Burns Strider, Huffington Post: Speaker Pelosi today let it be known she would seek to remain as Leader of the House Democratic Caucus come the new Congress in January. I applaud this decision. Keeping Ms. Pelosi as House Democratic Caucus Leader is the smartest move members of that caucus could make. Her tenacity speaks for itself. It’s a needed commodity to lead in Washington. But, there are also other, core

From the prospect of becoming a regional party that needs to lurch left, to the assertion that what we really need to do is embrace our own ostensible principles and refuse to compromise them — all in the course of two years! Looks like we are all Tea Partiers now!

National Journal: After Tuesday, Democrats, incredibly, hold a majority of the congressional delegation in only three states—Iowa, New Mexico, and Vermont—that don’t directly touch an ocean. Republicans similarly routed Democrats in gubernatorial races across the Midwest and the border states, from Ohio and Tennessee to Wisconsin and Iowa. So Democrats emerge from this week confronting a huge demographic hole: their meager performance among all white voters except women with college

Seriously. Why? I mean, clearly the Republican primary voters of Delaware didn’t want him, and this was their election. So why do so many GOP cheerleaders wish Republican primary voters of Delaware would have been smart and savvy enough to vote for a guy those voters didn’t want representing them, casting their vote instead for a woman they believed would? There is nothing “extreme” about the Tea Party message, and

Mark Levin, posted election night: We will win around 3 score House races (including several long-time liberal Democrats), several Senate races, a slew of governorships, and this will be spun as a loss. We are fighting the Democrats on their dark blue turf, they have become the regional party, several states have returned to their red status (Florida, Virginia, Indiana, among others), and this will be spun as a loss.

Sacrifice. And remember: Obama understands your frustration. And he promises to do better. No, really. **** update: White House denies cost, provides actual cost as “secret”.

I know. Surprise! A new Young America’s Foundation study reveals that the nation’s top ten colleges gave donations almost exclusively to Democrats. Of all the 2010 candidate contribution dollars coming from these schools’ professors and staff, 84% of them went to Democrats. Here is a breakdown of candidate contributions that went to Democrats for each individual school, in order of U.S. News and World Report’s rankings: · Harvard University: 89%

OUTLAW…?

Evidently, one of Obama’s takeaways from last night’s rebuke to his unappetizing political porridge of socialism/liberal fascism/crony-capitalism is that Americans simply long for the “promotion” of a “clean energy economy.” Cap and trade. Back to work, all you little peoples, with your stink of ordinariness and your bitter clingatude. Cloward-Piven won’t rest, and neither should you.

I thought this was a parody when I first read it. I mean, seriously — did this guy not see Gran Torino? Also, some questions: how do I go about getting a job as an “antiracist essayist”? Would such a gig require me to give up my belief in the virtues of a colorblind society? Would I have to pretend to be part of Eminem’s entourage? Do I get to