It has the making of a stunning political turn around that could change the course of the United States for the next 10 years.
The 2010 U.S. mid-term elections — in which every seat of the House of Representatives, a third of the Senate and 36 governorships are up for grabs — could see the start of the Republican Party’s march back to power and propel a Republican into the White House, likely a relative unknown, two years later.
The possible about-turn comes as economic growth falters and unemployment rises, and amid growing frustration over unchecked illegal immigration.
“The 2010 elections are going to be a tsunami,” said Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, and a leading conservative thinker.
“I’ve been travelling all over the country and I’ve never seen anything like it. And the economy has caused it to reach critical mass — but it’s deeper than that.”
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