Thoughts on the 2010 election results...
>>I'm not surprised, not in the slightest;
>>The record amounts spent by the Brothers Koch, Newt's organizations, et. al. are a pauper's pittance compared to what is going to be spent in 2012. My advice - find the remaining progressive legislators such as Bernie Sanders and Dennis Kucinich, and start donating to their reelection campaigns now. You better believe these guys are going to have HUGE targets on them for the next election cycle, and they need to marshall their resources for the upcoming cash tsunami;
>>To Russ Feingold and Alan Grayson: thank you for your service and for standing for progressive principles loudly, forcefully, and unashamedly - even in the face of defeat. I hope you guys stay active in politics, because I sense we will be needing your voices again very soon;
>>Obama's biggest problem: He's an enlightened man in an unenlightened time, and gives the citizens of this country more credit than they deserve;
>>That the country will undoubtedly veer further to the right is not a surprise to me at all - it's still a shock to many in this country, especially of the Caucasian persuasion, that a black man actually won the White House. You bet this election was in part an expression of that ugly thread in our nation's fabric;
>>Progressives are going to have to face something very uncomfortable: we are outnumbered, and that as much as I hate to admit it, the MSM is right about one thing - the USA is, and in fact always has been, a center-right country. The only time we have ventured into progressivism of any type was when we needed bailing out (see: New Deal), and then, only when there was a benefit to the elites - the preservation of the existing social and economic order.
>>If the Rand Pauls get their way and our economy needs to be "rebooted" with a dose of the "Shock Therapy" described by Naomi Klein's masterpiece - and expect to hear talk like that within the coming weeks - then the resultant economic hardship (ask the Chileans) might be the only thing that breaks us of our economic "Stockholm Syndrome" (as a recent Thom Hartmann caller described it);
>>Expecting a healthy dose of hippie-punching in this election's aftermath? How 'bout an MMA-style pummeling. And since so much of progressive media is on the Internet and not found on MSM, I can only wonder about how much push or care will be given to the issue of net neutrality by the remaining Dems in the House/Senate.
>>On the inevitable touchdown dances and crowing and all the rest of the on-and-on from Foxy Noise and the rest of 'em - my solution: I'll be taking a media "holiday" of at least one week, so I don't have to be subjected to it.
>>Last, but not least: I'm curious about what's going to happen in a couple of years,when Obamacare isn't repealed as promised (trust me: it won't be repealed), and when all of the investigations Issa and Bachmann promise turn up absolute squat. I'd love to see how Foxy News spins all this...
Hang on, Ladies and Gents. The ride is about to get very interesting.
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