2018 Midterm Election

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We just did ..from you dolphie
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Mike Garcia says:
NOVEMBER 7, 2018 AT 3:20 AM
Wasn’t there supposed to be a “blue wave”? What happened? Trump lost about half as many seats as Obama did in 2010, and this kind of thing has happened in almost every mid-term since the Civil War. And Republicans gained three in the Senate.

Beto O’Rourke Drops F-Bomb on Live TV During Concession Speech
https://variety.com/2018/politics/n...-live-tv-during-concession-speech-1203021779/

LOL you are really losers and now you are really going to show the world the extent that you are.
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EagleSmack

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Bar Sinister said:
Exactly as predicted. Democrats appear to have picked up about 35 to 40 seats. "Sneer."
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Nope... a blue wave was predicted. The Democrats are stunned that not only did they not take back the Senate, but they lost even more seats. And how about those Governor races!


The Polls were wrong... again.


*snicker*
 
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EagleSmack said:
Nope... a blue wave was predicted. The Democrats are stunned that not only did they not take back the Senate, but they lost even more seats. And how about those Governor races!
The Polls were wrong... again.
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Passive voice. "was predicted." When in point of fact, no-one knew, and all the sane news outlets said so.

But you can declare victory, because we still have free speech. For now.
 
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lol You have the illusion of free speech...what you have is a Korp-rho-cracy.
 
Danbones

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Bar Sinister said:
Sounds like a Trump speech.
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I bet you eat up every word too.
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Tecumsehsbones said:
Passive voice. "was predicted." When in point of fact, no-one knew, and all the sane news outlets said so.
But you can declare victory, because we still have free speech. For now.
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Everything said is past tense by definition.
 
Twin_Moose

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GOP keeps Senate control for 2 more years, triumph for Trump

WASHINGTON - Republicans retained Senate control Tuesday after ousting Democratic incumbents in Indiana, North Dakota and Missouri, delivering a victory to President Donald Trump by preserving the chamber as a showplace for his conservative priorities for two more years.

To seal the win, the GOP drew backing from hard-right voters in rural, deep-red states, where Trump's nativist, racially tinged rhetoric and insult-laden discourse were as stirring for some conservatives as they were infuriating to liberals elsewhere.
"Donald Trump went out and worked his tail off," Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., who heads the Senate GOP's campaign committee, said in an interview. He cited Trump rallies that drew thousands in crucial states during the campaign's closing weeks and added, "The president was THE factor."
The significance of the Republican victory in the Senate, which the party has dominated for the past four years, was magnified because Democrats wrested House control from the GOP. That's a sure-fire formula for two years of legislative gridlock and positioning for the 2020 presidential and congressional elections.
Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, the only GOP incumbent seeking re-election in a state Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won in 2016, became the only Republican senator to lose. First-term Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen ousted him, attacking him for backing last year's Republican effort to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law.
Republicans retained Senate seats in the South, Midwest and West and ensured at least a 51-49 majority, equal to their current margin. With three races unresolved early Wednesday, Republicans stood a chance of expanding their majority with wins possible in Florida, Arizona and Montana.
They paved their path to victory by defeating Democrats Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Missouri's Claire McCaskill. They kept competitive seats in Texas, where Sen. Ted Cruz fended off Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the well-financed liberal darling, and Tennessee, where Rep. Marsha Blackburn prevailed.
Trump called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., "to congratulate him on the historic Senate gains," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said. It was just the second midterm election in over three decades when the party holding the White House gained seats.
The Republican Senate win was especially significant because that chamber confirms nominations, including for Supreme Court justices and federal judges, a top GOP priority.
The GOP agenda includes tax and spending cuts, trade, immigration restrictions and curbs on Obama's health care law. Short of compromises, perhaps on infrastructure, its initiatives will go nowhere in the House.
Even passing many bills will be difficult for the Senate. The GOP will fall short of the 60 votes needed to break Democratic filibusters, procedural delays that kill legislation.
Though Republicans entered the night commanding the Senate only narrowly, a crucial piece of math worked for them: Democrats and their two independent allies defended 26 seats, Republicans just nine.
"Senate Democrats faced the most difficult political map in 60 years," said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., chairman of Senate Democrats' political arm. He lauded his party for winning at least half the 10 seats they were defending in states Trump carried and preventing Republicans from capturing a filibuster-proof majority.
Blackburn, a conservative and ardent Trump backer, defeated former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, 74. Bredesen had promised a bipartisan approach if elected.
Heitkamp lost to GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer, whom Trump persuaded to seek the Senate seat. McCaskill was denied a third term by Josh Hawley, 38, Missouri's hard-right attorney general, who called McCaskill too liberal for the state.
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Hoof Hearted

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The Dems were expected to win the House.

The Blue wave never materialized...more like a pee-pee trickle.
 
Twin_Moose

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Yep the house passed so many bills it will take the senate a year or so to confirm them, setting up a great 2020 election after the house obstructs on new bills
 
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Twin_Moose said:
Yep the house passed so many bills it will take the senate a year or so to confirm them, setting up a great 2020 election after the house obstructs on new bills
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The House can pass as many bills as they wish to pass. Then the bill goes to the Senate. The Senate doesn't even have to look at it.


The new Democrat House could be as ineffective as the GOP House after Obama's first midterm.


And lets not forget, some of the new members of the House won in GOP districts and are not PROGS. The battles in the House are going to be enjoyable to watch as the PROG Dems try to deliver what they promised to their constituents.
 
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