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bobbyw24
11-05-2009, 05:42 AM
FAIRFAX STATION, Va. — President Barack Obama and the Democrats have a problem heading into next year's elections for control of Congress — they're losing independents to the Republicans and parts of their own Democratic base to apathy.

Strong majorities of independents turned away from Democrats and voted Republican in both Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday, a key defection signaling that they could be up for grabs heading into the 2010 elections. They went for the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Virginia by a margin of 66 percent to 33 percent, and in New Jersey by 60 percent to 40 percent, according to exit polls.

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Magnifying the challenge, the swing isn't limited to those two states. A new McClatchy-Ipsos poll found that independents have pulled away from Obama steadily for months and have turned sharply against his highest domestic priority, the plan to overhaul the nation's health care system.

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angelatc
11-05-2009, 05:56 AM
But the GOP still hasn't done anything to address the biggest issue that the voters left. That was the war.

silverhandorder
11-05-2009, 06:34 AM
Next step banana republic. Independents will vote one election dem the other rep then back to dem.