Reply #127: You are absolutely right. The Independents, a.k.a. "swing voters" swung to the Republicans. [View All]

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

In my view, most, if not all of them, are Republican-leaning anyway. They voted for Obama out of shame of Bush. They liked Obama because they like his moderate ways.

But, I firmly believe that they bought into this Teabagger bullshit. Most swing voters are misinformed and easy persuaded by the 20-second soundbites. Republicans are excellent messengers. They always have been.

The youth, African Americans simply didn't come out in great numbers as they did in 2008. Whatever the reasons may be, when we don't vote as Democrats, we lose!

The Republicans know this all too well, hence the Southern Strategy, going after ACORN, falsely accusing Democrats of voter fraud, making it more difficult to register, voter intimidation at the polls, caging lists, etc. They have gotten away with so much shit. But to beat back these shenanigans, we MUST vote. When we come out in great numbers, it'll be too hard to steal elections. If it's close, we lose and they win. But when we come out to vote in overwhelming numbers as we did in 2008, there's no way we can lose.