How Bad Was the Election?

The story I keep seeing on the news: Republicans lost two governor's races and all of Schwarzenegger's ballot initiatives lost. Bush's unpopularity is dragging down Republicans in general.

Here's a completely different spin;

Voters in California and Ohio voted down ballot initiatives seen as benefiting the minority party (in California they would have helped Republicans, in Ohio they would have helped Democrats). Ohio, a crucial swing-state, voted down issues two to one issues introduced in the wake of 2004's hard-fought election.

In other news, Democrats kept control of two governor's offices.

Sure looks different when you put it that way, doesn't it? Granted Ohio doesn't have a move star governor, but it is considered a swing state. If the issues had gone the other way I am sure that it would have been reported. After all, it could have affected control of Congress.

The MSM wrote their narrative before the first votes were cast. The election was yet another referendum on Bush so the only things that were reported were events that fit this narrative.