Some Democrats are nervous after last Tuesday’s election

  The political fallout from Tuesday’s election is continuing.

  As can be seen in this article there are many Democrats who are more than just a little nervous after last Tuesday’s election. While the White House is claiming that these elections were in no way a referendum on Obama’s presidency the election showed a real discontent growing in the American people and Democrats, mainly those in traditionally red states, are worried about voting on controversial White House agenda issues, like healthcare reform.

  So these elections may in fact put a crimp in Obama’s agenda. Many Democrats are already beginning to rethink their positions, they know that the public is angry and ready to pounce. While there is no guarantee that the momentum gained last Tuesday will be carried all the way into the 2010 elections, there are certainly some Democrats who fear that it is possible.

  In my original post on the election I hesitated to call the Virginia and New Jersey victories a repudiation or referendum of Barack Obama but if these Democrats are now rethinking their positions on the issues perhaps it was a referendum on Barack Obama after all.