If they return Reid and Pelosi as their leadership, the Democrats will find themselves in 2010 wondering if someone got the license plate of that bus which ran them over.

On the other hand, with decent leadership, the Dems could reduce the GOP to a permanent minority.

The problem is SCOTUS appointments.

Exactly why Huck will be president and the fairtax will be a reality.....no matter what Karol says.

get used to it, huck haters....forget the creationist nonsense and all the religous/constitutional amendments mumbo jumbo that has nothing to do with anything.

Whatever, Larry. You sound just like Michelle Obama: this discussion isn't helping her kids, move on!

Aint no one leaving the scotus on obama's watch. omg is barack hussein obama really getting a watch? Really? Is this happening? Really?

Posted by: nds at October 12, 2008 01:48 PM

You are, forgive me, very sadly mistaken. Ginsberg longs to step down but won't until a Dem is in office. Ditto, probably, Stevens-I don't care who appointed him. Scalia is in his 70's-- heck, Thomas is the ONLY justice under 65. If you think the next 4 years won't bring at least one appointment, and more likely multiple appointments, you're deluded.

Um, I think that Roberts fellow is pretty young at 53. Same with Alito at 58.

However, I think that the rest of your analysis is correct. Indeed, I've long thought that the yet another thing which would give this election "special sauce" would be a sudden SCOTUS vacancy in the next couple of weeks. Think people are rabid now...

Obama has promised to put in place the same policies as FDR did in 1932. Those policies turned a recession into a 10 year Great Depression where unemployment reached 25%.

If Obama is elected, unemployment will be 15% by 2010.

I haven't read the article yet, but I've been saying that forever. Obama will egrigiously overstep leading to a massive Republican landslide in 2010. This will sandbag him the rest of his term and keep the Dems out of the WH for the 16-20 years after.