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Originally Posted by kane
Many two term presidents have this happen to them during the second midterm election. Those who don't like him are passionate about their dislike and the turn out to vote while those who support him or are indifferent don't really care.
I don't know that it really will have much affect on the 2016 presidential election.
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It's easiy to gin up the base when you give them something to fight against. The GOP can't actually pass anything, but they sure can vote. The "ryan budget" will be picked apart for every penny taken away from.. women, minorities, seniors.. its much easier to be the opposition than the party in power. The GOP winning yesterday has no impact on the next two years, but using the GOP's positions and votes over these next two years will be a central campaign strategy for Democats for 2016