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| Almost* Final Results: Republicans Take Senate, Add House Seats And Governor's Mansions | ||
| 2014-11-05 | ||
Democrats 45*(-7) Republicans 52(+7) HOUSE Democrats 175(-12) Republicans 243(+12) GOVERNORS Democrats 15(-3) Republican 31(+3)
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #16 IIUC, IOW wid the Dems nominally holding 45 seats in the Senate the Bammer may [or may not?] still end up avoiding any type of major impeachment investigation or proceeding agz him. Its all-but-absolute or given that the Dems will make effective use of the filibuster agz all sorts of GOP-Right legislation. * FYI RUSSIA TODAY > OBAMA VOWS TO DEFY [new] GOP CONGRESS + [unilaterally] PASS IMMIGRATION REFORM WID EXECUTIVE ORDER [Executive Action-Privelege]. * WORLD NEWS > [Telegraph India] US VOTERS "WANT [GOP-led Congress to get] THINGS DONE". Or be prepared to see the Dems retake the Senate, iff not the Congress? Presidency?, in 2016. * SAME > [Stars-N-Stripes] > OBAMA TO SEEK NEW WAR POWERS FROM CONGRESS FOR ISLAMIC STATE FIGHT. * IIRC SAME > REPUBLICANS HAVE [War]PLAN READY FOR UKRAINE, ISLAMIC STATE, + OBAMA!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-11-05 21:48 |
| #15 Harry got rid of the 2/3 filibuster bet hes happy about that now. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2014-11-05 18:56 |
| #14 Thank you, Frozen Al. It's been a day full of wonder and terror. Stay safe if you can, g(r)omgoru. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-11-05 18:36 |
| #13 The +7 in the senate does not count AK where the Rep has won with 4% with 100% counted, but the Dem has not conceded. Nor does it include LA (runoff) or VA (recount). The +3 in governorships does not count AK or VT (recounts). Most important the +13 in the house does not include 5 seats where the Republicans are ahead with 100% counted, but the Dems have not conceded (1 in AZ, 3 in CA, and 1 in WA). Nor does it include 2 seat in LA with a Dec runoff. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2014-11-05 18:25 |
| #12 They think they do, grom. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-11-05 15:50 |
| #11 Doesn't Landrieu family owns Louisiana? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-05 15:18 |
| #10 JFM: no one, NO ONE, saw Gillespie getting anywhere close to Warner. Warner should have won that one in a walk. Bagich? Toast. Landrieu? Not sure; she has a way of conjuring votes in the general run-off. But she could only get 42% up front so this morning she's in big trouble. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2014-11-05 15:11 |
| #9 Keep the prez busy for 2 years and get all the drafts ready. |
| Posted by: newc 2014-11-05 14:18 |
| #8 Of the three seats still in play tow will be likely Democratoc wins when they shpuld have been Republican wind wiyjputt the Idiotarians. |
| Posted by: JFM 2014-11-05 14:01 |
| #7 Kansas statewide went widely Republican, even vaunted Berkely-on-Kaw (Lawrence-Douglas County) going Red, Orman I believe only won three counties (Roberts +100k), re-elects SOS Kobach (responsible for KS voter ID, made the papers when a bunch of ruffians surrounded his private residence and violence chanted). Republicans collect 98 of 125 state reps (unofficial). Also, there were interesting votes on local sales tax increases (Sedgwick (Wichita) and Saline County) which were handily defeated. Pubs also elected to Treasurer, AG, and Insurance. The only missed opportunity IMHO was rejecting two Sebelius KS SC Judges, but that is like complaining about the pitcher striking out after batting through the order. This is the KSSC who overrode the law about candidates must drop out by a certain date in order to have their name removed from the ballet, which led to the Roberts~Orman rather than the Roberts~Orman~Dem ticket. As I noted before, 'Orman' supporters had their signs out literally the morning after that decision. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-11-05 12:32 |
| #6 MA Senate - a pickup of two whole seats, from 4/40 to 6/40. |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-11-05 11:07 |
| #5 DV: The XL pipeline and jobs is a good first move. Obamacare will have to be addressed at some point, as you say, because O-Care hinders economic growth and is a job-killer. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-11-05 10:09 |
| #4 The People made a wrong choice---time to teach the People a lesson! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-05 09:59 |
| #3 Pub election results pushes USD to 7 year high vs Yen Link |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-05 09:50 |
| #2 Sounds like John they are going to go with KeystoneXL first and then a jobs bill. They will have to face Obamacare however and better sooner than later while they still have political capital and goodwill. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-11-05 09:38 |
| #1 The Pubs will probably pick up a win in Louisiana during the runoff election although few things are ever certain in politics. Alaska has not come in yet--that could be a possible win also. All in all it was a good night for the Pubs. Hope they are organized, polished, competent and ready to go in January. Hope they don't pick some dumba$$ program out-of-the-box like Obamacare to lead off. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-11-05 09:18 |