"So who exactly did the Republicans punish?" Who said Republicans? It would be hard for anyone to win a race these days with the support of one party. You have to get the independents. You know, those independents who voted for the Democrats and Barack Obama in 2008.
"While she will no long be speaker, Nancy Pelosi won her seat again with 80% of the vote." Losing the speakership isn't a punishment to her? Seriously? "Harry Reid was re-elected." My only disappointment of the night. Still his power is greatly diminished since the almost super majority is gone and he doesn't have a house that will accept whatever crap he delivers. "The Dems still hold the Senate." Good. "Those who lost their seats, for the most part, were moderates who were willing to work across the aisle, like Russ Feingold and Jim Oberstar." And they lost. They where punished for being Democrats. It doesn't matter how moderate they were, the will be unemployed in January. "Angle lost because Reid got 11 percent of the Republican vote. O'Donnell lost, Fiorina lost. So why is the Tea Party crowing victory" You can't win them all, especially against incumbents. From what I read, the tea party movement is excited about Rubio, Paul, Haley to name a few. And even if O'Donnell lost to the bearded Marxist, she was right in my opinion. Her victory in the primary sent a shot across the bow of the Republican Party. They can no longer take their base for granted. More importantly than these big elections, many states flipped to Republican Senates and houses. Just in time for redistricting. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > So who exactly did the Republicans punish? > > While she will no long be speaker, Nancy Pelosi won her seat again > with 80% of the vote. Harry Reid was re-elected. The Dems still hold > the Senate. > > Those who lost their seats, for the most part, were moderates who were > willing to work across the aisle, like Russ Feingold and Jim Oberstar. > > Angle lost because Reid got 11 percent of the Republican vote. > O'Donnell lost, Fiorina lost. So why is the Tea Party crowing > victory? > > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > They still don't understand. This election was not about support for the > > GOP agenda. It was about the Democrat agenda, specifically, its > refutation. > > People didn't just wake up and decide that the GOP is good again. They > are > > viewing them as the lesser of two ev > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
