Elections in what are generally considered off years, where there are few or no major national or even statewide contests, are usually rather nondescript. So it is no surprise that yesterday's vote garnered no huge changes in political power.
Locally, Dave Bing won what we all truly hope will be the last Detroit's mayoral election for four years, and while former TV personality Charles Pugh is lined up to become President of the City's Common Council we cannot see any significant difference in city politics. Detroit is still in deep trouble with hard questions requiring hard answers still lurking. Time will matter more than this election in where Detroit lands.
Perhaps the greatest result from the polling was in Virginia and New Jersey, where Republicans won governorships. This may be a bad sign for the Obama Administration, especially as he campaigned heavily for the Democratic incumbent governor there, visiting the State five times yet losing it for his party. Is this a precursor to a 2010 backlash against the big winners of 2008?
Maybe so, maybe no; again, only time can tell us that. It would not be unusual for the party in power to suffer a setback of some sort in the bi-elections. In fact, such a thing is typical. But it is heartening to see what one can only hope is a glimpse of a more positive future for conservative and Republican candidates. No doubt Mr. Obama and his allies are reading this morning's political analysts closely.
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