I haven't read a single newspaper, nor watched TV since the election. I've merely checked the results online.
The bottom line, is we lost virtually every important race. All ballot inititiatives ( minus Texas, which was meaningless, the libs were fools to ever think they would beat it, and Ohio, which never had a dogs chance in hell anyway), as well as the King County Executive race, after the guy blatantly fixed an election.
Face it, virtually ALL the California initiatives would have passed a year ago. And Washington has voted down gas tax increases TWICE, and has voted for no less then 8 tax reducing initiatives in the past 10 years. This time, we got nothing. The fact that they are blue states is relevant, but you can't just write them off because of that or not think about the issue.
I think you add all this to Hackett, you have yourself a situation. Time to panic? Hardly. But I think it's time for some reflection.
You have got to be kidding ... do you have any understanding of what up in California... first all the ballot initiatives were going to be and uphill fight to pass and, as usual the state GOP sat on there ass while there was a full on blitz from the state worker unions for "No" across the board
If you think any of the initiatives would be an ease pass your spoiled from the recall momentum....add in that Arnold has proved to be a MAJOR dud of a politician and leader... he's spent all his movie star good will over a year ago and he's been used, flanked and snookers by the Dem political shark's in Sac for a while now
Doubt it. In the days leading up to the election, you couldn't get away from the media blitz on TV of ads from the unions telling voters to say "NO" on each proposition, hell I even saw McCain in one. The Democrat unions carried California, it has nothing to do with when the elction was held, and has everything to do with the deafening silence from the Republicans.
Wrong. Polls showed 68% for them until out of staters started calling Ohio voters. They lost because Ohians resented the outsiders mixing in their state. This was a big loss for Soros because they now can't rig elections as easily as they could have had they passed.
You're also discounting Prop 1 in NY. It was a huge Dem loss as they would have controlled budget making power in NY and taken it away from the Repub Gov.
The bottom line, is we lost virtually every important race.
How is this a huge loss? There were NO important national races. Just a bunch of small fights which we mostly won.
Face it, virtually ALL the California initiatives would have passed a year ago.
I definately don't agree. Calif is one of the MOST liberal states there are. Nothing Conservative is a sure thing there.
The fact that they are blue states is relevant,
No. That's exactly the point.
I'm sorry you see these as such important losses because they aren't. And you expected miracles in liberal land. There are few.
Btw, historically, if there's a Repub in the WH, Virginas Govenor has always been a Dem.