari (D) Smith (D) Turner (D) Vitale (D) Weinberg (D)

Does This New Provision 'Fix' Pension/Benefits Bill?

Here's an excerpt from a story in the Star-Ledger of Newark on the "fix" to Section 76 of the Pension and Benefits Reform Bill in New Jersey. As you read this you will see that the matter is still not completely clear -- though some are arguing that the "fix" is better than the original provision:

Before the vote, the Senate passed an eleventh-hour bill also proposed by Sweeney that loosened restrictions on public workers seeking out-of-state treatment.
A majority of Democrats opposed that provision, too, even though they acknowledged it was better than what Sweeney was proposing on Friday.
The provision, as it was passed today, lets public workers choose whether to buy health insurance that covers out-of-state treatment or a cheaper option that directs workers to New Jersey hospitals unless a doctor decided that no one here could handle their case.
Sen. Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex) said that still puts world-class medical care in New York and Philadelphia out of reach for many public workers, who will not be able to afford their share of the costs if they enrolled in the out-of-state plan.
Many people will be forced to take the cheaper in-state plan, said Vitale and Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer).
"I don't think anyone can make any assumptions about the costs," said Sweeney spokesman Derek Roseman. "We won't know how much the plans cost until the health boards are created. ... We have great hospitals in New Jersey and we want to create an incentive to keep those hospitals running."
Republicans also opposed the provision but relented to Sweeney in order to secure passage of the larger bill.

Click here to read more about this and the rest of the bill.

Christie Wins Media Plaudits For Benefits Deal

Here's what editorial and opinion leaders are saying about the landmark deal that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has struck with Democratic legislative leaders:

Wall Street Journal, “Mr. Christie Has Changed The Terms Of Political Debate In New Jersey, But Mr. Sweeney Deserves Special Taxpayer Praise For Bucking His Party's Union Base”:

“Republican Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey and the state's top two Democratic leaders struck a deal on Wednesday to modify public employee retirement and health benefits, which would save the state at least $122 billion over the next 30 years. Unions like to portray such reforms as GOP assaults on labor, but Garden State Democrats are demonstrating that saving taxpayer money isn't always partisan…While the compromise with Democrats scales back Mr. Christie's original proposal, it's still a large step in the right direction…Mr. Christie has changed the terms of political debate in New Jersey, but Mr. Sweeney deserves special taxpayer praise for bucking his party's union base.”  (Editorial, “Democrats for Pension Reform,” Wall Street Journal, 6/17/11)

New York Post, “Jersey Leads Again”:

“… the deal should be a model for New York, which is rapidly sinking under the weight of its own soaring public-pension costs. Under the terms of the agreement, employees will contribute significantly more to their health-care premiums and pension benefits, though still well below what private-sector workers pay…These fixes are long overdue for the Garden State, whose pension and health-care funds are short a total $110 billion, thanks to years of non-payments and soaring costs. (And kudos to Democratic leaders there, who cut this election-year deal despite stiff opposition from the unions and their own members.) New Jersey is just the latest state to acknowledge the need for pension and health-care reform for its public employees. And it's not just Republicans arguing that things have to change. "New Jersey is setting a model for dealing with these problems in an honest, forthright and bipartisan way," said Christie. Now it's time for New York to come to grips with its own grim public-pension and health-care realities. Albany needs to pass reforms -- and never mind what the unions will say.”  (Editorial, “Jersey leads again,” New York Post, 6/17/11)

The Newark Star-Ledger, “Compromise. Tackling A Critical Issue…The Deal Saves Money. Billions. And We Applaud It”  

“It’s the Miracle of State Street: a historic agreement to roll back pension and health benefits for public employees — forged across party lines, with a testy governor and a reluctant Assembly leader, despite angry union opposition and a Democratic civil war. Compromise. Tackling a critical issue. Legislators doing what’s best for the state instead of what’s politically expedient for them — while telling unions to take a flying leap into the Delaware River. Whoa, this is still New Jersey, right? Is it the perfect deal? Of course not. Those are rare in politics — especially when emotions are involved. Is it a good deal for taxpayers? Unquestionably. It’s the first knot in the rescue rope as the state tries to pull itself out of a terrifyingly deep $120 billion pension and health benefits hole while also plotting a course toward long-term solvency…There is plenty of credit to go around: to Christie for prodding lawmakers and agreeing to compromises; to state Senate President Stephen Sweeney for starting this work before Christie arrived; to Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver for standing up to her caucus and the unions…The deal saves money. Billions. And we applaud it.”  (Editorial, “Benefits deal puts state on the right track,” The Newark Star-Ledger Editorial Board, 6/17/11)

Philadelphia Inquirer, “The Agreement Is Laudatory As An Example Of Bipartisan Compromise”

“For months, battle lines have been drawn in New Jersey's debate over health and pension benefits for state workers. On most days, compromise seemed out of the question. But now, Republican Gov. Christie and Democratic Senate President Stephen Sweeney are making progress with bipartisan legislation that would force public employees to pay more for benefits and raise the retirement age for new employees from 62 to 65. The unions have balked at not being able to negotiate concessions under collective bargaining. But with New Jersey facing an obvious and escalating problem, the Senate budget committee Thursday understandably approved the Christie/Sweeney proposal. Whatever shortcomings the measure may have, it is welcome news to taxpayers who want to see spending decreased…the agreement is laudatory as an example of bipartisan compromise…” (Editorial, “Progress on benefits,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/17/11)

Tom Moran, The Newark Star-Ledger, “New Jersey Politics Worked Thursday Because The Leadership On All Sides Showed Courage”:

“Mark this as the day that the spell was broken, the day that the public worker unions finally lost their stranglehold on the Legislature, the day that Democrats ginned up the courage to confront the most important special interest group in their coalition. Union leaders were in a daze, like jilted lovers who couldn’t believe the breakup was actually happening. This is Jersey, and they have been kings for a long time, even when Republicans were in power…That’s right. New Jersey politics worked Thursday because the leadership on all sides showed courage. Strange as it may seem to say this, the state was well served by its politicians. Gov. Chris Christie pushed this cause hard, and to great effect. Despite his pugilistic style in public, he made key compromises behind closed doors that allowed this to happen. Senate President Steve Sweeney came up large as well. Many of his fellow Democrats hate him for it, as do the public worker unions. He wants to run for higher office, and this could snuff his chances. But he did it anyway. The surprise was Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver. Her fellow Democrats constantly whisper that she is a weak leader, and is tainted because she won the speakership through a backroom deal arranged by the bosses. But this was her defining moment…We don’t see this kind of behavior in Washington these days. Sweeney and Oliver are confronting their own coalition, telling the unions they can’t have their way because its simply unreasonable.” (Tom Moran, “Real leadership sang louder than N.J. unions' tired refrains,” The Star-Ledger, 6/17/11)

Alfred P. Doblin, The Bergen Record, “The World As We Know It May Never Be The Same”:

“Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, D-Essex, and Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester, joined with Republican Governor Christie and state Republican minority leaders in announcing an agreement on reforms to the public pension and employee health benefits systems. The world as we know it may never be the same. Public employee unions are up in arms. The New Jersey Education Association is desperate. It has long been able to do what it wants because it controlled public officials. It is fast becoming irrelevant. Key Democrats are no longer concerned about union support. When the moon is eclipsed, tides do strange things…In Wisconsin, Democrats fled, rather than vote for union reforms. In New Jersey, Democrats bled. They are fighting to the death over what it means to be a Democrat, right here and now. They are in a tough place. They can defy the leadership they elected and stand with unions and hope those unions can get them reelected. Or they can risk standing up to those unions and enact sweeping reforms…And as for the unions rallying against Sweeney, Oliver and Christie, it’s too late. The tide has gone out, that ship has sailed and Chris Christie is at the helm.”  (Alfred P. Doblin, “Public unions are left high and dry,” The Record, 6/17/11)

