Independents’ Day: GOP has high expectations, but indie energy may rule

[joeycola]

Source: abc





Independents’ Day: GOP has high expectations, but indie energy may rule

November 03, 2009 8:15 AM


Klein_3ABC News’ Rick Klein reports:
In the push-pull between Democrats and Republicans, it's a day for none of the above.

On an Election Day that will provide limited data -- and that the GOP looks likely to celebrate, while Democrats tell us to look elsewhere -- there's a surfeit of evidence that independents are the powerbrokers of American politics.

A third-party candidate may win a congressional seat in upstate New York. Another might swing a governor's race in New Jersey.

Virginia appears poised to elect a Republican governor who's reached for the same middle President Obama counted on last year.

And in New York City, a Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent stands to win an unprecedented third term, mostly by being a good mayor (and who could spend more money than everyone else combined bragging about his lack of ideology).

2009's races could bring a clean GOP sweep. But it's being fueled by indie energy that's as unaligned as it is unwieldy and unfocused................

Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/independents-day-gop-has-high-expectations-but-indie-energy-may-rule.html

[Kolesar]

1. "Independents" have another name: "Former Republicans" eom

[mstinamotorcity]

2. If Dems in those ststes

need a excuse to go out and give the republicons a good fight and upset their apple cart. Here are a few.George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Healthcare Reform, Climate Change, LGBT Rights, Wall Street, Iraq and Afghanistan wars, stolen elections, tea parties, ignorance, and plain old greed. Still want a GOP SWEEP? If you stay at home you may get it. Keep the momentum up Dems it isn't over until the polls close. Still waiting for the day when we are singing with one voice.