Election Results Part 2

Now that all the ballots are finally in (except Alaska), I feel I can do a much more thorough interpretation of what this means for America's political future. Though rest assured, this will be my last post on the midterm election.

Two of my favorite senators lost last night: Russ Feingold from Wisconsin and Alan Grayson from Florida. These were two truly progressive senators who avoided the corruption that has so plagued our nation. They did not deserve to be voted out. This actually affected me more than losing the house of representatives.

Many pundits are comparing the loss in congress to the same thing that happened during Clinton's presidency and saying that this signifies that Obama will also be a two-term president who winds up popular towards the end. These are complete guesses. There is nothing to suggest that Obama's presidency will even remotely resemble Clinton's. As it is, Obama is likely to get voted out unless he passes some really comprehensive legislation soon.

I know a lot of my followers are from overseas, so I was considering switching from American politics to more global issues. Perhaps I'll do a couple of blogs on anti-religion. I'll put up a poll later to see what my followers would like.

Election Results

So Republicans took back the house. Honestly I'm not all that upset. This has been predicted to happen for years now. Next I predict that the republicans will continue to gain popularity and support until the next election in 2 years.

Honestly I empathize with the Tea Party. Frustration over the stagnant economy has been hard on everybody. I merely disagree with them on how they choose to express that frustration politically.

On another note, Prop 19 failed to pass yesterday in California. For some reason. Now drug related violence will continue to happen across the border and a harmless substance will continue to remain illegal. I don't even smoke the stuff; I just think it should be up to the individual whether to do so or not.

Election Predictions

Going by funding for individual campaigns, polling, and voter history, I have determined what I believe will be the outcome of today's midterm elections.

The Republicans will pick up exactly:

50 Seats in the House

8 Seats in the Senate

and 9 Governorships.

The democrats will indeed get "trounced", but this was predicted for about 2 years now. It is a swing year and support is shifting to republicans once again. I personally think the democrats will survive this election.

We shall see.

Hypocrites on Both Sides

I've noticed that sometime between the Rallies to Restore Honor and Sanity, conservatives and liberals have traded places. One side is always attacking the other on how their rally was nothing more than a thinly veiled attack on those on the other side of the political spectrum. And meanwhile, the side that held the rally is defending theirs as being non-partisan but instead done only for the good of America as a whole.

Who do we believe? Obviously I believe Jon Stewart's rally was better for reasons I already mentioned, but how does the average independent know who to believe? They don't. Both sides remain in their corners flinging poo at one another, which is something that both rallies urged us not to do.

In other words: Efforts to curb the political mudslinging have resulted in even more mudslinging.

This Deserves its own Blog Post

Jon Stewart's Speech at the Rally to Restore Sanity

Rally To Restore Sanity

I attended the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, and I must say it was quite the time.
I woke up at the ungodly 7:00am to meet up with some friends to carpool to the rally together. It took us five and a half hours to finally reach the city of Washington DC and find a suitable parking space (thank science for the GPS), but the wait was definitely worth it.

Once at the rally, though late, my friends and I had an awesome time listening to Stewart, Colbert, and the many performers over the loudspeakers and seeing them on satellite screens. The signs may have been just as entertaining. I'm the biggest Daily Show fan out of my group of friends, so for me it was an awesome experience seeing so many people gathered to hear Stewart speak. Plus his speech was so inspirational you'd think it was made by President Obama during his '08 campaign.

Just a few things we did while in the area: hang out in a huge crowd of reasonable, like minded individuals, read socialist propaganda ("The Militant" newspaper-pretty entertaining), eat in a fine DC restaurant, and even visit several of the Smithsonian Museums. My only regret is that the day ended before we had a chance to visit the Botanical Gardens.

I'm no expert so I won't guess at the size of the crowd, but here's a picture from one of the 400 news sources present.

The National Mall and the Capitol Building were nothing short of breathtaking. Not to mention seeing it all while listening to one of my favorite comedian/pundits. Overall it was an incredibly epic time.

Sarah Palin Sucks

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/10/sarah-palin-201010?currentPage=all

Apparently Palin isn't the homey down-to-earth common sense soccer mom that she pretends to be. I mean, everyone has a dark(er) side, but come on!