Jennifer Rubin, Wall Street Journal, “Unflinching Resolve By The Governor And A Responsible Leader Of The State Senate”:

“This is New Jersey. No tax hikes. No end to collective bargaining. Just unflinching resolve by the governor and a responsible leader of the state senate. By gosh, if Democrats in Trenton can forgo tax hikes and pass real entitlement cuts, can’t they do it in D.C.?”  (Jennifer Rubin, “Christie’s breakthrough deal,” Wall Street Journal, 6/17/11)

The Burlington County Times, “It Is Bipartisan — A Compromise Between A Republican Governor And A Democratic State Senate President”:

“New Jersey’s public employee pension system is on life support — so desperately underfunded that retirees in the very near future may be issued IOUs. But here we are, looking at empty coffers. Something has to be done. The same goes for benefits costs. Counties and municipalities can’t continue to pay the lion’s share of health insurance premiums, which are exempt from the 2 percent cap, without raising taxes. Something has to be done. We realize the Sweeney/Christie bill isn’t perfect. But it is bipartisan — a compromise between a Republican governor and a Democratic state Senate president. Who would have predicted that six months ago?”  (Editorial, “Focus on education,” The Burlington County Times, 6/17/11)

Christie On Benefits Reform: 'A National Model'

Here are New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s remarks today delivered in front of  the New Jersey Association of Counties 61st Annual Conference in Atlantic City, N. J.:

The debate and discussion that’s going on in Trenton this morning and will continue through next week, is in the interest of the taxpayers first and foremost. But it is equally in the interest of the public employees who want to continue to be provided with excellent health coverage and who want to be able, at the conclusion of their career, to collect a pension that they were promised. Now that second part may get lost in all the scrum that is going on down there right now, but it will come back. It will come back, because the truth is the truth, and the numbers are the numbers.

The second thing going on in Trenton proves that New Jersey is setting a model for dealing with these problems in a honest, forthright, and bipartisan way. … New Jersey is setting the model by dealing with it in a honest way - the pension reforms in this bill alone will save taxpayers $122 billion over the next thirty years and bring all of those pension systems within thirty years, into a 80% funding ratio. Restoring the stability of those systems while saving New Jersey taxpayers $122 billion dollars over thirty years. …

… This is a bipartisan effort. This could not happen without Republicans and Democrats putting aside the bickering and putting aside the partisanship and saying these are the big things that we have to fix. This isn’t about the next election, this is about the next generation.

And so, I have to give extraordinary credit to the Senate President and the Assembly Speaker. They are leading.

Let’s stop right there for a second and define for a room full of leaders what leadership is. Leadership is not figuring out where everybody else is going and sprinting to get in front of the group that is heading in that direction. Leadership is about finding out what the right thing is to do, what the right direction is, moving in that direction and using the power of our public office to persuade others to follow us. Hence the name, leader.

Leading is not reading the public opinion polls, and adjusting your position to the polls even if that position is not in the public interest. Leading is changing the polls through your words, through your actions, and through the power of the correctness of your position.

That’s leading. And that’s what’s happening in Trenton today. People are putting aside labels. People are putting aside everything other than what is in the long-term interest of the 8.8 million citizens that we are all charged with representing.

… What you are watching I am going to guarantee you when it’s finished next Thursday will become a national model and will be hailed across the country as an example of bipartisanship that the President and the Congress can only aspire too.

Philly Tea Party Backs Featherman For Mayor

The Independence Hall Tea Party PAC Board of Directors voted overwhelmingly to endorse John Featherman in the May 17, 2011 Republican Mayoral Primary.

This marks only the second time the PAC has endorsed a candidate in a non-federal election.

"First and foremost, this endorsement speaks to the intelligence and credibility that John Featherman brings to the table," said PAC President, Don Adams.

"We agree with much of his platform, especially his commitment to enacting School Choice and his pledge to cut the city sales tax, as well as the real estate transfer tax.

