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The Mid-Terms Results Thread [W:517]

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A little late to the party but MSNBC finally had to admit it. :D

Now that's not really any sort of a surprise, given the predilection of MSNBC, now is it?
 
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NC just fell to Tillis. All over but the crying.
 
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I hope the DEMs shove the filibuster up McConnell's ass as much as the GOP did in the last six years in setting all-time records .

Not me. Let their policies lead. See where it goes. It should be up to the voter to decide if its the right direction.
 
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You keep electing Stuart Smalley. Credibility gone.

You mean Harvard educated Al Franken, widely considered one of the most serious members of congress among his peers?

Wait, let me guess, you kept electing The Gipper? Credibility gone. Or maybe you were just a big fan of the Terminator. Then you still totally have your credibility.
 
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Your personal prejudice is a limitation only to you. You're just unaccustomed to honest discussion, it would seem.

Your persona has long been unbelievable. You are now just making it a mockery Mr. Faux Centrist. :lol:
 
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I hope the DEMs shove the filibuster up McConnell's ass as much as the GOP did in the last six years in setting all-time records .

Many Dem Senators were happy to see HR lose the Senate leadership. I think the Repubs won't face much filibustering.
 
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Kansas was a bit of a nail-biter, but as a Coloradan here on the ground, Gardner's victory was expected.



I thought that the Personhood Bill would drag him down, but apparently it didn't.
 
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Based on voting record and overall popularity/notoriety. The national contest will be popularity contest that they would fail.



Even ole Eddy thinks this puts Walker up in Presidential contention.
 
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There's nothing that will turn Americans against Republicans more than the Republicans controlling congress. Throughout my entire life, everybody hates congress, so whoever is in charge gets booted. It's totally true though - congress sucks. It's a group of people who are bought and owned by special interests. Campaign finance reform is our only hope to fix this sham.

So go on and celebrate, Republicans. It'll only be a matter of time before everybody hates your party because people still haven't figured out what's wrong with our system and will have an easier time accepting that it's all the Republican party's fault.

Throughout my entire life, everybody hates congress, so whoever is in charge gets booted.

Possible, but I think it depends on who has the most anti-incumbency energy. I think that will remain with Republicans for the short-term. Democrats have a lot of ground to make-up in the House, but less so in the Senate.

It's totally true though - congress sucks. It's a group of people who are bought and owned by special interests. Campaign finance reform is our only hope to fix this sham.

Congress is fine. The American public is what divides it. Special interests are also good for the country. It's just that people whine about the other people's special interests.

So go on and celebrate, Republicans. It'll only be a matter of time before everybody hates your party because people still haven't figured out what's wrong with our system and will have an easier time accepting that it's all the Republican party's fault.

In time, yes. But this can be a significant short-term victory for Republicans if they take the White House in 2016. They would have a short window to replicate the reforms pushed by President Obama and the Democratic Party. After that point, I would not be surprised in the least that their majorities start to fall thereafter.
 
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I'm glad to see you hanging in there and not running like GOPs did from their brand since 2006.
The election map could have been won blind-folded--we'll see how smart they are in 2016.

Of course Mitch will ask for straight-up-and-down votes as he did last decade--or threaten the nuclear option on legislation.
The GOP invented the nuclear option but some posters keep lying about it .

It's a GOP night. Not gonna lie. But this is not news. GOP tends to own the midterms. That's just how it shakes out these days.
 
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Your comment reflects your prejudice, not my honesty.

Hour history reflects you character. Calling me prejudice while pretending to be centrist at convenient times doesn't help that faux image.
 
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Hour history reflects you character. Calling me prejudice while pretending to be centrist at convenient times doesn't help that faux image.

I have never claimed to be a centrist. I have said I am nonideological.
 
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Tillis has very likely won. Hagan now needs to win 77% of the remaining vote to pull out the race. That appears very unlikely.

Yeah, ABC just announced Tillis as the winner. I missed that one. Time for bed, this was all I was waiting on.
 
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I thought that the Personhood Bill would drag him down, but apparently it didn't.

Gardner succeeded in deflecting that issue by recanting his position, by coming out for over-the-counter birth control and Udall went too far with the war on women.
 
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I thought that the Personhood Bill would drag him down, but apparently it didn't.

Yeah, the War on Women seems to have jumped the shark / fallen flat a bit this go-round.
 
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Control of the Senate is important and all, but I think everyone's missing the possibly even more important follow up.

The governorships.

The governorships are where presidents, good presidents, good leaders come from.

Not from the house. Not from the Senate. No the cabinet. The governorships.

Senate and House offices are legislative positions with legislative experience to be had. Important yes, but not the experience and skills it takes to be a good president. A leader.

This comes from being a The Governor. A good Governor. And multiple states in dire straights have been turned around by Republican Governors in recent years, each potentially poised to run, a good run, in 2016 or 2020.
 
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