Here are three examples of what I'm talking about, perfect examples of how leftist political pundits should never be trusted. James Carville wrote a book, Forty More Years, How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation. It was published in May of 2009. James Carville wrote, among other things, "Republicans have no hope of making serious inroads into Democratic advantages in 2010, or likely in 2012 and 2014 and so on. It's time to call TOD on the GOP." TOD stands for time of death. In May of 2009 James Carville, How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation. This book was about how the Democrats will be in power for 40 years and how the Republicans have no hope in 2010, 2012, 2014, and beyond.
In April of 2009 political analyst Stuart Rothenberg, another anointed one, another of the ruling class, smartest guy in the world, best at what he does, "noted that a trio of Republicans 'have raised the possibility of the GOP winning back the House of Representatives in 2010.'" About that idea, Stuart Rothenberg wrote: "That idea is lunacy and ought to be put to rest immediately. None of the three actually predicted that Republicans would gain the 40 seats that they need for a majority, but all three held out hope that that's possible. It isn't. ... there are no signs of a dramatic rebound for the party, and the chance of Republicans winning control of either chamber in the 2010 midterm elections is zero. Not 'close to zero.' Not 'slight' or 'small.' Zero.
"Big changes in the House require a political wave. You can cherry-pick your way to a five- or eight-seat gain, but to win dozens of seats, a party needs a wave. Recruiting better candidates and running better campaigns won't produce anything like what took place in 1980, 1994, 2006 and 2008, when waves resulted in huge gains for one party. The current political environment actually minimizes the chance of a near-term wave developing. The problem for Republicans is that they aren't yet in the position--and won't be in one by November of next year--to run on a pure message of change, or on pent-up demand for change. Waves are built on dissatisfaction and frustration, and there is little in national survey data that suggest most voters are upset with President Barack Obama's performance or the performance of his party." That was written in April of 2009.
Now, these men, Rothenberg, Carville, they are highly respected. They are sought after. They are esteemed elites. They are paid lots of money to write this stuff. They are paid lots of money to speak this stuff. They appear with lectures. They make speeches. They write books. They grant interviews. They command large sums of money to predict the political landscape. They are hired by business interests to tell them what the future political landscape will be so that business interests can make appropriate investments and decisions on what government policy will be and how it will affect their business. They're paid a lot of money and they don't know what they're talking about. And you know why they don't know what they're talking about? Because they're first and foremost liberals, and they allow their liberalism and their ideology and their partisanship and their bias to affect their analysis of things.
But we must remember Conservatism is an ideology as well, and we mustn't let our ideologies blind us, either.
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