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Ted Cruz

7 (6.5%)

Rick Santorum

16 (14.8%)

Michelle Bachmann

13 (12%)

Chris Christie

23 (21.3%)

Rand Paul

49 (45.4%)

Total Members Voted: 107

[RedKing]

Ok, it's 11pm and my GF is already out for the count. I'm going to go cuddle with her and try to ignore the fact that we're headed for 2 years of Congress attempting to impeach Obama, repealing the ACA, and generally acting like chimps flinging shit at the world.


*le sigh* 

[FearfulJesuit]

GOP has a 95% chance of taking the Senate according to FiveThirtyEight.com.

[smjjames]

Lol, they're projecting Jerry Brown winning as Governor, I guess Neel Kashkari is that much of an unknown.

Still wondering about the local races for me though.

Ok, it's 11pm and my GF is already out for the count. I'm going to go cuddle with her and try to ignore the fact that we're headed for 2 years of Congress attempting to impeach Obama, repealing the ACA, and generally acting like chimps flinging shit at the world.


*le sigh* 

We should replace both sides with chimps and the only difference is that the shit flinging will be REAL shit. lol

[Bauglir]

I actually kind of want the GOP to win the Senate. On the one hand, the ability to obstruct appointments will kind of suck. Hopefully nothing too significant comes up - I'll flip my shit if a Supreme Court Justice quits, I guess. But otherwise, nothing will change but that the Republicans lose a scapegoat for 2016 when it comes time to shake off the impression of being the do-nothing party. Yeah, sure, they'll point to Obama's veto as the reason why, but they're blaming Obama for everything anyway. Anybody who buys that (which is sadly a lot) is already on board.

Every Senate Republican who nabbed a seat on the promise of changing things for "the better" for their base is guaranteed to fail. Their choices are going to be to compromise on the issues they campaigned on, or tantrum and prove as ineffective as ever, and I don't see either being popular with the segment of the electorate that lets performance impact their voting enthusiasm. And I don't see anything else actually changing.

EDIT: I still voted Dem, because I'm not crazy enough to stake a real vote on this sort of mad reasoning, but at least I'll have some consolation.

[FearfulJesuit]

And it's (basically) over! ABC has called Kansas for Roberts and Georgia for Perdue, both Republicans. If the GOP wins any of NC, Virginia, Iowa, Alaska, or Louisiana, they have the majority.

So I'm going to go to bed. And this thread is going to be retired before too long, too- probably when the new Congress is inaugurated. That's when the presidential bickering starts in earnest, and I plan on starting a successor to this thread to cover that.

Good night- and God Bless America.

[Frumple]

... part of me is now wondering what the rules are regarding mid-term party change. I could sorta' see Obama letting out a great laugh, fell and terrible, and joining the republican party shortly after they achieve majority. Admittedly, something like half the republican party's brains would implode if that came to pass, but...

[smjjames]

Eh? All you did was rename the usual American politics thread.

If you want to create a new one for the presidential election stuff, sure.

@frumple: I don't think any president has ever tried to do that.

[FearfulJesuit]

Eh? All you did was rename the usual American politics thread.

If you want to create a new one for the presidential election stuff, sure.

I've been running this thread since a couple months after the 2012 election. After more than 600 pages and nearly two years, once the new Congress is in office, it'll be time to start anew.

[smjjames]

Eh? All you did was rename the usual American politics thread.

If you want to create a new one for the presidential election stuff, sure.

I've been running this thread since a couple months after the 2012 election. After more than 600 pages and nearly two years, once the new Congress is in office, it'll be time to start anew.

Over 300 pages for me, but sure, it would be a good idea to start fresh.

The San Diego area results are being a bit slow to come in for some reason.

Edit: Dangit, looks like Duncan Hunter might win, kind of early though and the DeMaio/Peters one is pretty close atm.

[FearfulJesuit]

Ok, 92% of precincts in NC have reported in, and the gap is now 100,000 in favor of Tillis.

I don't quite understand where the hell all those extra GOP votes were coming from given her advantage in Charlotte and Greensboro, but whatever. All Heil Senator Thom Tillis. Now we have a matching pair of corporate shills in cheap suits and absolutely no real Senate representation. (Seriously.....Richard Burr is like the Senate equivalent of Clarence Thomas. I'm not sure if anybody's even *seen* Burr since the last election.)

Before his marriage to Susan, Tillis had previously been twice married and divorced to a girlfriend from high school.

That's some Grade-A family values there.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Ok, 92% of precincts in NC have reported in, and the gap is now 100,000 in favor of Tillis.

I don't quite understand where the hell all those extra GOP votes were coming from given her advantage in Charlotte and Greensboro, but whatever. All Heil Senator Thom Tillis. Now we have a matching pair of corporate shills in cheap suits and absolutely no real Senate representation. (Seriously.....Richard Burr is like the Senate equivalent of Clarence Thomas. I'm not sure if anybody's even *seen* Burr since the last election.)

Before his marriage to Susan, Tillis had previously been twice married and divorced to a girlfriend from high school.

That's some Grade-A family values there.

You can thank Sean Haugh.

[FearfulJesuit]

And with North Carolina and Iowa being called for the GOP, the Republicans officially have control of both houses of Congress for the first time in eight years. Congratulations to the lunatics! They'll soon be learning to be careful what they wish for.

[smjjames]

I wonder how they're going to handle the debt ceiling when that can comes up..... We'll just have to wait and see.....

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I hope they take their win and choke on it.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

*Breaking news*


Ted Cruz's agenda: repeal Obamacare