I haven't really paid attention to the results of other elections today--I was much too busy being smug about our victory over the nanny state.
Others, however, have been paying attention. This from Camp Katrina:
In the midst of the MSM's chorus about how two gubernatorial races portend some sort of an upcoming "disaster" for Republicans, the RCP Blog has some interesting statistics for us:
2001 Virginia: Warner (D) 52%, Earley (R) 47%
2005 Virginia: Kaine (D) 52%, Kilgore (R) 46%2001 New Jersey: McGreevey (D) 56%, Schundler (R) 42%
2005 New Jersey: Corzine (D) 53%, Forrester (R) 44%Democrat governors were elected in Virginia and New Jersey by the same percentage of the vote in 2001 and 2005. Bush's approval rating in 2001 was 85 percent. Bush's approval rating today is 38 percent. He couldn't win those races for Republicans in 2001, and wasn't the reason they lost them yesterday. (Emphasis added)
Link: Camp Katrina: "Disaster" for Republicans? Uh, Not Really..
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