Midterm Election Research

-Why are Republicans hopeful their party will gain Congressional seats during the
2010 midterm elections? What factors might disrupt these hopes for the Republicans?

Republicans are hopeful that they will gain senate seats because many Americans have grown restless with president Obama and the Democrats who promised change when they were elected. Their hopes are that people will want to vote Republican because after two years of the Democrats struggling to make change, the public does not see enough result to be appeased. In California at least, the Republicans may be at a disadvantage mainly because the candidate, Carly Fiorina, is a business woman and many people don't like the idea of a non-politician whose reputation from her former company is outsourcing jobs being the representative of the state.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16486078?nclick_check=1

-Explain the reasons the Tea Party formed and what message this sends to both Republican and Democratic parties. What impact do you think the Tea Party will have on the 2010 midterm elections?

The Tea Party formed in 2008 after the economic crisis in response to the bailouts of big banks by the Bush and Obama administration. They are conservative and libertarian who are against big government spending, recent economic reform, and the recent health care bill. The message it sends to both the Republicans and the Democrats is that many people feel like they are not represented in government, and that many people believe that America needs to get back to its original principles. They want to make a statement that the people won't sit back and take what the government is doing if they don't agree with it, just like the Boston Tea Party when our founders protested in extreme ways because of things the government was doing that the people didn't agree with. The Tea Party will definitely have an impact on who is elected into office and how politicians present themselves in their campaigns for the upcoming midterm elections.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement