The phone rang early this morning, with one of my ultra-conservative business partners cackling:

=Va. and N.J. sure set Obama back on his heels yesterday.

=Yes, and NY-23 sure set Sarah Palin and her hordes of fan boyz back on their heels yesterday, too.

Silence on the other end.

Fact is, neither of us really knows what to make of yesterday’s elections in terms of future national trends. But one thing is clear: yesterday’s election results were yet another indication that the vast, moderate middle which sways back and forth among the two parties, is in fact in control of the future, post ideological direction of the US.

What the Republikkkans should clearly take from yesterday’s three nationally overly pimped elections is that they win when disguised as moderates and they loooose when baring their Mooose antlers.

This may not be a good omen for the Demotards, who, in any event, can’t seem to win much of anything at all without a lot of foot-shooting by the other team.

Newt Gingrich vindicated? WTF? Gingrich the ideologue rightard warrior who won a fleeting major battle in 1994 only to be quickly destroyed in the ensuing war, actually seems to have a clue. A smart guy, an intellectual in fact, Gingrich has all the personal appeal of, well….a newt, or he would long ago have been a Republikkkan standard bearer nationally instead of a run of the mill Fox News gimp.

But he is absolutely correct on this point: if the Republikkkans as a party keep pulling to the right, they will soon look back with fondness to the heady daze of 2009 where they enjoy the support of a stunning 19% of Amerikkka.

Can you spell "freefall?"

Gingrich is now a voice of moderation in the elephant herd. Amazing.

And so this idea that we’re suddenly going to establish litmus tests, and all across the country, we’re going to purge the party of anybody who doesn’t agree with us 100 percent — that guarantees Obama’s reelection. That guarantees Pelosi is Speaker for life. I mean, I think that is a very destructive model for the Republican Party.
—Newt Gingrich

And wither the Demotards? Exit polls in NJ and Va. confirmed that the turnout of the youth and minority blocs which propelled Obama in these states during 2008 failed to materialize this time for two aging, non-charismatic white dudez named Corzine and Deeds.

Does this really mean anything about Obama, or does it mean that the Demotards need to work on enlisting more candidates who appeal to youthful and minority voters?

Meanwhile, those pesky, angry oldsters, God love the old farts [projection alert] showed up in their usual huge numbers and voted overwhelmingly for the Goopers on the ballot in both NJ and Va.

Does any of this mean anything for 2010? Assuming that the economy is back on track (3rd qtr 2009 GDP +3.5%) and unemployment at least shows signs of falling (not at all assured. donkeytale predicts continued higher than historical unemployment with recovery—primarily as a result of no job-creating "bubbles" this time around), a health care reform bill passed and continued improvement in the stability and realism of US foreign policy, the Demotards should hold onto solid majorities in both houses, with a slight chance of increasing them if the outlook brightens better than expected on the economy/jobs front before the elections.

OTOH, history proves that the party out of power makes congressional gains during the midterms. In the past, the Republikkkans held onto to power by acting pragmatically in their best interests while publicly proclaiming themselves to be whatever it is they needed to be in order to lock down the wacko base. Family values, Bible thumping, shoot ‘em up bang bang, throw the n**gers in the pokie, etc.

Now out of power, the right wing wacko base has rebelled, much like the lefty fringe nut base rebelled on the Demotards during their 40 yr trek through the lost wilderness.

Watch the far fringes for fun and entertainment value, but watch the movement in the middle if you follow da money. If the moderates continue to track rightward in 2010, Obama will face serious lame duck issues during his second term, which as of today, still seems assured unless a dead (white) grrl or a live (white) boy is discovered sleeping in his bed while the old, er I mean, first lady is out of the house.

We very well could end up with a post ideological federal governing apparatus by 2012, or something close to it, much to chagrin of both sets of matching wing nutz.