Victory has many fathers.

Defeat on the other hand.....Well, this video shows the difference



David Oatney is calling an end to Jimmy Naifeh's reign as "The man" in the Democrat party. I am not so sure. He has been down and expected out before.

Word from the hill was before the election Jimmy was walking around calling Ty Cobb the lock for victory. He was all over the place saying it was a shoe in. Smiling and flexing the political muscle as if he made it all happen.

Election night and the next day was another story. The tune from Naifeh changed to Turner Fu@%$& it up! Turner Fu@%$& it up!

Was the loss Turner's fault or was there some blame shifting going on to protect position?


With the Democrats dropping numbers a reach across the aisle is their only hope to keep power. Most Democrats know this.

Naifeh has been pretty good at making a comeback. Odem stuck the knife in him at the beginning of this year and and became the top dog for a while but then it got out and Odem fell from grace inter party. He still has the title, but where he goes in 2010 is not looking good. His friend list across the isle is all but non existent and its not like he hasn't been given chances. His partisanship has a real nasty personal feel to it. Most Republicans feel his warm cuddly side is a cross between a mad porcupine and a dead blow fish. Naifeh looked to be making a B line back to being the man who would negotiate for power for sure.

While others have the ability, The top two warm cuddles that look to be making a move are Mike Turner and possibly Fincher who has had a rather sudden shift in styles.

Of those two, it looks as if it is Turner who has started to climb into position first. He was working it hard. He turned down a top paying gig as a potential lobbyist, he has been building coalitions and working as an intermediary between the parties. To Turners credit, in that, he has a real gift. While I and many other Republicans disagree with him on about every issue. Most everyone gets along with him. Democrat and Republican. He is the Democrat Reagan talked about. Not evil. He just knows so much that isn't so. Last year he did the dirty work of backing up Odem for the party and he worked on the Cobb campaign long and hard.

All that work puts Naifeh back out in the cold. Or at least the cool. Could the blame shift be to help Naifeh get back to the front burner? Could be. Will it work? Depends on if the blame will stay all on Turner and if Fincher doesn't make a run.