Election Day, Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014 - Thank God we are finally here! By all measures, the Republicans are poised to take over the Senate. But to do that Repubs need to pick up at least 6 seats to rid the world of Harry Reid. This means that maybe President Obama will finally learn how to engage Congress since he will have no one to run interference.
But let's not get cocky. It's not over yet and anything could happen. Hey, martial law could be declared or Obama could declare an Ebola quarantine on anyone who can locate Liberia/Guinea/Sierra Leone on a map or a sudden hurricane could strike like in 2012 or aliens could land on the White House lawn (most likely scenario since just about anyone can jump the WH fence and walk in the unlocked front door these days). But just in case none of that happens, here is what we should look for and where it all stands:
This info was extracted From HuffPo so it will be the most favorable to Democrats:
Solid Republican Wins predicted at least 98% probability:
South Dakota -Rounds (R) v. Weiland (D-Incumbent) = ROUNDS WINS - Second pick up for Republicans
West Virginia -Capito (R) v. Tennent (D-Incumbent) - CAPITO WINS - First Pick up for Republicans
Montana - Daines (R) v. Curtis (D-Incumbant)
Arkansa -Cotton (R) v. Pryor (D-Incumbant) - COTTON WINS - Third pick up for Republicans NEW!!
Senate races still in play with at least 80% probability:
Alaska - Sullivan (R) v. Begich (D-Incumbent) - This race predicted to be much closer and may not be decided tomorrow. No runoff possibility.
Kentucky -McConnell (R-Incumbant) v. Grimes (D) - GRIMES CONCEDES; MCCONNELL KEEPS HIS SEAT...
Senate races still in play with at least 60% probability:
Colorado - Gardner (R) v. Udall (D-Incumbent) -
Georgia - Purdue (R) v. Nunn (D) (Open race - Republican incumbent party) - If neither get 50%, there will be a runoff.
Louisiana - Cassidy (R) v. Landrieu (D-Incumbent) v. Maness (R/TP Independent) - With Maness splitting the Republican vote there will most likely be runoff between Cassidy and Landrieu if neither reaches 50% of the vote. Since the last days of her campaign, Landrieu managed to call her Louisiana constituents racists, she really has no hope even if there is a runoff.
Senate races still in play that are too close to predict:
Iowa - Ernst (R) v. Braley (D-Incumbent)
Kansas - Roberts (R0Incumbent) v. Orman (I)
North Carolina - Tillis (R) v. Hagan (D-Incumbent)
New Hampshire - Brown (R) v. Shaheen (D-Incumbent)
House Races -
Republicans are predicted to pick up at least 12 seats. I know there are many more, however these are three races to watch:
-Mia Love (R) in Utah District 4 is leading by 8% against Doug Owens (D). If she wins she will be the first black Republican woman to serve in Congress.
-In an open race in New York District 21 is predicted to pick up the youngest woman to serve in Congress - Elise Stepafik (R) against Aaron Wolff (D).
-And in another NY race - Michael Grimm (R/Staten Island) who is currently under a 21-count federal indictment, is leading his opponent by 19%. My feeling is that Grimm will be cleared on all counts eventually.
And just because it's going to be a long night -
Races for Governor to watch -
- Wisconsin - Scott Walker (R-Incumbent) v. Mary Burke (D) is too close to call. Walker is leading in the polls by 2.2% according to RCP.
- Florida - Rick Scott (R-Incumbent) v. Charlie Crist (D) and former Governor - This is so close (.6% RCP) that this may be decided by one of those famous Florida "hanging chad" recounts.
- Georgia - There probably will not be another Carter elected as Georgia Governor. Jason Carter (grandson to Jimmah) is in a three way race with Nathan Deal (R) and Andrew Hunt (L). Deal is leading by 4%, but this is another case where if no candidate receives 50% of the vote, there will be runoff. Most likely Deal will win in a runoff.
- There are races too close to call in Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
And I just can't help myself. I have to add the Texas Gubernatorial race between Greg Abbott (R) and Wendy Davis (D/Idiot) even though Abbott will win by double digits. This has been one for the ages. See, this is what happens when a party hangs all its hopes on a candidate with one issue and not a very popular issue at that. First, there was the much touted bid by Make Blue Texas that was launched in 2013 to...well...turn Texas from a red state to a blue state. By all accounts it has been a wonderfully miserable failure. And then there's Wendy Davis who ran one of the most ridiculously stupid one-issue campaigns of any major party candidate that I have ever seen. The most ridiculous was her last ditch effort to smear Greg Abbott, she leveled accusations that Abbott wanted to reinstate anti-miscegenation laws in Texas.
