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2010 Midterm Results Discussion

A lot can happen in two years.


Meh, it looks like the Republicans take the House and Democrats keep the Senate. And now with the GOP even further to the right, it is less likely that anything will get done in Congress.

Not unless Democrats are willing to compromise. I think the compromise between the Republicans and Democrats during Clinton's presidency was a good thing.
 
Mixed news for me. Where Republicans gained in our state, I was both pleased and unpleased. We removed a Representative that has served the state's demographics well, is influential, contributed to the fantastic situation our state is in in comparison with the rest of the nation, and yet was rejected. We replace this influential individual with a new man, who may be at odds with a significant demographic of our state, and no long-lasting connections. Part of it was certainly the fact that he was a Democrat, which is short-sighted, but not unsurprising.
 
OK, folks, time for me to go to bed. Will ask the other mods to update the OP if they can, else I will get it caught up tomorrow and unsticky it.

Thanks for a great discussion, very pleasant night except for the results.
 
Well, it's been fun but I've got to work early tomorrow.

Hang in there, Reid! (I can't believe I just said that)
 
agreed...now he has to lead, and cant sit back and just pisss, beyatch, and moan....big change for him, and i doubt he is up to it.

And he might have to actually work instead of spending all his time on the golf course sipping mixed drinks. :lamo
 
Good night Redress and Deuce. Thanks for creating the thread Redress. And thank you both for contributing to the discussion. Get good rest :2wave:
 
Not unless Democrats are willing to compromise. I think the compromise between the Republicans and Democrats during Clinton's presidency was a good thing.

As long as you weren't gay. We had DADT and DOMA from those years.
 
agreed...now he has to lead, and cant sit back and just pisss, beyatch, and moan....big change for him, and i doubt he is up to it.
Who Obama? Well yeah - tonight's thrashing makes that abundantly clear.
 
Not compromising seems to be a pretty effective electoral strategy, so I wouldn't get my hopes up.
 
OK, folks, time for me to go to bed. Will ask the other mods to update the OP if they can, else I will get it caught up tomorrow and unsticky it.

Thanks for a great discussion, very pleasant night except for the results.

Thanks for the thread... I'm only sticking around until the Republicans hit 216 in the house, and that should happen any minute now.
 
I have the feeling they are going to call it for Reid any time now.
 
There she blows.... Fox calls it for Reid in Nevada
 
No chance in hell of any meaningful attempts at compromise from either side. Pipe dream. Next presidential race starts in a just a few months.
 
I have the feeling they are going to call it for Reid any time now.

nope, according to rcp, the polling was screwed up(or something...) It's Reid 51, and Angle 4 with 21% reporting, and that's after the most liberal district has already reported. Angle could get this. Not easily, but she could. the turnout in the conservative districts would have to be higher than normal though.
 
Colorado is super tight now.
 
No chance in hell of any meaningful attempts at compromise from either side. Pipe dream. Next presidential race starts in a just a few months.
it started with this election....let the games begin!!
 
There she blows.... Fox calls it for Reid in Nevada

belay my last, he has won, no doubt.

But i still want to know what happened with the polling though.
 
Two democratic chairmans have bit the dust tonight. The chairman of Armed Services and the budget committees.

Currently the republicans are up to 212 seats in the House... Only 4 to go then it's bed time.
 
Can we still drop that idiot as Majority Leader in favor of Schumer?
 
There are issues where Obama has signaled his willingness to work with Republicans on issues that they have traditionally cared about. Free trade, education reform, tax cuts for the middle class, etc. Boehner's speech made me skeptical if they'll actually work with him though...or if they'll either A) move the goal posts a bridge too far to get Democratic support, or B) disavow their previously-held positions since they're now being proposed by a Democratic president.

As for the issues that you mentioned: I think it's important that Republicans recognize how much leverage they actually have. Repealing health care reform and/or extending all of the Bush tax cuts is flat-out not going to happen. Obama doesn't NEED to compromise at all; he already got his way, and if Congress takes no action, the status quo is the Democratic position. At most, the Republicans might be able to work with the Democrats to change the laws in ways that are mutually agreeable to all of them.

As for the other two issues you mentioned. Cap-and-trade was already dead on arrival, so I doubt it's on the agenda at all. For that matter, neither is immigration reform...at least not as a serious policy change (although the Dems might introduce it as a wedge issue knowing that it will lose).

We'll have to see I guess.

I think people realize that its unlikely that you'll have health care reform removed this go round, or the Bush Tax cuts extended as a whole. However, I think people want these republicans to push for that and fight for that rather than go in and immediately give up and "compromise" on those things. Those are some fundamental things that were pushed by Republicans in this election and I can sure as hell tell you that most people voting for them weren't voting for them to go in and immediately compromise on those things and lose a spine with it. I'd rather see them try to repeal the health care law, and fail because of Obama vetoing it or the Senate stopping it, then I would to see them "compromise" and keep it in place with a few minor tweaks. If they don't push this issue then they're likely not getting my support in 2012 like they did in 2010, and I dare say there are many people who voted for them that feel that way. If they "compromise" on the things that were the MAIN reason they were voted in then they're no better than those we voted out.
 
There she blows.... Fox calls it for Reid in Nevada
Would have loved to see him fall, but this is probably good news for pubs... rather than a fresh face and fresh start, the dems get this failure to serve as a figurehead for two more years.
 
Well, it's been fun but I've got to work early tomorrow.

Hang in there, Reid! (I can't believe I just said that)

He is the one Democrat that I hope will lose. 1) He is an exceptionally weak leader. The dems would be better served with new leadership in the senate 2) Engle is such a mental lightweight (joke), she would be a great poster child for 2012 to remind people of the consequences of not looking before they vote ( I cannot believe she got away with not answering questions)...

Oh well, called for Reid.
 
House:

Republicans - 217
Democrats - 146

Good night everyone... See you in the trenches tomorrow.
 
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