The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

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The spin has already started and it is enjoyable to watch. Coakley was indeed a horrible candidate. No doubt. Regardless, Brown made it very clear that electing him meant a vote against the health care legislation. And to win running with that as a major point in your campaign and to win in perhaps the most left leaning state in the union speaks mightily as to what the public in general thinks about the health care legislation.

Of course that is not all of it. The dems find themselves in the same position that the Republicans did with Bush. Conservatives couldn't stand how Bush and the republicans were playing to the center so they lost a lot of their base and still were unable to secure the center they wanted. Obama and the dems are trying to secure the center, which they are losing, and are losing their base as well.