2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDid our chances of retaking the house just get better?
As the national conversation gets focused on the Ryan budget, which I believe is not popular when the specifics are known, congressional reps who voted for it might have a harder time. I don't know if it will make a difference, but I hope so.
elleng
(131,106 posts)but those assumptions may not apply today.
Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)And maybe engage.
Cosmocat
(14,572 posts)minus a few swear words, what I would have posted.
elleng
(131,106 posts)Bassic
(6,205 posts)There is no such thing.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)now we just have to have people that know how to capitalize on this.
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)The Rmoney\Ryan budget is about as popular as diarrhea, and the more we can tie them to it, the better we'll do in November.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Read in another thread here somewhere that in red states where dem candidates are able to tie their opponents to Ryan and killing SS/Medicare, the dems gain ground.
Romney is the gift that just keeps on giving. This is definitely a game changer!
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)asked about the Ryan budget. Repeatedly.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)and hear and see the Obama train whistling while it zooms right through.
Any dem worth his or her salt will paint the opponent with RR. The RR budget. The RR SS/Medicare senior death panel retirement plan.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)In Wisconsin you can run for the House AND the VP at the same time, but can he survive?
Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)According to Wikipedia, it is a purple district, but has been represented by a republican for decades. I wonder how redistricting treated it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin's_1st_congressional_district
demwing
(16,916 posts)Ryan gets bloodied in the GE, which kills his chances in his own district? Delicious.