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Some bits of post election analysis from Blogs

I have been gleaning/ watching a lot of election analysis since yesterday - and have some interesting bits to report. To start with the blogging world, GreatBong is bang on target when he says: 
...but the Mandir issue is just too 90s, like the Spice Girls, to have any further resonance

A lot of people I know ... dislike the Congress for their pandering and for their neglect of the urban middle class. They are aware of the Congress’s dismal record on urban violence. They are attracted to the BJP’s more solid commitment to policies (as opposed to handouts) of relevance to urban India, at least in comparison to the Congress.

The only thing that prevents them from putting their stamp on the lotus has been the radical hard Right section of the party. Vajpayee, with his demeanor as a statesman and a moderate, was a master at bringing this section over to the BJP.

L K Advani in contrast totally dropped the ball and pushed these “undecided but Right leaning” right into the Congress lap. 
Truly so, I have had more than one colleague telling me that they are if not pro-BJP, definitely anti-Congress but Advani is not the one whom they's support for PM'ship. 

Rajesh Jain a "friend of BJP" has also put forward a nice analysis for BJP:
Every crisis presents an opportunity - and that is how the BJP must look at the national vote. Even though it may have only have lost a small number of seats and not lost much voteshare on a national basis, the results are way below what the expectations were. And as such, it requires a rethink at multiple levels to rebuild the party and regain the confidence of the nation.
BJP now will have to rebuild itself ... create a presence in the four key states of West Bengal, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu — and this will require a multi-year plan. It will need to work hard in Uttar Pradesh to regain its pre-eminence. It may have to think of going it alone in many states so as to build a deeper presence. 
I am dissapointed that there are no thoughts from the IndianEconomyBlog and IndiaUncut
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