Quick Hits: 11/5/2009

NJ GOV: Libs can try and spin this all they want but Corzine was an Obamanite and he got rolled by five percent by a real Republican in Chris Christie. This State is still deep blue so nobody should start expecting conservative senators or representatives but losing this governorship after millions spent and numerous Obama appeals should be very alarming and if the various democratic reelection groups have to spend any time or money defending the Garden State in 2010 you know the Dems are going to get whitewashed across the country.

VA GOV: Well, that blue surge lasted about three election cycles. Conservatives didn't just win the gov. they swept all statewide ballot positions. It appears the 2008 elections were the anomaly, not a voter shift in Virginia. The surge in Dem voter turnout appears to be solely related to Obama charisma. If that goes, what else is left?

NY 23: It would have been nice if Hoffman had won but lets be honest, he had both the GOP and DNC running ads against him. Besides, the second most conservative candidate won. Owens is way more conservative than Scozzafava could ever dream to be. The makeup of the House didn't really change either as the former Republican representative was a liberal anyway. Next year conservatives get another chance at this seat and a real primary should eliminate all the cross party fighting that occurred this year. The real lesson for party leaders is that the people do not like the party heads picking candidates in smoke filled rooms.

DONALD STERLING: Clippers owner Donald Sterling settled for almost three million dollars to end a lawsuit against him accusing him of deliberately excluding blacks and Hispanics from his rental properties in Koreatown, LA in violation of the Fair Housing Acts. Many people wonder why the NBA owners haven't condemned him for it. Are they delusional? Donald Sterling has figured out a way to lose every year, intentionally antagonize his limited fan base, spend all his time with call girls and still make millions and millions of dollars a year. Owners in every sport admire him and are trying to figure out how he does it.

THE RALLY: Michelle Bachmann's rally on the capitol steps against government run healthcare, planned in only four days or so, was a smashing success. I've heard estimates putting the crowd at 20,000+ and from the reports, quite a few of them wanted to talk to their reps about the upcoming vote. What I wouldn't give to see the faces of these reps having to face constituents in their own offices. The best part? The biggest disruption of the day was when some Code Pink activists were arrested for causing a scene in Sen. Lieberman's office. Liberals just can't quite master the art of peaceful demonstrations.

FORT HOOD, TEXAS: If a military psychiatrist who is Muslim, goes on verbal rampages against the United States, ponders whether we should have a Muslim uprising here, then gets his gun and starts randomly shooting innocent people at an Army base, it is only one of two things; a hate crime or a terrorist act. I don't care which but either way, so long as this guy isn't clinically insane or mentally ill in some way, if he is found guilty he should be lined up against a wall and shot as a traitor for turning on his fellow soldiers like a devious coward.