"Obviously, we are sending a message to the Philadelphia Republican City Committee that we disapprove of their support for Karen Brown, an unknown, inexperienced candidate who was a registered Democrat through January of this year," said Mr. Adams.

"Why would the Committee support a candidate from the opposing party--especially one with such a limited grasp of the issues--over an elected Republican Committeeman with Mr. Featherman's business background and political acumen?"

Mr. Featherman, an award winning real estate agent with Prudential Fox & Roach, holds an MBA from Columbia University.

"John Featherman would like to eliminate the gross receipts tax to bring more business into the city, thereby creating jobs," said PAC Board Member and Philadelphia resident, Lin DeCesare.

"He also intends to bid out all legally permissible city services, which would save the city millions of dollars.

"John is man of ideas and principles. We are proud to endorse his candidacy and will be working on his behalf now through election day," said Ms. DeCesare.

(In March of this year, the PAC voted unanimously to endorse Patti Weaver, a founder of the Pittsburgh Tea Movement, for Allegheny County Executive. Ms. Weaver has since withdrawn her candidacy and her name will not appear on the ballot. Her endorsement was the first non-federal PAC endorsement.)

To learn more about John Featherman, please visit www.Featherman.com.

This Non-Elected Ivy Leaguer Will Shape NJ's Future

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You're looking at the man who today will play a huge role in determining New Jersey's future.
Do you recognize him? . . . . . No?
If you don't remember him running for office or asking for your vote, it's because he never did.
Well, maybe if I tell you his name, it will help.
He's Dr. Alan Rosenthal.
No, he's not your local family practitioner. In fact, he's not even a medical doctor. His degree is in public policy or somesuch.
A graduate of Harvard and Princeton, he's a professor of public policy at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at the Edward J. Bloustein School of  Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University (whew!).  His research and teaching interests are state legislatures and state politics.
According to public records available at DataUniverse, he rakes in more than $160,000 a year as a full professor at Rutgers.
And he now holds the tie-breaking vote on the11-member commission that will determine the makeup of New Jersey's legislative districts in the aftermath of the 2010 census. The commission is made up of five Democrats and five Republicans, plus Rosenthal, who was appointed by New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner. And, wouldn't you know -- Rabner is himself a graduate of  Harvard and Princeton. And Rabner was appointed to his post by liberal Democrat Governor Jon Corzine who was thrown out of office by New Jersey voters in November '09.  

Dr. Rosenthal has been holed up with the politico members of the redistricting commission at the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick which bills itself as "a sophisticated, central gathering place for successful meetings as well as leisurely getaways." The hotel says it is "designed to offer the discerning guest, attentive service, and an environment conducive to both focused meetings and memorable celebrations."Part of the chic Benchmark Hotel chain, The Heldrich says it follows a "formula that creates the signature of unparalleled excellence in quality and service." Hmmm . . . .

So, very shortly we will know how the commission (with Rosenthal holding the all-important, tie-breaking vote) decides to slice and dice New Jersey's legislative districts.

Will the new legislative map favor the Democrats or the Republicans?

Don't hold your breath on this.

Because just yesterday, Rosenthal sided with the Democrat redistricting plan. And now it looks like any final vote will be a mere formality.

You're not surprised, are you?

Death Threats? Is This The New Civility?

Wisconsin State Sens. Joe Leibham and Glenn Grothman said they are among as many as 18 Republican senators who received death threats following their votes to eliminate most collective bargaining powers for public workers.
Hmmm . . . I guess this is what the liberals call "civility."

Romney: I Will Not Apoligize For America!

Top Republicans Won't Attend China State Dinner

House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won’t attend the black-tie event at the White House. That's the state dinner that President Obama will host for Chinese President Hu Jintao. 
Click here to read more about this development.

