Goddamn politics.

[Jenne]

Yeah, so sexy centerfold celebritay ftw, I guess.

Taxachusetts, we hardly knew ye.

[Cain]

If Obama cannot pass the health care bill, his Presidency is sunk.  Game over. That just looked a little more likely this morning.

Seriously though, I called this.  I fucking called it.  I said if the Dems kept dragging their feet, acting in wingnut-lite ways, fucking around on the economy and generally being useless, their voters would say "fuck this" and stay at home.  And I bet once the stats are done, the main factor in the loss will be voter turnout, ie; Democratic disillusion.

The wingnuts are going to get back into power.  And right now, they're so insane that the Clinton years look refreshingly stable.

[Requia ☣]

I'm hoping a Republican getting in in Massachusetts of all places will be enough of a wake up call to the dems that they'll try to get their act together by November.

'hope' is a horrible traitorous feeling that God gave me to keep me stupid though.

[LMNO]

WE ACCIDENTALLY THE ENTIRE SUPERMAJORITY.






IS THAT BAD?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

If Obama cannot pass the health care bill, his Presidency is sunk.  Game over. That just looked a little more likely this morning.

Seriously though, I called this.  I fucking called it.  I said if the Dems kept dragging their feet, acting in wingnut-lite ways, fucking around on the economy and generally being useless, their voters would say "fuck this" and stay at home.  And I bet once the stats are done, the main factor in the loss will be voter turnout, ie; Democratic disillusion.

The wingnuts are going to get back into power.  And right now, they're so insane that the Clinton years look refreshingly stable.

Also, Coakley going on vacation during the campaign didn't help.  Brown did 66 events, Coakley 16.

[LMNO]

On the plus side, now I can troll my Republican friends, asking them if they like their non-existent tax cuts and fully existent health-education-and-public-works cuts.

[Pariah]

I would like say with the now 9 seat majority, the Democrats will get their asses in to gear and start busting some heads. Stop taking so much shit and actually get something done. But I highly doubt it. They messed up the order. You have Right Wing Stomping Over Everyone, then a Backlash so you have LEFT wing stomping over everyone, backlash, then an appeal for bipartisanship. They skipped the good part.

[Cain]

If Obama cannot pass the health care bill, his Presidency is sunk.  Game over. That just looked a little more likely this morning.

Seriously though, I called this.  I fucking called it.  I said if the Dems kept dragging their feet, acting in wingnut-lite ways, fucking around on the economy and generally being useless, their voters would say "fuck this" and stay at home.  And I bet once the stats are done, the main factor in the loss will be voter turnout, ie; Democratic disillusion.

The wingnuts are going to get back into power.  And right now, they're so insane that the Clinton years look refreshingly stable.

Also, Coakley going on vacation during the campaign didn't help.  Brown did 66 events, Coakley 16.

Likely, yes.  I dont know if it was a factor, but it sounds like Coakley thought she had it in the bag and so couldn't be bothered, and acting in that way rarely ever endears voters to you.

[LMNO]

I'm not exactly sure how she got nominated in the first place.  Everyone pretty much thought she was a non-entity to begin with.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

If Obama cannot pass the health care bill, his Presidency is sunk.  Game over. That just looked a little more likely this morning.

Seriously though, I called this.  I fucking called it.  I said if the Dems kept dragging their feet, acting in wingnut-lite ways, fucking around on the economy and generally being useless, their voters would say "fuck this" and stay at home.  And I bet once the stats are done, the main factor in the loss will be voter turnout, ie; Democratic disillusion.

The wingnuts are going to get back into power.  And right now, they're so insane that the Clinton years look refreshingly stable.

Also, Coakley going on vacation during the campaign didn't help.  Brown did 66 events, Coakley 16.

Likely, yes.  I dont know if it was a factor, but it sounds like Coakley thought she had it in the bag and so couldn't be bothered, and acting in that way rarely ever endears voters to you.

I would not have shifted my diseased and ulcerated ass to vote for her.

[LMNO]

Honestly, that was one of the more depressing elections I have experienced.  Even more than Bush v Gore.

[Cain]

So, I lost my immense RSS feed library, by which I could dredge up near infinite amounts of knowledge the other week, and have still not yet fully rebuilt it.  Therefore, I do not have links of Democrats going all Jonestown over this.  And this makes me a sad panda. 

I require links, my minions.

[Remington]

Implying that Brown's election was racially motivated:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/1/20/827655/-You-Can-Take-Visceral-Comfort-In-The-White-Mans-Win

Although kudos to Obama for this:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/1/20/827705/-Obama-Says-To-Senate,-Dont-Jam-HCR-Through-Until-Brown-Is-Seated

[Cain]

Ah yes, it must be that Mass. voters are racist.  That would explain why they, uh, voted so heavily for Obama in the election?  Oh god this is delicious! 

[Iason Ouabache]

Scott Brown Wins Mass. Race, Giving GOP 41-59 Majority in the Senate: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/01/scott_brown_win.php