tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865494184012705718.post3450803404003179783..comments2008-12-25T12:30:55.053-05:00Anthony Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00043374303541804437noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865494184012705718.post-19991200157203567602008-12-25T12:30:00.000-05:002008-12-25T12:30:00.000-05:00SWA,<BR/><BR/>I have to say that post-election politics has been disappointing. I mean, pundits and pols are looking for ANYTHING to talk about, even if that means manufacturing storylines. I never knew that Republicans winning in Georgia and Louisiana was such big news. Next thing you know, a Democrat will win in Vermont and the DNC will claim the party is still gathering strength.<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>Anon,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the site recommendation. I'll check it out.<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>Mick,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the compliment. If my analysis is solid, then I'm doing my job. Drop by again sometime!<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>Dr. King,<BR/><BR/>The 2010 elections will be critical because of redistricting. It seems that Louisiana's GOP may be adopting the "change/reform" mantle with Jindal and now Cao. While I agree that Cao is a dead man walking, he may very well have a future in politics if districts get redrawn and Cao's district becomes a little more suburban.<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>DB,<BR/><BR/>I don't know if the nation is center-right or not because consider this:<BR/><BR/>Republicans say McCain lost the election because he wasn't conservative enough.<BR/><BR/>Republicans also say Obama should govern from the center because that's where the country is.<BR/><BR/>How do you reconcile these two statements? If John McCain lost because he wasn't conservative enough, that means the nation is not center-right, but rather right. They demand that a Democratic president govern from the center, but don't place similar demands on a Republican president. Go figure.<BR/><BR/>Seems to me like a successful Obama presidency would make "government" and "Democrats" and (gasp) "liberalism" cool again. We'll see.Anthony Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00043374303541804437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865494184012705718.post-89416774020199109672008-12-23T15:55:00.000-05:002008-12-23T15:55:00.000-05:00Hello? Hope everything's OK, AP, and that you're having a fine holiday season.S.W. Andersonhttp://wpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865494184012705718.post-9638186155220972132008-12-17T22:47:00.000-05:002008-12-17T22:47:00.000-05:00The fact that a conservative winning a conservative district is "news" is rather telling of the state of the Republican Party right now. More and more we will continue to hear conservatives brand this country as center-right in an attempt to show that hope is not lost. The Democrats would be wise to premitively ward off the genius marketing ability of the Republican Party, otherwise we will hear more fallacies about this country be center-right, "liberal" being a bad word, and the "if you disagree with a Republican you hate America" mentality.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267112937396907790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865494184012705718.post-50003467374676814432008-12-11T13:20:00.000-05:002008-12-11T13:20:00.000-05:00You're point about Boyda is on the mark and I expect Cao to become the next Boyda. There's no way he holds on to this seat in 2010 when Democrats pay attention to the race.King Politicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03083280088830635942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865494184012705718.post-32534578184962968062008-12-10T10:09:00.000-05:002008-12-10T10:09:00.000-05:00Solid analysis. Thanks!Micknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865494184012705718.post-22112084871362570232008-12-10T04:26:00.000-05:002008-12-10T04:26:00.000-05:00Hey I like your articles It is interesting.You should write in http://www.allvoices.com/journalism and this will give your article more coverageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865494184012705718.post-17940511977934829142008-12-09T20:32:00.000-05:002008-12-09T20:32:00.000-05:00Excellent critique. Proclaiming a trend based on an incumbent Republican senator winning in Georgia and a scandal-plagued, politically-dead-representative-walking being voted out anywhere makes me wonder what Cilizza has been smoking.<BR/><BR/>Then again, suspicious types might be excused for wondering if someone at the RNC, Newt Gingrich or Karl Rove <I>wanted</I> to see some "punditry" of this kind. Stranger things have happened.S.W. Andersonhttp://wpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.com