Gallup Sees Clear, Significant GOP Trend

Gallup sees a clear, powerful trend toward the Republicans.
From the latest Gallup Poll:

55% of likely voters in Gallup's Oct. 14-24, 2010, polling are Republicans and independents who lean Republican. This is higher than the Republican showing in the past four midterm elections, although not too dissimilar to the 51% found in 2002. The corollary of this is that the 40% of likely voters now identifying as Democratic is the lowest such percentage of the past several midterms.
Notably, this year's high Republican representation among likely voters stems mainly from a substantial increase in Republican-leaning independents in the likely voter pool -- now at 16% -- reflecting the broader shift toward the Republican Party among independents evident since 2009. . . . 
Gallup's recent tracking of the generic ballot for Congress has shown the Republicans with substantial leads over the Democrats among likely voters, in part because the underlying registered voter population leans Republican in its vote choice. Compared with previous elections, that tilt is an extraordinary positioning for the Republicans, who typically do no better than tie the Democrats among registered voters. The GOP's position is further enhanced by the generally strong proclivity of Republicans to turn out to vote, which appears to be even greater than usual this year.

Click here to read the full report from Gallup.

Biden's Big Billion Dollar Blunder

Why is it that Joe Biden must always wind up making a fool of himself? Why?
Maybe it's because he's so full of himself.
Can he not restrain himself, even for a moment?
Does he know no bounds?
Here's a guy who has spent his whole life at the public trough. His whole life!
Here's a guy who's spent his whole life campaigning. He's literally mesmerized by the sound of his own voice prattling away.
And here's a guy who still can't get it right. And we're supposed to think it's funny?
Now Biden has gone and said the the GOP and its friends have spent $200 BILLION trying to defeat the Democrats. BILLION?!?
Maybe a billion is play money in Biden and Obama's world of trillions.
But this business about spending nearly a quarter of a BILLION is b-a-l-o-n-e-y. Yet, Biden thinks nothing of making ridiculous statements like this. And half the time he doesn't even correct himself.
But here's the truth: Big Labor IS spending a quarter-of-a-billion to help elect all of Biden's friends in the Democrat Party. And that ain't exactly pin money, folks.
And, BTW: That quarter-of-a-billion doesn't include all the other $$$$ being spent on behalf of the Dems by the Democrat Party itself and by other groups. That quarter-of-a-billion is just one part of it.

Polls, Pundits, Predictions: Brutal News For Dems

Politico's James Houseman is out with a story of the Democrats' brutal weekend, just ended: Dreadful poll results, ominous predictions and very bad reviews from the pundits.
The number of possible Republican gains keeps growing.
The predictions of even more Election Day losses keep coming in.
And the pundits? Well, they just keep piling on the Dems.
Here's part of what Houseman says:
More bad polls. More bad fundraising numbers. More dreary talk on the Sunday shows.
It added up to a brutal weekend for Democrats, as the consensus among election analysts, already bearish on the party’s prospects, took a turn for the worse over the past 48 hours. 
It seems the Democrats simply cannot come up with a message or a strategy to turn things around. And with two weeks to go, the hour is getting late.
The Democrats tried the blame game. They tried changing their talking point. They tried switching themes. As Halloween approaches, they're even trying trickery. But none of it is making a difference.

And it's not just the House that gives the Democrats indigestion. The gubernatorial races look bad as well. And the Senate is still in play.
Here's what Houseman has to say about the Senate:

The Senate may stay in Democratic hands — but only by the narrowest of margins, so slim that it will make a handful of moderates from both parties the only people who will decide whether anything gets done. 

In contrast to 2008, the year couldn't look worse for the Democrats.
And, to most Dem candidates Obama seems more of a hindrance than a help.
Click here to read Houseman's entire story at Politico.

