Sell the horses. Sell the cows. Sell 'em all. Sell 'em now.

[wombat_socho]

This morning-after political crap is worse than crack, I tell you, and there doesn't seem to be any escaping it in the blogosphere or on LJ. (I know, I'm not helping.)

There are a lot of people out there echoing what Congressman Mike Pence is saying - the Democrats didn't win this race, the GOP lost it by not doing its damn job, what people elected us to do. Economist John Seater goes into specifics over at Donald Luskin's blog, and David Strom of the Taxpayers' League puts a local spin on the national failure of the GOP. Some good people got thrown out along with the bums, but as the proverb says, lie down with dogs, get up with fleas...and as we all know from history, some fleas do more than just suck your blood.

Comments

[phoenixalpha.livejournal.com]

The plaaaaague, they gave us the plaaaaague!

...I need a Plague Fairies icon for moments like this.

[chebutykin.livejournal.com]

the Democrats didn't win this race, the GOP lost it by not doing its damn job, what people elected us to do.

While I do think that the Dems did win in part due to running more aggressive campaigns than they have in the past, I also agree strongly with the comment above. In six years, the GOP managed to slit its own throat by a) letting Iraq distract us from the original goal of catching Bin Laden and stabilizing Afghanistan, b) letting the economy go wonky, and c) having MANY of their members turn up in scandals of every color.

Will Dems be any better on any of these front? Only time will tell. However, the last six years of GOP rule have apparently convinced the middle-of-the-road voters that it was time for a power shift.

The voting demographics on CNN are fascinating. The wingers on both sides stuck to their parties, but the centrists almost completely threw themselves at the Democrats.

[433.livejournal.com]

I was flipping back and forth between 1500 and Channel 5 last night. On 5, they had Strom and Ember Riechgotteinhimmelhernameishardtospell Junge with analysis. He was at times stupified, at times fiesty...I don't think I like him very much. Hm.