After venting, now some numbers… that is besides the 19 state legislatures won by Republicans, and Obama losing Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida, plus the industrial Midwest to the old southern Confederacy states. From the WSJ: Union households, a key Democratic voting bloc, turned out in force last night and accounted for a quarter of [...]
Archive | November, 2010
What’s Next?
…beyond making Barack Obama a one-term president? The eyes of the right are fixed on 2012 and nothing else. Why not? Considering the “shellacking” they gave Pres. Obama and the Democrats what reason do Republicans and their Tea Party pals have for cooperating? As Sean Hannity revealed yesterday on his radio show, “phase one” is [...]
Dear Barack Obama: Word Salads Aren’t Enough
The Tea Party victories by Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida underscored the extent to which Republicans and Democrats alike may have underestimated the power of the Tea Party, a loosely-affiliated, at times ill-defined, coalition of grass-roots libertarians and disaffected Republicans. In exit polls, four in 10 voters expressed support for the [...]
Ed Rendell: ‘Democrats are Wussies’
That’s the quote of the midterms. Pres. Obama came into office two years ago, with people proclaiming conservatism is dead. He let the right off the mat and we’re seeing the results of what happens when you negotiate with yourself when you’ve got a majority. The Democrats under Obama have indeed been “wussies.” Speaker Nancy [...]
Exit Polls: Dems Have 10-point Favorability Gap
UPDATE (9pm): Rick Perry reelected in Texas. Andrew Cuomo beats Carl Paladino. Rep. Allan Grayson also went down tonight, which should be noted as well. Gillibrand, as well as Schumer, win in New York. Thune wins, John Hoeven wins in North Dakota. UPDATE (8:30pm): Joe Manchin wins in West Virginia (by running way right). Richard [...]
Bright Spot Amidst Carnage
The Obama effect on today’s elections is going to be sobering and all bad. Two years after being elected, on a day where political analysts across the spectrum wondered about the death of conservatism, it’s back with a vengeance. Pres. Barack Obama, David Axelrod and his political team should take a bow. I bet Rahm [...]
Dems Last Pitch: ‘Don’t Let Palin Win’
As for any question about Sarah Palin’s 2010 prowess, let’s consider case closed. It’s being reported as the Democrats’ “best performing” ad not featuring Obama, though I’d add that no add spotlighting Obama right now would be much of a draw. Pres. Obama will be on with Ryan Seacrest tomorrow at 7:15 a.m. Pacific time. [...]
Election Eve: Dems Way Down, Sarah Still Rising
Happy Election Day eve, with numbers coming out on Pres. Obama that are devastating for Democrats. Among likely voters, Obama is down to 44% approval; his approval among white voters at 38%, realizing that 85% of likely voters in the tough states across the rust belt and Midwest are white. Bill Clinton’s approval among whites [...]
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