Christie Wins Tea Party Poll, Leads Here, Too

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has won the first-ever Tea Party presidential straw poll conducted yesterday at the Virginia Tea Party Patriots convention,
Christie came in first with 14% of the vote followed by Sarah Palin with 13.5%
That's funny because Christie and Palin are also running neck-n-neck in our very own straw poll conducted here. Christie has garnered 29% and Palin is right alongside him with 29% herself. Mitt Romney is a distant third with 11% in our poll while Ron Paul takes third place in the Tea Party poll.
Nearly 200 people have already voted in out poll.
If you haven't already voted, vote now. Choose your candidate at the top right hand corner of this page.
BTW: Christie says there is "no way" he will run in 2012. Palin has yet to officially announce her intentions.

White House Eyes Ad Blitz To Smear Tea Party

Obama & Co. are considering a massive ad blitz to smear Tea Party activists and charge that the Republican Party has been taken over by extremists.
As reported by the New York Times yesterday, it seems the ad campaign is all but ready to go.
Under this scenario, the Democrats would try to nationalize the election and mobilize their own base by painting the GOP as a party that has been taken over by radicals. They'd also try to permanently link the Republican Party to the Tea Party activists. The aim: create a frenzy of groundless fear.
For the Democrats, this is not a new game plan.
They tried it twice against Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984) and it failed both times.
And the Democrats tried the same tact again in 1994 and it failed again.
In fact, it's the 1994 GOP off-year election landslide that still haunts Democrats today. In '94 Democrats tried to tag all GOP candidates as extremists but even the most far-right Republican congressional candidates wound up winning amidst a tidal wave of voter discontent that gave Republicans control of both houses of Congress.
Many in the Democrat Party were so burned by this broad-brush approach before that they fear that trying it once again will only make matters worse.
Those Democrats who are skeptical of the national ad campaign want to keep their distance from the White House and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. They'd rather run localized campaigns that don't remind voters of the goings on in Washington. In fact, many Democrat congressional candidates are attempting to run against Washington, as incredible as that may seem.
Democrats whose futures are on the line don't want to talk about the failed stimulus bill, cap 'n trade, Obamacare, immigration reform or the economy. It's a tough position to be in -- one that doesn't leave a candidate with many options.
So, expect the Democrat Party to conjure up old themes all built around the fear of big, bad Republicans. This means plenty of class warfare, daily distortions of GOP positions and even playing the race card if that's what it takes.
It ain't gonna be pretty, folks.

Unveiled: The Dems' Desperate Fall Strategy

The Democrats say they are in rescue mode.
They claim they are going into triage to save key congressional districts and salvage their majority.
Members of the mainstream media (as usual) are playing along.
But, beware. For all this is part of the plan.
Here's the strategy:
1) By the beginning of October Big Media will all but bury the Democrats.
2) The Democrats themselves will put the party and its candidates in the emergency room, acting as if the election is nearly over before the campaign even accelerates.
3) Both the mainstream media and the Dem leadership will vigorously lower expectations for Democratic candidates throughout the nation.
4) Dems will play poor but actually hoard money and media advertising time.This has already begun.
5) Working together, the liberal media and the Democrat Party will try to get the GOP to peak too soon. And as soon as there is any evidence at all of that happening, they'll start to say: "Ya see, the Republicans have peaked! It's all downhill from here."
6) Dems will localize each and every congressional race where they are competitive and in each race they will attempt to smear and destroy the GOP candidate. They will not hesitate to go negative and they will paint the new class of Republican candidates as dumb, naive, right-wingers, hopelessly extreme, dangerous, reckless and out of touch with the American people. And these are some of the NICE things they will say.
7) Once again the Dems will attempt to strike fear in the hearts of seniors by saying that the GOP will dismantle Social Security. And yes, the Democrats will play the race card if they have to.
8) All along Big Media will continue to raise expectation for the GOP so that no matter how good the Republicans do on November 2, the media can say "Not good enough! No mandate!"
9) The Democrats will not only run against George W. Bush (again!) but they will also run against Sarah Palin and the specter of a lunatic fringe. And they will mock the tea partiers as hopeless imbeciles
10) By election day, you'll be sick of the Dems' attack, attack, attack strategy but you'll realize that the party has (had) no choice. It's not like they are (were) able to run on their record.