Reply #301: I did - and I submit to you that the reason we have a GOP majority in the House is protest votes. [View All]

[Richardo]

Not so much FOR those tea-party dimwits, but AGAINST Obama, Dems and establishment GOP (in that order).

So, you got your provocative thread title out there, and it provoked people. Yay. But a vote for something or someone counts as much as a vote against something or someone, and both can be powerful motivators.

However, the negative is usually MUCH more motivating - that's why companies have 'Complaint' departments and not 'Everything's OK' departments. It's why Obama was elected in the first place, IMO - as an alternative to eight years of GOP mismanagement.