1. Arnie went Democratic in order to win reelection.
2. This is a repudiation of radical Republicans and their incompetent, smarmy ways. They were even repudiated by other Republicans for their incompetent, smarmy ways.
3. All of the nastiness, lying, cheating, intimidation, repression, etc. did not work. Republicans don't have any other ideas so this is going to be a problem.
4. Iraq was very important but so were the endless Republican scandals: Cunningham, West, Haggard, DeLay, Libby, Abramoff, Safavian, Ney, Foley, etc.
5. In case you haven't noticed, none of the following is going away anytime soon with or without Bush: Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, Medicare insanity, the slowing economy, the gap in the economy, the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer, the giant sucking sound of manufacturing jobs, the healthcare crisis, etc.
6. Bush is bizarre. If he wasn't going to fire Rummy before the elections, he should at least wait a few weeks before firing him after them. It's just a slap in the face to all Republicans who lost as well as to the American public.
It wasn't just Bush (although he certainly helped) but all Republicans who walked in goosestep with him to head us into the abyss. |
