Tuesday's midterm elections in the United States saw the Democrats lose the most seats of any party in one election since 1948. The Congress is now overwhelmingly Republican, while the Senate came down to the wire and was retained by the Dems. The best news of the night is that Nancy Pelosi is no longer the Speaker of the House, the 3rd in line to be President. Christine O'Donnell (the dabbler in witchcraft) who won a hotly contested primary after a last minute endorsement by Sarah Palin (against the advice of Karl Rove) was crushed by 16% on a night when 60 Democrats lost their seats.
Barak Obama's former senate seat went Republican, along with a number of stunning upsets. CBC ran the headline "America Divided" for its election coverage that started before polls had been closed. Sure, when the Democrats have the momentum they are overjoyed by the "hope-A-dope", but when the pendulum swings back Republicans, the headline is "America Divided". Way to go CBC. California voted down the legalization of marijuana. The state level elections were an even larger sweep for Republicans, who now control a majority of the country's governorships.
California kept it's Climate Change plan alive.
ReplyDeleteMeg Whitman did not beat brown, that would have been like Ford in Toronto.
The Democratic gains have been eliminated and many key seats have shifted. The CBC will continue to stoke radical "tea party" and Delaware's candidate as proof.
The CBC does not get it. The registered Dems did not show up to save their picks. The independents also swung away from Obama and voted Republican.
We are 15 months away from the next contests to replace Obama. He has time to shore up support within his party. Hilary and Soros sat this election out. Liberals are know to eat their own at first sign of weakness.
Why is the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail making it seem like the election was a shift to the extreme far-right? The Canadian media is continuing to mislead Canadians about the nature U.S. politics by failing to mention some key features of last night's election, including the election of the largest number of minorities in the history of the Republican Party with Nikki Haley, Rubio, Scott, Col. West, and a large contingent of hispanic Republicans from Texas.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Texas, the biggest untold story of the night was the massive Republican majority in the Texas House of Representatives. Texas was already a Red state but now its a virtually a one-party state with a majority large enough to change the state constitution.
Canadian Sense, you're absolutely right (pun indeeded) Soros etc stayed home but they're not going to do that in 2012. Boehner has his work cut out for him or this is going to be the shortest revolution in American history
ReplyDelete^Shortest revolution in favor of the TEA party movement (and by extension everyone) come 2012. When Obama and his fellow travelers are tossed out.
ReplyDeleteOh, and enjoy the governorship sweep. take a look at Michigan, my friends. :D