This piece was carried on my Jacob's Politics Blog.
Yesterday was the crucial Massachusetts election to elect the replacement Senator for the late Edward Kennedy.
It is true that the Republicans ran a good campaign while the Democrats ran one of the worst campaigns ever run by a Senate candidate.
But the difference of almost 5% (52% Republicans - 47% Democrats) in a "safe" Democrat seat was not a result of this.
The result reflected a total rejection of how President Barrack Obama is keeping his campaign promises when he promised "CHANGE".
What has changed in troop deployments? The US forces are still stuck in Iraq. A new front has been opened by sending additional troops to Afghanistan. The "Stop Loss" programme in the US army has not been reformed. Another new front has opened in Yemen. Extra-judicial killings using drones and hit squads has continued. Guantanamo has not been closed. America has experienced another suicide bomber aboard a US plane! The area of attacks has widened.
This is not what the American people voted for when the elected Barrack Obama. He kept claiming he voted against the Iraq War - now we see that was a big lie!
In addition the attacks on the USA has increased BECAUSE of the "collateral damage" inflicted by US forces on innocent lives in different parts of the world.
The bank bail out has benefited Wall Street, and not Main Street.
Barrack Obama is weak on how he tries to negotiate with the Republicans.
With 60 votes in the Senate all his efforts are mired.
Did pResident Bush ever have 60 votes when he hammered the American people with his agenda?
It shows the weakness of the Democrat Party and also President Obama.
The Democrats may cry all they want - but as long as they have such weak leaders in both the House and the Senate, things are goíng nowhere. America will be back in Bush country before long and the Republicans will be talking about the "nuclear option" when the do not even have 50 votes in the Senate!
To give a Democrat Senator a personal sweetener to get him to vote for a Democrat sponsored bill on Health Care reform, really took the cake!
Say bye-bye Democrats - you had your chance and it seems you BLEW IT!