She confronted him with a "gotcha" question "Do you support mixed race marriages?" When he wouldn't respond to the question , her campaign turned it into some kind of indictment. Yes, that was an actual question. Now, not that Abbott's wife is of a different "race", but she is Hispanic. My take on it is that it was such a stupid question to ask in 2014, that he did not feel he needed to respond. From the 20 point lead that Abbott has, I am pretty sure most people in Texas agree. Fortunately for Texas, Greg Abbott is actually a great candidate and will make a great Governor.
Keep us posted on what is happening in your polling area! Now get out there and vote early and often!
But let's not get cocky. It's not over yet and anything could happen. Hey, martial law could be declared or Obama could declare an Ebola quarantine on anyone who can locate Liberia/Guinea/Sierra Leone on a map or a sudden hurricane could strike like in 2012 or aliens could land on the White House lawn (most likely scenario since just about anyone can jump the WH fence and walk in the unlocked front door these days). But just in case none of that happens, here is what we should look for and where it all stands:
This info was extracted From HuffPo so it will be the most favorable to Democrats:
Solid Republican Wins predicted at least 98% probability:
South Dakota -
West Virginia -
Montana - Daines (R) v. Curtis (D-Incumbant)
Arkansa -
Senate races still in play with at least 80% probability:
Alaska - Sullivan (R) v. Begich (D-Incumbent) - This race predicted to be much closer and may not be decided tomorrow. No runoff possibility.
Kentucky -
Senate races still in play with at least 60% probability:
Colorado - Gardner (R) v. Udall (D-Incumbent) -
Georgia - Purdue (R) v. Nunn (D) (Open race - Republican incumbent party) - If neither get 50%, there will be a runoff.
Louisiana - Cassidy (R) v. Landrieu (D-Incumbent) v. Maness (R/TP Independent) - With Maness splitting the Republican vote there will most likely be runoff between Cassidy and Landrieu if neither reaches 50% of the vote. Since the last days of her campaign, Landrieu managed to call her Louisiana constituents racists, she really has no hope even if there is a runoff.
Senate races still in play that are too close to predict:
Iowa - Ernst (R) v. Braley (D-Incumbent)
Kansas - Roberts (R0Incumbent) v. Orman (I)
North Carolina - Tillis (R) v. Hagan (D-Incumbent)
New Hampshire - Brown (R) v. Shaheen (D-Incumbent)
House Races -
Republicans are predicted to pick up at least 12 seats. I know there are many more, however these are three races to watch:
-Mia Love (R) in Utah District 4 is leading by 8% against Doug Owens (D). If she wins she will be the first black Republican woman to serve in Congress.
-In an open race in New York District 21 is predicted to pick up the youngest woman to serve in Congress - Elise Stepafik (R) against Aaron Wolff (D).
-And in another NY race - Michael Grimm (R/Staten Island) who is currently under a 21-count federal indictment, is leading his opponent by 19%. My feeling is that Grimm will be cleared on all counts eventually.
And just because it's going to be a long night -
Races for Governor to watch -
- Wisconsin - Scott Walker (R-Incumbent) v. Mary Burke (D) is too close to call. Walker is leading in the polls by 2.2% according to RCP.
- Florida - Rick Scott (R-Incumbent) v. Charlie Crist (D) and former Governor - This is so close (.6% RCP) that this may be decided by one of those famous Florida "hanging chad" recounts.
- Georgia - There probably will not be another Carter elected as Georgia Governor. Jason Carter (grandson to Jimmah) is in a three way race with Nathan Deal (R) and Andrew Hunt (L). Deal is leading by 4%, but this is another case where if no candidate receives 50% of the vote, there will be runoff. Most likely Deal will win in a runoff.
