After the elections
Nov. 4th, 2009 07:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hkellickI am so disappointed in Maine. Maine isn't exactly a bastion of Liberalism, but I fail to understand the hate of gay marriage. I honestly do. There is no legitimate reason why gays should not marry. It comes down to people's personal morality, no more and no less.
McDonnell won. What a shock. I'm saddened that Deeds never came together as a candidate, never made himself electable. I hope that McDonnell doesn't do too much to hurt the state. And I hope to god the Virginia Dems get together, take some pointers from their mauling and find someone who's actually electable to run in four years.
I keep wondering if McAuliffe would have done a better job. I didn't like McAuliffe, but he might have, at least in getting a better message out and making himself appear electable. That's all in the past for now, though, isn't it?
NY-23... well, well, well.. lookie here. It turns out that if you divide the republican vote between the ultra-right and the moderate right that the Dems win. Who'dathunk it. Memo to the RNC on this.. this is your future if you can't get your act together. You're on a death spiral to becoming a minority party, pure in thought, I'm sure, but entirely unelectable. Hope you get the memo this time and start thinking about local moderates you can stand behind and get elected instead of the most conservative among you.
Who'd have thought that NEWT would get it? No one else seemed to... certainly not T-Paw or Palin (PS, hey.. if you're going to get involved in local politics like that, you really gotta make sure it's wrapped up before you do, cause there's egg ALL OVER your face now.)
No comments on New Jersey, or the NY mayor. Didn't care too much about those...
McDonnell won. What a shock. I'm saddened that Deeds never came together as a candidate, never made himself electable. I hope that McDonnell doesn't do too much to hurt the state. And I hope to god the Virginia Dems get together, take some pointers from their mauling and find someone who's actually electable to run in four years.
I keep wondering if McAuliffe would have done a better job. I didn't like McAuliffe, but he might have, at least in getting a better message out and making himself appear electable. That's all in the past for now, though, isn't it?
NY-23... well, well, well.. lookie here. It turns out that if you divide the republican vote between the ultra-right and the moderate right that the Dems win. Who'dathunk it. Memo to the RNC on this.. this is your future if you can't get your act together. You're on a death spiral to becoming a minority party, pure in thought, I'm sure, but entirely unelectable. Hope you get the memo this time and start thinking about local moderates you can stand behind and get elected instead of the most conservative among you.
Who'd have thought that NEWT would get it? No one else seemed to... certainly not T-Paw or Palin (PS, hey.. if you're going to get involved in local politics like that, you really gotta make sure it's wrapped up before you do, cause there's egg ALL OVER your face now.)
No comments on New Jersey, or the NY mayor. Didn't care too much about those...
