Yuck
Now I remember why I hate elections.
The gay marriage defeat in Maine casts a pall over everything. I’ve been counting on the states to pass gay marriage and create critical mass — i.e., reach a point where it’s legal in so many states that the others will have to throw up their hands rather than refusing to recognize marriages from other states, at which point it becomes legal nationally. I still think this will happen. All I can do is agree with Jesse Ventura: civil rights issues should never be put to the voters.
Bloomberg: I should be happy. My candidate won, a rare enough experience for me. But it’s a victory no one can really be happy with: every penny of Bloomberg’s $100 million overkill campaign turned out to be necessary, despite a weak opponent with no central message. The anti-Bloomberg arguments got to me all day yesterday, the police tactics and the homeless, etc., as well as the people pointing out that even LaGuardia’s third term was lousy (not to mention Koch).
You know who feels like an idiot today? Anthony Weiner. If Thompson could hold Bloomberg to three points, what could an aggressive, focused opponent have done?
Yes, the NJ and VA governorships were decided on issues specific to those states and the candidates. Corzine was utterly unlovable and no one’s idea of a shining executive. But Chris Christie, what an oaf! Oh well, it’s Jersey. At least the Democrats picked up a House seat in upstate New York.
What he said.
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