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2018 Midterms 2: I Need A Drink!

Re: 2018 Midterms 2: I Need A Drink!

If any of you, from libs to cons to loonitarians want a good laugh, you should check out the comments section of the early daily kos elections blogs! Upon learning that Dems had failed to capture a tough Kentucky race (KY has the earliest poll closing time) 90% of the posters were convinced that the GOP was a cinch to keep the House and hold their losses to single digits. I'm also fairly certain some of them hired movers to relocate to Canada at first light the following morning. Point is, there's a lot of Scooby's out there! :D

Regarding updates with recent calls in NM, WA and GA Dems are now up to a 31 seat gain and leading in 5 others. They're also down by a small amount in 3 CA races with lots of late ballots to be counted and the one Maine race that will go to an instant runoff eventually. Lastly there are 4 other uncalled House races with GOP in the lead (TX, NY, GA and NC) Not sure what the hold up is in those races.
 
Re: 2018 Midterms 2: I Need A Drink!

If any of you, from libs to cons to loonitarians want a good laugh, you should check out the comments section of the early daily kos elections blogs! Upon learning that Dems had failed to capture a tough Kentucky race (KY has the earliest poll closing time) 90% of the posters were convinced that the GOP was a cinch to keep the House and hold their losses to single digits. I'm also fairly certain some of them hired movers to relocate to Canada at first light the following morning. Point is, there's a lot of Scooby's out there! :D

Regarding updates with recent calls in NM, WA and GA Dems are now up to a 31 seat gain and leading in 5 others. They're also down by a small amount in 3 CA races with lots of late ballots to be counted and the one Maine race that will go to an instant runoff eventually. Lastly there are 4 other uncalled House races with GOP in the lead (TX, NY, GA and NC) Not sure what the hold up is in those races.

You always here a lot of talk about moving to Canada. Anyone know anybody who actually went? And bigger question is did Canada let them in? Some of the celebrities that always talk about it I'm not sure I'd want to let in.
 
I think if the Republicans are looking for a bright spot in this election, and it's certainly hard to find one from their prospective, it's this. A lot of the House wins came in suburban districts where the Democratic candidate beat out a fairly moderate Republican candidate in an area that is politically purple at best. Many of those races were pretty tight. Once the Republicans can rid themselves of Trump and the toxic reaction he creates for many suburbanites, the Republicans have at least some chance to try to win some of those seats back.
Haven't you heard? Any Republican who didn't slavishly attach their lips to Red Don's azz got smoked in the election.
 
Re: 2018 Midterms 2: I Need A Drink!

You always here a lot of talk about moving to Canada. Anyone know anybody who actually went? And bigger question is did Canada let them in? Some of the celebrities that always talk about it I'm not sure I'd want to let in.

Canada's going to build a wall.
 
Do you mean overall?

House D+37
Gov D+7
State Leg Seats D+350
State Leg Chambers D+6

In Senate races we went 23-12. We'd have needed to go 25-10 just to hold serve.

This was a blue wave, it just wasn't a tsunami. I don't know what people expected.

You're rebuilding the bench that got decimated under the DWS-BHO watch. Good.
 
Re: 2018 Midterms 2: I Need A Drink!

Do you mean overall?

House D+37
Gov D+7
State Leg Seats D+350
State Leg Chambers D+6

In Senate races we went 23-12. We'd have needed to go 25-10 just to hold serve.

This was a blue wave, it just wasn't a tsunami. I don't know what people expected.

I expected the red state Senate moderates would have had a better showing in this sort of environment. The fact that they didn't is very concerning because it suggests the Dems may not be competetive for a long, long time.

My only hope is that Sinema pulls her race out and that gives the Dems enough of a chance to reach 50 in 2020. If that's the case, there's a decent chance they've kept the House and taken the White House. First order of business...approve DC's petition for statehood.
 
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Ari Melber made the case for a Blue Wave tonight. Very compelling argument. He convinced me.
 
Re: 2018 Midterms 2: I Need A Drink!

Dems might pull Flake's seat out of their a55es yet:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to the Arizona Secretary of State website, Sinema now leads McSally by a little over 2000 votes.<br><br>Sinema: 914,243 — 48.91%<br>McSally: 912,137 — 48.80%<a href="https://t.co/FNfqys0v0z">https://t.co/FNfqys0v0z</a></p>— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1060685920662372352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Re: 2018 Midterms 2: I Need A Drink!

Dems might pull Flake's seat out of their a55es yet:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to the Arizona Secretary of State website, Sinema now leads McSally by a little over 2000 votes.<br><br>Sinema: 914,243 — 48.91%<br>McSally: 912,137 — 48.80%<a href="https://t.co/FNfqys0v0z">https://t.co/FNfqys0v0z</a></p>— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1060685920662372352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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That would make me very happy. McSally is psycho. We don't need two Marsha Blackburn's in the Senate.
 
Re: 2018 Midterms 2: I Need A Drink!

Dems might pull Flake's seat out of their a55es yet:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to the Arizona Secretary of State website, Sinema now leads McSally by a little over 2000 votes.<br><br>Sinema: 914,243 — 48.91%<br>McSally: 912,137 — 48.80%<a href="https://t.co/FNfqys0v0z">https://t.co/FNfqys0v0z</a></p>— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1060685920662372352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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My guess is now the GOP is all in favor of counting more ballots ;)
 
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2018 - the year that Arizona became a purple state and Ohio became red.

Ohio's been trending redder since at least 2004. Can't blame Millennial libs with a college degree for wanting out. Meanwhile, there's no shortage of willing brood sows who didn't make the grade, and live in provincially-minded paradises like Circleville, McAuthur, and Cadiz. West Virginia has been slowly spreading northwestward from there.
 
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