This clearly backfired. Enthusiasm gap, my ass.

I think the enthusiasm was always there from Obama, but there is no doubt that when these Republicans started playing voting shenanigans everywhere, it was on. It was unbelievable the backbone that hundreds of thousands of voters showed -- refusing to let the bullies have their way.

But you know, the GP will never learn that lesson. They will keep doing these things.

And they will keep letting teabaggers ruin their chances.

And they will keep hating on Latinos even though that is becoming a dominant part of the electorate.

They never learn anything.

But who cares about him?

but are not impressive to most people.

howard fineman said he was popular inside the beltway among his own , but not when he got out there. i think at most he could realistically worked his way up some leadership position in the house but he was not impressive at all. even there i'm not sure he could handle it since he didn't seem to handle it well with people having different opinions.

Sort of like Trrump. In reality, that guy probably has negative net worth. He just flips properties and washes out his losses through bankruptcy from time to time. The Trump legend is a fraud.

The Ryan mythology was not really based on fraud, but he had successfully created a persona that he was the "Boy Wonder" who really understands the budget and has radical solutions that mere mortals should even try to understand.

That fraud has been exposed. Ryan has nothing but a copy of Atlas Shrugged. And he knows nothing useful about the budget. His brand is ruined. It was a huge mistake for him to run on this ticket. I never understood why he did that in the first place. he had a good thing going.