The American people have chosen stupidity. I can't think of any other way to put it. Here in Wisconsin, Russ Feingold fell to a nitwit gigolo. How crushingly depressing. Meanwhile, the unfortunate Harry Reid practically coasts to reelection. I take comfort in the fact that the alternative to Reid was much, much worse. Where do we go from here? Nowhere. Government is now hopelessly broken.
Nice work, American voter. Way to screw yourself.
"There are going to be confrontations, subpoenas, demands that people testify, efforts to undermine the things the president has done," the the American Enterprise Institute's Norm Ornstein told Stein. "The question is, if you get a shutdown of the government or disruption of government, do you get the public backlash? And then, do you get Republicans reacting the way [former Speaker Newt] Gingrich did, when he and his colleagues said, 'Oops, if we want to win a second majority we have to work with the president.' If that is what [incoming GOP leader John] Boehner decides to do, does he have the clout to get his colleagues to do that? I'm skeptical."
Still, I think it's important to point out that this isn't over. It's never over. There are no decisive victories in democracy and all gains are temporary. The thing to do, from the activist perspective, is to get right back to work. I know I will. And, if Republicans are all problems and no solutions -- as pretty much everyone predicts -- it just makes it that much easier. The message from this day forward should be a combination of "we told you so" and "have Republicans fixed the economy yet?" They should own the economy now.
So keep up the good work. America has never needed you more. Russ Feingold was outspent by almost 4:1, but money was useless elsewhere. Meg Whitman failed to buy the California governorship. Carly Fiorina's cash didn't get her anywhere either. Wrestling mogul Linda McMahon likewise found that a Connecticut senate seat was not for sale. We can do this.
Fight harder, fight smarter, and know your cause is just. I know you can do this, because I've seen you do it before.
-Wisco
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Sam Stein, Huffington Post:
It was a historic session -- one of the most productive since the New Deal -- but in the end, it was brief. Four years after taking over Congress with the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democrats lost control of the chamber in a devastating, wipeout election.
And as the political practitioners and election pundits take stock of what happened, perhaps the one conclusion all sides agree with is this: if government seemed stalemated and futile before, the next two years will bring new meaning to deadlocked.
Nice work, American voter. Way to screw yourself.
"There are going to be confrontations, subpoenas, demands that people testify, efforts to undermine the things the president has done," the the American Enterprise Institute's Norm Ornstein told Stein. "The question is, if you get a shutdown of the government or disruption of government, do you get the public backlash? And then, do you get Republicans reacting the way [former Speaker Newt] Gingrich did, when he and his colleagues said, 'Oops, if we want to win a second majority we have to work with the president.' If that is what [incoming GOP leader John] Boehner decides to do, does he have the clout to get his colleagues to do that? I'm skeptical."
Still, I think it's important to point out that this isn't over. It's never over. There are no decisive victories in democracy and all gains are temporary. The thing to do, from the activist perspective, is to get right back to work. I know I will. And, if Republicans are all problems and no solutions -- as pretty much everyone predicts -- it just makes it that much easier. The message from this day forward should be a combination of "we told you so" and "have Republicans fixed the economy yet?" They should own the economy now.
So keep up the good work. America has never needed you more. Russ Feingold was outspent by almost 4:1, but money was useless elsewhere. Meg Whitman failed to buy the California governorship. Carly Fiorina's cash didn't get her anywhere either. Wrestling mogul Linda McMahon likewise found that a Connecticut senate seat was not for sale. We can do this.
Fight harder, fight smarter, and know your cause is just. I know you can do this, because I've seen you do it before.
-Wisco
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AmyJ · 753 weeks ago
I would love to read your comments about the newly elected Florida Governor...just search for "Rick Scott" and "fraud". You'll find plenty.
Somehow the man escaped being prosecuted for fraud, and now he is the new governor of Florida. I guess being a billionaire doesn't hurt.
So yeah, Go American voters! What a bunch of blindfolded idiots.
I am now going to crawl back under my rock in Florida in the fetal position, let me know when it's safe to come out.
Love your blog.
GriperBlade 70p · 753 weeks ago
RussRules · 752 weeks ago
Here in Wisconsin, GriperBlade and me are already enjoying our new idiotic governor. He's made it very clear that he will do everything in his power to kill a high-speed rail project for the cities of Milwaukee and Madison. This project will bring $800 million in federal stimulus funds, provided it gets built. Wisconsin is on the hook for the amount it fronted the train building company to open up a facility in Milwaukee. The funny thing is, the train company says that if Wisconsin isn't building a high-speed rail line in Wisconsin, then there's nothing keeping them here, so they're getting ready to move before they even get settled in.
Our idiot not-yet-governor is begging them to stay and they're packing their bags. Not only is Wisconsin out the money they gave Talgo, but we don't get the $800 million either. The federal money was for the rail project only. If Wisconsin doesn't build the rail line, it doesn't get the money, or the thousands of jobs that money would create.
Only an idiotic moron of a republican would turn that down. His name is Scott Walker, and he's a Super Genius in the same way as Wile E. Coyote.
Here's hoping Rick Scott won't be that stupid, but don't hold your breath.