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Mandate for Change
This Modern World —
... multigenerational movement that shatters the old political ice pack. He let loose a deep blue wave that washed well past the coasts and the college towns, into the South through Virginia and Florida, the Mountain West with Colorado and New Mexico, into the Ohio Valley and the Midwestern battlegrounds: you could almost walk from Maine to Minnesota without getting your feet wet in a red state. After months of mapmaking all the roads to 270, Obama tore right past with ease. As the New York Times showed, Obama’s victory wasn’t just isolated to big cities on either coast. ...
Mandate for Change
The Talent Show —
... movement that shatters the old political ice pack. He let loose a deep blue wave that washed well past the coasts and the college towns, into the South through Virginia and Florida, the Mountain West with Colorado and New Mexico, into the Ohio Valley and the Midwestern battlegrounds: you could almost walk from Maine to Minnesota without getting your feet wet in a red state. After months of mapmaking all the roads to 270, Obama tore right past with ease.
As the New York Times showed, Obama’s victory wasn’t just isolated to big cities on either ...
Greg Saunders: Mandate for Change
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... movement that shatters the old political ice pack. He let loose a deep blue wave that washed well past the coasts and the college towns, into the South through Virginia and Florida, the Mountain West with Colorado and New Mexico, into the Ohio Valley and the Midwestern battlegrounds: you could almost walk from Maine to Minnesota without getting your feet wet in a red state. After months of mapmaking all the roads to 270, Obama tore right past with ease.As the New York Times showed, Obama's victory wasn't just isolated to big cities on either coast. ...
Southwest Pennsylvania Congressional District PVI changes
Newshoggers.com —
... published this very interesting chart that depicts the counties where John McCain in 2008 outperformed George W. Bush in 2004. The obvious conclusion is that the line follows the Appalachian Mountain ranges. The northern edge of this zone is southwestern Pennsylvania. This zone includes PA-4, 12, 14 and 18. PA-4, 12 and 14 are Democratically held districts. However PA-4 has been a slight Republican lean district, while PA-12 has been a lean Dem district and PA-14 is a heavy base Dem district. PA-18 is a Republican District with a slight ...
The Secret Service Blames Palin For Obama Death Threats
Firedoglake —
... have one moment of clarity however. Possibly he realized what he and Palin had created was out of control and arguably responsible for their plummeting poll numbers. It proved to be too little too late.
There is one other phenomena that can be attributed to, or blamed on, Palin's rhetoric -- landslide defeat of the GOP. But I should stop playing the blame game.
Will the GOP learn a lesson from this election? Somehow I doubt it.
As you sow so shall you reap.
