Krauthammer: So much for last year’s Democratic “realignment”
posted at 4:10 pm on November 4, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Greg Hengler, one of the more provocative takeaways from last night’s jumble. In fairness, the Reagan realignment of the 80s was no less real for having suffered big blue gains in the 1982 midterms, but it is strange to find Democrats getting utterly destroyed, especially among independents, in a newly “realigned” state just a year after The One made it part of his unicorn kingdom. For all the laughs conservatives have had over his narcissism, this year’s results actually underscore what a strong candidate he is: When you remove his personal charisma and Hopey/Changey sermonizing from the equation, you’re left with … Creigh Deeds, and even a Republican as nondescript as Bob McDonnell can put the boots to someone like that. To put it another way, for Democrats, The One really might be The One; and, alas for the national GOP, right now there’s no one on our side who quite measures up head to head. But at the local level, in state or House races? Why shouldn’t a guy like Christie be able to beat Corzine, even in a Democratic stronghold? Why shouldn’t, say, Carly Fiorina be able to beat Boxer? Their party’s littered with at least as many unappealing losers as ours is. Take Obama off the top of the ticket, toss running trillion-dollar deficits into the mix, and it’s anyone’s game.
For further thoughts, read James Pethokoukis on re-realignment and Ace on ObamaCare. He asks a good question: If we’re now living in the Democratic paradise, where the silent majority’s itching for a glorious new health-care entitlement and purple states can be expected to break blue most of the time, why is the White House so eager to get cover for Blue Dogs by wooing RINOs in the Senate? Own the bill, Democrats. Bathe in its realignment glory.
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I really like Frank Rich and his Rump party story.
rob verdi on November 4, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Sometimes The Obvious needs to be stated–several times if necessary. Most of the news about O this past year has been Spin. It took this does of Reality in the form of two state-wide elections to dispel that Crap
Obama and the WH say, “Wait until 2010″. Sounds like a plan….
Janos Hunyadi on November 4, 2009 at 4:13 PM
so much for the GOP wandering out in the wilderness…ehh
alexraye on November 4, 2009 at 4:13 PM
I find it even stranger – and perhaps more telling – that they lost big time last night in a very blue state (New Jersey)
UltimateBob on November 4, 2009 at 4:14 PM
True but at the rate he’s going by 2012 he will be The One that almost killed America and a lot of other Ones, none of them good.
Rocks on November 4, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Charles rocks!
becki51758 on November 4, 2009 at 4:14 PM
I guess those 40 years of upcoming democrat rule were counted in dog years?
SouthernGent on November 4, 2009 at 4:14 PM
“dose”, not ‘does’….although doing some things will get you a dose.
Janos Hunyadi on November 4, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Ha.
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 4:15 PM
So,…did the Republicans win or did the Democrats lose?
portlandon on November 4, 2009 at 4:16 PM
I think you meant, “Baath in its realignment glory.
WashJeff on November 4, 2009 at 4:17 PM
If they are all powerful, why is Pelosi saying they’re going to vote on the Healthcare Bill this Saturday at 5 p.m. in a “Cover of Dark” special session?
kingsjester on November 4, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Yes, but Jersey is a little trickier just because Corzine is such a terrible, terrible candidate. Deeds was more of a generic Democrat, not as obvious of a liability as JC was.
Allahpundit on November 4, 2009 at 4:17 PM
it’s not strange. The Dems should have dumped Corzine and they would have won. That is Obama’s whole problem with guys like Paterson and Deval, who he just did a fundraiser for.
These guys are toast but Obama has no choice except to back them as they were such strong supporters of him.
Rocks on November 4, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Have you seen the pic of Fiorina’s Susan Powter look? She looks ready to fight Boxer to me…literally.
SouthernGent on November 4, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Charles is so smart.
Terrye on November 4, 2009 at 4:18 PM
If he really is “The One”, then why couldn’t he drag Corzine over the finish line? Obama practically was the candidate for the last week of that race. Why did he get humiliated in Copenhagen? Why did half the crowd(and possibly more) boo him in St. Louise at the MLB All-Star Game?
Answer: He’s not “The One”. That’s a media creation that’s long since vanished. Now he’s the President, and people are coming to the realization that he has no clue what he’s doing. I will agree that it’s still up in the air whether or not the GOP has someone who can take him down in 2012(I have a pretty good idea though who “she” might be). But this notion that Obama is still incredibly popular with the American people is a farce.
