House of Eratosthenes

PJTV’s Tea Party TV today unveiled the results of their weekly Tea Party poll, which revealed that nearly one in four Democrats (24%) believe the GOP could win control of the U.S. Senate. According to the new poll of likely voters, 52 percent of respondents overall believe the Republican Party could gain control of the U.S. Senate while 60 percent believe they could win the U.S. House.

“A majority of likely voters – including some Democrats – believe the GOP could gain control of the legislative branch this November – a scenario many could not fathom two years ago,” said Vik Rubenfeld, PJTV’s Polling Director. “Over half of likely voters believe the GOP could gain control of the U.S. Senate, meaning races in traditionally Democratic states like California, Connecticut, New York, and Washington would need to swing to the right on Election Day.”

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Wow…I remember the beginning of 2009 like it was yesterday. All that hope crackling in the air like electricity before a thunderstorm! What happened?

A thunderstorm, I guess.

But this isn’t really the democrats’ fault…nothing against their policies. It’s just the bad mood that goes along with a crappy economy that is all George W. Bush’s fault, right? That crappy economy that turned all crappy three quarters of the way through his eight years in office…when the democrats took over Congress…and continues to this very day, now that Bush has been out of office for two years. And the democrats still have control of Congress.

The voters aren’t really blaming them, right? It’s just an anti-incumbent mood!

Not so fast…

If 2010 is an “anti-incumbent” election, how can it be that 80 percent of the incumbents will be re-elected?
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
10/08/10 9:33 AM EDT

That is the question posed over at RedState.com by Ned Ryun in an important post that reminds us all that, stirring as they may be, the Republican primary victories by insurgent Tea Party conservatives like Sharron Angle, Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, and many others are still just that – primary victories.

The key passage in Ryun’s “The Opening Salvo” is this:

“What those of us who believe in free enterprise and limited government are confronting; an out-of-control bureaucracy, out-of-touch leaders, and fiscal irresponsibility, did not materialize overnight, and will not be changed overnight. It will take time to shift the massive ship of the American state and get it back on course.

“I would say that until we see a losing percentage of 50% or more for incumbents at all levels of government we cannot truly say that there is an anti-incumbent wave and that the American people are winning the war against the ruling class.”

But Republicans and conservatives should not get cocky!

You know, I’ve never understood that. Let’s just say the tea leaves aren’t being truthful with us here. Let’s say democrats maintain control of Congress so we can keep on with our sucky-ass economy. Let’s even say they pick up some seats. And you, fool, went & got cocky you stupid boob.

What damage did you do? Did you stay home? No? You went out and voted? Okay then, no harm no foul…the democrats won and they deserved to, America hasn’t woken up yet after all. The votes weren’t there.

So I say, get as cocky as you want. Get out and vote on Election Day…that’s Tuesday, November 2 for Republicans and Wednesday, November 3rd for democrats. Don’t go betting a hundred dollars on the outcome with your asshole liberal democrat neighbor if you’re only feeling twenty dollars worth of confidence in it — that would be cocksure as well. Pride going before a fall.

Other than those two things….where does this restraint benefit anyone? We went through our heartbeat of stupid right on schedule, we tried out some feel-good left-wing liberal policies and got burned. Again. Now we’re going to pull the country’s head out of its ass because we can’t afford not to…again. Natural order of things. Keep the drama low. Not that complicated.

Hat tip for the above video and links to the wonderful Instapundit.

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