I can see November from my house!

A couple of years ago liberals were wetting themselves after Tina Fey did the spoof of Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live”. Indeed it took on a life of its own to the extent that some, eager to deride Governor Palin whenever and however they could, convinced themselves that the quotation was real just as they convinced themselves that Obama was actually going to transform the political scene.

Well, they were almost right. He has transformed many aspects of American life but not for the better and the recent spate of elections show it.

Nevertheless this White House never ceases to amaze me.

How can any sane, rational human being claim yesterday’s election results were not a rebuttal of Obama and his policies and yet that is precisely what happened this morning. The spin doctors tried to claim that the stunning trend was a statement by the voters that they were tired of “Washington as usual”.

So far so good but then they had the chutzpah to try to say that was precisely in line with that which the Anointed One had been doing all along.

Huh?

Then how come Democratic pollster Doug Schoen said that, “The election results are showing a strong “anti-Washington” and “anti-Obama” vote.”With news that Obama-backed Arlen Specter was defeated and tea party favorite Rand Paul won, Schoen suggested that establishment candidates will be under fire this November.

He said that the tea party’s power “can’t be underestimated” and that the GOP should benefit this November because the Democrats control Congress and the White House.

This isn’t new. It first became apparent when “Ted Kennedy’s” seat was taken by Scott Brown and has been echoed by every opinion poll since. Then last night it was rammed home by the ousting of Arlen Specter.

"Remember Popeye, who used to say, 'I am what I am'? I don't think anyone could dress me in different attire. I am what I am," Specter told reporters before the polls closed.

And the voters did just that, they remembered. They remembered a man who knew he could not survive a primary vote as a RINO, Republican In Name Only, when he was bound to be faced by new blood. So he switched parties.

But still those stubborn voters would not relent and they remembered why he made the switch and Specter's gamble that Democrats would embrace him for what he was didn't pay off, as his primary opponent, Rep. Joe Sestak, claimed momentum in the closing days of the race and never looked back.

Governor Edward G. Rendell (D-Pa.), Specter's longtime friend and close political adviser, said after Specter's concession speech that the opponent did not matter, and that the only thing Sestak did right was picking a "great ad" company, a reference to the Sestak consultants who previously worked for Rendell.

Oh Really?

The real truth is somewhat different and the final straw with Republicans came in February 2009 when he voted for Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan, one of three GOP senators to put the legislation over the top. Toomey, whom Specter had narrowly defeated in 2004, soon entered the race for a rematch as Specter's support plummeted among the party's conservative electorate.

Well now he’s gone and it seems likely that another” senatorial wannabe” could soon follow him into the wilderness except this guy never really got started.

Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut attorney general is seeking to replace Senator Chris Dodd and on several occasions has publicly boasted of his past involvement in the Vietnam War in front of veterans across the country.

The only problem is that he never went to Vietnam but signed up for 6 years in the Marine Corps Reserve and every one of those 6 years were spent here in the United States.

Remember how President George W. was castigated and hounded by the liberal media for his Air National Guard service? Now, judge that how you will but he never claimed to be where he wasn’t.

“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam. And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it—Afghanistan or Iraq—we owe our military men and women unconditional support,” Blumenthal is documented as saying.

“Too many have sacrificed too much to have their valor stolen in this way,” said former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, who is seeking the U.S. Senate Republican nomination.

Five months and counting till election day. I think I’ll go to bed early in order to speed it up just as I used to on the eve of my birthday when I was a kid.