Remain Calm
2009-11-04 - by
Democrats got a thumping in Virginia and New Jersey
Republicans will be whooping that the party’s over for Obama.
With any luck, they’ll proceed on that assumption – and wreck their chances of a real comeback in 2010 and 2012.
Maybe the right-wingers will decapitate Charlie Crist next. I hope so, because he’s one Republican who could beat Obama. (See the New York-23 congressional district for what I mean.)
Actually, Tuesday’s results demonstrate Obama’s strength, not weakness.
He’s the only Democrat who can generate enthusiasm among minority voters and young voters.
The Democrats were saddled with sad-sack candidates – almost as bad as that Karzai guy in Afghanistan
Bob McDonnell was an attractive candidate with a positive message. Creigh Deeds tried to beat him by spotlighting a master’s thesis McDonnell wrote 20 years ago.
And Jon Corzine? Any man who rides along New Jersey
On top of all that, liberals were whining – and sitting on the sidelines – because almost 10 months have gone by and Obama hasn’t led them to the Promised Land.
This election, unlike last year, Republicans owned the intensity factor.
Let that be a lesson, Democrats.
Remain Calm
2009-11-04/
Democrats got a thumping in Virginia and New Jersey
Republicans will be whooping that the party’s over for Obama.
With any luck, they’ll proceed on that assumption – and wreck their chances of a real comeback in 2010 and 2012.
Maybe the right-wingers will decapitate Charlie Crist next. I hope so, because he’s one Republican who could beat Obama. (See the New York-23 congressional district for what I mean.)
Actually, Tuesday’s results demonstrate Obama’s strength, not weakness.
He’s the only Democrat who can generate enthusiasm among minority voters and young voters.
The Democrats were saddled with sad-sack candidates – almost as bad as that Karzai guy in Afghanistan
Bob McDonnell was an attractive candidate with a positive message. Creigh Deeds tried to beat him by spotlighting a master’s thesis McDonnell wrote 20 years ago.
And Jon Corzine? Any man who rides along New Jersey
On top of all that, liberals were whining – and sitting on the sidelines – because almost 10 months have gone by and Obama hasn’t led them to the Promised Land.
This election, unlike last year, Republicans owned the intensity factor.
Let that be a lesson, Democrats.