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2010 Midterm Results Discussion

Nancy Pelosi faces new resistance from Democrats - Jonathan Allen and John Bresnahan - POLITICO.com

Pelosi announced Friday that she’s running for minority leader in the new Congress, and her election still seems on track. But a movement by conservative Blue Dogs to block her ascent has picked up support from some liberals and even a handful of longtime Pelosi allies, who question whether she is the best person to lead the battered party in the House.

At least 15 Democrats have said publicly that they have lost faith in her ability to lead — a number backed up by as many as two dozen more who are indicating the same thing privately, while others haven’t yet taken sides.

Even the New York Times' editorial page has called on Pelosi to step aside.
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libs peter defazio and marcy kaptur and mike quigley and tim ryan (perpetual pelosi pal), dogs mike ross and jim matheson and dan boren and joe donnelly and heath shuler...

try to see at least ONE move ahead---LOL!

she sure can't

Even if she's able to stay atop the Democratic Caucus, she won't be in control of it — at least not the way she used to be. The drip-drip-drip of public defectors demonstrates that some of her troops no longer fear the repercussions of challenging her authority. And some clearly see political benefit in publicly thumbing their nose at the unpopular outgoing speaker.

Her loss of command means that incoming Speaker John Boehner will have a rich target of opportunity for wooing a bloc of disgruntled Democrats who may want to send a message on everything from taxes to spending to energy.
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the orange dude grows

charlie stenholm, former 13 term rep from texas, original dog:

"See if there’s 10 of them or 15 or 20 of them. Put them together and see John Boehner and the Republican leadership … see if you can’t put together a compromise."
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look forward: pelosi keeping her spot is gonna make super problematic the RECRUITMENT of candidates for 2012

look ahead: the ugly hoyer-clyburn contest gets racial, the cbc kicking

are you sure these people know what they're doing?

meanwhile, the still palsied speakeress has declared NEXT WEDNESDAY as the day of her anointment

hurry, nancy!

please, hurry!
 
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The Prof said:
Nancy Pelosi faces new resistance from Democrats - Jonathan Allen and John Bresnahan - POLITICO.com



libs peter defazio and marcy kaptur and mike quigley and tim ryan (perpetual pelosi pal), dogs mike ross and jim matheson and dan boren and joe donnelly and heath shuler...

try to see at least ONE move ahead---LOL!

she sure can't



the orange dude grows

charlie stenholm, former 13 term rep from texas, original dog:



look forward: pelosi keeping her spot is gonna make super problematic the RECRUITMENT of candidates for 2012

look ahead: the ugly hoyer-clyburn contest gets racial, the cbc kicking

are you sure these people know what they're doing?

meanwhile, the still palsied speakeress has declared NEXT WEDNESDAY as the day of her anointment

hurry, nancy!

please, hurry!
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Here is what the arrogant liberals refuse to accept.

The Top 10 Places in America Poised for Recovery - Newsweek

Growing up I learned a basic principle, "steal shamelessly" meaning that if someone else has a better idea take it and benefit from the experience of others. Liberals never do that and thus are doomed to repeat their failures. Instead of finding out what works best and copying it, they continue to promote the same ideology over and over again. November's election results are a repudiation of the liberal agenda yet liberals refuse to accept that they are wrong and more importantly refuse to change their focus. In the meantime states like TX continue to grow and prosper as new businesses are moving to this state from those high tax states all while liberals continue to complain.
 
that was a fabulous read, friend, thanks

and from evan thomas' newsweek, of all sources

texaplex and torpedo alley escape recession, even boom

housing, industry (samsung, nokea, siemens, fujitsu, twitter, adobe...), growth, commutes, solid infrastructures, opportunities for youth...

farm equipment and food from the plains and south midwest shipped to china and india

success!

it's rare these days

people departing california for oklahoma, reverse dust bowl

germany too shows the way

germany's unemployment hits 18 year low

there should be a rule, for the good of the order---for every 10000 posts SUBMITTED each member must READ at least one LINK

LOL!

thanks, again, conservative, i know more now than i did before you clued me in, knowledge is power

keep up the good work
 
to the few of you FAMILIAR with american electoral MAPPINGS:

in the northeast, republicans last tuesday increased their congressional membership by 138%

in the crucial battleground RUST BELT, 99 house districts, reds upped their delegation by 57%, we now DOMINATE in PA, WV, OH, IN, MI, WI, IL and MN, 61 republicans to a miserable 38 pelosi partisans

what's that mean, do you spose, heading into 2012?

