I thought the Republicans were crazy to keep McConnell and Boehner as leaders after their record of failure was seemingly cemented in 2008. So, I don’t know why Allahpundit is so certain that Pelosi won’t be able to lead a comeback. Every time there is a wave election a bunch of clowns get elected. For us, one was definitely Eric Massa. Some would argue that Grayson falls into that category as well. I wouldn’t. I don’t think we’ll ever know how Grayson would have fared if this had been a normal midterm. He certainly didn’t follow the playbook for getting reelected in a red district, but there is nothing to tell us he would have survived if he had. For the most part, though, our freshmen and sophomores conducted themselves honorably. That was not the case with more than a dozen Republican freshmen from the Class of 1994. They left mired in scandal, fraud, and divorce. Some, like Massa, didn’t even make it to the next election day.
But, never before in my life have I seen a class of crooks, cranks, kooks, and clowns like the one that has just been elected. To think that these people will conduct themselves in a way that reflects well on their constituents is straight-up delusional. And the Republicans should be forewarned, we won many seats in conservative areas because the incumbents had disgraced themselves. If they don’t want to take it from me, consider that New Orleans was represented by a Republican for the last two years. Why? Because our guy was caught with tens of thousands of ill-gotten dollars in his freezer.
We’ll be back in 2012 to make a run at the House. Bet on it.
Too sanguine for my tastes, but, at the core, exactly how I feel.
I don’t agree. The corruption spread by Citizens United and the shenanigans brought on by future GOP redistricting means we’re going to have a right wing government for the rest of our days.
I don’t believe that for a second. Not if we stay active and organize.
It no longer matters. We can’t beat the tide of corporate money. There is simply no way around that. Maybe in one or two states, like here in California. But nationwide? Nope. We’re done.
robertsdsc, I know the feeling. But power comes in two forms: organized people and organized money. So, yes, that tide of corporate money hurt Democrats this election, and it will likely be a bigger tide in 2012. (Not to mention all the Green Party candidates that Republicans will help get on the ballot…and even help finance their campaigns.)
That said, I take some hope from the outcome of the Senate races in Colorado and Nevada. Money’s important, but it’s not everything.
Don’t you think redistricting and Citizens United are going to make this quite a bit more more difficult?
In my district, for example, Obey retired and now we have a former MTV reality star as a Rep. He ran a good campaign and won by ~8 points, but I expect his district to be gerrmandered to be ~5 points more Republican to protect the seat. Combine that with essentially unlimited cash for negative ads against his opponent, and I’m not sure how he’s going to be beaten short of ‘being caught with a live boy or a dead girl’.
And cut into whose district? You do know that Obama won Paul Ryan’s district, right? Why the DCCC gave him a free pass, I don’t know.
Just found this righteous rant. I’m probably the last to have seen it, but in case not…
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/11/03/notes110310.DTL&ao=all#ixzz14HW58XjN
yup.
I don’t disagree that the House will be up for grabs in 2012, but so will the Senate, much more so than this year where our huge lead really made it almost impossible for us to lose. My prediction: after 2012 we have a 50-50 senate, so the winner of the presidency will decide everything so to speak.
One of the main reasons the house is up for grabs is because 2006, 2008 and 2010 have all had a huge amount of turnover in the House. there’s just not a lot of 20 term guys who usually lock these things up. if OFA can step it up in 2012, they are going to take a lot of house seats with them if they get our goes to the polls. its just a numbers game and demographic trends are always on our side, particularly out west.
Surprised we haven’t heard from Arthur Gilroy on this one yet. Booman stole his line, after all. 🙂
Interesting read!
Word. This isn’t even remotely over. And quite seriously, for being a “wave” election, the Dems aren’t that bad off. And the crazies certainly learned the wrong lessons from getting some of their own elected. The bottom line is that the Senate doesn’t like change that much and the House can flip out all it wants. In fact, let them. It’s just free advertising for sane people.