- There are races too close to call in Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
And I just can't help myself. I have to add the Texas Gubernatorial race between Greg Abbott (R) and Wendy Davis (D/Idiot) even though Abbott will win by double digits. This has been one for the ages. See, this is what happens when a party hangs all its hopes on a candidate with one issue and not a very popular issue at that. First, there was the much touted bid by Make Blue Texas that was launched in 2013 to...well...turn Texas from a red state to a blue state. By all accounts it has been a wonderfully miserable failure. And then there's Wendy Davis who ran one of the most ridiculously stupid one-issue campaigns of any major party candidate that I have ever seen. The most ridiculous was her last ditch effort to smear Greg Abbott, she leveled accusations that Abbott wanted to reinstate anti-miscegenation laws in Texas.
She confronted him with a "gotcha" question "Do you support mixed race marriages?" When he wouldn't respond to the question , her campaign turned it into some kind of indictment. Yes, that was an actual question. Now, not that Abbott's wife is of a different "race", but she is Hispanic. My take on it is that it was such a stupid question to ask in 2014, that he did not feel he needed to respond. From the 20 point lead that Abbott has, I am pretty sure most people in Texas agree. Fortunately for Texas, Greg Abbott is actually a great candidate and will make a great Governor.
Keep us posted on what is happening in your polling area! Now get out there and vote early and often!
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He predicts:
8-seat net gain for the GOP in the Senate
9-seat net gain for the GOP in the House
3 losses for the GOP at the Gubernatorial level.
Wisconsin's Gov. race he puts in a "leans R".
Here is the site: LINK
I've already voted! :D
I'm not sure what to predict. All the signs point to the Democrats losing big. But at the same time, you have the far right sitting at home (interesting side note the other day -- not a single ad run by Tea Party groups against the Democrats this election cycle), you have the Democrats shamelessly running away from Obama, and I get the sense the electorate just doesn't care. So the end result could be a minor GOP victory... maybe not even enough to win the Senate.
Just not sure.
As an aside, you may recall my article taking liberal Peter King to task for his stance that Ray Rice and other domestic abusers need to be driven out of the league without waiting to hear the evidence. I predicted that Petey would do a complete 180 before things were over. Here is what he wrote this morning:
"Rice is going to get his suspension lifted. And he should, because he essentially was tried twice for the same domestic-abuse offense."
Ah liberalism, so consistent in their inconsistency.
I'm not getting my hopes up, but it sure would be nice to see Reid become the minority loser.
However, if the GOP takes the Senate what will they do if Obama continues to ignore our Constitution and decree by executive orders?
And will McConnel take a hint already and mobilze the GOP to hammer out a clear vision because 2016 is just a few short years ahead, and the GOP will need another contract with America that addresses what most Americans want, present a simple plan to implement clear goals they will pursue, and that stresses protecting our individual liberties as well.
The GOP can't keep coasting along and playing passive defense anymore.
There's lots of popular things they can tackle, and stopping chronic chrony capitalism should be at the top, or at least near it.
Andrew, on the Rice thing I wonder if the NFL will do an about face?
Much as I deplore what Rice did that doesn't justify the NFL playing double jeopardy.
It's a horrible precedent to begin with and it's also a slippery slope, not to mention it violates the rights of whoever they use it on.
We have due process for a very good reason.
I already voted, although it's a shoo-in for Jason Smith over the sacrificial lamb the Dims handed out this year. We had two interesting amendments to vote on. One takes away most of the governor's power to withhold money already appropriate for education. Nixon has been holding money back to force the legislature to do other things. It's interesting that only Dems have ever held money back, never Republicans. Also, there is an Amendment that forces schools to judge teachers by their students' performance which I personally consider to be dumbassery. We need to have performance standards for administrators, school boards, and parents. They're most of the problem from my viewpoint.
I voted this morning. I expect a very, very light turnout today in Manhattan. Not only did I not have to wait, but I was one of the few voting with 10 separate districts in one poll place. There were more twice as many poll workers as voters.
Critch - We have a referendum to approve more spending to "upgrade technology" in our schools. We spend twice as taxpayer money per student than any other state and they still can't read. And btw, we passed the whole mandate on teacher evaluation thang in NY. The teachers' unions have brazenly refuse to cooperate and are making it more difficult to fire teachers who sexually molest children. It is all based on tenure and such. Where your state withholds money, our Dims here pay the ransom money extorted from the teachers union and we STILL get test scores that are criminally low.