in the south, already blood red (it's hard to increase percentage when you're already way ahead), racist reprobates now hold NINETY SIX of the 130 congressional districts, a net pickup of NINETEEN

in the midwest, a 25% increase in red representation gives us exactly 75% of the delegations from IA, MO, ARK, OK, KS, NB, SD and ND

the rockies saw an astonishing swing, there are currently ZERO dems in the mountains outside denver, my side now represents SEVENTY ONE PERCENT of house seats from the region

in the west, outside CA, tea drinkers increased their caucus exactly 50%, in OR, WA, NV, AZ, NM, HW and Alaska today, there are 15 republicans serving in congress vs 16 dems

CA stuck out like obama's tone deaf ears, republicans picked up ZERO seats in my state, the only area in america to resist the surge

which is fine---california is going to be the FIRST, the BIGGEST and the BADDEST bailiwicks to go BUST

and who do you think will be PERCEIVED as earning the BLAME?

try at least to see a move ahead
 
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House Leadership Scuffle Heats Up - Washington Wire - WSJ

they're trying to screw clyburn

jim clyburn is the african american WHIP in pelosi's house, #3, after majority leader steny hoyer from maryland

clyburn OWNS the democratic party in his home state of south carolina, i can't think of a single figure in a major state who controls so much of his caucus

well, when nancy expressed her inexhaustable ambition, she forced hoyer and clyburn to fight for the whip, the #2 spot for minority, the position the south carolina boss currently holds

grasping pelosi has scheduled her coup for next wednesday

and she has cynically slated the clyburn-hoyer vote for LAST on the bill

this way, the loser is OUT of leadership, all the titled positions already decided

this, she calculates, forces her pair of "partners" to broker a deal in advance

we'll see

the cbc is agitated

up to 30 centrist members will side with the orange dude

are you sure your leadership knows what it's doing?

how far can they play YOU?

you need to know, the longer you stick with this team (LOL!) the lonelier you will become

take care
 
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The ultimate FAIL for the teabagging nitwits.

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America: Get out while you still can!
 
''I guarantee it's one of their long-term goals, to have one sort of borderless mass continent.''
—Kentucky GOP Senate nominee and Tea Party favorite Rand Paul, on the future of North America, May 25, 2010

''We will talk a little bit about what has transpired in the last 18 months and would we count what has transpired into turning our country into a nation of slaves.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), speaking at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver about the evils of the Obama administration, July 9, 2010

''I hope that's not where we're going, but you know if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around? I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.''
—Sharron Angle, the Tea Party candidate who won the Republican nomination in Nevada's Senate primary, floating the possibility of armed insurrection, interview with right-wing talk radio host Lars Larson in Portland, OR, January 2010

''I'm not a witch...I'm you.''
—Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, in a 30-second ad responding to video clips from her past in which she said she dabbled in witchcraft, Oct. 4, 2010


Two of the above actually won!!

2010 - the year the insanely stupid were voted in.
 
hazlnut said:
''I guarantee it's one of their long-term goals, to have one sort of borderless mass continent.''
—Kentucky GOP Senate nominee and Tea Party favorite Rand Paul, on the future of North America, May 25, 2010

''We will talk a little bit about what has transpired in the last 18 months and would we count what has transpired into turning our country into a nation of slaves.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), speaking at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver about the evils of the Obama administration, July 9, 2010

''I hope that's not where we're going, but you know if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around? I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.''
—Sharron Angle, the Tea Party candidate who won the Republican nomination in Nevada's Senate primary, floating the possibility of armed insurrection, interview with right-wing talk radio host Lars Larson in Portland, OR, January 2010

''I'm not a witch...I'm you.''
—Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, in a 30-second ad responding to video clips from her past in which she said she dabbled in witchcraft, Oct. 4, 2010


Two of the above actually won!!

2010 - the year the insanely stupid were voted in.
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Too bad you didn't have similar standards when you voted for Obama. You didn't and the rest is history, 4 million less employed today than when he took office, 3 trillion added to the debt, and meagar economic growth after the recession that ended in June 2009. When are you going to hold Obama accountable for his lies? I would worry more about the poor choices you made for President than the people of a state made for their own Representatives.

