Imagine that the election is about (as Doyle McManus put it) enlarging (Obama's campaign focus) "to everyone who agrees with the Occupy Wall Street movement that the current economy is inequitable."
See how that will frame it so that if the Republicans win, the One Percent will say "you knew this was a "for keepsies" bet. Then they can be completely ruthless in insuring that the paid minions of the mass media interpret a Republican win as a "mandate" to eliminate as many taxes for the rich as is possible and to balance the budget with even more sever cuts to government spending.
When the 2004 election results were posted, winner George W. Bush then announced that in retrospect it was a referendum on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
If the media (and a compliant Obama) make the 2012 all about Occupy the voting booths and if the electronic voting machines deliver a mandate to coddle the rich even more, then the winners will be able to be as be blunt in assessing the results.
"In all the election results tumult, we have lost track of just how big the new Republican majority in both branches of the legislature are. Now, as we start voting on new Constitutional Amendments, you Democratic losers have to ask yourself a question: "Do I feel lucky? . . . Well do ya punk?" Or words to that effect.
The media will start a massive counter-spin pre-emptive strike (on orders from Murdoch or Charles Foster Kane?) labeling any objections to a Mandate to Coddle the Billionaires as being delusional babbling from conspiracy theory crazies, at that point the only pundit able to respond by saing: "I tried to warn ya" will be the World's Laziest Journalist and a lot of good that's gonna do.
This columnist got kicked off a leading liberal blogging aggregate website quite awhile ago for predicting that the 2012 election results would be questionable (especially if the winner is JEB Bush) and so if the Press starts framing the 2012 as a referendum on the Occupy Wall Street agenda, then don't send me any e-mails with conspiracy theory lamentations if the one percenters hijack the election agenda and the results.
What odds are the British bookies giving on a JEB win? If Mitt Romney doesn't get the nomination will he be a high roller and make a $10,000 bet on a Republican upset no matter who the nominee is? Would the British bookies permit him to make such a bet on himself if he does get the nomination?
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