Doughboy on November 4, 2009 at 4:19 PM
*sigh* Is this really the best we can do?
Firefly_76 on November 4, 2009 at 4:19 PM
You’re all over the place with this one Allah. I’m sorry, you’re really not improving your standing in a lot of people’s eyes and I don’t think this is going to help.
How in the world can you equate that the only reason McDonnell won was because Obama was not on the ticket in Virginia, yet ignore New Jersey and just mention it in passing.
Obama was practically the one running in New Jersey. He had top billing over Corzine all over the place in New Jersey.
MobileVideoEngineer on November 4, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Thread over – you win.
Gator Country on November 4, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Democrats are going to get simply massacred in the 2010 elections, it’s not even up for debate.
The Democrat White House and Congress are anti-business. That’s not up for debate.
What business, in this climate, is going to risk hiring more employees?
With health care “reform”, Cap and Tax and Card Check possibly on their way, along with stifling regulation?
What Democrats got yesterday was a wiffle ball compared with the cannon ball that’s going to be headed for the Donkey’s head in one year.
Bank on it.
NoDonkey on November 4, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Especially after Reid and others are telling us it won’t happen until the 1st of the year.
They can’t seem to keep their stories straight.
Knucklehead on November 4, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Hummm, Sarah Palin can beat the One. And she will beat him in 2012.
milemarker2020 on November 4, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Wow… you sound exactly like the moronic media sycophants. This is exactly what Rush predicted the state run media would say. Imagine that… you are saying the same crap.
MobileVideoEngineer on November 4, 2009 at 4:23 PM
To put it another way, for Democrats, The One really might be The One; and, alas for the national GOP, right now there’s no one on our side who quite measures up head to head.
Oh, Allah, why do you keep forgetting about a certain moose-hunting grandma who has a knack for Facebook?
BradSchwartze on November 4, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Yay, let’s all cheer on Krauthammer whose little flirtation with hopeychangeyness last Fall did major damage as he begged and wheedled for a little of that turncoat lovin’ that Colin Iscariot Powell and his ilk garnered from the Left.
Krauthammer lost major, major credibility with me then, and he’s not gaining it back that easily, if ever.
BlueStateBilly on November 4, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Yes, the Thousand Year Democrat Reich that the glassy-eyed leftys were howling about didn’t even last one year.
Django on November 4, 2009 at 4:24 PM
But Nancy Pelosi says she won last night….?
Seven Percent Solution on November 4, 2009 at 4:24 PM
No, I’m not saying “the same crap.” Obama deserves blame too, but Virginia is a better test of “realignment” since it supposedly became realigned last year by Obama himself. Only you could read a post like this, agreeing with Krauthammer, and find fault in it. But then, that’s you all over.
Allahpundit on November 4, 2009 at 4:26 PM
I didn’t see O’Reilly last night.
Was the Prince of Pomposity trying to interrupt Krauthammer to reinforce his love for the annointed one?
notagool on November 4, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Corzine was ‘terrible’ enough to get elected governor and Senator in NJ. He had Lotsa Dough, but that often doesn’t translate into electoral victory. As an arrogant leftist ego-ist I’d say Corzine was about as generic as Democrats get.
Christie ran a marginal campaign–like generic Republicans usually do. So, him defeating Corzine ( with all that name recognition ) was more consequential than Virginia, where I think a lot of Republicans sat out the 2008 elections but Came Home yesterday
Janos Hunyadi on November 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Depends on what Obama does after tonight, and then after 2010. Clinton triangulated to the center after the ’94 losses, and combined with the new GOP majority, gave him a target to attack and actions like the (belated) signing of welfare reform to show he has changed.
Obama may still have a Democratic majority in the House and Senate next year, and unlike Clinton, never lost a previous re-election bid. So he could move to the center, or he could double down over the next three years and refuse to do any moderation that might anger his liberal base. If that’s the case, there may be a number of ‘bland’ Republicans who swing voters will see as a viable alternative by 2012.
jon1979 on November 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM
“To put it another way, for Democrats, The One really might be The One.”
The One has run out of charm. He was an appealing candidate in 2008 — all the hope and change, you know — but by 2012 he’ll be suffering from a massive charm deficit. His dripping sarcasm, vicious ridicule, and deftly placed ebonics worked fine when he was running against George W. Bush. Those tools will not serve him well when he’s running against himself in three years.
