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Despite the rout — and it is a rout — many conservative bloggers are finding reasons for cautious optimism. So, here’s my short round-up of why things aren’t so bad.

Patrick, with a gracious nod in my direction (thank you!), takes us to Arthur Brooks and Dean Barnett, both of whom see reason for celebration in the votes. Brooks’ point of view is that Democrats won by being dishonest with themselves — that is, they ran as pseudo-Republicans, providing a haven for voters who are mad at real Republicans. Presumably, they can continue to govern as pseudo-Republicans, which is fine as long as they get the conservative job done, or they can reveal their true colors, which will probably seem them ousted. Barnett sees cause for celebration in the fact that bloated, corrupt, weak Republicans will have to reemerge as real Conservatives to win — and that’s a good thing.

Laer points out that, with some significant exceptions, voters, even those who voted in a Democratic Congress, went conservative on state propositions. Michelle Malkin makes the same point — that the GOP, not conservatism, lost. Laer also celebrates the fact that Prop. 87 was Stephen Bing’s $50 million Waterloo. Really, if Bing is so supportive of alternative fuels, why doesn’t he just use his money to fund the research, instead of using his money to get me to spend my money?

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