Do you think that the Reid victory in NV is a good indication of what Obama-Palin 2012 will be like?

[Politics_Guy25]

I didn't want to say this because I was worried Harry Reid would lose - he was down by 2.4 points on average in the final polling- to Angle at the time but the thought crossed my mind that whoever won the Reid/Angle race would give us an indication as to who would win the Obama V Palin 2012 presidential election.

Harry Reid's template worked magnificiently against Angle in 2010 and resulted in a landslide win. Angle was Palin's protege and presumably Palin will run her 2012 campaign the same way Angle did.

So, using the power of the incumbency, by defining his opponent even in a state with the highest unemployment rate in the nation, by exposing her craziness, he won, even in a terrible climate.

Doesn't Reid's victory provide a very clear indication that President Obama will defeat Sarah Palin in 2012? The two campaigns do have striking parallels.

The one bad thing is that like Angle, I bet Palin is ahead until the final weekend of the GE, until the voters wake up and say WTF-we can't elect this crazy. That would be heartburn inducing for sure.

Anyway, rambled a bit, but I just think Reid's victory last night showed us that President Obama will defeat Palin in 2012 if he runs the same kind of campaign even if unemployment is still high. What do you think? Or do you think Palin is a much better and more appealing candidate than Angle? Surely not!?

[TeamJordan23]

1. Obama vs. Palin would not even be close. Unemployment could be 12% and Obama would easily defeat her

[laughingliberal]

2. I've never seen any indication Obama can get down in the dirt and dish it out the way Harry did.

Harry didn't win this race by looking for common ground with the woman trying to unseat him.

[DFLforever]

3. Do you think he'd treat her like he did Hillary, helping her

out of her chair?

I doubt the Repuke powers want to co-sponsor the Obama/Palin debate.

[Fruittree]

4. I think the fact that Obama is Black makes it complicated...

for him to be too aggressive running against a White woman...I sadly think this is true even in this day and age. It makes me sick when I see him being attacked and he has to just take it without being able to really fight back which I'm sure he'd like to. I am beyond disgusted with this whole election cycle..

[craigmatic]

5. Probably-alot of hot rhetoric but the dem pulls it out with substancial minority and union support.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. No. Think 1964.