i guess when you are delusional you have an easier time making lemonade out of lemons. corzine was down over 15 points before obama tried to help. he was very unpopular for local reasons. in any case governors dont make national policy. the two democrat seats picked up in the house adding to an already huge margin is much more important. if republicians are ever to regain any kind of power they somehow have to start gaining seats in national elections.
Since you're struggling to see the significance: "WASHINGTON â Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year. Elsewhere on Tuesday, Maine voters rejected a state law that would allow same-sex couples to wed. If supporters had prevailed, it would have marked the first time that the electorate in any state endorsed gay marriage. His signature issue of health care reform was dealt a blow hours before polls closed when Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid signaled that Congress may not complete health care legislation this year, missing Obama's deadline and pushing debate into a congressional election year. Democrats in swing-voting states and moderate-to-conservative districts may be less willing to back Obama on issues like health care after Virginia and New Jersey showed there are limits to how much he can protect his rank and file from fallout back home. The president had personally campaigned for Deeds and Corzine, seeking to ensure that independents and base voters alike turned out even if he wasn't on the ballot â and voters still rejected them. Independents were a critical part Obama's victory in Virginia, New Jersey and across the country. But after more than a year of recession, they fled from Democrats in the two states, where the economy trumped all."
It's truly entertaining to sit back and watch all the machines get turned onto SPIN cycle here, and all over the MSM, trying to protect their little project man child.
truth be known i dont want to try too hard to convince your side that they are out of touch. i would rather you go along thinking what you are doing is working based on last nights results.
You're doing your best to spin this, but we all know what's up. Corzine being unpopular is irrelevant. A Dem child murderer could win re-election in Jersey. New Jersey is a Dem stronghold and the machine broke down. What happened? Glad you asked . Those independents that voted for Obama last year didn't show up, and they're never going to show up again, in any election. Buyers remorse is reverberating throughout the Dem party. Marxism ain't the change they were looking for, so all those that voted with their hearts, wanted to be part of history, feel good about themselves voting for a black guy...those people are gone, and gone forever.
new jersey a dem stronghold? it looks 50-50 to me. # Name Term Party Notes 43 Alfred E. Driscoll January 21, 1947âJanuary 19, 1954 Republican Governor 44 Robert B. Meyner January 19, 1954âJanuary 16, 1962 Democratic Governor 45 Richard J. Hughes January 16, 1962âJanuary 20, 1970 Democratic Governor 46 William T. Cahill January 20, 1970âJanuary 15, 1974 Republican Governor 47 Brendan Byrne January 15, 1974âJanuary 19, 1982 Democratic Governor 48 Thomas Kean January 19, 1982âJanuary 16, 1990 Republican Governor 49 James Florio January 16, 1990âJanuary 18, 1994 Democratic Governor 50 Christine Todd Whitman1 January 18, 1994âJanuary 31, 2001 Republican Governor 51 Donald DiFrancesco2 January 31, 2001âJanuary 8, 2002 Republican Governor6 AG John Farmer Jr.3 January 8, 2002 Republican Acting Governor AG John O. Bennett2 January 8, 2002âJanuary 12, 2002 Republican Acting Governor AG Richard Codey2 January 12, 2002âJanuary 15, 2002 Democratic Acting Governor 52 Jim McGreevey4 January 15, 2002âNovember 15, 2004 Democratic Governor 53 Richard Codey5 November 15, 2004âJanuary 17, 2006 Democratic Governor6 54 Jon Corzine January 17, 2006âpresent Democratic Governor 55 Chris Christie (assumes office January 20, 2010) Republican Governor-elect
The only way you can call them delusional is if you believe Democrats gained momentum based on the election results yesterday. Do you sincerely believe the Democrats were the ones that gained momentum yesterday?
The conservative party appears to be gaining momentum, by most accounts, by way of voters turning against "the other guy", a process that ironically is also used to diminish the importance of Obama's victory. Is the US gaining momentum here? I'm thinking, "no".