On election night at the Harris Camp, quite a bit of people were watching closely at the Presidential Race. I have to tell you Folks, while I couldn't get the volume of people in one shot at the Harris Crab House, once Obama won, 70% of the people there headed right for the door and walked out.
What bothered me was the fact that the Congressional Race was still going strong but the majority of people left anyway. It was in interesting evening and I stuck around until 1:30 AM but knew I had a long ride back to Delaware and I was told Andy wasn't coming down to speak to anyone anyway.
Today we should get some more figures towards that race but considering the majority of absentee ballots that are out there are from Wicomico County, it doesn't look good for Senator Harris.
Perhaps we'll just have to see how Mr. Kratovil handles himself over the next two years and go from there. Who knows, maybe he'll please us all and send the Eastern Shore message in the right direction for once. He's got a lot of promises to uphold. Time will tell.
All the way around though, it was a tough year for Republicans.
The real problem for the GOP is the leadership elite at all levels - national, state and local.
ReplyDeleteThey are "out of touch" in that they either can't understand or accept that the majority of Americans -- the "silent majority" -- are moderate, not extreme liberals or conservatives.
The party apparatus has become so accustomed to seeing things in terms of black and white that they can't recognize that there is a middle ground that has been seized by the Democrat (and to an extent the Libertarian) party.
The concern is that they will continue to listen to El Rushbo and his ilk as they march over the edge. In short, they may not recognize the likes of Andy Harris, Elizabeth Dole, Sarah Palin and John McCain as mistakes, but instead will seek to recycle them. No doubt McCain will be dropped, and probably Libby Dole, as over the hill, but expect to see the others again (a bad mistake).
The GOP has now become the distinct minority in terms of fresh faces and good candidates for public office because of the orthodoxy imposed by the party elite.
For anyone over 50 not suffering advanced dementia, the analogy to the 1960 (JFK-Nixon) election is apparent. It's political change at the most fundamental level, and an essential aspect of our democracy.
ReplyDeleteAndy couldn't even be bothered to come downstairs and face his supporters? That says it all right there. What character... yeah right. Is that the kind of action we could have expected from him in Washington? Hitched your horse to the wrong cart there, people. Kratovil was always the right choice.
ReplyDeleteUntil this past election, I voted republican. I agree with whoever wrote the first message; the GOP leadership is out of touch. I joined the "Republican Club" and I used to get all their junk letters inviting me to their meetings, once I attended one, I realized that I did not fit in; I was too poor and too minority for the group.
ReplyDeletePresident Elect Obama won by a large margin of Hispanic and other minorities, and by a large number of republicans who are tired of right wing trash. Yet, there are many in the GOP who just don’t get it. I voted for McCain because of Sara Palin and her pro life conviction.
Harris was too trashy from the beginning to the end.
To be a republican today you must be rich, white, male, straight,christian,and not college educated. Kind of narrows it down huh?
ReplyDeleteYou get what you get by doing what you do. If it wasn't for George Busb you would be saying "Obama who"
ReplyDeleteRepublicans took the low road and lost. Fear tatics don't work, but you won't learn, so onward you'll go trying to scare everyone and it won't work again. Repeat.
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