Return of the Conservatives!

Actually, the election victories yesterday were due not only to conservatives, but also in large part to moderates who, like their conservative counterparts, have been repulsed by Obama’s naive foreign policies and his economic disaster at home.

Conservatives make up 40% of the country’s electorate and could not have pulled this off alone.  Moderates make up another 40%.  Liberals come in last, representing the smallest fraction of the country’s voters with 20%.

Now of course, the Democrats and the White House are spinning yesterday’s victories as meaningless, and are trying their best to convince everyone who will listen that yesterday’s elections are not a referendum on Obama and his policies.  In fact, Robert Gibbs, responding to a question, said that President Obama was watching the HBO special on himself (modest much?).  If this is how he truly feels, then why did Obama throw his support to Deeds and visit New Jersey five times to campaign for Corzine?  Perhaps the truth is that the he and the Democrats do care.  And right now, they’re scared.

Now, NY-23 is a huge lesson for the GOP, which clearly mismanaged the election there.  By supporting conservative-in-name-only Dede Scozzafava, and ignoring Doug Hoffman, they failed to to understand their own electorate.  Once Scozzafava dropped out and threw her support to Democrat Bill Owens, she showed her true colors.  Only then did the GOP begin supporting Doug Hoffman, though they failed to mention his name in their ads.  And as Michelle Malkin suggests, conservatives owe Hoffman tremendous thanks.

Going forward, the GOP will learn from their mistakes and realize that the country is terrified by Obama’s policies, and does not want a moderate/liberal conservative.  Good job conservatives in getting their vote out and taking NJ and VA.  We’re back!