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2018 Midterms 2: I Need A Drink!

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SJHovey said:
I'm not sure it's going to hit that high. The undecided races, all extremely close, are 7-7 between the parties at the latest vote totals. Hagedorn (R) is about to win Minnesota's 1st District. The Dems will have to sweep the other 13 to hit 35 if my math is right.
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Believe uno is correct. Last I saw they were at 26 confirmed pickups in called races and are leading in about 10 others.
 
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unofan said:
Kobach and Walker falling as the Dems go +7 governor's mansions.
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Were those really big surprises?

And frankly, I'm really interested in the D, Laura Kelly, that won the Kansas governorship: "she led a bipartisan effort to successfully balance the budget without increasing taxes." Remember: I tend to like former governors as Presidential candidates.
 
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SJHovey said:
I'm not sure it's going to hit that high. The undecided races, all extremely close, are 7-7 between the parties at the latest vote totals. Hagedorn (R) is about to win Minnesota's 1st District. The Dems will have to sweep the other 13 to hit 35 if my math is right.
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Dems started at 193. NYT has them on their way to 229. That's a pickup of 36.

Put another way, they're at 220 right now, and leading in 8 more. NYT must think they can pick up on of the other ones that's less than a point in favor of the GOP at the moment.
 
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Rover said:
Believe uno is correct. Last I saw they were at 26 confirmed pickups in called races and are leading in about 10 others.
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He might be. I just happened to look at the CNN website before I saw his post. They showed the House at 222-199, Dems, with 14 too close to call. One of those was the Minnesota race which looks like it will go (R). For some reason I thought the Repubs had 235 going in, which meant that if they ended up at 200 (Dems sweep the last 13) they lose 35 seats.
 
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unofan said:
Dems started at 193. NYT has them on their way to 229. That's a pickup of 36.

Put another way, they're at 220 right now, and leading in 8 more. NYT must think they can pick up on of the other ones that's less than a point in favor of the GOP at the moment.
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I see how we differed. It's the 7 "vacant" seats. I was just looking at where the Republicans started (which I thought was 235) and figured if they ended at 200 (which is where they are now without the undecided elections) they'd lose 35.
 
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unofan said:
well, about 1,500,0000 convicted felons in Florida just got their right to vote back, including about 18% of the African-American population. That's going to change things in 2 years.
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That’s about the best thing that happened last night.
 
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CO and WA not going for "climate change" legislation is a surprise.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ballot-measures-taking-aim-at-climate-change-fall-13370355.php

"What we learned from this election, in states like Colorado, Arizona, and Washington, is that voters reject policies that would make energy more expensive and less reliable," Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, a free-market advocacy group, said in a statement.
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Turtle Boy is taking his victory lap right now.

Calls pre existing conditions a phony issue.
 
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Here we go again:

FL Senate headed to recount between Nelson & Scott.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Turtle Boy is taking his victory lap right now.
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Of course he is. Look at it from his POV:

- He's done dealing with Flake.
- He was given the nuclear option switch long ago (shame on Harry Reid).
- Collins and Murkowski become non-issues now that he's picked up ND, MO, and IN.
- And if AZ and MT come his way ... look out.

Now all Mitch and Donald need is another opening on the Supremes. Surely they have ACB on standby.

Mitch has to be changing Depends at least hourly.
 
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SJHovey said:
It's got a ways to go though. The Dems ran pretty much the best possible candidate in the country in that Texas Senate race against a guy probably more disliked in Texas and elsewhere than just about any politician, and they still fell a bit short. Any normal Republican candidate beats Beto by a comfortable margin.
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Pshaw. Cruz is the quintessential Republican candidate.
 
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unofan said:
If you think McConnell needed Reid to do that, you're naïve as hell. And you're ignoring why it was done to boot.
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Harry gave Mitch the ability to point the finger and say --> "Hims did it first."
That's the mistake.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
Harry gave Mitch the ability to point the finger and say --> "Hims did it first."
That's the mistake.
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unofan has convinced me that I was wrong on that. I think you need to think it through. When I did I realized he was correct.
 
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Suburban correction, that’s what I would call last night. The country is divided as ever but the suburbs corrected to the Dems last night and they won the House.

Problem is, red areas aren’t changing. The story was, like in Texas, raised a bunch of money, drove out new voters, and had good candidates but only got to 45%. Essentially the Dems gave up a field goal instead of a touchdown.

Someone mentioned demographic changes and young liberals moving, well I can see it. I look at the results of our statewide elections and now wonder if it really is worth it to live here despite my job? Is it worth it for my kid?
 
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