Jane Hamsher: "... but this "triumph of the centrists" meme is a Rahm Emanuel ....

... spittle-soaked fantasy. The country ran from conservatives like a bad case of crotch lice and no amount of PR spin can re-write that."

Link: http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/the-wisdom-of-fred-barnes

David "Bobo" Brooks once incoherently ranted that bloggers and grassroots activists were "rabid lambs." Rahm Emanuel ... and his minions are blanketing the establishment media to argue yesterday's election results were a victory for conservative "blue dog" Dems, and emphatically not representative of any growing progressive movement.

There's been some good rapid analysis and reporting on this today, and I want to share some links with people as a kind of one-stop clearing house for what's been done so far. Bottom line: rabid lambs chewed up the blue dogs and spit them out yesterday:

http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/rabid-lambs-not-blue-dogs-won-the-election

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

The Great Victory - crushing the developing myths

The outcome of this election -- even with the not-yet-fully-finalized Senate victories in Virginia and Montana -- is as resounding and clear as it gets. For exactly that reason, all sorts of devastated Bush followers and confused and desperate media mavens are busy spawning myths about what happened -- often, in the case of the mindless pundits, unwittingly, even unconsciously. Most Americans know exactly what happened here, but it is nonetheless vital that these myths be smashed from the start and the clear lessons of this election be safeguarded:

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Even Democratic control of both the House and Senate is no guarantee that the abuses will end. Quite the contrary. It is worth recalling that the central premise of this President is the Irrelevance of Congress and of everything else other than his will and his power. Takeover of the houses of Congress and the end of one-party rule is but one weapon to be used in the ongoing fight. It is not the end of the fight. Far, far from it.

But if nothing else, yesterday's results should galvanize everyone who recognizes the danger this country has been placed in by the radical, hate-mongering, deeply corrupt authoritarians who have been controlling (and destroying) it. That movement has been severely wounded, but not yet killed.

Link:http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/11/great-victory-crushing-developing.html