Sore losers? Nah. Some of us just thought it'd be fun to give the left a very small taste of how they treated Bush when he was elected. Often times I find that action teaches much better than words do.


As for the GOP, this loss will be good for them in the long run. The voters put them in power in 1994 to do certain things, and they did a few of them for the first few years, at least while they had Newt Gingrich in there to keep people in line. But after that, they started behaving more and more like democrats with their big spending ways, and they also abandoned the principles of small government to political expediency. The GOP knows how to lead a loyal opposition, but they're nearly clueless on what to do with a majorty when they get one. Barack Obama and the democrats did not defeat the GOP; the GOP shot itself in the foot. With a cannon. However, the pubs will now be required to act like small government conservatives. This is a good thing. I'd rather have a principled minority party than an unprincipled majority party. Before Nov 4, we had two unprincipled parties. Now we have one that is unprincipled and one that is principled (principled out of political necessity, perhaps, but principled nonetheless). This will be a good thing in about 2 years, unless Obama can pull a huge rabbit out of his hat where the economy is concerned.


If Obama governs center-ish, the Dems will probably hold the Congress in '10. He can get away with certain entitlement spending (if he doesn't over do it), he can meet with the madman in Iran, and probably pull out of Iraq and be OK politically. If, however, he does like Bill Clinton and passes a retro-active tax increase and some gun control measure similar to the Brady Law, then '10 will be an electoral massacre for the dems like '94 was. If he signs the Fairness Doctrine into law, he'll be courting insurrection, civil uprising, and general civil disobedience.


In a way, I kind of feel bad for Obama. Americans are an impatient people. They're going to expect him to do something about the economy right now. Problem is, things don't get done on a right now basis with the economy. No one can fix it quickly short of God Himself. Obama is going to have people nipping at his heels constantly to get the whole mess cleaned up. The man's got his work cut out for him, no doubt about it.