Election Thread

[kandrathe]

I couldn't figure out why there wasn't a thread about this already so I created one.

What particularly surprised me is Bush's rare showing of (apparent) candidness where he took the heat for Republican losses, announced Rumsfeld's resignation, and claim that he is open to new ideas for handling Iraq. It brought to mind the stereotypical bully who softens up when slugged in the gut.

So: thoughts and opinions?

In my State it was not such a good thing. I think Minnesota is perhaps one of the most socialist states in the US, so we pay one of the highest taxes (in the top 10 since 1970, now #3 )per capita of any place in the US. There are very good public servants who were replaced, just because they had an R by their name. Being neither an R or D, I try to vote for people who "get it". Rather, there are a large number of people who try to solve all problems by tossing government money at it. The 6th district sent Keith Ellison, a Nation of Islam activist, and close associate of CAER to the US House. So, time will tell, but I fear an emotional back lash is seldom good for the people (in this nation and for the world). The saving grace here might be that the Governor remains an R, but he trends toward "RINO" (Republican in name only) and does not hold down the spending. So that is only marginally better than the potential hot head higher tax advocate that was running against him, Mike Hatch.

I believe it's pretty normal for the President's party to suffer set backs in the mid term, especially with him at the helm of an unpopular occupation and a seemingly vague "war on terror". I wouldn't call it bully slugged in the gut, as much as the voters sending a clear wake up call message that things need to change. Republicans are also angry nationwide with the higher costs of government, and unbalanced budgets, so you see many more 3rd party fiscal libertarians siphoning off the base.