Election Night

They don't show FOX News Channel in Canada - so I was stuck alternating between CNN, CBS, ABC, and NBC. I could only take each of those in small snippets. Luckily I also had to make time for dinner which meant no sound. I checked something out on NBC's online data to pass the time. There were only 4 cities that have professional sports teams of the NFL, MLB, NBA, or NHL teams that voted for McCain: Phoenix (home state excuse), Cincinnati, Jacksonville (Military Presence), and Oklahoma City (1st full season as a real home city). Too many times when I hovered over the county of the city with a pro sports team I saw drastic spreads - 70 to 30 or greater in favor Obama. That scares me as a conservative thinker - it takes a ton of non-urban counties to overcome that handicap. Additionally, with Chris Shays losing, there are ZERO Republican reps from the 6 New England States in the House. There are more Socialist Party Members representing New England States (Bernie Sanders - VT) than Republicans. Ouch. Only 3 from New York - out of 28! Conservatives are toast until they can figure out a way to be competitive in urban areas. Hopefully the pending tax increase that will start below the promised $250K income threshold will provide an opening.