Karl Rove believes that Obama has copied his campaign tactics, and that a Democrat victory could turn American sharply to the left, the Times reports.
“Democrats are daring to dream of a ‘liberal super-majority’ not seen since the eras of Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal in the 1930s, and Lyndon B Johnson in the 1960s, who set out to transform education, welfare and civil rights under the rubric of the Great Society.
“If the Democrats can win an extra nine Senate seats – still a long shot, Rove believes – they will have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority and will be able to pass any legislation they like. “I feel like we got a righteous wind at our backs,” Obama said in Virginia last week.”
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