Post Election Punditry 101

Winners:
candidates who didn't distance themselves from Obama (Cong.-elect Owens, NY-23);
Rethugs who didn't invite Sarah Palin to campaign for them (McDonnell, Christie);
Rethugs who ran ads incorporating Obama and his hope message (Christie);
Rethugs who didn't display their party label and ran to the "middle" (McDonnell and Christie).

Losers:
candidates who distanced themselves from Obama and his programs (Deeds);
Rethugs who backed far-right Doug "Crazy Eyes" Hoffman in NY-23 (Palin, Pawlenty, the Tea Baggers, etc.);
candidates with Goldman Sachs/ Wall Street bloodlines (Corzine);
oh, and Doughy Pantload's bro'.

Done, Baby, Done

Wingnuts were absolutely sure that they had the NY 23 district race in the bag with their Conservative Party standard-bearer Doug "Crazy Eyes" Hoffman. But the voters had a different message for the know-nothing candidate, who didn't even live in the district: we're not ready for your type of crazy. Dem Bill Owens was elected. Rethug wingnuts from Winky You Betcha to Gov. Tim "Bad N'" Pawlenty lined up behind Crazy Eyes because the Rethuglican candidate was too moderate for them. Using her policy platform -- Facebook -- Winky fired out her pre-election message: "Doug, Baby, Doug." Missed it by two letters. . .

Message to the wingers: please, please keep following this "straterg-y" in all future elections, so that you drive more and more Independents and moderates away from your far right Party, and so that more Dems are elected. Please!

(photo: Crazy Eyes was rejected for a role in "Men Who Stare At Goats.")

Election Erections

Expect the mainstream media to make mountains out of today's off-cycle election molehills. What they won't get into -- because they need to stay superficial -- is that both McDonnell in Virginia and Christie in New Jersey ran campaigns that were generally moderate Rethuglican pap; neither wanted snowbilly queen Winky You Betcha campaigning for them, and Christie ran ads that had images of President Obama in a favorable light.

That won't stop the MSM nitwits from ginning up phony excitement if Rethugs win in Virginia and New York's 23rd district (where they've held office virtually since the Civil War -- the Union vs. the Confederates, not the Rethugs vs. themselves). The theme? Obama needs to trim his sails because "real America" is wary of his progressive agenda. Thus creating yet another phony MSM "issue": after 10 months in office, is President Obama finished? Either way, Rethugs win, Dems lose.

Odd how we didn't see the same nonsense after Dumbya's first 10 months (9-11, 9-11, 9-11!!!)