Some Observations

My friend, Ronald L Dart has some observations about the elections:

Election Results

By this morning, a lot of Republicans are probably wondering what hit them. I think three things conspired to hand congress back to the Democrats.

1. History. The mid term elections of second term presidents usually see strong gains by the opposition party. The reason for this may be seen in number 2.

2. Frustrated Republicans. An awful lot of Republican voters were in a snit because their congressman departed from conservative values. Votes made in anger can't be taken back, so they get to enjoy seeing the Dems in power for two more years, maybe longer. One wonders if they will get over it in time to keep Hillary from becoming the next President of these United States.

3. Conservative Democratic candidates. No one called this to my attention before yesterday, but the Democratic party fielded a large number of conservative candidates this time. That was either a move worthy of Karl Rove, or a fundamental realization among Democrats that they could no longer allow the left wing of their party to speak for them. It would have been a smart move to give frustrated Republicans an alternative. By the way, did you notice how religious the Democratic candidates have become?

What this may imply for the unity of the Democratic party is another matter entirely. Ask Senator Joe Lieberman.