Will Midterms Be a Referendum?
Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
Like it or not, the midterm election is shaping up as a referendum on President Obama. His dizzying descent from the stratosphere of popularity to the kind of middling job approval associated with lesser talents could cost Democrats their majority in the House as well as effective control of the Senate. The only saving grace for Democrats is the roster of fringe candidates the GOP has served up, and the hope that voters will reject the change these Tea Party insurgents represent.It's been only two years since Barack Obama was the candidate of change and hope, and theories abound about...
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