Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland conceded the governorship with a little something from an American legend. Reading he invoked Woodie Guthrie:

"I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim or too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you on account of your bad luck or hard traveling. I am out to fight those songs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood. I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work."

AFTER TALKING ABOUT ALL THE STATE HOUSES LOSES AND THE ABSOLUTELY HISTORIC TURNS IN STATE LEGISLATURES NATIONWIDE

SOMEONE JUST SAID THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE NOT SHOWN THE CONTEMPT THEY DID FOR DEAN AND FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH HIS 50 STATE PLAN.

Y'THINK?

If only Dean hadn't tried to be a hard ass with Florida and lay down the law.

If only Hillary had been our nominee.

If only obama would have listened once he won.

If only the liberal wing of our party wasn't obsessed with the idea that normal people love everything that liberals stand for if only normal people weren't confused about the record.

America doesn't want what Obama and dailykos are selling.  We can either keep sending them candidates who will want to have teachable moments or we can listen and give them what they actually do want.

That involves trusting that what America wants is actually just and good enough to replace what Pelosi wants or Obama wants or Kos wants.

Sometimes there will be things like welfare reform under Clinton that America wants and many of the party activists may not want.  But if you listen to what they want they remember you.

In 2016 Bill Clinton will be a much bigger draw than Obama or Carter.  Clinton listened.  He has a legacy that you have to go back to JFK to surpass as a Democrat.

Clinton tried to get Meeks to drop out of the Florida race.  We may have kept the next Bush out of political life.  But no Meeks and Obama didn't listen.  They wanted to have a teachable moment.

If only this wasn't going to happen again.

If Rubio is president in 2012 or 2016 you can add another notch in the liberal party wrecking machine's belt.

If only the dailykos machine would take some credit for how they have ruined our party.

All the fiscal discipline reputation that Bill Clinton built up for our party after 20 years of us being seen as tax and spend has been destroyed in 2 years...

This was all obvious in the primaries.  I posted about it in the primaries.  Obama doesn't have 10% the skill, knowledge and wisdom of the Clinton clan.

If only the liberal wing of our party didn't drink the kool aid then.  If only they weren't drinking it 2 weeks ago we may have had Crist instead of Rubio.  If only they weren't drinking it last night when Pelosi claimed we would hold the house.

If only they would stop drinking it now....

If only.

and Russ can run for his Senate seat. There might be buyer's remorse regarding Johnson by that time.

Its symbolism could very well push Obama and perhaps the Senate into the concession mode that affected Clinton's presidency.

Can somoene explain why Russ lost ? I understand a younger senator without enough of a track record losing to an anti white house wave. Was it just one issue - Healthcare - which he supported that undid all the work he did for fiscal responsibility (The Iraq war, TARP bailouts)? Looking at the comments in Wisconsin papers, I saw very little specific that tea partiers and nominal democrats had against him other than that he was liberal and he voted for the healthcare bill. And he definitely did not get traction for trying to save the country money on the idiotic Iraq war. I find it funny that if you say anything is defense related, even if it is wasteful expenditure, these tea party idiots have no objections to the waste. Shouldn't Russ have gotten a pass from those democrats on the healthcare issue? Surely, they should have known him as someone with integrity. As far as far left, how is he far left? He is mainstream liberal in many areas. Should we call republicans socialist because they supported medicare vote during Bush's presidency?

Russ didn't hold out on any votes. So what is this bullshit about purists being too demanding of Obama? Name a few Feingold stances  that was too demanding of ideology that alienated voters?

now we have a good 2012 candidate for a primary challenge for Nobama.

I put out a diary a few weeks ago about the Feingold campaign mess. Was he out of touch with his constituents that this wave took him by surprise? Living in GA, I am very familiar with the tea party movement and this anger is not suddden. It has been building since last year, even the non racist component of it. It started off with a lot of kooks and racists, but their message has been getting a lot of traction among the ordinary folk who do not follow politics like we do. Didn't Feingold have staff members who get feedback and warn him that he needs to be more public about his GENUINE disagreements with the white house(not just the throwing Obama and Pelosi under the bus ads we have seen from the Blue Dog types). He could have come across as an honest dissenter of policies without being an obstructionist or someoone just thorwing the President under the bus.

The  big mistake is the Democratic party(including the liberal wing) didn't put up more emphasis in thier public speeches about curbing expenditures(like Hailliburton handouts or big corp subsidies). Just like Republicans made big shows abou Acorn, Democrats should have repeatedly highlighted agents of government waste too. Instead all they do is harp about taxes not being high enough for the rich. Sure, let that beyour stance, but don't make yourself the face of such a stance. It hasn't proven to work positive results in American politics.  When dealing with deficit talk, Democrats reflexively talk about raising taxes(at least they added a qualifier "for the rich" in this election cycle). A person who doesnt follow politics closely hears Democrats talking about raising taxes and Republicans wanting to reduce spending. No wonder myths that Obama must have raised taxes for small business stuck and people like Feingold who fell in the trap of wasting too much time fighting a losing battle supporting more taxes for the rich get lumped in with a caricatured "likes to rais eyour taxes' meme.

I heard there was talk that Russ would run against Obama in a primary and than Feingold ruled it out.

Someone needs to primary the president as a matter of principles a la 1968 if nothing gets done in the first half of the next congressional session.

I will not accept another Bill Clinton.  I will not lay down in front of the bus and accept more "free" trade or signing away minority rights in the name of political expediency. 

Obama has done nothing wrong and done nothing at all :))