It wasn't a message, it was a repudiation

People in California, Delaware and New York? You deserve everything you get. As for Nevada, what can I say except that Sharon Angle was fighting against the machine.

With still more votes to count, we may see more seats changing hands to Republicans. With a 59 seat pick up, this wasn't a message to Obama and the democrats, it was a repudiation of his agenda. Senate races in Alaska and Washington are still too close to call and still may count towards Republican gains.

And the apparatchik bloggers and the left wing media crowd are already spinning this repudiation of the anointed one's agenda as being ready to "compromise", or "reaching across the aisle" and "bipartisanship".

Not quite.

Where was this compromise and reaching across the aisle when the democrats were running things since 2006? They shoved health care down our throats. They passed Cap and Trade in the House. They passed a number of other legislation under the radar and all without compromise or reaching across the aisle.

If there was a message in last night's elections, it was one of no compromise. What's good for the goose...

Obama has two directions he can go, as I see it.

A. ) He can continue to go full steam ahead and fight the Republican led House, in which case he'll try to pin the blame of not compromising on the GOP and try to use it against them during the next election cycle in 2012.

B.) He can move towards the center, as Bill Clinton did. In this case, he'll alienate his far left base even more and dashing all hopes of a second term.

As for those incumbent senators who narrowly won, it certainly sent a message for those who will be up for re-election in 2012. When legislation is passed in the House and moves to the Senate, those senators will be thinking twice before they vote. After witnessing what happened last night, they are not about to rubber stamp Obama's agenda as they did for the last four years, knowing that they may be next for retirement.

What about those democrat senators that vote so close to the Republican line that it's hard to tell what party they are in? My guess is that they will be courted to flip sides. Then there are those two independents. They may caucus with democrats, but, Lieberman is known for voting along Republican lines quite often.

What we need to hope for in this Congressional split is gridlock. In this case, nobody can get things done, thus preventing any of Obama's agenda from getting anywhere. Gridlock is good.

What concerns me at this point are those establishment Republicans who would try to co-opt the fresh faces in the House and the Senate, such as Trent Lott. This cannot be allowed to happen. If it does, then we'll back to where we were that ultimately led to GOP defeat in 2006 when we couldn't tell who the Republicans were.

In closing, I have a message for Karl Rove. Christine O'Donnell may have been defeated, but, if she had not defeated Castle, he would most likely have lost to Coons anyway. What Christine O'Donnell did was galvanize conservatives in Delaware and proved that sticking to those principles can work wonders. Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman lost, because they were willing to compromise and that's not what Americans were wanting when they went to the polls last night.

Et tu, Brute: Karl Rove still ain't gettin' it.

Prior to the Delaware primaries, Karl Rove told Sean Hannity that Christine O'donnell was bad for the GOP and couldn't be guaranteed to win in the general elections and Mike Castle was a shoe in. He further stated that her background was 'sketchy' and had a lot to answer for.

For example, Mr. Rove asks: Why did it take her 12 years to pay off a student loan? Why did the IRS come after her?

News flash, Karl! She is one of millions of Americans that struggle to pay off student loans and you blatantly failed to mention that the IRS admitted they made a mistake. Ergo, she's an average, everyday American that many others can identify with.

Let's not forget that Karl Rove has earned the moniker of "The Architect", but, part of that moniker was that he created the expansion of Medicare and Medicaid, which currently has a stranglehold on the entire country and is bankrupting our economy. He was also the "architect", along with Ted Kennedy, of the failed amnesty bill.

The problem with Mr. Rove is that he is part of the power complex that's currently in power now and it's being threatened with extinction. Needless to say that Mike Castle's voting record says it all and for Mr. Rove to work on his campaign and try to convince the 9/12 Project, as well as Christine O'donnell to drop out of the race and support Castle speaks volumes.

Sour grapes, maybe? I think so and he needs to get over it. His language about her victory is the very thing that pushed her to the finish line. Americans across the country are very angry at the elitist, power hungry politicians that are in there now.

But, he doesn't stop there.

After Christine O'donnell's stunning upset of Mike Castle in Delaware, Mr. Rove bemoans to Hannity:

"I'm for the Republican, but I got to tell you, we were looking at eight to nine seats in the Senate. We are now looking at seven to eight in my opinion. This is not a race we're going to be able to win."

He still ain't gettin' it. He's putting party over principle and that's exactly what Americans are sick and tired of. He further whines:

Hannity: "You may be right in the end, I don't know. We can look into our crystal ball and can say things. I would argue back to you gently that I don't think we can make progress in stopping the Obama agenda with rhino Republicans that, you know are not going to be there when the solid votes are needed."

Rove: "I agree. But we also can't make progress if we have candidates who got serious character problems, who cause ordinary voters who are not philosophically aligned with us to not vote for our candidates out of concern of what they said and what they do."

Character problems? Where was this acrimony when Scott Brown and Joe Miller won in their primaries? Why isn't anything being mentioned about Rangel and his 13 ethics charges, yet still won hands down in his district? Character problems, indeed.

Here's the problem. Karl Rove is a strategist and right now he's feeling the heat from millions of pissed off Americans and he isn't liking it. Americans are sick and tired of being lied to and politicians they elect are not listening to the will of the people. He is part of the Republican party that would rather seize control, conservative principles be damned and this is what Americans across the fruited plane are removing from Washington D.C.

Senator Jim DeMint said it eloquently: "I’d Rather Lose Fighting for the Right Cause"

As Julius Caesar was being murdered by members of the senate, he says to his closest confidant: "Et tu Brute?" What's it going to be, Mr. Rove? Are you going to stand behind Christine O'donnell or are you going to sink the knife into her?