Election 2010 - Post election thoughts.
That was interesting. Let us start with the local races in my state of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Several disappointments in this state, especially when contrasted to the national backdrop. Despite my somewhat pessimistic prediction regarding this state , I am left amazed that Massachusetts continues to politically operate in a world of it's own. While the US House experienced the greatest surge of partisan politics in 60 years, the well greased Democratic machine of Massachusetts hummed with an eerie predictability. Every single state-wide office went to the Democrats, every US House seat and two of the three ballot measures failed. What happened? Is the message wrong? Are the tea party inspired fiscal conservative out of touch? Is the repudiation of Obama's liberal agenda incorrect? If so, then the entire country is wrong and only Massachusetts is right. Most painful of course was the defeat of Question 3, the opportunity to rollback the sales tax to 3% and se