The Mid-Terms Results Thread [W:517]

[Hamster Buddha]

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Clearly, as a Canadian, I don't have any say in the matter, but personally I think McConnell will be a fine Majority Leader. Unlike Harry Reid, McConnell does actually attempt to get agreement on matters and get things done and he is far more likely to pick off some Democrat support, particularly after what happened yesterday, and he's likely to get some forward movement on policy that the country sorely needs.

Making someone like Cruz Majority Leader would be like winning the Powerball lottery and flushing your ticket down the toilet. Cruz needs to be marginalized and made even more irrelevant than he already is. He's only "known" because the MSM likes to parade Republican imbeciles before the cameras to push their liberal agenda.

I disagree with your McConnell assessment. I can't stand Harry Reid but McConnell is the idiot on the flip side of the same coin. He's just terrible.



This I can agree with. Cruz is inflammatory and the GOP has enough of that in the House. If within their control of the House and the Senate... the Senate starts acting as inflammatory as the House as Cruz is wont to do... I think it'd blow up in the GOP's faces come the general election.

Mitch isn't going to leave, he won his re-election soundly so it's not like anyone's going to oppose him for the majority chair. I will say this though, on the flip side, if Cruz was running the Senate, and Obama AND him could find common ground, it mean a lot more with chances of passing if McConnell and Obama came up with something.

 

[poweRob]

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I just wanted to add that one of the very best results last evening was watching Charlie Crist go down in flames. There is no greater example of a slime-bucket POS worm of a politician than Charlie Crist and although it may seem hateful, I hope the slug slithers under a rock and disappears for good.

His opponent is not a very good guy either.

Rick Scott's Role in Largest Medicare Ripoff in History: Miami Herald Probe

Dude is a huge PoS who should be in jail rather than in the governor's mansion.

 

[CanadaJohn]

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His opponent is not a very good guy either.

Rick Scott's Role in Largest Medicare Ripoff in History: Miami Herald Probe

Dude is a huge PoS who should be in jail rather than in the governor's mansion.

I don't disagree, but Crist has been on the scene longer and I wanted a stake to the heart of that vampire once and for all - the good people of Florida can deal with Scott in four years, if they choose.

 

[polgara]

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Yep, and somehow Lil Debbie did too.

I didn't hear that, either! This morning has been one of the most interesting that I've spent in a long while, thanks to DP, which gives me the opportunity to read posts from all over! Nice!

I've got to get over to my granddaughter's house and resume painting an unending parade of window panes and sills! I'm beginning to fully understand how you felt with a mountain of dirt that had to be moved! Back later when it starts to get dark outside, which comes far too early for my liking, BTW!

 

[Perotista]

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You called NH right, although it was very close, and very back and forth. They called the race too early. I knew what towns/counties were still out when they called it, but the thought process here is "How Manchester goes, so goes New Hampshire". They ended up waking back the race call for a few hours, but late last night, Brown conceded. I was at his event last night. We got home at 2 am. It was a well fought race for Brown. Manchester is just a big Democratic stronghold, and she got what she needed there (as well as in Concord and Portsmouth). Props to you for never caving in, as I did, to the polls which really showed Brown having a 50% chance of winning.

NH I felt fairly safe going with Shaheen, it was North Carolina where I had my qualms. Alaska is still out and that is another state I had/have qualms on. Alaska is very hard to poll as seen in polls where one day Begich was up by 8 and the next Sullivan by 8. Few people and a lot of territory.

Virginia was the biggest surprise, it wasn't even on my radar screen. It looks like Warner will pull it out, but wow. Very unexpected.

 

[poweRob]

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I don't disagree, but Crist has been on the scene longer and I wanted a stake to the heart of that vampire once and for all - the good people of Florida can deal with Scott in four years, if they choose.

Crist annoyed me in being a convenient party flopper because he was addicted to political power. That was the gist of the beef I had with him. I just can't believe an obvious crook like Scott can get elected ESPECIALLY in the retirementville state of Florida after what he did to medicare.

 

[Phys251]

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I would just like to remind our Republican voters...

 

[Conservative]

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So true.

I've been in Colorado for almost 25 years now and I've seen the changes. I keep telling myself it's time to move to Texas. The only reason I haven't is because I love the mountains. One of these years the Gulf Coast beaches are going to win out over the Rockies.

You are certainly made to feel welcome here as was I when I moved here in 92. It is a great state even though some California transplants wanted to convert it to a blue state That was blown away last night. Texans get it, personal responsibility, low taxes, and freedom resonate throughout this state as Democrats were overwhelmed again. The new darling of the Texas Democrat Party, Wendy Davis, was destroyed as were most Democrats running for statewide office. It really is too bad that far too many demonize Texas because of their jealousy of TX and its economy

 

[Conservative]

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I would just like to remind our Republican voters...

