We're not exactly Cubs fans.

Gail-Tzipporah makes the following point:

... [I]f Charlie Sheen were running at this point, he would probably get some votes as well... Either way, Obama has already won. He has broken certain barriers and now sits on the holy order of sainthood.

It does signal a chance in the electorate's mood. Republicans are getting exasperated with voters, a sorry bunch of fools who are anointing a leftist naif as "The One" to lead the free world at the worst possible time. (I'm not saying Gail-T is as angry as many of her Republican peers, as I wouldn't presume to know that.)

The funny thing is that many diehard Republicans are now sounding like Dems have sounded for years, "blaming the voter." David Frum here notes how Dems have historically blamed the voter for bad taste rather than blaming their candidates or their policies. He hasn't yet recognized that we have now done a 180.

It reminds me of how many diehard college football fans in "hotspots" like Happy Valley or Lincoln used to mock USC fans for leaving games early or for booing their team. That happened during USC's bad times in the '80s and '90s. "Typical LA weenies," they said. "Where's their loyalty?"

Then USC became strong again, and the other teams fortunes' began to suffer. Yes, the fans in those supposed strongholds began booing and leaving early.

In the same way, Republicans are now booing the American population, and heading for the exits.

And it will get worse in coming years, as the civil war between the religious right and the small-government libertarians begins to escalate.

And I say this, as I always love to point out, as a registered Republican. A "Maverick" Republican.