The Charts That Doom Obama

I guess people just don't get it.  Economic performance should Doom Obama, but not necessarily.  Take California.  It is a one-party state.  It has the worst economic performance amongst the states, yet it still votes Democrat.

The people of California still have a choice.  They can vote with their feet.  But what happens if the entire country goes the way of California?  Then nobody has a choice anymore.

If the charts won't doom Obama, then we are doomed.  That's because we will have become a de facto one-party state.  In such a system, poor economic performance won't matter anymore.  As long as the Democratic constituencies are satisfied, it won't matter that the rest are quite unhappy.  The power of the state is arrayed against them.  All Obama needs is enough of his own constituencies to come out and vote for him, and he will win in spite of his poor performance.

It is the wolf and lamb parable, in case you didn't quite get it.  The argument isn't the problem.  It is the weak posture of the lamb that is the problem.  Unless you redress the power imbalance, you have no chance.

The conservatives are making great arguments, but that may not make the least bit of difference.  You are preaching to the choir.