Arkady's Thoughts

Not too bad on the prediction , eh folks?  I am a bit bummed out that my candidate of choice failed to get my predicted 3%, but Joe Kennedy ran to the best of his abilities and passionately argued for small government.  I applaud him for that and hopefully the 22,000 people who cast their votes will have their voices heard at some point in the future.  So now what? Let's go over the good.  First of all, as discussed previously some liberals are probably on the verge of a mental breakdown.  Always good.  It looks like their prediction for the collapse of the GOP has proven to be a bit premature, as this piece from Time aptly suggests:  Republicans in Distress: Is the Party Over ? So are the Republicans going extinct? And can the death march be stopped? The Washington critiques of the Republican Party as powerless, leaderless and rudderless — the new Donner party — are not very illuminating. Nothing would make Time happier than one party rule....

Tomorrow morning I will get up and cast my vote, I will cast it proudly, but sadly knowing it will once again fall on deaf ears.  I have of course made it no secret that my support goes to the individual that best suits this nation at the current juncture.  To me it never mattered whether my candidate could win because my selection was made based on the issues, not statistical probabilities.  In America looms a great crisis, a crisis of monumental proportions and yet we continue to steadily march to the same beat that brought us here in the first place.  I have done my part at this moment and have attempted to educate and steer those willing to listen, but money speaks and this is the nature of our political process.  So my prediction is as follows. Scott Brown (R): 52% Martha Coakley (D): 45% Joe L. Kennedy (I): 3% This is based on two factors.  Firstly the internal polls are all converging on a momentum rush that will be difficult to stop and Coakle...