"Why are these particular clowns all you guys can come up with?"
It's ironic you should say that, Zed. If you're talking about the "clowns" who seem to have a record of getting reelected MUCH better than the "progressive clowns" who seem to have difficulty after we've had four years of them, it must be your ass talking 'cause you mouth should know better. THIS "clown" in the Oval Office now is destined to join the one-termers before him. You know, don't you, that onlyONE democrat has been reelcted president since 1944, don't you? You ARE aware of what happened in 2010, aren't you. You did see the results in VA and IN last Tues? Semms to me the "clowns" are doing right well....
Virginia:
Virginia Republicans added seven new seats to their majority in the House of Delegates, giving them two-thirds of that chamber's votesâ€"the party's largest margin in history. The GOP also took over the Virginia Senate in results that were especially notable, given that Virginia Democrats this spring crafted an aggressive redistricting plan that had only one aim: providing a firewall against a Republican takeover of that chamber. Even that extreme gerrymander didn't work.
Every Republican incumbentâ€"52 in the House, 15 in the Senateâ€"won. The state GOP is looking at unified control over government for only the second time since the Civil War. This is after winning all three top statewide officesâ€"including the election of Gov. Bob McDonnellâ€"in 2009, and picking off three U.S. House Democrats in last year's midterms.
Topline figures aside, what ought to really concern the White House was the nature of the campaign, and the breakout of Tuesday's election data. Mr. Obama may have big plans for Virginia, but the question is increasingly: him and what army?"
Indiana:
After Tuesday's elections, Republicans have reason to be hopeful about next year. Before the elections, Democrats held a 68 to 48 majority of the mayor's offices. Now, Republicans hold a 61 to 54 majority with 2 Independents. According to the Indiana GOP, the Republicans retained control of city hall in "Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Mishawaka, West Lafayette, Valparaiso, Marion and others, and picked up seats in Columbus, Jeffersonville, Evansville, Logansport, LaPorte and Portage, among others." Two other mayoral races have yet to be decided and may be headed for recounts.
The results come on the heels of big electoral gains for the GOP after last year's midterm elections. Republicans won majorities in the congressional delegation and flipped a U.S. Senate seat from 'D' to 'R.' They won 60 seats in the state house to the Democrats' 40, reversing the Democratic majority of 52 to 48. Republicans also gained four state senate seats."
