John Smash!!

Okay, now I pissed. No, I am mother fucking pissed off!! Last night sucked. I have a cold, I lost an account at work, Iowa State lost one of their best players, and oh yeah... The Democrats lost their super majority in the house. Just two weeks ago, Democrat Martha Coakley had a lead of about ten points in the polls. Last night she lost to Republican Steve Brown 51-44%. I have read lots of articles this morning and there are a variety of viewpoints on how the Massachusetts, arguably the most liberal state in America (Obama won by 26 points), could elect a conservative. To me the bottom line seemed to be that Republicans are very very motivated. That, plus Independents can say they gave Democrats a chance and they did absolutely nothing with their power. It is not necessarily over for the Democrats in terms of getting health care passed. It just becomes harder now. To me the big issue becomes what happens in the 2010 mid-term elections in November. Will the Republicans slaughter the Democrats? It is pretty clear what the Republicans plan is to regain the presidency and congress. Do everything in their power to shoot down everything Obama and Congress passes - no matter if they like it or not. The strategy will then be to come back in 2010 and 2012 and convince the American public that Democrats when they are in power could accomplish nothing. Say what you will about Republicans, but when they were in power, they got a lot of their shit accomplished. The Bush tax cuts, No Child Left Behind Act, increase in military action (understatement), et cetera. And they did not even have a super majority!! My only hope is this is an enormous wake up call for Obama and congress to get back to work, be more forceful... take names, kick ass, basically, be more like Republicans!



1. Today at lunch I read the cover article on John Mayer in the new Rolling Stone. He is really talented but, wow, is he unlikeable. He is so conceited.



2. A little interesting trivia for you sports buffs: In the past two years, only Randy Moss and Larry Fitzgerald have more touchdown catches than Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe.