Tuesday’s elections were disastrous, cataclysmic blows to Obama’s prestige
November 5th, 2009 at 08:39am Pat Cunningham
 
 Gail Collins tells us the TERRIBLE TRUTH.
 An excerpt:
 We have a dramatic saga story line brewing here…and I hope Obama has gotten the message. Really, he had better shape up and completely transform the way Washington works before the next election. Otherwise, another governor’s head could roll.
 UPDATE: Ruy Teixeira also has a GOOD TAKE on the elections:
 To hear Republicans tell it, Tuesday’s elections, in which their candidates captured the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey, were a repudiation of President Obama and indicated a voter shift toward their party. They should calm themselves down. The results don’t show this and, in fact, suggest some rather daunting challenges for the Republicans.
 UPDATE II: El Rushbo BLAMES Newtie for wingnut loss in NY-23.
 UPDATE III: The incomparable Nate Silver offers a WORTHY PERSPECTIVE:
[I]n New Jersey, there’s literally almost no evidence that the Democrats’ agenda had anything to do with Jon Corzine’s defeat. Voters who cited a national issue were more likely to vote for Corzine, and voters who cited a local one, the Republican Chris Christie.
In Virginia, the evidence is certainly a little stronger, insofar as the national agenda may have affected the lopsided turnout (the electorate which turned out Tuesday had voted for John McCain by 8 points, a near-reversal of the actual results). Even there, however, the quarter of the electorate that cited health care as their main issue went for the Democrat Deeds 51-49. And in NY-23, which was supposed to have been the ultimate smackdown of the Democrats’ agenda, the
RepublicanConservative candidate unexpectedly lost.
 UPDATE IV: Dick Armey throws NY-23 wingnut UNDER THE BUS.
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1. Neftali | November 5th, 2009 at 9:56 am
In 2005, Rahm Emanuel said this about the Democratic gov. victories in New Jersey and Virginia.
“the gubernatorial outcomes stand to have a huge effect on how 2006 is viewed”
Hmm….I guess the same thing can be said of 2010.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/04/2119573.aspx
2. expdoc | November 5th, 2009 at 9:59 am
John Steele Gordon ABSOLUTELY NAILS IT! This is the closest description I have seen to what is going on with liberal wingnuts like Pat.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703932904574511250528884932.html
“Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, recently explained the White House war on Fox News as an example of “speaking truth to power.” Much of the American political world collapsed in laughter, pointing out that her boss was president of the United States, the most powerful man on earth. His every word is news around the world. Fox News is a cable channel rarely watched by more than a few million people at a time. How could she have so blithely said something completely out-of-sync with reality?
Simple: She’s a liberal.
As a liberal she carries around in her head the liberal paradigm of how the world works and what needs to be done to make it work better. There’s nothing wrong with that. We all use paradigms to make sense of what we see around us and couldn’t get along without them. Unfortunately, the basic liberal paradigm hasn’t shifted in a hundred years, while the world we live in has changed utterly since the late 19th century, when modern liberalism was born. ”
AND
“Not only does the liberal paradigm not even come close to agreeing with the social and economic reality on the ground today, worse, it has largely congealed into a political religion, especially in the nearly 30 years since Ronald Reagan shifted the nation’s political center of gravity, just as FDR had done 48 years earlier. Since liberals care about the sheep, all who disagree with liberalism must not, making them morally inferior if not downright immoral. Thus the nastiness in American politics is largely on the left. Whatever you think of Sarah Palin, her treatment in the liberal press was ugliness personified. “
3. Mike Carroll | November 5th, 2009 at 10:18 am
expdoc-I saw that yesterday and could not agree more. Of course, liberals will be clueless on this.
4. Richard | November 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Looks like the voters of Colorado Springs have sent the message: shrink the size of our government.
http://www.gazette.com/articles/election-65031-narrative-.html
5. expdoc | November 5th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Today, Daniel Henninger offers a great take on the American electorate which reinforces some of what we have been talking about on this site for the last couple of days.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704013004574515453039975302.html
“Welcome to the permanent American tea party.
You will recall how when the tea-party movement erupted during the congressional recess in August, it was spun on the left that these events were the creation of conservative ideologues. At the start, yes. By the end, though, it was about anxieties deeper than that.
The GOP is now spinning the results in Virginia and New Jersey as proof that voters are fed up with the liberal ideologues in the White House and Congress. Yes, but it’s deeper than that.
What was learned Tuesday is that the American voter is absolutely, totally, unremittingly disgusted with both political parties. More than anything, the American voter is desperate for political leadership.
That electorates in two politically significant states, led by the widening independent movement, could swing within one year from enthusiasm for electing Barack Obama to support for Virginia’s OK Republican Bob McDonnell and New Jersey’s lackluster Chris Christie is simply astonishing.”
6. realfoxnews | November 5th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Doc You always come across stuff on the GOP and I’m also a GOP but look at the Hospital you deal with witch all the top wigs are GOP backers.
How many jobs have they cut in the last few months. and you say the GOP will save jobs. Let’s look at are home State before looking at other States first.
7. Neftali | November 5th, 2009 at 10:56 am
realfoxnews - Yeah, and Democrat business leaders never cut jobs. Get real.
8. expdoc | November 5th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Real Fox,
I am an independent contractor with ProHealth and have no control over their business hiring and firing. However, a hospital is a business like any other and they have to at least break even to stay open. Have there been cuts? Yes. Have they cut as many people as any other system in the area? Nope,in fact far fewer.
If healthcare reform passes as proposed it will get much worse. ProHealth estimates that the current plan would cost 145 million dollars over the next 10 years, That would require much deeper cuts and further curtailment of services.
9. Richard | November 5th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
RealFox
How do you figure that all the top wigs are GOP backers?
Obama and crew have created a witch hunt on the evil rich. Then they spend a weekend trying to get one re-elected. Do you recall all that was spewed about AIG? Look at where New Jersey Gov Jon Corzine gained his wealth. Then with your rational of thought, tell me how that could ever happen once you find out where Corzines money came from.
Don’t be fooled by the liberal machine into thinking that they care about your welfare……to them it is all about gaining more power at the cost or your freedom and liberty.
10. SNuss | November 5th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Maybe the Left will worry about this:
Thousands rally at Capitol to protest health care overhaul bill
See: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=9005752
11. realfoxnews | November 5th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Richard well lets see I seen both off them at fundraisers before. Pro-health is a good start why we should have a State run Health Care. After only 3 years close a new building down to cut cost lay employee off that help the sick. AND LET’S CUT BACK ON HOUSE CLEANING. ANY MORE NEED TO BE SAID
A LOT OF FRIENDS LOST THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF GREED OF THE CEO.
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