Thursday, November 19, 2009
Yes, the GOP did gain two governorships, as Chet Compton’s Nov. 12 column “Republicans gain momentum with recent wins” made clear. That is an unquestionable fact. But why?
Cree Deeds, the Democratic governor of Virgina, was nothing short of famous for his incompetence. Kudos to the Republican candidate Bob McDonald. His campaign barely had mentioned he was a Republican. Instead, his campaign pointed out that the best his opponent could was come up with negative attack ads and that McDonald actually had solutions for the problems. The “R” in front of his name had very little to do with his victory.
As for New Jersey, the Democratic governor Jon Corzine was another example of a low-lying fruit and was also famous for being corrupt. He was fighting off so many ethics scandals it was hard for him to have time to campaign. And may I point out that corruption is fairly universal.
But let’s look at something else that happened in that election night.The GOP lost two more seats in the House of Representatives. One of them being a seat that hasn’t sent a Democrat to Washington since the 1870s, largely because the Republicans decided to ditch the moderate for another bible-thumper.
I don’t know about you, but losing two seats in the House to gain two governors doesn’t seem like “gaining momentum.” My predictions for 2010 and 2012? Yes, the GOP will gain a few seats. Last time they weren’t able to do so during a new Democratic presidency was during the New Deal. But unless the party returns to sane ideas based in reality, the seats gained will be symbolic at best.
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Forson: Bold predictions
For the record, I also predict that if one were to compare Incumbents Versus Newcomers in the 2010 and 2012 elections it will be nothing short of a bloodbath on both sides of the aisle. Metaphorically speaking of course.
I mean, we had 30 GOP senators vote Pro-Gang Rape for no other reason that the Democrats were voting Anti-Gang Rape.
(More on the incident can be found here, short version: basically KBR employees in Iraq are notorious for drugging and gang-raping their female co-workers. 39 known victims so far. KBR policy is to use forced arbitration clauses to prevent the victims to go to the courts over this. A bill before the senate proposed that there was a point at which a crime was too serious for these clauses to be valid. Passed 68-30.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Le...)
Not that it won't be on both sides of the aisle, but that's the best example I can think of off the top of my head.
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