A Dose of Reality About Last Night for Extremes on Both Sides

Everyone is going to take away what they want to believe about last night's election.

The Palin/Beck/Teabaggery are saying, "SEE! We need to go much farther to the right. If such a week conservative hadn't run from the start, we would have totally won. Did you see how we surged in NY-23 right up to the end"

And the far left is saying, "SEE! Because we didn't go strong on HCR, we lost VA and NJ Governors. We need to push the party farther to the left."

And the center is saying, "SEE! Both sides lost because people are tired of the extremes."

But here is what last night was really about: Local Issues. Deeds was a terrible Democratic candidate and ran a terrible campaign. He could not rally the base and no matter how much Obama would have campaigned for him, he was going to lose based on his policies not being what the people of Virginia wanted. Deeds couldn't have won even if we had passed a HCR bill in June and it was great. Corzine was in trouble for a very long time and despite that, it was still a close race. He went very negative in the campaign and lost a close race. NY-23 was totally about economics. The people have been hit hard and have been betrayed by GOP economics. It was time for change. A Republican tried to run on change and support the people. But apparently doing that is against the GOP. If anything that is the silver lining from last night: the GOP has been fully exposed as a party who is definitely not for the people. All the Big Names of the GOP couldn't do a damn thing about it because when they look in the mirror, there simply is no reflection to stare back and show them what they are.

That is the reality folks. Everyone's going to take away what they need to hear. The Pundits and the Media are going to make up whatever bullshit story they want. But last night was not about ideology. It's about the local issues important to the people.

This is why Dean's 50-state strategy made sense. It's why we need to represent the people, wherever they are, whoever they may be. That's what the Democratic party has been all about. If the party follows the mantra of being for the people, it will succeed.

John Garamendi Congressional CA District 10 - and Garamendi kicked the moderate republicans ass....Garamendi will be one of the most liberal members in congress.

As for Democrat Bill Owens NY District 23 - he certainly is far more progressive than he is moderate and Democrat Owens beat the pretend moderate conservative.

The Dems won two more congressional seats last night.

Fuck the moderates!

Dems still in the CREDIBILY REASON LEAD....Pubs trailing Badly...RNC's Hail Marys incomplete so far...

The Pubs Prob...

Creds in bad shape

+ no one listening cept those in choir

GOP backed Zit Butt, Bachman, Beck....are defacto PUB Spokespeeps

They are the FACE of the PUBs

Mired in Negatinity...they attempt the Positive Mode...to fool us I guess....but they fail....their Negs are showing

That is a turnoff to many people

They really suck for solutions because they haven't had any PRACTICE at it....they are unable to think of viable pertinant solutions....that addresses our concerns as well as their...

They want it all, or as much of the pie they are able to ingest....

They have reached the end of the GREED CYCLE....the new chapter has begun...