History shows Dems need to be optimistic

[Green_Lantern]

In 1862 here is how the midterms faired for Lincoln:

The mid-term elections in 1862 brought the Republicans serious losses due to sharp disfavor with the Administration over its failure to deliver a speedy end to the war, as well as rising inflation, high new taxes, ugly rumors of corruption, the suspension of habeas corpus, the draft law, and fears that freed slaves would undermine the labor market.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1862

[Roma]

1. Well, if you're the repubs you don't need to go back that far

Just back to the '06 mid-terms and the '08 general.

40 more years: how the Democrats will rule the next generation, By James Carville, 2009.

Missed it by 38 years James.


http://books.google.com/books?id=K-jB5HDnHIAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=carville+40+years&source=bl&ots=BXK8n5FuSX&sig=4yQ7N3zB98vyAtm-kOU4iEKzjME&hl=en&ei=hzDcTJGGFI-4sAOJzNHlAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&sqi=2&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false

[Green_Lantern]

3. no..the GOP can't look back at '06 and '08 because

They don't have a second term run by Obama to judge by.

[benlurkin]

2. Did you read the entire wiki page before you posted

this as something we can be "optimistic" about?

[Green_Lantern]

4. I meant as the party holding the Presidency...

Not the GOP...replace GOP with Dems.