The GOP Could Win the Senate & House in 2014 - Learn how to stop them here

Is GOP/Tea Party control of both the House & Senate in 2014 frightening enough to get the Democratic youth, Hispanics, and every other Dem to voting booth in 2014?  And, if they all do turn out in droves that come close to the 2008 election, will these numbers be enough to upset the GOP gerrymandered districts and send the Tea Party crazies back to their backward villages?

If not, what flavor dystopia do you prefer?

I know you and most Americans understand that the Constitutional framework was set up for a majority rule, the majority being a combination of ALL VOICES coming together and agreeing on something.  The grinding process of opposition voices in Congress is designed to moderate governance by creating moderate laws.

This Constitutionally-mandated grinding process, however, has come to a grinding halt!

2014 might be the most important election cycle in the History of America.  What are your plans for this election cycle.

Nate Silver, who has a really good prediction record, provides some insight that should be chilling enough to prompt a blizzard of GOTV activities to launch today!

The Senate

Senate Control in 2014 Increasingly Looks Like a Tossup

In this article, Nate discusses the Senate elections for key states.  

Republicans have few seats of their own to defend; unlike in 2012, they can focus almost entirely on playing offense.

A race-by-race analysis of the Senate, in fact, suggests that Republicans might now be close to even-money to win control of the chamber after next year’s elections. Our best guess, after assigning probabilities of the likelihood of a G.O.P. pickup in each state, is that Republicans will end up with somewhere between 50 and 51 Senate seats after 2014, putting them right on the threshold of a majority.

Let me close with our usual reminder: the fact that the battle for Senate control appears to be very close right now does not guarantee that it will end up that way. Although Senate races behave more idiosyncratically than some other types of contests — local factors and candidate quality play an important role — one party has won the vast majority of tossup races in each of the past four election cycles.

A Republican majority in the Senate is a very chilling thought, considering the possibility of a GOP Senate vote to banish the filibuster. Of course the GOP is opposed to this while the Dems have the majority; however, what would be the consequences if they use a 2014 majority to end the filibuster?  Could Obamacare be repealed?

The House of Representatives

Democrats Unlikely to Regain House in 2014

This article was written prior to the present Government shutdown but during the 2012 Fiscal Cliff hysteria only a year ago.  Just how weary are Americans of the unending "economic doom" the GOP House members have maintained for over a year?

Nate's article covers all bases and includes charts that lead to a strong possibility of the GOP maintaining its House majority.

Historically, the primary election period favors the the party that lost the recent Presidential election.

When a party wins the presidency by a large margin, it usually benefits from voters who are mainly interested in the presidential election itself, and then vote for the same party in races down the ballot. These types of voters may not show up to vote in midterm years. Thus, the more a party benefits from presidential coattails in the presidential election year, the more it stands to lose two years later.

Gerrymandering

Again, with precision and historical precedent clearly demonstrated, Nate offers information that, unless something major happens to discredit the GOP, Republicans will maintain a House majority.

As Swing Districts Dwindle, Can a Divided House Stand?

But because of the way districts are configured, their position in the House should be quite robust: it would require a Democratic wave year, and not a merely decent election for Democrats, as in 2012, for Republicans to lose control of the House.

One of the most compelling indicators for a primary election result is the health of the economy as felt by the electorate.  You would have to have been living in a cave to remain unaware of the economic insecurity that seems to be escalating.  The unknown is the answer to the question

WHO WILL THE VOTERS BLAME?