elections, we have elections

CNNInt is rejoicing (nope, no press bias, move along folks).

The Republicans are in deep funk. Well, too many of their leaders were clueless, so that's what the election is all about (not necessarily the war, despite the spin...if it was about the war, Mark Foley's three year old scandal would have been ignored...the left wing of the Democratic party had to play the homophobia card...the bad news is that gay marriage lost partly due to these stories).

I'm really not up on some of the races, but the press seems not to realize it is the year of the Blue dog Democrat, not the left wing Democrats.

For example, what state could be more conservative than Oklahoma? But Gov Henry trounced his opponent. But four of the five congressmen elected were Republicans...
People vote local issues and personality.

For example, although the spin is that Casey beat Santorum over the war, it is actually because Casey is a prolife, working class, pro gun Democrat, and was popular with the union folks, whereas I never understood how someone as conservative as Santorum got elected in the first place. (Yes, Santorum claims he's working class, but he looks like a manicured gigolo...and I say this even though personally I like him for his support of politically unimportant human rights causes).

And if Webb wins in Virginia, ditto. I like Webb. If he objects to the war in Iraq, I suspect it is based on hard logic, not fluffy ideological bias.

And what about Lieberman? Independent.

Ditto for a lot of the governor's races, since Governors tend to be more pragmatic than the party's ideologues.

So I'm not especially unhappy about the results, given the denseness of a lot of Republicans, unless of course Pelosi uses her post to politicize the war; and also there is a question about the judiciary appointments will never go thru.

Hopefully there will be enough centerists in the Democrats to stop the left wing hijacking of that great party; but if the kos wing takes over, the revulsion will let Guilliani will win over Hillary in 2008...