After one party loses two elections in a row, there's sort of blood in the water.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.
There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water.
The political parties have lost their loyalties.
A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.
The party has to be rebuilt on all levels. In a way, maybe it's to be expected when you've had a governor in office for 12 years and he and his people are stepping down.
Politics is a blood sport.
I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.
The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.
An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.