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Post Election Thoughts | 34 comments (34 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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two comments:

First, I called Harry Reid's office this mornign about Joe, and the woman was VERY brusque with me. I told her I felt like she wasn't taking me seriously, and she responded by saying that the office was swamped with calls just like mine demanding Lieberman's ejection and that she didn't have time to deal with every individual caller.

Second, I don't think it was just John McCain's argument that kept democratic numbers down. You and I disagree on that bailout, but one thing we DO agree on is that it made a LOT of people angry. This includes bailout supporters, many of who said things like "I don't like it but we have no choice."

The republicans did a good job in making sure the democrats took the heat for it, and if it weren't for Boehner's incompetence, the result might have been a party-line vote. I have no doubt the bailout affected some downticket races.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 01:11:37 PM EST

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BTW- at some point you are going to have to come to terms with the fact that Obama put this election in the bank at the very moment when he decided not to oppose the bailout.

by BooMan on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 01:15:57 PM EST
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But you're making a causal assumption that just isn't there. That Obama did well at this point because of the substantive policy decision he made, i.e. to support the bailout. The "bailout" discussion involves an incredibly complex series of economic analysis. And for many Americans the whole debate came as a shock as Bush had said the economy was fine for years and then all of a sudden put a gun to our heads.

Obama was rewarded for the MANNER in which he handled the bailout. Obama inspires confidence in his quiet and steady manner. Americans certainly weren't looking to the GOP and Bush to fix our economic problems. And when McCain ran towards Bush economics and voted for the bailout there was no way Obama could lose the politics of the bailout (in the short term at least). Americans correctly blamed "Wall Street" and the Republicans for causing much of our economic problems. So Obama won the politics of the bailout but don't mistake that with a correct policy approach.

by SFHawkguy on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 01:58:13 PM EST
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yes, he won the politics of the bailout and he would have put his election at grave risk had he failed to support the bailout.

by BooMan on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 02:06:43 PM EST
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you're assuming I haven't come to terms with that. Don't make assumptions. i voted for him even though I disagreed with him on that, same with FISA. I didn't say that the bailout affected Obama anyway: i said it may have affected downticket races. And I stand by that.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 02:19:03 PM EST
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Name one. Boyda? Lampson?

I mean, seriously, none of our challengers had a vote and we only lost four seats.

by BooMan on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 02:23:41 PM EST
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Should I put you in contact with this gentleman and have him call for you? Former enforcer of the Norwegian Labor Party, who once swore he would crush his own Prime Minister "like a lice" when the latter dared to disagree. Still bosses the party around, at the tender age of 103. Known for the maxim that "the Labour Party is not a f... sunday school."

That's the type you guys should put on Lieberman's case.

The world's northernmost desert wind.

by Sirocco (sirocco2005 - AT - gmail.com) on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 01:37:14 PM EST
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That man is amazing - and what a life he had/has!
My father was a conservative (until late in life), but had great respect for this social democrat.

by ask on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 04:47:20 PM EST
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