Note to Staff: Don't Look at My Arse

As a friendly reminder to staff. Don't go checking out the posteriors of your bosses while the press is taking pictures.

Photo: courtesy of Politico.com

Conservatism2.0

OK now what?

I believe that the version of conservatism that we have been used to for the last 14 or so years died last night. I think it is time to reassess what it means to be a conservative and actually act like we mean it.

To start turn off the T.V. read a book, do a sudoku or play with your child like I did tonight, but just stop thinking about the news for a while. There will be plenty of time for that later. This a time we should reflect and ask ourselves what has gone haywire in the last few years to cause the results of 2006 and 2008.

I will not put fourth any new ideas in this post, but I would like to create a dialogue between many who consider themselves conservative and find out what it means to be conservative today.

West Coast Complete

I have been plugging away at more states, but I nearly forgot to post a complete image of the West Coast.

BTW: You can take a peek at West Texas (Green counties in TX go to Wallace in 1968 and Perot in 1992) as well as Oklahoma.

Here they are:

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Again, feel free reference the images, but don't forget to throw me some street cred.

Note: Data available via web and the Election Archives of various Secretaries of State.