Question by demhater: Why when 3 major political editors were asked "How bad the environment was for Dems" all said it would be bad?
Nathan Gonzalez is political editor of the Rothenberg Political Report and a contributing writer for Roll Call:
"I think it's going to be a classic midterm where the in-party is going to face losses; we just don't know how heavy the losses will be on the Democratic side."
http://salon.com/news/feature/2010/01/12/salon_roundtable/index.html
Amy Walter is the editor in chief of the Hotline, Washington's premier daily briefing on American politics, and she writes her "On the Trail" column for the National Journal:
"The political environment is bad for Democrats. I don't expect it to get better. I think it is very difficult to believe that over the next eight months we're suddenly going to see a significant uptick in the economic climate or a significant downward movement in terms of the unemployment numbers. I think the election is a referendum on both of those things."
Isaac Wood is associate communications director for University of Virginia Center for American Politics, where he specializes in U.S. House race analysis:
"It's going to be a tough year for Democrats especially on healthcare and the economy, the two most important issues. Both issues are almost completely out of the Democrats' control right now. There's going to be a lot of "wait-and-see."
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Answer by mipiedra
There's going to be a lot of "wait-and-see."
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