bumped
That was the question asked by the National Journal in its weekly new media poll, getting answers from the left and right. Both lefties and righties agreed that it would be the economy: left by 93.8%; right by 82.4%. From there partisan opinion diverged.
I was the only one who weighed in by adding another choice than what the good people at the National Journal gave us in the survey. My second choice was GOTV, because as you’ll see next week from the vote in Virginia, but maybe even New Jersey, Democrats are in real trouble on the enthusiasm meter. Here was my response, adding a category all my own, “Volunteered”:
“The biggest issue for Dems will be turnout, with the right revved up and ready to rumble. I’d go for this combo: economy/GOTV. The bailout blues is far more widespread than Democrats acknowledge. It will fuel the right in 2010. Jobs is an issue building for 2012, as the Obama administration hasn’t had the subject in its narrative at all, mostly due to the desperate financial situation and its reverberations.” Taylor Marsh
Thanks to the National Journal for allowing me to be creative on this one. I’m not very good at political analysis within constructed lines, as the answer usually lies beyond.
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