Tournament: Akins | Round: 3 | Opponent: Anderson | Judge:
GOP will win – best predictions and normal election environment
Silver 08/4 (Nate, FiveThirtyEight, "Republicans Remain Slightly Favored To Take Control Of The Senate," http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republican-gop-senate-forecast/)**
If Americans elected an entirely new set of senators every two years — as they
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we did in 2010 or 2012, depending on what factors they emphasize.
Alex Brylske - 2006 (Oceans for Youth Foundation). 2006. Retrieved May 17, 2014 from
http://www.oceansforyouth.org/whats-that/ftr1201.html
In all the recent focus on public awareness, there are also some hopeful signs
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more than one-fourth responded that ocean health was good to excellent).
Leigh Ann Caldwell – 4/16 (CNN reporter) Apr. 16, 2014. Retrieved Apr. 28, 2014 from
http://www.kcra.com/politics/2014-midterms-What-s-at-stake/25496204
Democrats looking for something to rally around: Democrats are working to do everything possible
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Democratic voters are less likely to vote in non-presidential election years.
Mellman '14
Mark is President of the Mellman Group, a leading consulting firm on elections, current clients include Harry Reid and the House Majority Leader "Persuading Voters Plays a Role," http://thehill.com/opinion/mark-mellman/206723-mark-s-mellman-persuading-voters-plays-a-role , kk
A future column will bring it all together, but here I'll focus on the
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and always, but where tough races are won, there often are.
Keck 4/22/14—Managing Editor of The Diplomat where he authors The Pacific Realist blog. He also writes a monthly column for The National Interest. Previously, he worked as Deputy Editor of e-International Relations and has interned at the Center for a New American Security and in the U.S. Congress, where he worked on defense issues.
~Zachary Keck, "The Midterm Elections and the Asia Pivot: The Republican Party taking the Senate in the 2014 elections could be a boon for the Asia Pivot." The Diplomat, April 22, 2014, http://thediplomat.com/2014/04/the-midterm-elections-and-the-asia-pivot/~~ FAS
There is a growing sense in the United States that when voters go to the
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Republicans ready on day one. This initiative should be Asia-centric.
====Pivot is to key to prevent Asia wars ====
Lohman 13 – MA in Foreign Affairs @ UVA (Walter, "Honoring America's Superpower Responsibilities," http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/2013/06/honoring-americas-superpower-responsibilities)
When you withdraw from the world, either by imposing trade barriers or drawing down
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they would have to do without the benefit of the American nuclear deterrent.
====Causes extinction—outweighs other scenarios ====
Mead 10 (Mead, senior fellow @ the Council on Foreign Relations, 2010 Walter, American Interest, "Obama in Asia", http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2010/11/09/obama-in-asia/)**
The decision to go to Asia is one that all thinking Americans can and should
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, and that reality is what President Obama's trip is intended to address.