2012 Was The Year Of The Woman

Women made up 53% of the electorate this year and Republicans failed spectacularly, again, at basic math.  My guess is that they'll keep on failing, choosing to focus on Hispanics while ignoring that Hispanic women are part of that whopping 53%.  So are African American women and Asian women - which means that women are the biggest voter demographic Republicans need to win an election. Republicans are frighteningly out of touch with women who handed the election to President Obama.  They refused to accept, and even mocked - I'm looking at you, Joe Scarborough - that women's reproductive rights were a serious economic concern.  They dismissed rape in the way one dismisses a hangnail.  And they lost.  Big time.

More good news – Rove injured the golden goose, and killed his reputation

Ignoring the ground game in favor of burning $390 million on TV ads may not have exhausted the resources of wingnut fat cats, but it has ruined the reputation of alleged genius, Karl Rove.
"The billionaire donors I hear are livid," one Republican operative told The Huffington Post. "There is some holy hell to pay. Karl Rove has a lot of explaining to do … I don't know how you tell your donors that we spent $390 million and got nothing."

The President gives his emotional heartfelt thanks to his staff

Before heading back to the White House on Wednesday, President Obama made a stop at campaign headquarters in Chicago to address his campaign staff after Tuesday night's big victory. The president teared up as he expressed his gratitude for their support and dedication to the reelection effort. This is a powerful video. Made me tear up.

Unbelievable. They really did believe their own bullshit.

At around 6:30 p.m., as I was driving down to the Queen in Wilmington to meet my fellow DL and Democratic compatriots to watch the results and hopefully celebrate our victory, I was listening to MSNBC on XM, and one of their reporters embedded with the Romney campaign said that Mr. Romney had only prepared one speech for the night, a victory speech, while President Obama had prepared both a victory and a concession speech. Now, when I heard that, I thought it was pure puffery on the part of the Romney campaign, yet another attempt to project strength and momentum in line with what they had done the entire campaign. Of course Mitt Romney, a prudent businessman, would prepare for any eventuality, and that meant that he and his family and his running mate and his running mate's family, and of course his campaign... all of them... would be prepared for any eventuality. And that means preparing two speeches and being emotionally prepared for a result one way or the other. But, as we learn from this stunning CBSNews article, that was not the case. They really believed their own bullshit.

His ass good and truly kicked, Sigler strikes a belligerent tone for the party faithful

GOPers get such boners for the tough talk, that this kind of thing could very well keep him out of hot water with the loons.
There can be no doubt that, compared to 2 years ago, the Delaware Republican Party is focused, unified, and committed to serving as an active opposition party, raising the red flag and sounding the alarm each time there is an attempt to tax, borrow, and spend away Delaware's future. We are placing Governor Jack Markell and the Democrats in the legislature on notice, "You are being watched and the Republican Party will ensure that you are held accountable by the press and the people of Delaware."
What a joke.

I agree with wingnuts on this: Romney wasn’t conservative enough

"Conservative leaders are steaming that Republicans failed to make President Obama a one-term president and are criticizing Mitt Romney for not pursuing a conservative enough agenda in the presidential race." ...also, Romney didn't talk about outlawing abortion enough, or scoff at climate change with enough Romanesque brio.

The Dem’s Agenda 22

1) Allow all the Bush tax cuts to expire. 2) Reinstate the middle class tax cuts separately as the "Obama tax cuts" 3) If blocked by GOP house, vote them out in 2014. 4) If not blocked by GOP house members, vote them out in 2014 anyway.

Thursday Open Thread [11.8.12]

I do kinda feel sorry for Mitt Romney, for you see I am a liberal and we liberals feel human emotions like sympathy. But this description from the Washington Post seemed sad, and I don't know why.
Late Wednesday afternoon, as sleet fell in Boston's North End, Romney visited his campaign headquarters for one final staff meeting. He thanked his aides and said goodbye. His Secret Service detail gone -- and with it his code name, Javelin, after a car once made by his father's company -- Romney was spotted driving off in the backseat of his son Tagg's car. His wife, Ann, was riding shotgun.