Obama supporters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8
 
looking forward to the 2012 presidential:

in the 14 battleground states (PA, OH, IN, MI, WI, MN, VA, WV, FL, IA, MO, CO, NM, NV), lunatic lipton lovers last tuesday lifted THIRTY democrat districts

that's THIRTY NINE PERCENT of the dem INCUMBENTS available

and that's in the political CENTER of this once great country

knuckle dragging neanderthals and racist reprobates, in contrast, lost exactly ZERO seats in these most bellwether bailiwicks

in these 14 key commonwealths, certain to decide our next chief exec, red delegates dominate blues today, NINETY SEVEN to FORTY EIGHT, better than 2 to 1

IN ADDITION, the gop grabbed the governorships last tuesday of TEN of these 14 most swing states

you do appreciate the powerful part governorships play in presidentials, i presume

especially in the political CENTER of this once great country

and state assemblies---9 of the 14 are wholly red, 3 mixed

while it is true that a handful of not-ready-for-prime-time candidates cost the tea movement outright control of upper parliament, as well, (which only serves to show how much taller was this tsunami) it is clear that the clueless incompetence of pelosi/obama played poisonous impact coast to coast

ask russ feingold, evan bayh, david obey, bart gordon, brian baird, joe sestak, bart stupak, byron dorgan, blanche lincoln, alexi giannoulias, ted strickland, brad ellsworth, rick boucher, jim oberstar, ike skelton, john spratt, chet edwards (who was a finalist in 08 for obnoxious obama's veep), frank kratovil, carol shea porter, stephonie herseth sandlin, marion berry, vic snyder, john tanner, bart gordon, alan grayson, suzanne kosmas, alan boyd, gene taylor, bobby bright, tom perriello...

ask the FIVE dems who died in pennsylvania, the FIVE in ohio, the SEVEN in new york...

and don't forget that due to the 2010 census presidential reds (FL, TX, AZ, GA, MO, UT, SC, LA) have been granted TWELVE brand new electorals, while blue bastions (NY, IL, MA, NJ) have been DECREASED by 5

that's a net SEVENTEEN point advantage pelosi/obama's gonna have to overcome

why, that's as good as a free MICHIGAN!

them's empirics, progressives, not spin

and you think that a defeated witch in delaware is gonna worry my side moving forward?

LOL!

you can't be serious
 
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You far-righties cling to that 2-year-old piece of crap third-rate propaganda, meanwhile the teabaggers go bat**** stupid every single day.
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LOL, "2 year old piece of crap?" All that post does is tell you that the Obama supporters are two years older and none the wiser or smarter. How about those Obama results?
 
Conservative said:
All that post does is tell you that the Obama supporters are two years older and none the wiser or smarter.
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and far fewer, i might add

all but the fringe recognize political incompetence when it's persistently put on so hi profile display
 
The Prof said:
and far fewer, i might add

all but the fringe recognize political incompetence when it's persistently put on so hi profile display
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Yep, the results speak for themselves, 682 State Legislative positions captured by the Republicans including 19 GOP Governors plus the take over of the House are results that liberals ignore.
 
Conservative said:
Yep, the results speak for themselves, 682 State Legislative positions captured by the Republicans including 19 GOP Governors plus the take over of the House are results that liberals ignore.
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You do realize there are more elections coming up in the future....
 
winston53660 said:
You do realize there are more elections coming up in the future....
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Yes, and when those next elections happen I am sure there will be thread started about those elections. Right now this thread is about the 2010 Midterm Results which is what I pointed out. The results were historic and Obama took a shellacking, that is undeniable.
 
