Republican Infighting Begins

Erick Erickson will be joining us to talk about RedState.com's Operation Leper at 3:00.  You can find background information here, here, and here.

 

Remember the woman who was excited about not having to pay for her gas or mortgage because she knew if she helped Obama he would help her?  Well it's a good thing she didn't actually work for the campaign, because they're not being paid.  I'm guessing that lady was a single woman, which ended up being a deciding demographic in the Presidential election, with a 44-point "marriage gap."  There's no gender gap.

 

There's one big reason to be enthusiastic for the future:  conservatives still outnumber liberals according to exit polls.  John McCain and the Republicans just haven't appealed to conservatives in the last eight years.

 

Obama is already looking at who might be in his Cabinet.  He does have quite a few big names on there, including liberal and moderate (not conservative) Republicans.  Maybe he should be considering Chris Matthews for his White House Press Secretary.  He also gets his first intelligence briefing today.  Chances are he's not prepared for what he's going to hear.

 

Obama is trying to lower expectations for what he will be able to accomplish early in his administration.

 

With the election over, we can have more fun with stories like this:  A scientist and former TV personality in Britain has been shut off the BBC for being a skeptic of manmade global warming.  Meanwhile, far-left "green" ballot measures were rejected nationwide.

 

While we're on the topic of global warming, one scientific study says that mushrooms can slow it down.  Actually, I thought that it was mushrooms that caused people to believe in global warming.  Maybe there are just too many of those mushrooms in the northern hemisphere, because hurricane activity is at a 30-year low.

 

Facebook groups are already popping up calling for the impeachment of Barack Obama.  These may be irrelevant, but there were never news stories about the numerous groups wanting the impeachment of President Bush.

 

Businesses are already preparing for what labor unions will do to their companies if the Democrats manage to pass the "card check" legislation.

 

Republican leadership in the House is already starting to turn over.  Number 2 Roy Blunt and number 3 Adam Putnam are already out, but Minority Leader John Boehner is going to seek another term in his leadership position.

 

While very few people (admittedly, myself not included) were paying much attention, there was also a race for the state legislature.  The Democrats picked up a net two seats under the Gold Dome, but that could go away depending on a recount in House District 140.