Just watched replay of CNN contributors talking about last night's results.

[Dawgs]

They were all (including Begala) acting like the tea party movement got a big win last night against Obama.

http://us.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/18/analysis.tuesday.races/index.html?hpt=T1

Do you guys agree, because it seems like the turnout for the democratic race(one that no one talked about), greatly outnumbered the highly popular republican race?

Democratic turnout was 60 percent higher!

And, what does the Rand Paul win have to do with Obama?

BTW, the Democrats won the ONE race that actually mattered (PA - John Murtha's old seat) by a greater margin that was expected.

I say it was a great night for Democrats - regardless of what these blow hards think.

[Lint Head]

1. The tea BAGGERS are constantly getting more promotion

from the news orgs than they deserve while thousands protesting against the wars get nada.

[rpannier]

2. But what you don't understand is...

Everything is bad for the Democrats and Obama

The Republicans could lose every House seat except one and the discussion would go something like this:

Huge night for the Republikkans. Because they only have one House seat their message will be crisp and very disciplined.
While the Democrats may have their super-duper majority, there will, no doubt, be many competing messages that will be prevent them from accomplishing anything meaningful because there will be constant infighting
Truly a bad evening for Obama

I'm amazed at how disappointing a night it was for the Democrats. Obama's presence clearly weighed on the voters minds and cost the Democrats that one seat that's been held by the republikkans since the Party was formed).
Obama was a major drag on the Party tonight.

[hlthe2b]

7. Hell, McCain/Palin are rallying for a comeback & Obama's slipping...

Doncha knnow? :eyes:


These pundits are beyond clueless, beyond worthless.

[spanone]

3. the teashitters are the shiny new object for the media

[LeftinOH]

4. TEA PARTY SWEEPS ENTIRE NATION! OBAMA RESIGNS! RAND PAUL TAKES PRESIDENTIAL OATH!

..That's what I got from watching CNN, anyway.

[WeDidIt]

5. The pundits are in a worse bubble than Bush was.

They have no fucking clue what happens outside the beltway, so they create a narrative and stick with it until it's obvious to fucking first graders the ignorant fucks have no clue what the fuck they are talking about.

[gratuitous]

9. And then

When all their prognostications turn out 100% wrong, they act as if everyone knew all along that the Tea Baggers were just the rump minority of a minority party, and no Serious Commentator ever thought otherwise.

[rurallib]

6. I heard about 6 times yesterday that Burns would win Murtha's seat

this on various radio shows.
I was seriously surprised by a Dem win and a big Dem win at that.

[theophilus]

8. I think left leaning pundits should play up the tea baggers. I also believe they are on

the way out. They are a spent force, yet a force that can still mess up the GOP in November. The corporate media supports them because they think they are a draw for viewers or because they oppose Democrats. Fine, let Begala and Carville, et al, put on a show and quake in their boots. This will lull the freepers and anger the Dem base. November is gonna be O.K. for the Dems. We might actually see some gains. Who'd a thunk it? My opinion, of course.