Today's results from Virginia are startling in the extent of the swing towards the Republicans in Va. Clearly, a GOP victory is not a surprise there, but the size of the margin is awesome. Much is being made on cable networks like MSNBC that 56% of voters said in exit polls that their votes were not meant to send a message to Washington. That means that 44% of the vote was intended to instruct Washington, again and extraordinarily large group. Clearly, Democrats in congress from red states like VA need to worry that they may be next to be defeated if they go along with the more radical policies of the Obama Administration.
The results in New Jersey, are even more startling than those in Va. The garden State is about as blue a state as can be, and the incumbent governor (who spent a gadzillion dollars on his campaign) has just been thrown out by the voters. that means that Democrats in even Blue districts need to worry about their re-election in 2010.
My guess is that the Obamacare plan just lost a fair number of votes.
It will be interesting to see just how the legislatures in Va and NJ end up. If there is a strong GOP tide in those bodies, it will be an extra sign that the Dems are in trouble.
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