Rational Thought on November 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Both wins were extremely impressive.
NJ because of the massive Obama investment in that campaign, Corzine was basically presented as Obama 2.0.
And Christie’s win was the largest statewide GOP win since 1985.
VA because it was such a rout. You have to go back all the way to 1961 to find a similar margin in a VA gubernatorial race. And the Lt. Gov, who is a hard core rightwinger, won by almost the same margin. And Deeds was elected by the Dems in the primary because of his “electability”.
Norwegian on November 4, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I am not sure which is more entertaining the pre election spin or the post election spin.
fourdeucer on November 4, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I was commenting on YOUR commentary. I can’t watch videos at work so I don’t know what Krauthammer said.
MobileVideoEngineer on November 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Hope and change has lost its luster. Barry’s gonna have to bust a major move pretty soon in order to offset what is becoming apparent to at least half the U.S.and all foreign countries. He doesn’t know how to lead or govern. All the personal approval poll results in the world can’t change that. If things progress along these lines, he’ll develop minus coat tails. Actually, I have some concerns that if the GOP does retake the House and sanity is regained, that he may gain enough back to win in 2012 by taking credit for it.
a capella on November 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
As a clever and resourceful Pagan, you never say The Same Crap
Did anyone actually believe the ‘realignment’ meme regarding Va? There is a fairly large Black population that went Big Time to the polls last year but yesterday…..not so much
White conservative did the Opposite of That. What maybe makes you Righter Than Me is the size of the Republican victory: nearly 20 points is a frakking landslide in a supposedly purple state, and all 3 dudes won by landslide margins.
Janos Hunyadi on November 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
In 2012 Presidential election will NJ be considered a swing state? No. VA will now be considered “leans red” at worst.
If a GOP guy wins in here in IL in 2010, this state at best will be “leans blue”. IL has the same issues as NJ.
AP is right on this.
Probably not. Will a De
WashJeff on November 4, 2009 at 4:32 PM
That’s unlikely unless the GOP miraculously wins back the Senate as well. Odds are they can maybe retake the House, but the Dems will still control the Senate(hopefully with someone other than Harry Reid). That would result in major gridlock the last 2 years of Obama’s first term.
Doughboy on November 4, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I think the “one” simply has the huge advantage of his race at the right time in history.
And that makes people a bit cowed. That’s all.
AnninCA on November 4, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Had to kinda sneak that one in, didn’t we?
TXUS on November 4, 2009 at 4:34 PM
corruption breeds corruption… and until someone lets the corruption stop, it will just continue and spawn.
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 4:34 PM
He hasn’t forgotten……just wait till later tonight for the posting of “Palin fails” in the NY23 race.
Jerome Horwitz on November 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM
I read this without looking at who wrote it but it didn’t take long to figure out it was that eternal optimist–Allahpundit. The only way Obama will win re-election is if he is neutered in 2010 with Republican majorities and has to move to the center ala Bill Clinton. But I doubt he’s capable of doing that. The guy is a left-wing ideologue with an ego the size of Clinton’s libido. His “I won” tantrum right after the election speaks volumes about his ability to govern as a pragmatist. His ideology won’t allow it and his over-blown sense of self won’t accept it.
Redneck Woman on November 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Well, the post election spin, to me anyway.
A win is a win is a win. Spin it however you want but you still come out with a win for the right.
If Obama was The One and his policies were universally endorsed (as his rhetoric asserts) there would have been no Republican win.
ORconservative on November 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Regretfully, Illinois and New Jersey have to get a lot POORER before the corruption lessens. And by that, I mean the easy money those states get from certain sectors of the economy has to cease.
BradSchwartze on November 4, 2009 at 4:37 PM
It’s California. And so what is Fiorina sometimes stabs conservatives in the face? The rest of the time she’s not lunging towards statism.
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I am beginning to think that The One is only The One to The One. Wishful thinking on my part? Maybe and I don’t know if the media will ever admit their mistake. Hope spring eternal.
Cindy Munford on November 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Frank Rich has lots of Rump party stories.
