Democrats/progressives KICKED ASS in New England!

[BolivarianHero]

Consider:

New Hampshire was never solidly blue. It's going blue over time, which would not surprise me, but there will be some regressions, much as there was when Vermont went from being a libertarian Republican state to a very progressive state, it will take time and it won't be a linear process.

Maine only went :puke: for governor because a weak Democratic candidate split the prgoressive vote and allowed a :puke: to win. Dems still swept the two Congressional seats, A Democrat and a liberal indepndent candidate combined for about 62% of the gubernatorial vote, and the two :puke: Senators are popular moderates in seats that the GOPissants will not hold those seats when they retire.

The :puke:s were slaughtered in VT, RI, MA, and CT.

Progressive independent and ex-Republican Lincoln Chafee beat a DINO and a :puke: (that one nearly ended up like Maine though thanks to DINO traitors). For the first time since I've started following U.S. politics, I no longer have to point and laugh at Rhode Island's govenor.

[HughMoran]

1. We were decimated in NH

I do appreciate the rest of NE, but the Chamber's money really kicked our ass here. 24/7 attack ads - it was awful. We need to destroy the Chamber.

[BolivarianHero]

2. Is that what happened?

I'm very confused though. Both the Libertarian Party and the Chamber of Commerce consists of radical tax-cut anti-government capitalists, and yet one supports ending the War on Drugs and the other wants small-scale marijuana distributors to rot in jail for 20 years.

Anyways, NH Democrats aren't particularly anti-business, are they?

[HughMoran]

4. NH Democrats are pro-small business as that's what makes up the majority of NH businesses

The Chamber has proven that they are anti-small business (HCR, outsourcing), yet they continue to resonate with many of the ignorant moron small business owners - at least here in my conservative area of so. NH.

[jpak]

3. LePage and the GOP majority Maine legislature will be a disaster. They cannot fulfill their promises

without destroying the state's educational system and raising property taxes.

If they cut state education spending - that burden will be shifted to thbe towns.

To maintain school funding, the towns will either have to raise property taxes or fire teachers.

There is no way anyone can or will raise property taxes during a severe recession.

Furthermore - there will be no help to struggling states from the GOP Congress.

So

We will see massive teacher and state worker layoffs.

If the teabaggers keep their promise - and throw stae aid recipients out in the streets, during a recession, them...

:shrug:

[Ian David]

5. Zero percent of the candidates endorsed by Scott Brown won.

That's $9,000 in political donations he wasted.

[BolivarianHero]

6. Don't think he's sweating the $9,000.

That's like me spending $12 on a used video game.