Michael Barone On Tuesday's Elections

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Michael Barone is one of the gurus of American politics.  He has forgotten more about what happens in elections than most of us will ever learn.  He posted his analysis of yesterday's election in today's Washington Examiner.  He lists five lessons learned from the voters yesterday.

  • Big spenders got defeated.  As he put it, "Suddenly pork is not kosher."
  • The Tea Party was a force to be reckoned with. 
  • Anti-Obama sentiment will not necessarily mean votes for Republicans (illustrated by the victory of Mark Critz in Pennsylvania).  Critz ran on a very conservative platform and was able to convince the voters to vote for him.  That was a loss for the Republicans, and can be done by other Democrats.
  • The left wing of the Democrat party is not giving up--they did well in two primaries--Louisiana and Pennsylvania.  The labor unions and moveon.org are heavily funding liberal candidates.
  • Because of yesterday's results, we will probably see more polarization in the future--not less.

I wonder if polarizaiton is a good or bad thing.  In one sense, it allows the country to decide which direction it is going.  In other sense, it makes compromise difficult.  But if the answer to a problem is black and white, why are we looking for gray?  There are areas where compromise is a good thing, but there are also areas where compromise of principles is not a good idea.

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