Mr. D on November 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Clinton had a center to move to; Obama does not. Clinton married a Goldwater Girl, grew up in the south, attended a 4th of July parade or two, counted working class people among his friends and family. He knew where the center was. Obama won’t move to the center because he doesn’t know what it is. He’s borne of pure radicalism, knows no one in the center, and is incapable of concealing his contempt for anyone who doesn’t see the world through his radical lens, a lens his blinding parochialism allows him to view as wholly moderate and mainstream. The center and center-right are Obama’s bogeymen; they were Clinton’s comfort zone.
Rational Thought on November 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
…and they get a welfare check for more breeding…of corruption.
WashJeff on November 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
So much for last year’s NATIONAL LABOTOMY!!!
Gob on November 4, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Redneck Woman on November 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Herewith, my prediction on 2010:
1. The GOP will gain about 4 Senate seats.
2. The GOP will gain about 30 House seats.
3. The GOP will have a clear majority of Governorships.
IOW, there will be gains, but the GOP will fall short of control of either house of Congress. And frankly, it’s not in the GOP’s or the Conservative movement’s best interest to control a house of Congress after 11/2/10.
BradSchwartze on November 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM
really? How about Alaskan corruption that was actually worse then IL and NJ for a while. Inside deals, corporation “favors” and other interesting tidbits you won’t hear on the news.
Sarah Palin wasn’t “IN” on it.. but she didn’t stop the FBI from taking the investigation on. I wonder when people are going to realize that in NJ, it is the police who are the “problem” and in IL it is the FBI and a few other entities.
people need to wake up.
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Maybe, but Democrats (for that matter, both of the major parties) have a tendency to back the incumbent. It’s always easier to cash in on the name recognition that way. And unfortunately, the voters just follow along like good little sheep.
Doing the due diligence and finding out where the candiates stand on the issues, and looking at their record, is just too much effort for most voters.
UltimateBob on November 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Rational Thought on November 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Well put. Obama couldn”t find the center if he tried and he has no desire to try.
ORconservative on November 4, 2009 at 4:41 PM
IMHO, the electorate sees an empty suit. A speechifying do*che bag filled with empty rhetoric and promises. And the electorate sees rising unemployment with no end in sight thanks to the do*che’s attack on business. And the electorate sees that they may have to apply for food stamps and become wards of the state. And the electorate sees their future and their children’s futures being gambled on leftist socialist utopian dreams, and the electorate has rejected it.
Last night was just the beginning of a purge of BOTH parties.
Key West Reader on November 4, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Corzine’s quote of day last night….
Seven Percent Solution on November 4, 2009 at 4:41 PM
From the WSJ, some fallout:
Interesting how the Jersey fatguy outcome troubles incumBENTs…
clorensen on November 4, 2009 at 4:41 PM
oh btw brad.. how poor does it have to get? the poorer it gets the further the people will slip and let it take over.
think about it for a while.
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Which “race” would that be? The white one or the black one? Still stuck on stupid, eh?
Andy in Agoura Hills on November 4, 2009 at 4:42 PM
I agree. I can’t see Obama moving an inch.
AnninCA on November 4, 2009 at 4:42 PM
I was going to ask where the gratuitous slam on Sarah was hiding in this great analysis, but I realized I had to do some reading between the lines.
Oh, and he forgot the amorous heart throbbing about Ms.McVain.
belad on November 4, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Yeah, did you hear the crowd cheer when Corzine thanked labor?
ORconservative on November 4, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Obama’s race had nothing to do with the liberals I talked with who supported him last year. Although I can imagine it was a draw for some and a repellent for others. My guess is it’s not a large number. I’m certainly not cowed by his race, and I don’t know of anyone anyone who is.
Instead, I suggest it was and continues to be three factors: Bush fatigue; a less attractive Republican nominee; but mostly it was Obama’s superficial attractiveness and personal magnetism, the pleasant tone of his voice, his big smile, even his goofy ears. If Barry was a conservative, Republican women would be swooning. He is charming.
However, Barry’s charm is no longer transferring to others.
Loxodonta on November 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM
The one aspect about Obama that makes me laugh is that the insiders who pushed his candidacy now have a tiger by the tail.
He won’t change his agenda. He will not give them an inch of cover. He’s no Clinton.
He’ll continue to push his agenda, because he “promised” this. They will continue to die trying to deliver it. He will not care if they lose elections due to it. That’s their problem. He’ll show up and meet his obligation to campaign. If they lose, oh well!