Yep, still arrogant too but let's see what he says today. The Obama agenda was soundly defeated last night, wonder if his arrogance will give way to common sense and reality

 

[Deuce]

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I don't disagree, but Crist has been on the scene longer and I wanted a stake to the heart of that vampire once and for all - the good people of Florida can deal with Scott in four years, if they choose.

As the Daily Show put it, Crist's main praise is being only the second creepiest person running for Florida governor.

 

[CanadaJohn]

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Crist annoyed me in being a convenient party flopper because he was addicted to political power. That was the gist of the beef I had with him. I just can't believe an obvious crook like Scott can get elected ESPECIALLY in the retirementville state of Florida after what he did to medicare.

He apparently used some $13 million of his own, personal "ill-gotten" gains and I've heard that made a big difference in getting out the vote.

 

[Perotista]

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Yeah, and I had Colorado, Iowa, Alaska, down for the Win.....I didn't expect the larger numbers at the end. But no run off in Georgia. Pretty much everything I showed you came out the way it played out. Kansas was the only question mark. Looks like it will be 9 Senate Seats won. 10 House seats with 2 pending.....and we picked up 3 governorships with a couple pending. We will hold 34.

Also the Demos lost 4 house Seats in New York and the Governorship to Illinois.....now that was awesome.

Very interesting election. From watching CNN this morning on exist polls one sticks out, 33% of Americans are dissatisfied with the Obama administration, 27% are angry at Obama for a total of 60%. Only 37% are satisfied. One other item that stuck out was 47% of all Americans think their kids will have it worse tomorrow than they do today.

CNN's figures showed the Republican Party leadership much lower than Obama, but the president was the face of the election.

 

[Perotista]

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Good morning Pero

Personally, I think you did pretty well, even though you were a little too differential to some Democrat incumbents until later in the process as we got closer to election day. I don't blame you for that, since incumbency is a pretty valuable factor in close races - just look at Roberts "shellacking" of Orman in Kansas when many were claiming it was very close and Roberts may lose.

I enjoyed your take on the subject and hope both you and I are still around for 2016's fun.

I plan on it. Kansas was another miss. But on the polls, here is a good article. One can only work with the numbers given. Not an excuse, just a fact. I feel good on missing only two considering there were a lot of close races. At least in the polls.

The Polls Were Skewed Toward Democrats | FiveThirtyEight

 

[Phys251]

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Yep, still arrogant too but let's see what he says today. The Obama agenda was soundly defeated last night, wonder if his arrogance will give way to common sense and reality

The voters chose to elect a Republican Congress. Just as they chose to elect a Democratic president.

It is both their job to put differences aside and finally end the gridlock.

 

[tres borrachos]

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Geez... Grayson won?

The stupidity of voters never ceases to amaze me. And some nasty **** came out about him recently. His ex-wife and kids are collecting food stamps.

 

[poweRob]

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I plan on it. Kansas was another miss. But on the polls, here is a good article. One can only work with the numbers given. Not an excuse, just a fact. I feel good on missing only two considering there were a lot of close races. At least in the polls.

The Polls Were Skewed Toward Democrats | FiveThirtyEight

Nate is a guru in the field. Hard to ever argue with him.

 

[Master PO]

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The problem with Colorado is that there are far too many Californians living there now.

you know i lived in Washington state in the early 1980's leaving in 1983, but to return in 1992 to find it changed for the worst as stated by the native residents i talked to, who stated ..it was "ruined by people from California moving here"

 

[Conservative]

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The voters chose to elect a Republican Congress. Just as they chose to elect a Democratic president.

It is both their job to put differences aside and finally end the gridlock.

Obama won the election in 2008 with 53% of the vote. His JAR today is 41% so he lost 12% of his supporters. People are waking up to the Obama arrogance and lack of experience along with an agenda that has generated disastrous results. Leadership is about working with the opposition and Obama has failed in that responsibility and doubt he has the ability to do it now. Maybe now we will see all those House bills sitting in Harry Reid's desk actually get a vote. The party of "no" was really the Democrat Party, not the Republicans. It was Harry Reid that created gridlock and now that obstacle is gone

 

[Anthony60]

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Clearly, as a Canadian, I don't have any say in the matter, but personally I think McConnell will be a fine Majority Leader. Unlike Harry Reid, McConnell does actually attempt to get agreement on matters and get things done and he is far more likely to pick off some Democrat support, particularly after what happened yesterday, and he's likely to get some forward movement on policy that the country sorely needs.

Well, McConnell hasn't shown that he will stand up for us, so I doubt he will start now. I sure hope he does.

