We remain a very divided nation

I wish I could drag one of those interactive map to this blog; let's see if this works....

http://www.foxnews.com/interactive/politics/election-map-2010/#race=racesInPlay&pres=false&tab=house&state=us-house

Nah.  The map is essentially red. Those parts that are blue are Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of the "far left" coast, as well as rust belt urban and native American reservations. That part of America that actually works for a living voted "for change." That is, against Obama.

Those parts that didn't have an uncanny ability to suspend reality. Let's look at a few Massachusetts races .... Barney Frank beat Sean Bielat. Barney Frank is going back to Washington for the 16th time ... 30 years of theft under his belt and another 2 to come. Frank will lose his chair on the Finance committee -- and as a consequence, some of his oratory platform. But he is a liar: there is so much tape from his statements in the early 2000's that conflict directly with what he said in the last two years. Not the least of which are his statements that Fannie and Freddy were sound and should continue their lending practices ... repeated in 2005-2006.  Now, "Fanny and Freddy suffered from Bush's policies, but they should continue to promote "affordable" housing." Huh? Is that saying, ok so they are broken, but let's continue anyway? Frank is perhaps the lead architect of the financial crisis, yet he continues to sail along changing his story every 20 minutes. Only in Massachusetts or the urban California could this idiot continue to be elected.

Another Massachusetts race: John Tierney. His wife just plead guilty for $7 million in money laundering related to campaign finance. Supposedly, Tierney knew nothing. Right. And he was just re-elected.  All this just happened - this is not long-ago history.

Suzanne Bump -- is a tax cheat. Yet, she just got elected State Auditor.  She claims that she inadvertently claimed two primary residences on her taxes ... because Massachusetts treats your secondary residence rather unfairly (it socks it to the owner). Bump furthermore ran on her managerial skills ... her experience consists of working for a trade association, as a state legislator and in the Executive Office of Labor. Her competitor is actually a practicing CPA and ran the audit department for the Masspike.   No matter, Bump got elected.

Cadillac Deval managed to achieve almost nothing in his first term, despite the Dems having despotic control of both Mass Houses. No new cops. No local aid. Higher taxes. Higher health care cost -- all primary and failed first campaign promises. Couple that with a refusal to enforce immigration laws, a desire to appoint friends to patronage posts (one of which was open for a decade before he saw the urgent need to appoint the $160K a year post), give credit cards to welfare recipients that are also valid for liquor purchases, slots and dog track gambling. Huh? Support card check? Boycott Arizona? Also cars to illegals, phones to welfare recipients, Aunty Zaituni in Dorchester, more redecoration ....  Not to be believed.

And this is the paradigm, for Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, too. Rhode Island has long made Massachusetts look good ... Democrat corruption there is simply breath-taking, even the locals joke about it ... but continue to vote the bums in: The Dems have figured out that if they steal enough to hand out to their supporters, all will be forgiven.

The GOP / Tea Party scored incredible gains across the nation in a repudiation of Obama and the Democrat's policies ... this is a NATIONAL thing. Except for some idiots living in cocoons of non-reality in Berkeley, Cambridge, NYC, Newton, Cleveland and LA. The GOP even scored wins in Michigan ....