It Was a Bad Primary Night for the Bipartisan Establishment

[Joanne98]

by John Nichols


Where clear winners and clear losers in Tuesday's primaries -- and, yes, there was a clear trend.
The winners were Democratic insurgents and Republican outsiders -- and, intriguingly, labor unions and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California.

The losers were incumbents and insiders on both sides -- including President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and House Minority Leader John Boehner.

But the biggest loser of all was the notion that the real action this year is on the Republican side of the primary ballot.

In fact, it is all over the ballot. And that offers Democrats, especially progressive Democrats, both causes for concern and roadmaps for the rest of the election cycle. That’s where the trend that matters comes in: 2010 is shaping up as a year when populist anti-Washington sentiment (with a healthy layer of anti-bank and anti-big business messaging) plays well, no matter what party label is on a candidate. That’s something Democrats must understand if they hope to prevail come November.

Let's begin by breaking the races down:


http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/05/19

We need a simple clear message.. BIG BUSINESS IS EVIL

[zipplewrath]

1. I prefer this slogan

Big business does not serve you, except as the main course.

[paparush]

2. Exxxxcelent!

[gels]

4. Time for a bumper sticker! Excellent!!! NT

[Jefferson23]

5. Ha ha, that is perfect! n/t

[Myrina]

3. .... a.k.a. "Where's that change I voted for in 2008" ???

:shrug:

[patrice]

6. I am eagerly anticipating Republicans talking about Tax Cuts for Economic Royalists, so they

can DEIGN to create more service jobs for us and then get more tax write offs for off-shoring those jobs.