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UPDATE 1: McConnell has already won, according to CNN, where everyone is talking freakily fast.
UPDATE 2: It's all about Ed.
UPDATE 3: Looks like I've lost my pick-an-upset bet, and Meade is going to win. (I bet Scott Brown, and Meade picked Thom Tillis.) As for Scott Walker, the prime concern here in Wisconsin, it looks like he's well ahead, but how much of the Madison and Milwaukee votes are in?
UPDATE 4: Ed is slipping.
UPDATE 5: One more GOP pickup needed now to take the Senate, Cory Gardner having won Colorado.
UPDATE 6: The race is called in Wisconsin. "It's over. We will stand with Governor Walker," says Meade.
UPDATE 7: We got in the car and drove up to the Capitol to check out whether there were any protests or celebrations. All was calm. We drove around the square, and I had to restrain Meade, who wanted to do the "This is what democracy looks like" horn beeping.
UPDATE 8: The view of the Capitol just now. [PHOTO MOVED TO THE NEW POST, ABOVE.]
UPDATE 9: The GOP gubernatorial candidate won in Illinois. And it looks like Tillis did win in North Carolina.
UPDATE 10: Joni!
UPDATE 11: Scott Brown finally concedes at midnight. So I lost the pick-an-upset bet, and Meade won. Still not clear if Meade wins the bet on Scott Walker, who must win with at least 53%.
UPDATE 12: Let's call it a wave.
November 4, 2014
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 424 of 424Now might be a good time for Obama to call Bill Clinton, alone, on a secure phone.
So all that's left now is Alaska and Virginia?
I'm glad to see Love win in the House, and Ernst in Iowa--she ran a smart campaign and Braley gaffed all over the place. I don't care for the Palin comparisons though because Ernst actually seems bright and accomplished. She may have a good future in the Senate.
And you know what this means--time to start the 2016 campaign!
Mr. Obama bristled as the last campaign that would influence his presidency played out while he sat largely on the sidelines. He privately complained that it should not be a judgment on him. “He doesn’t feel repudiated,” the aide said Tuesday night.
Wow, How did we elect this guy again?
holy smokes! Senate +8 and expected to go to +9. House a net +14. Governorships +3.
A repudiation of Progressivism?
What next, will Obama declare that "There are still checks in the checkbook! I still have a pen!"
Obama "doesn't feel repudiated"? Ha! The last person who got smacked that hard got dragged out of the elevator unconscious, by her feet. Just sayin'.
Also, how long until the Downfall parody "Obama Finds Out The Senate Is Lost"? Should be good!
Yeah, I didn't expect a +8 change like that. Even the media cannot play the "They didn't do as well as expected" card.
Mr. Obama bristled as the last campaign that would influence his presidency played out while he sat largely on the sidelines. He privately complained that it should not be a judgment on him. “He doesn’t feel repudiated,” the aide said Tuesday night.
Didn't HE say HIS policies were on the ballot last night?
People complained that Bush never admitted mistakes. Where is the criticism of Obama?
"Didn't HE say HIS policies were on the ballot last night?
People complained that Bush never admitted mistakes. Where is the criticism of Obama?"
He absolutely did--much to the Democratic candidates' chagrin. If he is trying to say this has nothing to do with him he is only fooling himself.
Some humility--hard for any president, but particularly this one, to come by--would go a long way here. Something like "I realize most of this is on me, and voters aren't happy with the way I've been running things lately. I will dedicate my last two years to making that up, and turning over a new leaf with a new Congress." It'd at least give the sense that this is someone who isn't living in a shell.
What could he have to gain by stubbornly insisting that he did no wrong and that the voters somehow happened to have rejected Democratic candidates around the country for unrelated, local reasons?
Next cycle will be good for the Dems, they will probably take the Senate back by a small margin, but nothing like the 60 votes they once had, and after that, two more Republican favoring cycles. The way the Senate is organized, like the house, it should be naturally Republican. Only some brilliant gamesmanship by Reid kept this from happening next cycle.
Seats one by abuse of the Department of Justice, such as Alaska, or by meddling in Republican Primaries, like Nevada, don't stay won.
Still, 2016 will be a bump in the road, no doubt.
Not the House though, if we can avoid another war that turns unpopular, that should be solidly Republican for a long time to come.
Right now Ernst or Nikki Haley are my choice to clobber Hillary!
"I do love Harry Reid's comment: "“The message from voters is clear: they want us to work together.""
Fuck you. And the horse you rode in on.
I think the message from the voters is "Now the Repubs get the 51 vote Senate, Harry!"
RecChief said...
holy smokes! Senate +8 and expected to go to +9. House a net +14. Governorships +3.
A repudiation of Progressivism?
Yep. Oh there will a lot of wailing and kicking temper tantrums, but their time has come and gone.
Sad really.
No. No its not.
Meant to link lol
Democrats Sink to Pre–Great Depression Levels in State Legislatures
Everything went in the direction of the GOP as Republicans seized new majorities in the West Virginia House, Nevada Assembly and Senate, New Hampshire House, Minnesota House and New York Senate, The West Virginia Senate is now tied.
Control of several legislative chambers was still up in the air early Wednesday as counting continued in several tight races that will determine control of the Colorado Senate, New Mexico House and Maine Senate.
After 2012, I consoled myself by thinking that Romney had to lose so that America could get Progressivism good and hard. Kind of like telling someone to stay away from a hot stove and they go ahead and touch it anyway. Sometimes you have to let them learn the hard way.
Also, within 24 hours of Romeny's losing, the AAR had started in the conservative blogosphere, critiquing bad candidates, Romney's message and so on. And that continued for months. I don't see any of that in the leftist world yet. And given some of the comments I have seen, I don't see it forthcoming either.
Hey Barry, if you like your Senate you can keep your Senate.
Public unions take a trouncing
The link goes to Google. Click on the top article title.
Maybe Barack Obama isn’t this figure who helped Democrats how to win national elections. Maybe he was just a cult of personality who had just enough gas in the tank to get over the finish line in 2012.
-Jim Geraghty
What's the next move for the "WALKER/HITLER" crowd? They can't roll out another recall, and fleebagging to Illinois won't work again.
I guess they can always congregate in the Capitol and sing.
I'd ask Garage, but he's curiously absent. Must be busy over at Kos and DU.
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