What are GOP legislators smoking?

Yesterday's Republic quotes several top Republican legislators as saying Gov. Napolitano's 63%-35% victory doesn't constitute a mandate for for her policies.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1119nomandate1119.html

"Napolitano's 27 percentage point win over Republican Len Munsil doesn't amount to a mandate for her own wish-list that includes expanding health care programs, because she ran on Republican priorities such as cutting taxes, improving the state's fiscal health and enhancing border security, Senate Majority Leader-elect Thayer Verschoor said.

"Vershoor and fellow skeptic Jim Weiers must be forgetting about the loss of seven Republican legislative seats in this month's election as well. With Amanda Aguirre's victory in Yuma and Charlene Pesquiera's win in north Tucson, Democrats gained a Senate seat and now trail the GOP by a 17-13 margin in the upper chamber. When one considers RINOs Carolyn Allen and Tom O'Halleran, the Governor has at least 15 Senators who will side with her on key votes.

In the House, Democrats picked up six seats, far exceeding any pre-election predictions, narrowing their deficit from 39-21 to 33-27. Again, a handful of Republicans will join Democrats on key votes to make it impossible for Republicans to move their divisive and confrontational agenda.

That may be too bad. At least one Democratic consultant heavily involved in this year's campaign is already salivating over the idea of beating up on this clueless bunch again in 2008 if they try to run on an anti-Janet platform.