He’s going to make every single insider wish to heck they never met him.
LOL*
And that may be worth the price of this show.
AnninCA on November 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Larry King, last night, in desperation “So, what does this night say about last year’s puzzle?”
Candy Crawley “it speaks a lot about the president’s popularity”.
Why did Olbermann spill so much bile last night…and had to go home, when initially he was to broadcast ‘live’?
Schadenfreude on November 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM
A year more in this economy, no one is going to give a damn about the race card, about electing the first black/gay/woman anything, about celebrity, about who belongs to what family, any of that nonsense.
What they will care about is digging us out of this deep economic hole, the Barry and Nancy team has dug us.
That will take a candidate with a record of competence, financial and executive experience, all of which Barry is sadly lacking.
NoDonkey on November 4, 2009 at 4:46 PM
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM
While we all know Sarah’s experiences with rooting out corruption, I have to ask: Was the corruption in Alaska evident when the price of oil was in the $10-$30 range (as it was from about ’98-’02)? Or did it just become too hard to overcome when the price shot up these last few years?
BradSchwartze on November 4, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Bitter old Charlie Krauthammer is as eager to rush to judgment after the ’09 election as he accuses Obama-types of being after 2008. He’s got the same problem McCain had: he doesn’t respect Obama. And he should be wary of the same result (no, not becoming a whiny jerk like McCain did, Krauthammer’s been that way forever): getting his a** handed to him. Obama’s got game.
Krauthammer also forgets that 2008 began in 2006, with brutal setback to the Republican party, and was not a one-shot deal. The Republican Party as a brand was destroyed by the Bush years, they remain even more reviled than Congressional Dems. All this running around shouting about fiscal conservatism won’t erase the fact that most Republican candidates will be incumbents who “betrayed” conservatism and that the voting public thinks of the years of Republican ascendancy roughly the same way they think of the time the got food poising at a fancy restaurant. Seemed fine when the evening started but the bad times far outlasted the good.
Bleeds Blue on November 4, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Exactly! Obama is a radical leftist. It’s how he was raised and the only thing he knows. The concept of mom, apple pie and center-right politics is alien to him.
Redneck Woman on November 4, 2009 at 4:47 PM
I am sure it was just time for a Democrat, of course. But I’m equally sure that people simply don’t talk about the race factor. It was absolutely the source of his power.
AnninCA on November 4, 2009 at 4:47 PM
don’t dump on the guy for his love of BBW. heh
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 4:49 PM
On another note: Went all the way to Jacksonville last week; traveled the entire state by roadways. Not ONE… Not ONE Obama/Biden sticker to be seen. And trust me, I look out for those (and smart cars) and make sure to point and laugh.
Talk about ObamaFail.
Key West Reader on November 4, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Respect can only be earned; thus, Obama will never have any.
Schadenfreude on November 4, 2009 at 4:51 PM
I’m a big Charles K. fan but let’s be honest here: during and after the election he used the word “brilliant” along side of Obama nightly for two months. “Brilliant campaign,” “Brilliant speech,” “Brillaint maneuvre.”
Sorry, Obama wasn’t and isn’t brilliant. He won with 53% of the vote in an election in which absolutely everything was a tail wind to him … EVERYTHING. A brilliant campaign would have copped 65%.
So Charles, admit you blew it then. There were a lot of us back then who were saying, “Brillaint my a$$.”
MaxMBJ on November 4, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Alaska has had corruption since before it was even a State. Think NY Mafia… now think about it being ALL law enforcement (ok I can’t remember if it was Anchorage PD or AK State Troopers). Now imagine having FBI come up and taking them all out (as in arrested) because they were ALL corrupt.
This has nothing to do with oil… it has to do with “Location” and the fact that people haven’t really been paying attention to AK until Sarah.
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Best chance for realignment is for Blue Dogs to pull a Specter and join the real Conservative party and it ain’t Democrat.
chickasaw42 on November 4, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Even more, I think he’ll do with cap-and-trade and Afghanastan exactly what he’s doing with healthcare.
He’ll throw it out. Then he’ll disappear right when it counts.
Congress will continue to be left holding the bag. The entire country will be exhausted from stupid fights over stupid races, one by one.
He’ll be above the fray. His “power” is really not having any particular framework. He is amoral, in short.
He is about him.
