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On November 05 2014 12:33 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
The American voter in a nutshell: Colorado voters overwhelmingly reject personhood measure for a 3rd time but elect senator who sponsored personhood bill last year.
I'm one of those people. It is pretty easy to reconcile when you understand how utterly pointless it is to elect politicians based upon their abortion stance. The issue is irrelevant next to everything else.
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Montclair and Trenton NJ voters passed paid sick leave laws.
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For the next two years it will be Mitch McConnell versus Ted Cruz.
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It's almost like abortion/contraception isn't the only thing on the ballot!
Someone should have told Udall that. Besides, the Court settles these things outside the democratic process anyway. Gardner can't do jack all about it as a US senator.
Also glad to see Walker win. Third election in 4 years! lol.
And Scott is a pleasant happening I guess, not that I care too much. But it's good to have a Repub governor for 2016 in the state.
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If Brownback wins reelection expect the Tea Party to start a resurgence once more in the Chambers.
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Pat Roberts wins reelection in Kansas.
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So the GOP is making useless gains in taking seats that won't matter for the next two years, while voters embrace progressive ballot measures such as higher minimum wage and recreational pot. Fair enough. :D
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Pretty much. Expect Ted Cruz to not endorse McConnell who will become the Senate version of Boehner. Then around the Spring/Summer of 2015 expect hearings to start. Ya know those type of hearings...
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On November 05 2014 11:44 NovaTheFeared wrote:
Shaheen over Brown in New Hampshire Senate means it won't be a bloodbath. Republicans still on pace to take the Senate, but they're not going to run the table and end with 54 seats or w/e.
Actually it now looks like they just might get to 54. I think it'll be 53 but 54 isn't way out of the range of possibility now.
This election doesn't mean much, people are tired of Obama being as incompetent as Bush. Whichever party learns how to not be totally terrible at the things it tries to do when it has power will get that "advantage for a generation" everyone in US politics seems to have a hard-on for.
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Better the states decide those matters than the Federal Government force them on everyone all at once. If the voters of Arkansas want to raise the wage, good for them- have at it.
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On November 05 2014 13:01 DeepElemBlues wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2014 11:44 NovaTheFeared wrote:
Shaheen over Brown in New Hampshire Senate means it won't be a bloodbath. Republicans still on pace to take the Senate, but they're not going to run the table and end with 54 seats or w/e. Actually it now looks like they just might get to 54. I think it'll be 53 but 54 isn't way out of the range of possibility now. This election doesn't mean much, people are tired of Obama being as incompetent as Bush. Whichever party learns how to not be totally terrible at the things it tries to do when it has power will get that "advantage for a generation" everyone in US politics seems to have a hard-on for.
Yeah it's looking a bit worse for Democrats than it was a few hours ago.
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Dem Jeff Merkley wins election to the U.S. Senate in Oregon.
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Stats for Senate Majority as of 11:09 pm ET:
-GOP: 49 seats
-Democrats: 44 seats
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Not sure why I'm even following the election, at least the good judges in NC got elected (for the most part)
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Looks like the NRA is gonna get the kill on Hickenlooper.
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And this is why Liberals begged Obama issue a EO on Immigration before the elections, and not hope to not stir a hornet's nest when it was already disturbed. The man has really bad advisers and to much faith in the electorate.
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And Democrat politicians begged him not to, otherwise they could have lost by more.
He needed enough time for his lawyers to invent some kind of legal rationale anyway. When one does things they obviously don't have the authority to do, you have to figure out how to spin it the best way possible.
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Looks like Hagan is toast.
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On November 05 2014 13:17 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
And this is why Liberals begged Obama issue a EO on Immigration before the elections, and not hope to not stir a hornet's nest when it was already disturbed. The man has really bad advisers and to much faith in the electorate.
If Obama had done that we might have seen record white turnout for a midterm election. That would have been very very bad for Democratic candidates in both chambers.
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Ernst in Iowa also opening up a reasonable lead. If NC and Iowa both go that's 52 with Alaska outstanding (and a runoff right?) 52-54.
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