Seniors are the GOP’s most reliable voting bloc in midterm years, turning out in higher numbers than Democratic base voters. And a recent Gallup poll showed seniors have become even more Republican over the last two decades, and in 2013 48 percent considered themselves Republican.
That spells trouble for Democrats, who are already facing a difficult midterm climate. Doug Thornell, a former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman, said it’s imperative to close the gap they faced in the last midterm cycle.
“Democrats have to perform better with seniors than they did in 2010. They got shellacked with seniors in 2010. I don’t think the goal here is to win, but I definitely think the goal is to narrow the gap,” he said.
In other words, if we don't show up to vote, and Republicans pick up 30 or 40 seats in the House and 10 or 12 in the Senate, they will basically be able to force President Obama to sign their awful laws or shut down the government and hurt people again. They might even be able to get a veto-proof majorities on legislation if the bloodbath is big enough and enough cowardly remaining Dems start siding against the President.
What about the last four years makes anyone think congressional Dems won't sell him out if 2014 goes to hell?
So why do we put ourselves and him through that hell? Let's show up and vote in November, people.
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