The Write Side of My Brain

This has been brewing for a while.  This will be my last post on The Write Side of My Brain for the foreseeable future.

On Tuesday, Virginia made electoral history.  It was a great day of restoration for the Commonwealth that I love.  A turning from the failed policies of the last eight years in Richmond and the last ten months in Washington (not to mention the last two years of the Nancy and Harry show). 

Yes, yes, I know the conventional wisdom is that Tuesday’s vote was in no way a reflection on the President or his radical leftist agenda.  However, as Rush pointed out, Democrats only won in the races where Obama didn’t campaign.  But I digress.

I started this blog almost two years ago.  It was the second or third (maybe even fourth) of such efforts.  This time blogging under my real name and not a pen name.  I wasn’t sure where it would lead, but ultimately it evolved back into being mostly a political blog.  That was not my intent.  Still I was glad to play a small part in Tuesday’s victory.

But I come to a point where life seems too busy, and it’s all my own fault for being overcommitted.  I just finished up a seasonal weekend job on Sunday, and I finish one of two classes I’m taking on Monday.  But it’s Nanowrimo time and rehearsals are well underway for our church Christmas production. 

All that being said, I just don’t like the fact that the blog has become mostly the reposting of other’s ideas.  Not that I don’t agree with what I post, because I certainly do.  But there’s very little of my own original writing there.

So, without belaboring the point, I’m taking a break.  Whether or not it’s a permanent break remains to be seen.  I think it is, but that could change.  At a minimum I’m gone ’til mid December when Nanowrimo and the production are over. 

This will give me some time to think and to regroup.  I’ll still be active on Facebook and other sites I frequent.  Just not here.

” I have things to do. I’ve put this off for far too long. I regret to announce this is the end ! I’m going now. I bid you all a very fond farewell ! Goodbye.”

~ Bilbo Baggins, The Fellowship of the Ring

Photo H/T: Bearing Drift

Blow out
Bearing Drift
The real question now, with the margin of victory as large as it is, will McDonnell have a mandate?

Contests serve as warning to Democrats: It’s not 2008 anymore
The Washington Post
On Tuesday, Virginia moved back in the direction of Republicans, a reminder that the political landscape is far more fluid than it appeared to be a year ago — and a challenge for the White House and the Democrats as they look toward 2010.

Dems, incumbents get wake-up call
Politico
Tuesday night’s trends were emphatically not in Obama’s favor. Among those paying closest attention are dozens of Democrats who won formerly Republican congressional districts in 2006 and 2008 and are up for re-election in 2010.

The Obama magic has faded
The New York Post
And — until it started looking as if they might lose — the Obama people were suggesting that these races would seal their mandate and encourage congressional wafflers to toe the line on health-care reform. Not so much, as it turns out.

Disregard The Talk Of VA Voting Against The President’s Party For Gov.
Virginia Virtucon
Do you see a pattern emerging here? When GOP candidates run on specific issues of importance to people in their every day lives, they not only win, but they win BIG.

AP Calls VA for McDonnell: Women, Washington Post Hardest Hit

H/T Ace of Spaces HQ

And who better to sing it?!