Democrats Get Un-friended

Last night, the Republicans - check that - the conservatives won big. We took back the House and narrowed the gap in the Senate. By and large, it was a bad day to have a (D) next to your name if you were on the ballot. Of course, there are always a few head scratchers, such as this, and this and this and this. Seriously, people, what are you thinking???

Anyway, what struck me more than the Republican wins were the margin of victory for most Republicans:
89% to 11%
82.1% to 17.9%
64.4% to 32.2%
67.9% to 29.5%

As I posted on Facebook, that's not a landslide, it's a drubbing.

And in the down-ballot races, it was just as one-sided. In one state senate race, it was 90.5% to 9.5%.

Holy crap. Not only did the country send a message yesterday, they were out for blood. They actually wanted to punish the Democrats. And they did. Obama's agenda was on the ballot, and I'd have to say that it was met with a resounding "hell no!" And it's clear that the country is saying that the track we've been on for the past two years has got to stop. Now.

So now we have an interesting situation: Republicans now have a mandate and a majority in the House, but not the Senate. That means that it's still going to take a lot of fighting to get anything done, much less repealed. It's going to be another long two years, my friends. And it's going to get ugly.

My only hope is that the Republicans hold true to their principles this time, unlike in 1994 when,once they were elected, they abandoned their conservative message and turned into mushy, compromising, spineless moderates. But understand this: there's a new wind blowing - one of accountability and unrest. It's what gave birth to the tea party movement. And it's what will throw the Republicans back out if they go weak and abandon their principles.