The Democrats have another thing coming if they believe this election is good news for them as a harbinger for 2006.
There was a consistent theme that ran strongly through every election yesterday: Status Quo.
Republicans retained Republican seats, Democrats retained Democrat seats, propositions to change or create new laws all failed, and traditional marriage was reaffirmed.
Every single issue went status quo, with the exception of local down ticket races where Republicans took Democrat seats. This does not signal a public that wants to shake things up much, which is what Democrats really need to win in 2006. It is pretty clear that there is not going to be a Democat version of the Reagan Revolution riding in on the heels of the anti-Prop 13, or a national push to "throw the bums out" that swept in Newt Gingrich's Republican Revolution.
Sorry, Dems, but it looks like we're going to be in for more of the same for a long time to come. The public spoke loud and clear "keep things the way they are!"
I meant to ping you to post 36, counterpunch.
Exactly, and they actually did worse here in VA than they did when Warner won. The turn out was higher but Kaine
Bill Bolling won the Lt. Governor race:
http://www.billbolling.com/
And the unquestionably conservative Bob McDonnell appears to have won the Attorney General race even though Deeds is going to have everyone go through "a very long recount".
http://www.vafamilyvalues.org/races/mcdonnell/
Kaine also sold himself as sincere in his faith and one would've thought he was a prolife candidate from some of his ads. If the Dems think there are any indicators coming out of this race that should bode smooth sailing for liberals in government they could not be more wrong.