Democrat screw ups make 2010 look better for GOP

Politico:

Three days after Barack Obama became president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made a prediction: Democrats would make big mistakes that would play into the Republicans’ hands going into the 2010 midterm elections.

“With all due respect to the new president and the enhanced majorities in the House and the Senate, governing is tough business,” McConnell said at the time. “It’s hard. It’s very difficult to govern and not create issues, make mistakes, and I’m optimistic that the landscape in 2010 for my party will be very different than it was in ’06 and ’08.”

There are still 20 months until the midterm elections, but McConnell’s words about Democratic mistakes are starting to ring true. For the early legislative successes Democrats have had so far, their setbacks have cast a shadow. From the Roland Burris saga to the embarrassing tax snafus that have dogged Cabinet nominees to the AIG bonus fiasco that roiled Congress last week, Democrats have suffered through a series of distractions as they launch an era of one-party rule.

Along the way, they’ve given Republicans ammunition to argue that Democrats are mismanaging Congress at a time of economic crisis. And while Democrats say it’s early and that the full impact of their agenda has yet been felt, some acknowledge that their image has taken a hit.

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Too much focus has been put on Republican lack of leadership and not enough has focused on what will really turn things around for the GOP--Democrat screw ups. It is teh party in power screw ups that moves the swing voters to the other party and the Democrats are providing an abundance of them at this point. They are so used to being on offense that they have also forgotten how to play defense too.