Large swing in National Power
As was expected, the Democrats scored big yesterday. I think it shows the everwhelming discontent with the current situation in Iraq. I will say that some of the results may be skewed a tad. I am not saying there was fraud, but rather look at some of the seats the Republicans lost, and you will noticce that all of the scandal seats turned over to the Democrats. It is interesting to see some of the people who fell to defeat, especially Rick Santorum in PA. Nancy Pelosi is expected as the next Speaker. (and first woman Speaker)
Here in Wisconsin, looking at the election results, you will come away with an odd view of the results. First, Jim Doyle, a Democrat, easily won reelection as Governor. However, JB Van Hollen, a Republican, won Attorney General. Even more interesting is that the State Legislature remained controlled by the Republicans while the State Senate flipped control to the Democrats.
HOWEVER, the most interesting part of last night's events were the referndums. WI soundly voted "YES" for establishing the death penalty, and "YES" to recognizing marriage as one man and one woman.
Overall this tells me a couple of things. First, Wisconsin is a traditionally a conservative state. Not necessarily Republicn, but conservative. Second, the Democrats still don't have the right message in Wisconsin, but they are getting close and can really make significant strides in 2008. And finally, Jim Doyle was beatable based on pre-election polling, but the Republicans just didn't have the right candidate.
On the National front, I have to tell you something. If I see Barack Obama any more this year, I am just going to vomit. I don't think any ill-will towards him. I don't actually know of anything he has done (or not done). My frustration simply stems from the fact that this guy won a race to become a US Senator that a giraffe could have won. Seriously. He didn't run against anyone. (He ran against someone who had lived in IL for about 5 minutes because the Republicans couldn't find anyone else to run who hadn't been a VIP at a Swingers club). So, he wins a race that anyone else in the country could have won by simply going to church ONCE, and now he is a beacon of hope and leadership for the country. Again, I don't mind the guy, but what do we look for from our leaders? Are we this hard-up for morality in our government that Sen. Obama is our chosen one?
Here in Wisconsin, looking at the election results, you will come away with an odd view of the results. First, Jim Doyle, a Democrat, easily won reelection as Governor. However, JB Van Hollen, a Republican, won Attorney General. Even more interesting is that the State Legislature remained controlled by the Republicans while the State Senate flipped control to the Democrats.
HOWEVER, the most interesting part of last night's events were the referndums. WI soundly voted "YES" for establishing the death penalty, and "YES" to recognizing marriage as one man and one woman.
Overall this tells me a couple of things. First, Wisconsin is a traditionally a conservative state. Not necessarily Republicn, but conservative. Second, the Democrats still don't have the right message in Wisconsin, but they are getting close and can really make significant strides in 2008. And finally, Jim Doyle was beatable based on pre-election polling, but the Republicans just didn't have the right candidate.
On the National front, I have to tell you something. If I see Barack Obama any more this year, I am just going to vomit. I don't think any ill-will towards him. I don't actually know of anything he has done (or not done). My frustration simply stems from the fact that this guy won a race to become a US Senator that a giraffe could have won. Seriously. He didn't run against anyone. (He ran against someone who had lived in IL for about 5 minutes because the Republicans couldn't find anyone else to run who hadn't been a VIP at a Swingers club). So, he wins a race that anyone else in the country could have won by simply going to church ONCE, and now he is a beacon of hope and leadership for the country. Again, I don't mind the guy, but what do we look for from our leaders? Are we this hard-up for morality in our government that Sen. Obama is our chosen one?
1 Comments:
At 5:47 PM, Anonymous said…
your traditionally conservative line suggests that you need a history lesson - conservative where and for how long - isn't it really a state that has very liberal sections constituting a little more than half the population and the other half, well, conservative. And the history lesson, is that much of the liberal reform of the 20th century started wisconsin either ideologically or legally.
Still, the proportion of voters in favor of the marriage definition says two things - one people didn't understand how to read it, and more telling we are a tab conservative socially speaking. It is disturbing, however, that margin was closer in Virginia.
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