In 1994 Clinton's approval was 48% when the dem's lost ...

[bigdarryl]

WOW that's shocking and the media is in a frenzy over Bush at 43%. I would have thought Clinton was in the 30's when we lost everything. and this fucking media is trying to come up with a way these rethugs win in Nov.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. There's One Big Difference - The Opposition

In 1994, the opposition had an actual plan. It was evil and stupid, but it had a spine. The People figured if they voted Republican, they'd get something new - and perhaps, just perhaps, something better.

Bush's opposition today has no spine at all. They can't even untriangulatingly stand up to no-brainers insane wars, torture, warrantless wiretapping, and epic corruption. The People sense that if they make a change - it will not change.

[bigdarryl]

3. There was no plan until two weeks before the election

[MannyGoldstein]

4. Well Let's Hope

That the Fightin' Dems change their stripes two weeks befor the upcomming election.

[bigdarryl]

5. Your listening to the media to much the dem's...

do have a plan. raise the minimum wage have a withdraw faze in iraq,they want to do something about this crazy healthcare in america.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. I've Been Watching Reality

Me and The People have been at this game long enough to know that the Dems are simply flaming triangulators. They'll raise the minimum wage - but it'll still be at a historic low. They'll withdraw from Iraq in phases - but the phases will never come. They'll do something about healthcare - but it'll be some cockamamie plan that ensures that insurers, providers, and so forth continue to make a killing and that healthcare remains expensive, rather than the simple and effective universal / single payer plans that every other developed nation (except Switzerland) has.

By not doing a credible job at fighting the Rethugs, the Dems have shown their true stripes - and they're the stripes of a skunk, not a tiger.

[Selatius]

10. According to this article, Clinton intentionally understated inflation

http://www.safehaven.com/article-5917.htm

Draw your own conclusions as to why he fooled with the numbers. It's about half-way down the page under "Distortion 2."

[zbdent]

7. Also, in 1994, the opposition had a media that was willing to question

everything that a President did ... and that was before the media got swallowed up by the reichwing ...

As I also recall, Republicans were running on the "check-bouncing scandal" ... a pittance compared to the corruption rampant in today's Republican party ... you know, back when Republicans thought that people should "obey the law" ...

[zbdent]

8. And another thing - that "Contract with America" - as I understand it

too, that didn't come out until just before the election ... which allowed Republicans to run around the country claiming that "this, that, and the other thing" was in the "Contract With America" ... so when the "CWA" actually was published, it was whittled down to X number of points ... but the sheep probably didn't bother to actually read the "Contract", so they could just assume that the "Contract" contained what the Repukes had promised them was in it ...

[Hippo_Tron]

9. There was another big difference, the number of competative races

I think back then the number of House races up for grabs was over 100. If that were the case now, Democrats would easily take the House.

[SheilaT]

2. As I recall,

Bush's approval rating was below 50% in 2004, prior to that election.

[Fabio]

11. Redistricting.