Nerve Endings Firing Away

“America remains a center-right country. Democrats should not make the mistake of viewing Tuesday’s results as a repudiation of conservatism or a validation of big government” – House Minority Leader John Boehner [source].

So let me get this straight – the Democrats win the White House with 350 electoral votes and 52-46 popular vote margin, have 253 seats in the House; a net gain of 19 seats (9 undecided yet), have 56 seats in the Senate; a net gain of 5 (3 undecided), and have 29 Democratic governors in a 50-state country and YET this is a center-right country? Pray tell me what would a center-left country look like?

My friends (apologies to that Senator from AZ whose name I can’t remember today), the pendulum swings back and forth between center-left and center-right. It was center-right since Reagan but it was swung back the other way now. The quicker you admit it, the easier it will be for the GOP to swing it the other way again. Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly is equally frustrated about this unwillingness to see what is in front of them. Mind you, the last few weeks of the campaign were all about how Obama is a socialist and wants to redistribute your wealth (utter lies). So now that he has 52% of the popular vote, do the Republicans want to admit that Americans might not mind a little bit of socialism?