By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown
Positive momentum came out of this years elections
The American people have spoken,and a wave of change has begun. After last Tuesday’s election,Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tried to claim victory. The left-wing media tried portraying the Republicans as a party at war. But the American people,specifically moderates and independents,swung towards the Republicans in significant numbers. The electoral tides have shifted,and if the Republican Party doesn’t waste this opportunity they will ride the wave of economic discontent to major victories in 2010.
Specifically,the Republicans swept the two governorships up for election in 2010. Although the GOP lost a competitive House seat in NY,the loss was a result of a corrupt nominating process,not conservative ideas. As C. Edmund Wright writes in American Thinker,“The Democrats did not lose a 2-1 squeaker last night. They lost two huge races,saw an overall evaporation of 25 basis points of support —and lost by nearly 500,000 cumulative votes in the three high-profile elections.”
The best news of the day came from Virginia. Republican Bob McDonnell,an outspoken fiscal and social conservative,trounced Democrat Creigh Deeds by nearly 20%. The Republicans also defeated at least six incumbent Democrats in the House of Delegates and won the important Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General’s races by comfortable margins. All three of the statewide candidates in Virginia —Bob McDonnell,Bill Bolling for Lieutenant Governor and Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General —are outspoken conservatives. The left-wing media tried downplaying Obama’s involvement in the Virginia rout,but Obama had personally campaigned for Deeds,and over the weekend Obama signed a personal letter urging 300,000 of his supporters to support the Democrat. Evidently his calls fell on deaf ears as independents broke two to one in favor of the Republican candidate.
The news out of New Jersey was equally dismal for Democrats. Goldman Sachs millionaire Gov. Jon Corzine,who had purchased his previous elections and outspent his opponent Chris Christie by a three-to-one ratio,was rejected by the usually reliably Democratic electorate of New Jersey. This was a major setback for Obama as he had campaigned for Corzine multiple times including just a day before voters went to the polls. Just as in Virginia,voters in New Jersey threw out the incumbent and voted for a believer in limited government.
Of the three closely watched elections,the only loss for conservatives came in upstate New York. Doug Hoffman,a hero of the conservative tea-party movement was defeated 49 percent to 45 percent. This race was a boondoggle for Republicans,as the party bosses nominated a liberal who ended up dropping out of the race and endorsing the Democrat. If Hoffman had been able to run as a Republican he probably would have won the election. If the party bosses had nominated a real Republican —rather than a Democrat in disguise —the Republican candidate would have been in a good position to win.
The message from these results to the Republican Party and conservatives is that they need to stick together. The only way they lose in 2010 is if they sabotage themselves. Conservative candidates should compete in the primary system,and avoid launching third-party bids for office. Senator John Cornyn states that the NRSC won’t interfere in competitive primaries,which is exactly what the party needs. If conservatives and moderates are both able to have a fair opportunity in the primary,and the loser agrees to support the winner,Republicans will emerge united and victorious.
The message to Democrats is crystal clear. Voters are sick and tired of what is happening in Washington. The White House announced that Barack Obama didn’t bother watching the election returns. Maybe this is because Rahm Emanuel and the sycophants that surround Obama don’t have the courage to tell him his leftist agenda is unpopular. Government-run health care is unpopular. Huge new energy taxes are unpopular. His dithering in Afghanistan is unpopular. His bailouts and America’s rampant joblessness is unpopular.
Barack Obama should be watching the election returns. If he were listening he would learn from Tuesday night and take America down a less radical path.
when Obama's Chicago style politics rules the day it is irrelevent what Americans want,so there was not point for him to watch election results…the arrogance of this administration and their leftist commrades in congress continue to ignore the Constitution and trample on real Americans'liberty…their Collectivist Marxist ambitions will either be the destruction of America or (this the most dishonest and corrupt bunch of progressive politicians ever to run our great nation) will destroy themselves as they try to impliment their anti-American agenda.
I agree with Dexter they are the most corrupt and dishonest bunch we have ever had at the white house I think obama is worse than Jimmy Carter and that was bad enough you people who voted,for obama and wish you hadn"t Please quit watching any news but Fox Newsthe other ones are evil just like this obama and you will never know the truth by watching them
obama is evil and his "thugs"are worse.
#86Nov. 7,2009 –12:14 PM EST
I can hardly wait to complete the list of the politicians who are pushing H.R. 3962 through Congress today. We should all be making a list and making sure these politicians are looking for work after this fiasco becomes law. For the life of me,I can't understand why we are spending ourselves into the poorhouse. It is as if we are tired of our Democracy and want to try something new. Socialism is a poor substitute and I hope we realize it before it's too late.
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Clifton L. West
I think you Conservatives misread out discontent.
As a former Liberal Democrat,I am sick of having to decide between abortion rights,gay rights and communism.
Just because we vote Republican –we are choosing the lesser of two evils.
When a candidate comes along that represents a free capatalist economy,abortion,womens,and gay rights –you all will be gone.
Sally yes we will be gone but where we will be gone you might like to come along because God is going to get us out of this mess and carry us to Heaven you can go along if you know JESUS WOULD YOU ACCEPT HIM AS YOUR SAVIOUR RIGHT NOW
it's not about Democrats vs Republicans or left vs right…it's about right vs wrong…progressive legislators who do not represent 'we the people'but special interests is wrong…governent over reaching light years beyond what is granted to government under the constitution is wrong…the systematic dismantlement of our great nation by subverting the laws of the land is wrong…out of control spending that burden our children and grandchildren with debt they cannot pay back is worng…particularly when lawmakers spend money we don't have on things we don't want to enrich their political power base,and that is wrong also…discontentment? no it's not political it's about our way of life and about our liberty!
With the passage of this health care bill we have lost what freedom that we had left.I hope thos crazy folks that voted this thug in are happy.I really don't think they knew what we were in for.We need leasders to help us to take back our country.The once land of the free may just become the home of the brave.How sad it is to loose one's country.I suggest that we all pray to whatever being that is believed in for help and advice in how to handle this problem.We are on our way to becoming a Marxist country with a band of thugs to run it.It is sad.macspuds
don't be sad,get MAD AS HELL! These are criminals and traitors because they have not only gone against the will of the people they are morphing their status right before our eyes…they npw "rule"over the people and no longer "serve"the people! They have broken their oath of office and subverted the Constitution! They need to be stopped…2010 TAKE BACK AMERICA! 2012 TAKE BACK THE WHITE HOUSE!
Hoffman would have won or come much closer to winning if the dingbat voters who voted for Scozzafava had heard the news that she had withdrawn from the race,assuming most of the 6000 odd votes she got went to Hoffman(which isn't necessarily likely given her endorsement of Owens and her running to the left of the Democrat!)But what idiots voted for someone who wasn't even running,though her name was still on the ballots,because she withdrew too late to change the ballots?! Don't they have TV,internet,radio in NY 23?!
If we elect enough Repubs to Congress in 2010 &2012,we can have enough votes to override Presidential vetoes and can roll back this crap they're ramming up our ****'s.Hopefully we can stop this s—before it gets to the point of needing to roll it back.The House vote Sat. should be enough to keep enough of us mad enough long enough to stay in the fight and beat these b——d's.It was oh so close.The runaway train has almost been stopped.Next challenge is to completely stop it before it runs thru the Senate,and push it off a bridge over water somewhere.
the more "Obaminations"this anti-American administration creates,e.g. bringing 911 terrorists to NYC and treating these "enemy soldiers of Jijad"as comon criminals and providing them Constitutional protection…among too many other outrageous acts…the better the chances of Americans taking back the country in 2010 and again in 2012! Keep it up Obama…