Have any of you liberals ever heard of the boy who cried wolf? Why is it that because I disagree with Obama's fiscal policies and health care "reform" (and really, what is being reformed other than who is paying for it?), that I am a racist? Keep it up - keep using the word until it loses all meaning. You people do a disservice to people like Emmett Till and all of the other victims of lynch mobs, just so you can defend the politician of your liking.

Oh, and by the way - I am not "uneducated," as you like to portray people who dare to disagree with Obama. I did four years of college, two years of grad school, four years of med school, five years of residency, and one year of fellowship. But really, what does education have to do with it? After all, I thought that the Democrats stood up for the "working man," you know, the laborers who never went to college. People like my parents. You people are shameless. On one hand you belittle the "uneducated" if they dare disagree with your liberal policies, but on the other, the "uneducated" are re-labelled the "working class" when they agree with you. Nice.

The worst part of it all, however, is that some of you refuse to acknowledge what these election results mean. Like Obama, you simply cannot fathom that some members of this country do not like the direction we are headed in. And no, that doesn't mean that we should head to the far right, either. The truth is this - Obama is far left. He has been out of control with his liberal policies, and that is why we as a people sought to check him. Now, we have gridlock, which is better than becoming a nanny state like France or Greece. What needs to happen next is that the people in the middle, from both parties, start to actually compromise and govern. Because as hard as this may be for some of you to believe, "bipartisanship" means more than simply nodding your head at everything that Obama suggests. The last I checked, Obama was not king. We are free to question him, and we are free to do so without being called a racist or a "tea bagger" (nice use of a pornographic term, by the way). Talk about fear mongering...

most Americans realize that these crazy tea-baggers can protest but they can't govern !!! so people like sharon angle and christine the "witch" o'donnell were destinedto lose !!! rand paul sees himself as a "leader" and he will not "play well" with the GOP establishment !!! it will not be long before he is put into "time out" !!!

I think it would be more accurate to stop calling the Tea "Party" Movement a "Party" and recognize them as a subset of the Republican Party. They were created and supported, much like the "Swiftboat" effort, to con, sway and manipulate public opinion. There are several things that indicate that: who supported them; their identifying with the Republican principals and propaganda; their selection of "puppet" candidates; their aggression against Democrats; their being just Republicans; their subordination to the Republican Party and their eventual melting in. Now I don't think anyone thinks of them as other than Republican but I think we need to also recognize them as a product of Republican planning, again like "Swiftboat", aimed to manipulate and use public opinion. What that means is that in the end they will also be owned and controlled by Special Interests and the influential, powerful and extremely wealthy few who will "pull their strings" as they neglect, take for granted and seek to con the majority.

Why are we treating the "Tea Party" as a party at all? it may have started out as something different, fresh, and good but it ended up as a wing of the Republican Party. the vast majority of candidates were republicans and most had held office as such, or ran previously on the republican ticket. The tea party campaigns were funded by old republican machines (Americans for Prosperity and Fox) and supported by old republican puppet masters (Carl Rove). The day the Tea Party forms a true third party is the day that Carl Rove and Rupert Murdock cuts off their funding and makes them as relevant as the Green Party (a true 3rd party).

P.S. My thanks to the "Tea Party" that the Dems still have control of the senate. In this election any non radical republican with half a brain would have won in a landslide in CT, NV, and DE.

First off, understand what the Tea Party is -- they are not, I repeat NOT, an independent party. They are simply a branch of the Republicans, using Republican endorsements and money to run their campaigns. Nothing wrong with that, but it's no different than the Republican Main Street Partnership (like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olympia Snowe, John McCain) or the Blue Dog Democrats (like Heath Shuler). Would you consider any of those people "independents?' Of course not. The Blue Dogs took the biggest beating this year. So, while 32% is a fairly decent number, it is not a tremendous wave of victory sweeping the nation. You replaced conservatives with ultra conservatives, for the most part.

Now it's time for the Republicans to deal with in-party division and a pathetic, career-politician in Boehner for Speaker. Have fun! I, for one, am glad Pelosi is gone. Never liked her. But Boehner is no better, so we just traded rotten apples for rotten oranges (pun intended).

Keep in mind, also, that this is the same setup that Clinton had 2 years into his first term. The last 4 times this happened, the president got re-elected. And historically, things work out pretty well economically with a Republican House, and a Democratic White House and Senate.

I just hope both sides try to work together a little more now that power is shared to a greater extent.

Hee hee hee! Nice spin! Now refigure the House wins and losses eliminating the Tea Party candidates whom ran in Deep Blue districts and you come up with a very different figure. According to CBS News' own figures, Sarah Palin's batting average on her endorsees was .680.

http://joshuapundit.blogspot.com/2010/11/last-nights-real-winner-sarah-palin.html

My relocation to France became official

Before I continue I need to eliminate a few of the readers that have a list of qualifications needed for a person’s thought to be valid in any way or of interest.

