Despite some positive über-early returns, cautious optimism rules PatRoW land this afternoon. And yet, there is way too much uncertainty for my tastes; while the Interloper is fond of reporting on the alleged success of Iraq’s elections, this year’s American version has been, well, not so hot.
That is, unless you aren’t troubled by broken voting machines leaving Ohioans out in the rain, havoc in Indiana, elected officials in Missouri, South Carolina, Ohio and Ohio (two different politicians) being turned away from the polls (do you think many 9-5ers will come back a second time?), minority voters shut out in Pennsylvania, vandalism in New Jersey and Colorado, and – who’d have thunk it –mistakes made by election officials in Florida.
And of course, there’s the fact that “…the expectations for Democrats are so high now that it will be easy enough for the White House…to spin anything less than control of both houses as a loss.” What can we do? Wake up Wednesday morning and refuse to let GOP arachnids spin their web of deceit, challenge the notion that the Democrats’ win was really a loss, and remind anyone who disputes the truth “that Ken Mehlman, Karl Rove, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have all predicted unequivocally that Republicans will hold on to both houses of Congress”.
Even if we win, we lose? Somewhere, Al Gore just had a really, really bad flashback.
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What a day!
I, too, was worried because I had totally lost faith in the American voter (the non voter as well). This result is just terrific. Bye, bye Rummy. Glad to see you go. I hope the interloper is choking on crow.
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