All in all, it was a pretty good election night. In California, we held the threatened Congressional seat. Both big spending initiatives lost and moderates beat liberals in a number of Democratic primaries around the state. Turnout was exceptionally low in spite of millions spent by statewide Democrats in contentious primaries. Seven other states also held primaries on Tuesday and in all cases the predictions of Republican demise were premature.
So, what happened? We Republicans have been worried about our base and with good reason. But it appears that the Democratic base did not turn out on Tuesday. That is also with good reason. They can’t figure out what their party stands for anymore. Neither can I.
In Washington, we in the majority still have to deliver more spending and border control because it’s the right thing to do and to give the voters what they expect from us. But let’s remember that the other side has a challenge too. Being the party of "no" and the party for nothing is not going to motivate their voters any more than it would motivate ours.
Are they really for nothing or are they for higher taxes, open borders, weak national defense and no energy policy but they just can’t say that. Either way ,based on Tuesday’s results, it doesn’t seem to be working. Let’s hope it doesn’t work in November either.