AM I BLUE?Yes and no.
Yes - Ohio is blue(r). No - I'm not sad.
90 minutes after the polls finally closed (hours were extended in Cuyahoga county due to snafus), Kenneth Blackwell - the man who handed Shrub Ohio in 2004 w/his 'election duties' - conceded to Ted Strickland for governor. At press time he was behind by 23%.
Sherrod Brown beat (Waking) Mike DeWine for the senate.
Two years ago, Shrub stood up and said America had spoken and he now had political capital and he was going to spend it. I don't think he has - at least not in the way he and his evil-doers had planned. Now I'm thinking he is really going to try. Dems have the house, but maybe not the senate (it is still up in the air). Dems don't have enough clout to override any presidential veto. I'm looking for nasty things to be coming from this white house in the next two years.
Ohio also voted on a number of other issues: minimum wage increase (passed), legalized gambling (failed), state wide ban on smoking in indoor public spaces (passed).
...and did we see Matt Lauer's thinly veiled slam at Nancy Pelosi this morning? Though he said it under the guise of 'the republicans' (of which he is one) and calling her 'a nightmare'. I'm guessing he never has or would have used that term about Hastert.
....and what is w/CNN's moniker: WHAT WENT WRONG? um.....how about: WHAT WENT RIGHT? So much for 'liberal media'.
I know there are other national races that need to be commented on - and perhaps I will. But that is probably best left up to the better political bloggers.
1 comment:
Good going Ohio! Speaker Pelosi - can't wait to hear it! Sounds like your other issues went well also: wage incr, no gambling, ban smoking. I love the ban on smoking because as a non smoker and asthma sufferer I can't stand smokey places.
We did not do so well in CT. We did not manage to oust the Liebermonster and only had some victories in smaller races. Boo hoo. :(
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