Hickey said, “We have some real opportunities in 2014. This is a great year in an off presidential election. Seemingly no Democrat at the top of the ticket against Sandoval.No Harry Reid. Probably where we had a million voters turnout in 2012, we’ll have like 700,000. A lot of minorities, a lot of younger people will not turn out in a non-presidential year. It’s a great year for repugicans.”
The repugicans know that when minorities and younger people show up to vote, they lose. This knowledge is behind everything from voter suppression efforts to their optimism about 2014. It is a little stunning to hear an elected repugican admit that if the full electorate shows up, the repugican cabal expects to lose, but it’s the truth. The only chance that repugicans have of winning elections outside of their red state base is if Democrats don’t show up.
The backwards thinking in the repugican cabal is amazing. Instead of trying to expand the size of the repugican cabal by courting minorities and young people, repugicans are perfectly happy to only win off year elections. Actually, the lesson that the repugican cabal has learned is that they should try to shrink the size of the electorate, and turn every year into an off year election. The repugicans are more interested in preventing Democrats from voting than they are in convincing Democratic supporters to vote repugican.
This logic is why House repugicans are perpetually appealing to their base with an endless stream of votes against Obamacare. They think that the electorate will be repugican in 2014. They don’t expect Democrats to show up and vote. The best way to throw a monkey wrench into their plan is to not take a break in 2014. Work just as hard as you would on getting your friends and family to the polls on Election Day.
The repugicans are counting on Democrats sitting out 2014. The message is clear. The only way that they can win is if Democrats don’t show up.
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