yes, and looking forward to 2012:

senate---there are THIRTEEN dem incumbents (tester, nelson, nelson, conrad, webb, casey, mccaskill, stabenow, kohl, cantwell, sherrod brown, bingaman, manchin) who, if the election were held today, would have to be considered in at least some danger; vs only ONE at risk republican, scott brown from chappaquiddick

state assemblies---on tsunami tuesday republicans captured outright (in addition to so much we already held) both the alabama house and senate, the colorado house, indiana house, iowa house, maine house and senate (first time in 50 years), minnesota house and senate (first time in 50 years), michigan house, new hampshire house and senate, new york senate, north carolina house and senate, ohio house (giving us both state legislatures, the gub, the senator and FIVE new congressmen making 13 of the 18 caucus members gop), the pennsylvania house (giving us both state legislatures, the gub, the senator, and FIVE new congressmen making 12 of the 19 caucus members gop), the oregon house, the wisonsin house and senate

house---having captured so many capitols, gerrymandering is ours, generically this is a 20 or so seat advantage (all else being equal) looking forward

we are also expecting, based on history, the retirements of perhaps two dozen dem bulls, people like 80 year olds louise slaughter and john conyers and difi upstairs, it's a lot less fun being in the minority, especially in lower house, and openings are plum pickings (like WA's brian baird, IN's brad ellsworth, NY's eric massa, WI's david obey, ARK's berry and snyder, TN's tanner and gordon, LA's melancon, WV's mollohan, MI's stupak, PA's sestak, all districts my side stole)

presidential---gop gains in battlegrounds (OH, PA, FL, VA, WI, MI, IN, NH, MN, NM, CO, MO) are historic, and we've been awarded SEVENTEEN new electorals via the census

in the crucial rust belt red representation increased 59% on tsunami tuesday, we now hold 61 of the 99 house districts in the region which more than any other determines our chief execs

in the rockies and upper midwest there are today ZERO serving democrat representatives outside denver

and NANCY PELOSI is keeping her spot!

oh, yes, indeed, we are VERY aware that more elections are coming, we're busily preparing

take care
 
Low youth turnout likely hurt Democrats in the midterms - Matt Negrin and Gabriel Beltrone - POLITICO.com

the mainspring of obamite enthusiasm in 2008 is flakey, unreliable, undependable and largely uninformed

when their more adult peers caught on to the truth of obama, they swung my way in wave-like and historic proportions---independents, rural voters and urban voters and suburbanites, low earners and hi earners, working class whites (the old reagan dems), catholics, women...

at rutgers, at syracuse, at THE ohio state university, unh, u of illinois---"absolutely no interest," "lowest turnout since 1986," "political activity described as non existent..."

obama personally went to ohio to campaign TWELVE times, and look at the results---BOTH state houses, the senate, the gub, FIVE house seats, all newly red

obama went to CHARLOTTESVILLE in the final days to stump personally for poor tom perriello, the only house member the perplexed prez went out of his way to pitch for---the university of virginia was a void

nationally youth turnout, 51% in 08, 23.5 in 06, was down to dismal 20.9% on tsunami tuesday

it is what it is

obama/pelosi punctured their little pink hearts

congrats, tho, on keeping nancy---that's exciting!
 
The Democratic old guard will try to hold the line Wednesday against a rank-and-file rebellion intent on winning some concession — no matter how small — from a leadership team seeking reelection despite having presided over the loss of at least 60 Democratic seats earlier this month.

The leadership election follows on the heels of a brutally long, contentious and divisive leadership meeting Tuesday, and it will determine not only whether Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains the head of the House Democratic contingent but just how much authority she will wield in the new Congress come January.

Pelosi is in no real danger of losing her job as leader of the Democratic Caucus, but she is being challenged by a diffuse set of critics, dozens of whom believe she should step aside after her party’s defeat, others who hope to strip her power to appoint loyalists to positions of influence within the caucus and still others who simply want more time to reflect on whether endorsing the same set of leaders is the best course of action for a defeated minority.

The Democratic fissures were laid bare Tuesday as various factions engaged in open warfare with one another, both in private discussions among lawmakers and in behind-the-scenes efforts to influence the outcome of the leadership elections and related votes on how to choose the party leader’s top lieutenants.

A significant share of the caucus believes Pelosi, who became a symbol of Democratic excess in the midterm elections, is the worst possible leader for a party that was rejected at the polls.
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Democrats in chaos over Nancy Pelosi's power - Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com

a brutally long, contentious and divisive meeting, caucus members exclusive, which went late into tuesday nite?

hmm...

interesting

surprised?

what the rebels want is to strip the still palsied speakeress of her appointment ability, which essentially allows her to dominate the delegation

their targets, among others, are pelosi-ites george miller from martinez, CA, rosa delauro from CT and louise slaughter, NY---the malcontents demand their ranking membership on steering and rules committees

oh, yeah, CONGRATS, nancy!
 
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