Some Thoughts on the Election

Last night, I spent the evening flipping back and forth between Fox and MSNBC (aka DNC Hqs)  to compare and contrast their election coverage. In my (biased) view, Fox handled it professionally. Their commentators were a mix of liberal and conservative. MSNBC, on the other hand, was MSNBC. The five commentators were Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell and Eugene (Chuckles) Robinson, partisans all . Ed Schultz, the butter and egg man, was in Las Vegas covering the Reid campaign HQs. To put it mildly, the mood at MSNBC was gloomy-and angry.

During their coverage, they interviewed Republicans like Michelle Bachmann and Eric Cantor. The tone of the interviews was angry, aggressive and insulting. Matthews could barely contain his anger, while Olbermann proceeded to mock each of them.

"If you cut taxes, how's the government gonna get money?"

How about, "They aren't getting it."

You talk about unprofessional.

"Ya talk about chickensh--!"

Of course, they cheered up when Reid won. I thought they were going to pop the champagne corks when it was announced that the "white shining knight of the Democratic Party" had prevailed over Sharron Angle.

And yet, Washington Post propagandist and MSNBC contributor Dana Milbank writes a column accusing Fox News of "cheerleading" the election. Never mind that Fox had on several Democrats as guests; Bob Beckel, Alan Colmes, Doug Schoen, Kirsten Powers, Geraldine Ferraro, Juan Williams etc. How many conservatives were on MSNBC last night covering the election?

0.

Also gloomy and angry was Florida congressman and 2010 Fousesquawk "Jerk of the Year", Alan Grayson, who made this "graceful" concession speech:





So the Republicans gained some 62 seats and swept into power in the House. They appear to have gained 5 Senate seats with a couple still being counted, and Lisa Murkowsky appears to have classlessly won Alaska-after she was beaten in the primary.  The big disappointment for the Republicans was that Harry Reid and his "ground team" prevailed in Nevada. On the other hand, Nancy Pelosi is now the  Spoker of the House.

Other less noted victories are the gain in governorships and the fact that 19 state legislatures changed from Democrat to Republican. That will have consequences with re-districting and the 2012 elections.

California on the other hand, continued its mad drive off the cliff by exhuming Jerry Brown and putting him back in the governor's office. They might as well have filled the hole with California and shoveled the dirt back over it. Barbara Boxer was re-elected based on her long record of partisan bickering and no legislative achievements. Proposition 23 went down insuring the implementation of California's Global Warming Final Solutions Act.

Indeed.

In addition, all the old Dems were re-elected; in other words, California sealed its doom. It is now clearer than ever before that the makers in the state are outnumbered by the takers-aided by the liberal elite. There is nothing left other than for sensible people to get out and leave the state to the illegal aliens and Hollywood set.

I just hope the Republicans don't do what they did in 1994 when they were swept into power and forgot why they were elected. I guarantee you that if the Republicans do not fulfill their promises this time, they will become America's third party (after the Tea Party, which will go from being a movement to a bonafide party). The Republicans on are probation. I hope they understand that. Their mission is to stop the Obama agenda.