Looks like the Dems are close to running the table tonight in the northeast and Rust Belt states, and perhaps more. That's very bad news for the War on Terror, which is far and away our most important national issue. Prepare yourself for the coming storm.
Brendan Miniter wrote today about a little-discussed dimension of a prospective Democratic victory.
A look at the margin needed to tip the scales of power tells the full story. In six states alone--Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island--Democrats expect to pick up two Senate seats and perhaps 14 House seats. That's nearly enough to gain control of the House (they need 15 seats) and a third of what the Democrats need to retake the Senate.... [T]he political story not yet absorbed by either party is that in a narrowly divided Congress, the Northeast is becoming the balance of power....Republicans have largely ceded the battle of ideas in the Northeast and are now paying for it at the polls. With no local conservative policies to stand on (and few national policies to point to) incumbent Republicans have left themselves vulnerable to being swept out of office in a Democratic year. That year has finally come in.
So it's back to the wilderness for the GOP. We'll see how they react.
If tonight's unfolding news is a downer, think about something else for a few minutes: Pancakes.
Posted by Alan at November 7, 2006 09:25 PM