Posted by
Andy Zarowny on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:14:53 PM
If it's Wednesday it must be
post-election review day. LOL!
Yesterday, a number of states
and communities held an off-
season election. The most
notable were those in New
Jersey and Virginia, where the
voters replaced the Democrats
with Republicans.
The mood in the country is for
change, and not the kind com-
ing out of Washington. Exit
polls indicate that people are
very nervous about the econo-
my. In New Jersey, folks were
also concerned about corrup-
tion amongst their politicians.
Christie, who was an attorney
general, prosecuted over 100
corrupt politicians with no
acquittals.
Both New Jersey and Virginia
had gone for Obama in 2008,
and the swing-back to the
GOP was over 20% in each
state. About 30% in Virginia.
How this will translate to the
mid-term 2010 Congressional
elections is the big question?
With the ground swell of resis-
tance against health care and
other recent legislation that
Congress experienced over the
summer, the losses yesterday
will give many Democrats in
shaky districts to think twice
before voting for more budget-
busting programs. Many had
considered the town hall and
Tea Party goers to be passé.
That by November, their anger
would subside.
The desire to sweep the deck
by voters clean of stale politi-
cians is real. Even in Detroit,
a city plagued by decades of
cronyism, the city council got
a fresh face with 5 of nine in-
cumbants replaced. The new
head of the council, Charles
Pew, was a local TV anchor,
and received more votes than
any others in his first run for
office. Detroiters even passed
a revision to the city charter
changing the way councilmen
are elected, with 7 of the 9 to
be chosen by specific neigh-
borhoods, as it used to be be-
fore the Coleman Young Era,
instead of city-wide.
Change is in the wind and
yesterday's election was just
the beginning. Obama, Reid
and Pelosi had better take
heed. Reid seems the most
scared, as the Senate now may
not deliver it's version of health
care till next year. He faces
tough opposition in next year's
election. Some analysts say
that the Democrats could lose
as many as 35-40 seats in the
House and enough seats in the
Senate to give the GOP some
power in the use of filibusters.
The Democrats, and stale Re-
publicans, have done plenty of
damage already. Yesterday’s
results may not save us in the
short-term, but may point the
way to a light at the end of the
tunnel for the long-term salva-
tion of America!
(Be sure and watch for Andy’s
blogs at “Mr. Capitalist” at
Townhall.com and follow him
on Twitter as “mrcapitalist”.)