A look back at Jeff’s prediction from November 12, 2008

Was I right or was I right?

In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday, 59 percent of those questioned think that Democratic control of both the executive and legislative branches will be good for the country, with 38 percent saying that such one-party control will be bad.

First of all, the most striking thing is that I guarantee that nowhere near 59% of the country actually agrees with most of the core ideas of the Democratic Party: what happened last week was more a repudiation of the GOP than a true realignment of the electorate towards the Dems.

This is the same sort of mindset that leads Al Davis, the owner of the Oakland Raiders, to fire the old and hire a new head coach for his football team every year: the idea that if we can just get the old guys out everything is going to be hunky dory.

This is the poll that portends the Democratic losses that will inevitably come in the 2010 mid-term elections: people think miracles can happen if only they can get new people in office.

The truth is that while things will change, two years from now we will likely still be in Iraq, perhaps just getting out of a recession if not still in the throes of such and will still be fighting in Afghanistan.

So enjoy this mandate that you’ve won, Obama, cause it’s not goanna last too long. Not long at all.

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