WHAT IS IT ABOUT CALIFORNIA? – AT 9:10 A.M. ET:   Is California suicidal?  Is there a psychological problem?  Or are there so many adolescent votes in Hollywood that they overwhelm the rest of the state? 

Here is a state that is essentially bankrupt, going down the drain, a wreck, losing industry, losing everything that made it "the golden state," and the people went joyfully to the polls yesterday and elected the same people who drove the knife in.  Jerry Brown, who was governor in the era of Lincoln, is governor again.  In California, the sequel is still big.  Barbara Boxer, whose main issue during her three terms was getting people to call her "senator" rather than "ma'am," was strongly reelected.

California rejected sanity and embraced fantasy.  Soon to be a minor motion picture.

And what is Nancy Pelosi's reaction to all this?  As congresswoman from the San Francisco gulag, she's got a safe seat, although she's no longer speaker.  She issued a statement last night:

"Over the last four years, the Democratic Majority in the House took courageous action on behalf of America's middle class to create jobs and save the country from the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression.

"Our Members and candidates ran remarkable campaigns led by the superb leadership of DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen.

"The outcome of the election does not diminish the work we have done for the American people. We must all strive to find common ground to support the middle class, create jobs, reduce the deficit and move our nation forward."

COMMENT:  She did not congratulate the Republicans.  Incredible. 

There is no word on whether Nancy will remain in the House in a leadership position, simply take her seat and become a private first class, or resign from the body. 

California is no better off today than it was yesterday.  Maybe the Dem majority out there thinks that Congress will save the state if it goes under.  No, my California friends.  Ain't gonna happen.  This isn't a Saturday morning serial.  It's "Titanic."

November 3, 2010