I am a 59 year old, Air Force Veteran, employed, from Florida- with one of the houses no one will ever no doubt buy, still working, white, Southern female, mother, grandmother, surprise also college educated, gun owner, registered Independent and prior to the Clinton second term a Yellow Dog Democrat. I have no idea where Red or Blue Dog came from but I can only assume it is based on the same mind set. So, for all the individuals that have dismissed one or more of these categories as uninformed and below contempt do not bother to read further.

I do not know the difference between what a Liberal or a Conservative hold true as their briefs or standards for which they are willing to support for longer than a comment post or election promise. These seem to change as the stock market dips or rises daily. I do however know you stand up, place your hand over your heart if the American Flag goes by, for our National Anthem and Pledge of Alliance. Where I place my hand during these times, attached with an American flag pin I have worn a Tea bag with the following written on it “My Line in the Sand” 11/02/10. I will trade that now for one that is dated 2012. I do not care if Gays marry, I may find it interesting what heritage an individual is I do not care that he lives next door, I do not care what the political leanings are of the actors in the movie I am watching. But I am an American not a hyphened anything, not any other country I owe an alliance because some person in my family tree or I use to live there. People that come to American to live have a better life available for them if they work, follow the laws and show respect for themselves and others. Be American if you are making this your home not try and recreate the country they or parents came from here isn’t that why you left. If you are a citizen of this country speak the language, learn to read and write English be a part of this country you choose to enjoy it’s liberties. If you hate everyone here and have distain for the laws, traditions, religions, political system go to Iran burn their flag, move to France sign up for their welfare system, go to Canada sign up for free medical care, China try to not speak, read or write Chinese and get a job. I am if you want to give me a name and that makes you feel empowered, a Tea Bagger, Right/Left wing nut, an inbred or whatever will do. But by the grace of whomever I am an American and this country was based on the belief in God and freedom to support “We the People” and I say God bless America. Many left other countries to make up the diverse population (not diverse Country) because this grass was greener and still is. I signed up 34 years ago to fight for our continued way of life, I am a Red White and Blue Dog I guess. This country was (by a very few percent wise) founded so that it’s people had the rights be a part of decisions affecting their way of life, of laws and leaders. I am tired of someone thinking I should or our Leader thinking he should have to apologize for surviving was one of the countries with the most freedoms and opportunities for individuals to accomplish a great way of life, that’s not a bad thing. If it drowns in debt owed to another country to make a few happy for a short while, allows illegal aliens to over burden the systems we have in place to assist our population that is counted and planned for by censes, yes I take it very personal. So get over your point of view that everything is okay as long as everybody can be placated there isn’t enough land to divide up to give each their own little country and get with the program to keep this one country going strong and secure. America, place others wish they could come to a place to vote in and out those that do not show the best interest for America and the Americans. Well, I guess no I’m positive I am one of those American Patriots and PROUD of it!

instead of calling my childrens little spinning toys "TOPS" I think im going to call them liberals lol you guys can try to spin it any way you want, but everyone else knows your dizzy

I think the two party system is on its way out, good riddance! The tea party is mostly just extremists without any workable ideas. I think stronger Libertarian and Green parties would be a good thing--get some of those people into Congress. More ideas, more compromise, less "us vs. them". This is not a time for ideological purity, but a time for everyone to "think outside the box".

Spin libs, spin. When you factor in the all of the state houses that turned and what that will mean in redistricting, the Tea Party victory was huge. I failed to recognize the magnitude of it all until so much of the left media started spewing forth their garbage. Ignore it and drive on. Stay true to our principles and plan the next round. There's plenty more progressive Democrats and Republicans that need to be shown the door.

Lies,damn lies,and statistics. News pundits and politicians are expert purveyors of all forms. They depend on this talent for misdirection to keep enough excitable nitwits in play to obfuscate the issues. Looking for the truth? Follow the money!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSQozWP-rM

Must See for people who really care about this country

I asked yesterday what percentage of Dems won their race. I am still waiting for an answer.

You guys keep saying that they know how to munipulate uneducated people. You educated peoplle are the ignorant ones. You auviously don't know the uneducated. I come from a family of uneducated people, in a town of uneducated people. We are not uneducated we are not BOOK educated. We ARE life educated and street smart. Do you people not relize that it's hard to manipulate and con and book uneducated person because we deal with that on and everyday bases? Have the time we are the munipulator. It's easier to con the book educated person because they havve never had their cherry pop and they are still street nieve. What better pickens.

I tell ya, the news stations must love election years! There ratings go up and there stations get lots of money from political ads. But really nothing NEW or exciting has happend politicaly as of late!

We have seen midterms swing against the sitting party over and over agian..YAWN!

We have seen congress majorities change with "tidal wave" porportians before. YAWN!

We have heard both the Dems and the GOP make promices to change things before. YAWN!

Frankly other than our Presidents skin being coco, nothing is differnt..same ole same ole...FOLKS!

Padding the number of supposed Tea Party candidates makes the percentage of wins smaller. I think some of these so-called Tea Party candidates had rather tenuous ties to the movement. In any case, 32% is still pretty good for a decentralized movement based on ideas rather than handouts.

The real question is: How many liberals lost?