Viva La Revolución!First off, many thanks to Ann Coulter for linking to yesterday's post on Obama's war on energy. Our daily traffic shot up 8,000% (no exagerration). It is much appreciated.
On to business, shall we?
Yes, we shall.
Dick Morris is analysissin' all over yesterday's election results and what it means to the Ditherer-In-Chief, in an article titled "A Deathblow for ObamaCare":
That seems to be the prevailing wisdom - and if Dick Morris believes it, you can take it to the bank. The Miami Herald adds this:In the coming weeks, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be asking their troops to cast potentially career-ending votes for health-care changes, Medicare cuts, higher taxes, and fines on the uninsured. Whether they take that risk depends on their faith in Obama’s drawing power.
But the votes in Virginia, in particular, show the limits of Obama’s appeal. The winner, Bob McDonnell, won the attorney general’s race in the last election by a few tenths of a percent over the same opponent. That he coasted to so huge a victory in the swing state of Virginia now has to send a message to red-state Democratic congressmen: Obama may be able to survive in the deep water into which he is leading his party, but you can’t.
Source: NY Post
Democrats from swing states feel new pressure not to be perceived as too liberal. That may impede Democratic leaders' efforts to pass a sweeping health care overhaul, especially one that includes a new government-run insurance plan, or climate change emissions-control legislation.
"The House leadership needs to pay attention to what happened in Virginia," said Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., one of 52 conservative Democrats, or Blue Dogs, in the House of Representatives.
Source: Miami Herald
But wait! David Axelrod - Obama's top advisor - would like to smarmily disagree:
