Can Obama pull a Clinton?

A young Democratic president comes into office with big ambitions, gets knocked back on his heels by Republicans in the midterm elections, then makes some deft moves to recapture the center and waltzes to reelection two years later.

Return of the Republicans: Guerilla Tactics

Slate Magazine

The Republican resurgence in the 2010 midterms was no accident. Even before President Obama’s inauguration, House Republican leaders were already planning how to transform their battered minority into a battle-ready majority, reports the New York Times. During the January 2009 meeting in Annapolis, Md., Reps. John Boehner of Ohio and Eric Cantor of Virginia told their fellow Republicans to stop worrying and start plotting. They noted the weakness of the Democratic majority, and then focused on forcing Republican incumbents to fundraise and finding new recruits to challenge Democrats in districts they had held for decades. The Boehner plan also advocated humiliating ”guerrilla tactics” such as pursuing Democrats with video cameras to get them on to YouTube and out of office. The Republican sweep on Wednesday wasn’t all down to planning, of course. The Tea Party, campaign cash from outside interest groups, and an aggrieved electorate all influenced the outcome of the election. The Republicans’ strength, however, lay in their fundamental faith that they could once again seize power.

Obama 2012 election prospects dim

By Edward Luce in Washington

Published: November 3 2010 06:00 | Last updated: November 3 2010 06:00

It was a disastrous night for the Democratic Party across America – the worst since 1994. But for President Barack Obama gaming out his 2012 re-election prospects it was a uniquely bad night.

The awful news can be divided into three. The first, the Democratic loss of of the House of Representatives, caught the headlines but may eventually prove the easiest for Mr Obama to turn back to his advantage.

On Fox News, Election 2010 is cause for cheer

By Dana Milbank

Wednesday, November 3, 2010;

John Boehner, Haley Barbour and other Republican leaders held a “results watch” at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Washington. For a true victory party, you had to go to Fox News.

At Rupert Murdoch’s cable network, the entity that birthed and nurtured the Tea Party movement, Election Day was the culmination of two years of hard work to bring down Barack Obama – and it was time for an on-air celebration of a job well done.

A prueba, el liderazgo de Barack Obama

Se prevé un voto de castigo en las elecciones intermedias

Revista Vértigo Ángel Hernández (con declaraciones de Armando Azúa, académico de OMCIM).
ahernandez@revistavertigo.com

En opinión de los expertos, los republicanos pueden recuperar la mayoría en la Cámara de Representantes, dando lugar a un Congreso dividido que dificultaría las reformas y medidas que pretende impulsar el presidente de EU en la segunda mitad de su gestión.