So things are slowing down from the drama of last night. The GOP have the House and the DEMS held on to the Senate. But I wanted to share my take of things, please feel free to share as well:
- The losses were not as bad as many thought they would be. Many of the seats were picked up in places where they were expected to, such as Kentucky, Florida and Minnesota.
- This will make the Obama administration tougher and stronger in their fight to make change.
- The Tea Party winners are inexperienced and it will show in the next two years. They will learn that their agenda will not be on the forefront.
- The Exit Polls shows that young people didn't come out, but folks without college degrees, White males and seniors made a hit at the voting booths. see here
- I really believe that some voters put race/racism ahead of their own interest. The Tea Party movement basically voted against their own interest because of Obama.
- The Exit Polls did not speak about LGBT community, so the LGBT anger party didn't make a big appearance last night.
- We hit it big in California, thanks to a large turn out of Latino voters.
- The Black vote was down for midterms.
- The lack of understanding of the stimulus plan and health care, drove folks to the booths.
- The Tea Party major players loss, but the smaller ones won. Is that a good thing or something to look out for.
- We loss 2 strong fighters, Alan Grayson in FL and Patrick Murphy.
- The Progressive movement has been challenged and I'm not sure what's in store.
- In an interesting turn of events more minorities in the GOP won seats and more LGBT peeps won seats as well.
- And finally, I think we will see the Obama we voted for.
2 comments:
To echo some of your thoughts, a few victories for the Tea Party will solidify their beliefs, and further splinter them from the GOP. (YAY).
Now that Repubs have the house, they will have responsibility to live up to, instead of total inaction.
You are right on point about the population not understanding the health care bill and putting race before their own interest.
Also, people expect a quick fix to everything. This economic problem grew for at least 8 years... and now everyone wants it fixed yesterday. But that ain't reality.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts V.
I mirror many of your thoughts on the election and aftermath, but I fear progressive outcomes will seriously suffer and I'm truly worried about GLBTQ issues being given the cold shoulder, buried, or worse overturned (especially on state and local levels, not that we aren't used to that).
I'm a stand by your man kind of guy, so Obama has my heart, even though he breaks it sometimes. He has had extremely tough issues to deal with and limited resources and capital to do so. No one could have done better and if they think so, they don't know much about politics.
We'll know much more abut where our nation is going in two years time. I'm hoping and working for the best, but preparing for the worst. I think that is only prudent.
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