Corruption was not a concern for Democrat voters

Alicia Colon:

Most of the post-election editorial analysis lays the blame for the GOP losses on corruption and the war in Iraq. However, an examination of the results in the Northeast, the "blue" states, discloses the flaw in that conclusion.

New Yorkers re-elected Alan Hevesi as state comptroller even though he faces charges of fraud that may end his tenure in office. Andrew Cuomo is the state's new attorney general even though he cannot account for the millions that went missing when he was in charge at HUD and, according to the New York Post, refuses to release his 2005 income tax return. New Jersey voted for Robert Menendez despite accusations of corruption involving millions in federal funding while he was a House member. Corruption charges apparently have an impact only on Republican politicians.

As for the war connection, Senator Lieberman was re-elected in Connecticut even though he lost the Democratic primary because of his pro- Iraq war position, while Senator Chafee lost in Rhode Island even though he voted against the war.

Instead of championing their own candidates' positions, the Democrats tailored all their political ads to associate President Bush with their opponents. The reason, quite possibly, is because the only clear Democrat agenda was getting rid of Mr. Bush. There really is such a thing as the Bush Derangement Syndrome. It has been the driving force behind the Democrats, the mainstream news organizations, and the academic community. They hate him.

If President Clinton had done everything Mr. Bush has done since he's been in office, he would be hailed as a hero and given credit for the booming economy, the low unemployment, and overseeing our nation's security and the liberation of two countries. But Mr. Bush is an evangelical Christian, and while this is the greatest country in the world and we are a good people, I very much doubt that we have a moral majority.

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She has more to say about Democrat morality. There were other corrupt Democrats reelected around the country and many of them will be in empowered by a Democrat majority, and Democrats will quit talking about a culture of corruption now that it is theirs.

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