Just saw on article that says the GOP made a “net gain of 5 towns” in the local elections in CT and control 61% of these mostly small towns. Doesn’t mean much though with the state government firmly in rat hands.
But the second party in Hartford is now the Working Families Party (imported from NY?) no GOP on the city council. Is this like the DC council with the guaranteed seats for a minority party?
If we hang on the VA Senate (there must a RINO they could bribe to switch) is it possible to do reredraw of the districts? Getting 60% of the votes and half the seats is a travesty.
Kentucky sucks, film at 11. 1 GOP winner statewide taking over the Aggie post from RINO Ritchie Farmer. I hope he’s a good guy.
I haven’t heard that the MS House is official yet with several close races but it shouldn’t be a problem (on election night and the morning after there were zero articles I could find so I just counted seats looking at the results). We can probably expect some of the customary post takeover party switches to pad the majority. The rat AG won easily. The AG offices always seem to be the last to fall.
What ticks me off the most is direct democracy screwing us in Ohio (union limits) and Maine (same day voter registration). Can’t we just pass those bills again? Make those rotters file their petitions again.
Bottom line is this was all local, I don’t see any national wind. In fact in this 2011-2007-2003 cycle there usually isn’t much of one.
We should remember most of our gains in 2010 were in swing or GOP areas we should had earlier or did have an lost in 2006 and 2008, didn’t make much of a dent in the rattier places.
The POTUS race will be close but we should have a leg up if we don’t mess up.
This is generalizing, but at the local level it appears that most Rats just want to dig out of financial trouble by proposing tax increases. Tax increases on the ballot are being voted down, even if they’re for infrastructure, libraries, or chuldrun.
In Lehigh and Delaware Counties (PA), the GOP did really well on Tues., taking most if not all county seats. That’s due to the tax increases the Rats were trying to push through.
Used to be that if a tax increase was for the chuldrun, it automatically passed. No more, it seems. People are fed up with taxes and with more of their income going to pay for the necessities, they don’t have any leftover for this nonsense.
Re the Ohio union limits.
I agree with those who think the legislature bit off too much. Perhaps they were emboldened by WI. Starting with teachers, as WI did, would probably have gotten the camel’s nose into the tent. It’s too easy to demagogue police and firefighter cuts. Most people think those are the good guys.
Eventually, police and firefighter benefits are going to have to be tackled. They’re more out of line than those of teachers, IMO.
Hopefully, OH hasn’t poisoned the waters on the issue for good. Kasich should just issue layoff notices and make it clear that the budget has to be balanced and the voters made his decision for him.
I don’t know if it’s wise to bring the issue back up in 2012 as it would rile up Rats again and be an added impetus to get them to the polls. In 2012, it would be better if the only reason the Rats came out would be to vote for Obama (which many of them are probably not too enthused about doing).
we may have gained 5 hamlets, but we lost all the bigger cities that had GOP mayors.
“Is this like the DC council with the guaranteed seats for a minority party?” YES, minority party has guarantees in many. Board of ED statewide has minority guarantees.