Making someone like Cruz Majority Leader would be like winning the Powerball lottery and flushing your ticket down the toilet. Cruz needs to be marginalized and made even more irrelevant than he already is. He's only "known" because the MSM likes to parade Republican imbeciles before the cameras to push their liberal agenda.

I think Cruz is exactly the type of leader that is needed now. To call him an "imbecile" just tells me you really don't know much at all about Ted Cruz. Far from an imbecile, he is probably one of the smartest guys in the Senate (but there is not a lot of competition there) and knows the Constitution as well as anyone.

Besides his intellect, I like him because he will do what he says and stand his ground. It also helps that he stands for the Constitution, which means he stands for the people v. government. I don't need someone in there to fight for government.

McConnell? He said that if he was leader, job one would be to get rid of Obamacare. Now, he claims that 60 votes are needed and we can't do it. Where was he when democrats were able to get it reconciled with only 51 votes? He is wishy washy and doesn't even know the rules. No thanks, let's at least get someone competent in there for God's sake.

 

[Anthony60]

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I hope that this congress doesn't get bogged down with hearing after hearing
and not move forward with a solid agenda.
They will lose in the next cycle, if that happens.
Opportunity is knocking......

At least now they can do joint investigations with the House, instead of ignoring all the scandals and then calling in Apple and scold them for following the tax laws that Congress makes.

 

[MMC]

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Very interesting election. From watching CNN this morning on exist polls one sticks out, 33% of Americans are dissatisfied with the Obama administration, 27% are angry at Obama for a total of 60%. Only 37% are satisfied. One other item that stuck out was 47% of all Americans think their kids will have it worse tomorrow than they do today.

CNN's figures showed the Republican Party leadership much lower than Obama, but the president was the face of the election.

Yeah it was.....and I didn't just have Silver either. Those In-state polls were accurate there at the end. Especially with Colorado and Iowa. The Numbers that the Repubs won by is whats rockin all the pundits and the Demos themselves.

 

[poweRob]

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At least now they can do joint investigations with the House, instead of ignoring all the scandals and then calling in Apple and scold them for following the tax laws that Congress makes.

this is he behavior that will explode in GOP faces in 2016 if they act like that.

BENGHAZI!!!11!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!

 

[AlbqOwl]

While happy with the election returns of course, I also admit to some serious apprehension. The GOP is dealing with an ideologically extreme, narcissistic, incompetent in the White House. Newt Gingrich and the GOP reformers put into power in 1994 had six years to turn it around and were dealing with Bill Clinton who did have some intelligence and leadership/management skills and who desperately needed a legacy after the Monica fiasco. So after several vetoes, he saw the wisdom of building a legacy by agreeing to the GOP's concept of tax reform, welfare reform, and a balanced budget. And it saved his presidency.

The current GOP newly in power has only two years to accomplish the same thing and have to do it with Obama in the White House and a much more incompetent and ideologically focused media reporting to the public. And if they don't accomplish some major improvement in those two years they will be punished.

Hillary Clinton has not one single thing on her resume that she can point to as a qualification to be President. But neither did Obama.

 

[Anthony60]

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this is he behavior that will explode in GOP faces in 2016 if they act like that.

BENGHAZI!!!11!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!

Huh??? Don't think so.

 

[Linc]

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You're the only one of the posters on my notifications I am responding to at this moment.
None of them has a clue why.
I'm watching Larry Sabato with Wolf Blizter on CNN right now plus others.
I hope gloating from people like Rand Paul on all of the "Clinton losers" is the first shot of the 2016 election.

I noticed a few days ago when you were secure in McConnell taking over--that you began to bash him.
Your feelings on the filibuster play into that--always have the minority have their "rights"

I hurt today but I won't walk away from my Democratic party like
Republicans have done for the last eight years until they rediscovered who they were last night.

I'm out to the great outdoors right now and the Sun to help my local committeeman pick up signs.

With comments as I just saw from RNC chief Priebus gloating and bashing Obama,
the bad part of me hopes Obama and the DEMs stymie the GOP every step of the way just as they did to us.

Talk to you later and let's break the new records set by McConnell the last 6 years using the filibuster.

We got beat on a local level here in Illinois as well as on a County, State and Federal level.
People who think Illinois is a Blue state are nonsensical know-nothings.
I've lived through the politics of this state for 48 years .

No. I know what happened ten years or there about ago. I didn't like it then as I am pro filibuster if pro is the right word. I believe in protecting minority rights to include minority party rights. But I do think a lot of Democrats look at things through Political correctness eyes. It is words that count, not actions. Under PC rules of today you are better off just walking up and killing someone than calling that someone a name. Which reminds me, I owe Power Rob an explanation why I think the filibuster should stay.