Reflections on Election 2010<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As a decades long fan of politics, I can't help but watch the interesting turn of events that is our electoral process. Unlike some, I am not entirely\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reflections on Election 2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As a decades long fan of politics, I can't help but watch the interesting turn of events that is our electoral process. Unlike some, I am not entirely\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daffey Thoughts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-11-03T08:42:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dave Griffey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dave Griffey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html\",\"name\":\"Reflections on Election 2010\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-03T08:42:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-11-03T08:42:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#\/schema\/person\/9de3f33a0818ebc53727444b649c82a7\"},\"description\":\"As a decades long fan of politics, I can't help but watch the interesting turn of events that is our electoral process. Unlike some, I am not entirely\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reflections on Election 2010\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/\",\"name\":\"Daffey Thoughts\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#\/schema\/person\/9de3f33a0818ebc53727444b649c82a7\",\"name\":\"Dave Griffey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546cf1ab64797c201cc8ad19185f2e57?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546cf1ab64797c201cc8ad19185f2e57?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dave Griffey\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/author\/dgriffey\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reflections on Election 2010","description":"As a decades long fan of politics, I can't help but watch the interesting turn of events that is our electoral process. Unlike some, I am not entirely","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reflections on Election 2010","og_description":"As a decades long fan of politics, I can't help but watch the interesting turn of events that is our electoral process. Unlike some, I am not entirely","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html","og_site_name":"Daffey Thoughts","article_published_time":"2010-11-03T08:42:00+00:00","author":"Dave Griffey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dave Griffey","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html","name":"Reflections on Election 2010","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-11-03T08:42:00+00:00","dateModified":"2010-11-03T08:42:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#\/schema\/person\/9de3f33a0818ebc53727444b649c82a7"},"description":"As a decades long fan of politics, I can't help but watch the interesting turn of events that is our electoral process. Unlike some, I am not entirely","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reflections on Election 2010"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/","name":"Daffey Thoughts","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#\/schema\/person\/9de3f33a0818ebc53727444b649c82a7","name":"Dave Griffey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546cf1ab64797c201cc8ad19185f2e57?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546cf1ab64797c201cc8ad19185f2e57?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Dave Griffey"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/author\/dgriffey"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2805"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":4374,"date":"2010-11-03T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-11-03T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T08:42:00","slug":"reflections-on-election-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/reflections-on-election-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Election 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

So it\u2019s with some pride of being an American in a country, though flawed, that still has hope for living up to its higher ideals, that I will watch and see what happens. One of the difficulties will be sifting through the source of partisanship that has hamstrung so much of our public life: the media. Whether FOX News, or any other publication, advocacy is more and more the special of the day. In this particular piece<\/a>, we have a story trying desperately to say that the big loser was, in fact, Boehner<\/span> and the Republicans. There is some truth to that. But it won\u2019t be like 1994, when Bill Clinton, with the help of the MSM<\/span>, was able to cast himself as the knight in white armor saving America from Prince Gingrich, and his evil congress. Since the Democrats still hold the Senate, be it ever so marginally, President Obama will not be able to establish a narrative of \u2018me vs. congress.\u2019 To do so, he would have to break down and parse the numbers to exclude the Democrats. Once you begin to do that, to deconstruct the story and have to comment on the individual parts, it becomes very difficult to establish that crucial narrative \u2013 no matter how much help he will get from the media.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019ll have to see. Right now pundits on the Left will be trying to spin it the best way they know how, and pundits on the Right will be trying to make sure expectations are for their designs, putting as many protective barriers around the Republicans in the House as possible. Next stop will be President Obama\u2019s<\/span> reaction.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"