The Republicans face a lot of obstacles in this year's midterm elections. History is against them; the president's party usually loses seats in the midterms, perhaps because he has not been able, in his first two years, to fulfill all the promises he made during his presidential campaign, and his party becomes a target because of it. And the country isn't the utopia everybody wants it to be, so the buck stops at the president’s desk, and his party suffers. But history only tells us what has happened, not what will come to pass, so Republicans should ignore that.

But a problem they shouldn’t ignore is voter fraud, which is distinctly possible in every election America has now. They didn’t pass the SAVE America Act, and that might come back to haunt them. These are certainly mountains the Republicans will need to climb to retain control of both houses — or either house — of Congress.

Current issues will, as always, have an impact on the election results. How much effect the war in Iran will have, if still going on, is unknown, but probably won't be a positive for Republicans. The economy is always paramount, but that is something that each voter will have to look at and decide for himself. Obviously, the corporate media will not assist the Republicans on this, or any, issue voters face.

Republicans also must realize — there is probably nothing they can do about this — there are millions of Americans who will vote for a candidate simply because they have a (D) after their name. These voters may not even know the candidate’s name and, in many cases, have no clue what the person stands........

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