These commentators were covering their butts ..they needed the "swing audience" as well after this carnage took place.
AARP's website was also promoted before the elections as www.dontvote.com. and that had to send a subliminal message to the older voter from the flashing of this promo across the media nightly.
However, the closeness of the race showed in some cases a more conservative Democrat[so they sold themselves]. Now they are under a microscope to perform or they will have their butts out on the street as well. '08 is not that far off so the spinning will continue and I doubt we will not have much of a breather from theatrics especially if they have no plan to initiate. The they will rely on calling committees to investigate the President and we start all over again. However, many voters will turn off the Old Main Stream Media as they voice now that they are sick and tired of "this guy is slime and this guy is a crook" mentality. Those in that group will go back to Survivor and Reality TV ;and I predict those in the MSM will have their ratings down from just plain lack of interest in Politics!!
And let's face it, it was not just Boortz, but just about all the pundits were against the President on some issue. Hannity, Laura, O'Reilly, etc. even Snow before he went to the Hill was saying the President was not going in the right direction on many issues. I had hoped Tony being there would have been a breath of fresh air for us, but I never saw any indication of it.
These same Right Wing pundits hammered in the message everyday hoping the President would listen and he declined to do so. Bush even invited them to the Oval Office, but perhaps way to late?
The Supreme Court judges were a positive thing for the Right, but the far Christian Right are the ones who have been given their walking papers. Likewise, the far Left was placed under house arrest until the election was over.
So are the Democrats moving back to more Conservative values, as that is where they know the votes are ?
Government was not working "for the people". When the Democrats themselves were butchered at the polls, they never gave up the fight to regain their power. In the US they do it with accusatory words, in Iraq, they do it with bloody force.
So I agree with you, as the races were so "strangely" close with the more Libertarian Right moving to an Independent stance which did just cost the Repubs their seats. I would also think that women voters went to the other side as well. But then inactivity within our government, as it was presented to the public over the media each night, just made people want change.
So these 'teach them a lesson' voters, before mentioned, voted either Independent or Conservative Democrat. And some are really just Closet Democrats. Look how the Right Wing Media in many cases loves Lieberman. Olympia Snowe in Maine got a landslide of votes in a Leftist state. Conservative Democrats holding hands with the Liberal Republicans aka Rhinos will be incontrol for the next couple years after some housecleaning is performed within the party on the Left, I predict, and I don't mean Pelosi's ordering custom drapes! She's the money lady for the Democrats and will be handled with kid gloves.
However:
If they continue to slam, means they have no plan.
And the voters were duped! SUCKERS!