Larry Sabato, a professor of politics at the University of Virginia, does not rule it out.
Sabato said Tea Partiers and independents may turn against incumbent Republicans viewed as being a part of the establishment.
"If you're identified with the establishment, you're not going to necessarily do well, assuming you have real competition, " Sabato said.
University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato says much is at stake because of the role labor plays in Democratic campaigns.
Following the emotionally charged August recess, Obama will have to let Congress "fulminate for a while on both ends, " Sabato said.
Mr. SABATO: Oddly enough, the Republicans have done nothing to encourage this split, but their objectives may have been achieved by the split.
In the long marathon to November, Sabato said the gold medal issue for American voters is likely to be the economy, not foreign policy.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said he laughs anytime he hears a president say it's not about politics.
Larry Sabato, a professor of political science at the University of Virginia, said wealthy candidates are accustomed to having their ideas taken seriously by underlings.
The rising national debt and federal spending are major factors behind the anger, added Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia.
Mr Sabato points out that the economy could hurt Mr Bush in key states like West Virginia, which he poached from the Democrats in 2000 by stressing economic issues.
"It led most of the networks' news shows, and the message was clear: This fellow is not ready for primetime, " said presidential scholar Larry Sabato with the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
Mr. LARRY SABATO (University of Virginia, Political Scientist): This has a direct impact on the Democratic Party because the vast majority of money, manpower and materiel that the union movement supplies in politics goes directly to the Democratic candidates for Congress and for president.
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