President Obama carried Massachusetts by 26 points on Nov. 4, 2008. Fifteen months later, on Jan. 19, 2010, the eve of the first anniversary of his inauguration, his party's candidate lost Massachusetts by five points. Thats a 31-point shift.
Mr. Obama won Virginia by six points in 2008. A year later, on Nov. 2, 2009, his party's candidate for governor lost by 18 points—a 25 point shift.
Mr. Obama won New Jersey in 2008 by 16 points. In 2009 his party's incumbent governor lost re-election by four points—a 20-point shift.
In each race, the presidents party lost independent voters, who in 2008 voted like Democrats and in 2010 voted like Republicans.
It's a great column. Read it to find out who the Nuts and the Creeps are.
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