It is going to take some time to properly digest all of the results from yesterday’s elections and figure out what it all means. That having been said, I will share some general thoughts about the evening.
Let’s see – on the the "good news" side of the ledger for the GOP: The healthy re-election of Governor Schwarzenegger, the election of Steve Poizner as Insurance Commissioner, and over on the State Legislative side of things, the fact GOP didn’t lose any seats, and looks poized to actually pick-up the 34th State Senate seat in Central Orange County with the election of Lynn Daucher. I suppose Republicans can take some satisfaction out of the defeat of the tax measure (86, 87, 88, 89) on the ballot, too.
On the "bad news" side of things: the loss of Congress and the probable loss of the U.S. Senate, with the exception of Poizner the defeat of all down-ticket GOP candidates, the passage of 40 billion plus plus in ill-advised bond measures, and the defeat of Propositions 85 and 90.
You’ll have to wait a day to get a more comprehensive analysis from me on what I think this all means, as sleep deprevation has me a bid groggy this morning, but I will make some observations about the loss of Congress (okay, besides this from yesterday):
Everyone will try to spin Republican losses nationally – but my ten cents is that the GOP lost Congress (and possibly the Senate) largely for three reasons…
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November 8th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Why, Jon. The answer is plain. Republicans don’t know how to be Republicans anymore.
The President and most of his party have embraced big government, massive overspending, open borders and don’t know what the hell they’re doing in Iraq. What else could be expected???