re: #383 RogueOne

He’s the president, the champ. You have to knock the champ out to win and it’s going to be very hard for a republican challenger to do it. It’s going to be much easier to take the senate. If the repubs take both houses and obama wins re-election the next 4 years should be a blast.

Agreed. However, it’s actually harder for the Republicans when there isn’t a good Republican challenger. There’s a degree of reflection down-stream of the top ticket, and it’s made worse when the party is trying to argue a national platform. (He’s bad, but “we” aren’t good enough to field a viable opponent?)

Add Wisconsin (and Indiana and Ohio so far) and the (probable) shutdown that’s specifically from the Republicans, and the Republicans might find it’s them, not the president, being blamed for the bad economy — which right now is the centerpiece of their campaign. If that happens (and I think there’s a strong chance) we might again see the Dems controlling both houses as well as the presidency.