AnninCA on November 4, 2009 at 4:54 PM
In the military, rank can demand respect. In civilian life, those that demand respect without giving it, deserve contempt and usually get it!
belad on November 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
+++
the_nile on November 4, 2009 at 4:56 PM
And it’s also wearing thin with many of his own voters, particularly independents and seniors.
In fact, I’d wager that if we had a vote of confidence election process, he would lose.
TXUS on November 4, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Because of the threats from the vast right-wing conspiracy that runs the MSM and greedy businesses throughout this country?
Loxodonta on November 4, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Yeah, I’d wait a while to break out the champagne. Buy it now (before hyperinflation kicks in) and you might be able to bribe some CDF purple shirts into bypassing your humble abode.
Dr. ZhivBlago on November 4, 2009 at 4:58 PM
I believe your analysis is essentially correct, especially “he is about him” which is dead on accurate. Supposing next year’s elections are anywhere close to major Republican gains, it will be an interesting psychological experiment to see how he reacts.
jwolf on November 4, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Redneck Woman & Rational Thought
I couldn’t have put it better. I agree wholeheartedly w/your assessments. Carry on.
Both great handles btw!
JAM on November 4, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Because, when it comes to unappealing losers, Fiorina and Whitman are at the top of their game.
As of right now, I plan on supporting Chuck DeVore and Steve Poizner.
Unlike some, I don’t vote with my v*gina.
The Ugly American on November 4, 2009 at 5:04 PM
The media proclaiming us to “now be a center-left nation” was such a crock, I can’t believe so many so called conservatives bought into it.
Obama tumbled in the polls faster than I expected he would but I knew we were still a solidly center-right nation with traditional values.
Watching Krauthammer here talk about the jubilation after Obama was elected reminds me of seeing this moronic little college girl jumping and up and down screaming in a crowd before the camera in DC. Ignorance truly is bliss I suppose.
Daemonocracy on November 4, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Sarah can beat Barakie boy on the basketball court any day! Just for starters!
Cybergeezer on November 4, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Geez, why is Hannity still kissing Newt’s ass. It annoying me to no end. Can they tell when you turn off the radio?
ORconservative on November 4, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Exactly: Obambi has to be feeling his inferior best. You can’t polish a turd!
Cybergeezer on November 4, 2009 at 5:12 PM
This is the kind of thinking that doomed the Republican Party to begin with. Why would you want to make blue dogs into Republicans and have them in Congress as a best case scenario instead of ensuring that a liberal never holds that seat by always having a conservative vs blue dog election for that seat? The Democrats would love to see the Republicans turn their blue dogs into Republicans.
We should be trying to make the Democrat Party more conservative by sending them our rinos, therefore ensuring that rino will continue to hold that seat as a worst case scenario instead of a best case scenario.
Buddahpundit on November 4, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Translation: I can’t credibly refute Krauthammer’s analysis, so I will instead call him names.”
Soros needs to pay you more, kid.
Del Dolemonte on November 4, 2009 at 5:20 PM
AnninCA on November 4, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Buy lottery tickets – we agree.
Schadenfreude on November 4, 2009 at 5:20 PM
I do not understand being willing to lose in 2010 to better position ourselves for winning in 2012, let alone actually wanting to lose. Suppose we lose in 2010 and Obama is re-elected in 2012?
Since Hoover, only two elected presidents have failed to win re-election. GHW Bush and Jimmy Carter. Obama is far more personally charming and attractive than either of them. So, I’m not counting on him losing in 2012.
Instead, I believe it is very important for us to be able to gain enough Senate seats to ensure we can sustain a filibuster, and retake the House in 2010. This is the fastest way to stop Obama from enacting any more of leftist agenda.
Loxodonta on November 4, 2009 at 5:23 PM
I can’t believe I am actually agreeing with AnninCA.
Allah: this sentence confuses me:
Unless you mean Obama is great at lying, then yes, I agree.
But reality always wins – especially when it involves economic principles.
That is the reason Obama has to use the “saved or created” farce, because his policies are anti-business.
ghost707 on November 4, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Hmmmm. Anyone suspect a certain beta blogger is out right now looking for a juicy Palin poll?
tom on November 4, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Great lines!
ya2daup on November 4, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Now, if Obama is the “one”, is he the first coming or the second coming? If he is the first coming you all remember what happened to that guy.
sandee on November 4, 2009 at 5:58 PM
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