US Democrats rallying on poll wins

Herald Sun ^ | 10 November 2005

[Aussie Dasher]

"...a clear vision for progress..."

Oh, pleeeeze!!!!

[Stellar Dendrite]

could the democrats BE any more desperate?

[jveritas]

And the delusions continue....

[dawn53]

I'm still not sure how replacing a Democrat with a Democrat is a HUGE win over the Republicans.

I understand the California problem...but that's California.

Ohio seemed to be solidly conservative in their voting down of propositions.

I guess if the MSM says it so, they think that makes it so.

[RobbyS]

They won by not losing. California, however, shows that moderate Republicanism is not the answer. Ohio and Texas show that these red states are still red.

[stm]

[COEXERJ145]

If one was to read Free Republic, they would think that Republicans have already surrendered and the Democrats will end up with 400 House seats and 80 Senate seats.

[infidel29]

Both dem governors replaced dem governors, but each won by a smaller margin than his predecessor.

At least one of the California ballot initiatives was done FOR the democrats by Arnold. So to say republicans lost all 4 is wrong. Only 3 were theirs at most.

The republicans may well have lost some steam, but that does not mean the dems gained any.

[rs79bm]

With national balloting looming next year and a presidential election in 2008, Tuesday's setbacks are viewed as a bad omen for President George W. Bush's floundering party, and consequently are a hopeful sign for opposition Democrats eager to reclaim the White House and US Congress.

That has got to be the most asinine statement I've ever heard a journalist make. Off year elections are not nearly as important as national elections, but the democrats are already spinning, spinning, spinning away.

[Gondring]

And the delusions continue....

Just got news of my hometown where I grew up... Unheard of to have a Dem in there...now, after this election, they hold all but one of the seats on the town board!!!

And...at the county level, it will now be the first time EVER that Dems control the county legislature...

And here in Pennsylvania, Dems swept every open seat on the borough council...7 of the 8 seats will now be Dem! What a turnaround.

And the ostriches continue...

[jveritas]

Absolutely meaningless. You can go and find some town in a Red State that had elections yesterday and find the same story but with Republicans replacing democrats.

[COEXERJ145]

...but the democrats are already spinning, spinning, spinning away.

The media had two sets of stories ready to go well before the election.

If the Republicans won either governor race, that race would have been buried and relegated to a quick blurb. The same if the ballot issues failed in Ohio and passed in Texas and California.

If the Democrats won either or both races and the ballot issues passed in Ohio and failed in Texas and California, then it would be front page news and trumpeted as the second coming of the Democrat Party.

[Frank_2001]

No media bias here, that's for sure! /s

[GOP_Lady]

We are a very divided country. Come 2006, REDS will vote RED and BLUES will vote BLUES, and not much will change.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The 'RATS have had quite a week. First their great "victory" in Joisey and Virginia and now their "freedom fighters" successfully explode three bombs and kill many innocent people in Jordan. The Daily K-os and DUmmy crowds must be having multiple orgasms.

[TheForceOfOne]

Dem's rally on status quo, it's pandemonium!! lol

[Republican Wildcat]

The press had this written before it happened - and even if the GOP had swept the elections, it would have still been reported as bad news - in that case, it would have signaled certain doom for the GOP in next year's election due to "anti-incumbent sentiment." Remember, that's how they spun the 2003 GOP election victories as bad news for Bush.

[Republican Wildcat]

Both dem governors replaced dem governors, but each won by a smaller margin than his predecessor.

And Bush's popularity was in the 80s at the time their predecessors won.

[pollyannaish]

_{Hush! We're lulling them into thinking this was a big win and it means they are actually going to pick up seats instead of just retain them. Don't frighten them. We need them to be arrogant and complacent.}

[JCEccles]

'Nary a word about George Soros' and moveon.org's public humiliations in the critical swing state of Ohio last night.

Democrats didn't lose ground last night in Virginia and New Jersey. That's the story that's being spun as a crushing and overwhelming victory for the Democratic Party. What a bunch of losers.