ATLANTA— The too-close-too-call race between Chris Christie (R) and Jon Corzine (D) in New Jersey will be the most interesting of the three races to watch tonight. Will voter fraud tip the election in favor of the hyper-liberal Corzine? Or will Obama-fatigue carry Christie? We may not know for several hours- or perhaps even several weeks…
The New York D-23 race could be close, but it seems Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, was pulling away in the final days of that race, after RINO Dede Scozzafava happily relegated herself to the side-lines.
As to Virginia, Bob McDonnell (R) has won in a land-slide. A permanent ideological shift from Red to Blue in Virginia? Hardly.
These wins (or at least, strong showings) by Republicans are proving an ideological shift in this country has not occurred. In the Spring, progressives were peppering the air-waves with stories and tales about how Barack Obama’s victory and ensuing popularity were reflective of a fundamental shift in American politics towards progressive ideals. Some even wrote of a permanent, progressive majority.
In a blog post on the topic last spring, I stated the following:
But I have one hope- one major reason why I think this permanent progressive majority will not happen: Democrats have not yet told Americans how much the progressive agenda will cost them. And when the Democrats do and move to make them pay for it, Americans will reject the progressive agenda on its face.
I believe this backlash in Virginia, New Jersey and New York reflects just this rejection. Voters are seeing the monumental costs of the progressive agenda in the $787 billion stimulus package, the $10s of billions spent in the takeover of General Motors, the $1 trillion plus plans for cap-and-trade and health care and they are rejecting it.
Barack Obama’s win last November may be proving to be what we thought it might be- a blip on the radar, a statistical anomaly, and- dare I say? - an accident, propelled forward by the worst financial crash in seven decades.
…Ok, ok. So accident is a bad word- I don’t believe anything happens by accident. But I do believe the financial crisis caused people to look past Mr. Obama’s short-comings in order to stick it to Republicans and George W. Bush. I think these three races are showing that Americans are taking a second look at the man- and they do not like what they see.
Conservatives still hold enormous sway in this country. You simply cannot dismiss the movement.
Again, though, of the three, I’m anxious to see the results of the New Jersey race.
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A great day for conservatism…so far.
Yep – was a good day overall, but not a great day. The NY D-23 race did not go well. I think if Hoffman had been the republican candidate all along, he would have taken it. Disappointing about the split vote.
I really hope this derails health care reform. I do. I dread that bill being passed for so many reasons…
It will truly be a dark day for American Freedom if the House version or anything like it passes.
Information is the key.
If the American public has access to all information, not just the state-sponsored mass media pap, then voters tend to make rational decisions.
I was pleased to see New Jersey finally say that enough was enough and dump Corazine, but it is unfortunate that it took years for the voters there to reject corruption and indiscriminate spending.
The devil is in the details when it comes to the national health care bill. That legislation is packed with an infinite number of details that have nothing to do with health care reform, but everything to do with expanded government control. Take a look at HR 3962 if you have a strong stomach. It gave me a pounding headache, from what little I could decipher and that was little indeed.
>The devil is in the details when it comes to the national health care bill. That legislation is packed with an infinite number of details that have nothing to do with health care reform, but everything to do with expanded government control. Take a look at HR 3962 if you have a strong stomach. It gave me a pounding headache, from what little I could decipher and that was little indeed.
Very well said. I agree completely. I have not dabbled into it and tried to read it myself, but I’ve been reading some articles where writers are picking out pieces and expounding on them.
This thing is going to be an absolute maze of bureaucracy. My guess is it will drive up insurance premiums for the mere fact of having to spend money and time to decipher it and assess its implicationas (even apart from actually enacting and funding the mandates it pushes down on insurance companies).
It is appalling to me that intelligent people could try and argue with a straight place that a massive and complicated 1,990 page bill that virtually no one has read in its entirity and that everyone agrees is a complicated mess will somehow make our healthcare system MORE efficient. I just don’t understand liberals in the least.