The teachers union in our state is not very strong, they've never really even had the support of the Democrats. My issue with teacher evaluations is the notion that somehow a teacher can make a kid learn. The education stool has more than one leg. I spent 10 years out-stationed at a large vo-tech school and frankly I saw great teachers...but some of the students and parents left a lot to be desired. Our auto body teacher gave a kid an F for cheating on a test, the next day the kid's mom shows up with a damned lawyer...luckily our principal at the time had some huevos and told the lawyer and the mom to stick it. But that was almost 20 years ago. I'm with you on getting rid of bad teachers, but there is a feeling that too many administrators will abuse it if it's too easy.
Critch - Actually I agree with you. It shouldn't all be on the teachers. Parents, Administration, students are all in it. It's just in NY, the unions have much more power than they deserve. But this is the sad part...it never seems to be about what is best for the students.
And I was on the fence about Common Core, but I was at a dinner party with a room full of retired NY elementary school teachers and they were appalled. One woman was raising her grandson who was in kindergarten. He actually had homework and the homework was some Common Core math problems that this 30 year elementary teacher needed a tutorial to help this child. She said that her grandson was so frustrated that he said he hated school and he's just IN KINDERGARTEN!!
I cast my ballot. It'll be interesting to see if Lee Terry gets sent back to the House against. His reelection campaigns are always tight, and this year seems closer than ever. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Government is always about power, it's a slow insidious thing. We're told we need just one more law or regulation to make things better..then some low level bureaucrat starts doing things they way they see it...then it gets worse..the Feds have no business in our local schools business....
Common Core impacts one of my three kids and I despise it. My son, a fifth-grader who tests in the mid-90 percentiles for district and state, has the innate ability to look at a math problem and know the answer without writing it out. Scares me a little. But the Common Core math homework frustrates him to the point of rage.
Despite my science background, I struggle when helping him because the math questions have little to do with the actual math. On some evenings, the stress is so severe that I tell him to stop, or I make up some way for him to answer and walk him through it. It's not math. It's not education. So I'm happy to simply provide Bravo Sierra answers for him.
Look at the picture on this link. This is Common Core:
http://eagnews.org/common-cores-impact-the-first-picture-of-my-daughter-i-ever-hated/
It is hard for me not to damn the faceless trolls who invented these techniques.
Bev,
I've got two kids in Common Core schools. Its certainly tougher than the old curriculum (my youngest has maintained perfect grades, the grades of my oldest dipped a bit, though they have mostly recovered, they are) but I don't view that as a bad thing.
Learning is like weightlifting, the harder it, the greater the benefit. Because its harder on kids, its harder on parents (believe me, with my oldest I've sometimes had to teach myself the math she is working on), but we ought to step up rather than try to get the standards watered down.
*Shrugs* Of course, as I've noted before, I think the biggest problems schools have is the crumbling of the family, not teachers. I'm not saying teachers walk on water, but nowadays to be really successful as a teacher you need to know how to motivate students (not just teach them) and how to deal effectively with the inevitable handful of seriously disruptive kids.
Like Anthony, I've got two doing Common Core right now. It hasn't been a problem at all. It's asked more of them than the old curriculum, but that's not a bad thing as they have easily risen to the occasion and now don't even notice that they basically are learning more and faster than before.
Beyond that, it hasn't included anything silly or that an adult shouldn't be able to understand. It hasn't been political either. At this point, the majority of people complaining are ideologues who don't have kids and who keep repeating debunked charges. The right sticks with the idea that the program is intent on creating gays and communists and "can't be understood by parents or teachers" and the left sticks with the idea that testing kids is somehow immoral or wrong.
The teachers I've met, for the most part, are fine with it, though a few are upset that they are asked to do things the don't like. Specifically, they object to the testing, which they claim is somehow wrong or useless even as they later brag about using the testing to target different weaknesses within each student for additional study. For us, the testing has been key in this regard as it's helped us figure out exactly where problems lie and address them.
In terms of the politicized crap, nothing talk radio says has proven true. Every single charge they've laid has been debunked, though this hasn't stopped the charges from being repeated. The people arguing that parents can't figure this stuff out are just as wrong. I have yet to see a single valid assignment (as compared to the avalanche of faked e-mail memes) that is beyond the ability of average parents to help their kids with.
That said, I have now run across a couple new techniques that were taught in math to solve problems. These aren't things I used, but it only took a few seconds to understand them and they were basically effective, though they wouldn't be my personal preferred method.
Ultimately though, the proof of success or failure is that the best schools in this state have adopted it and their kids are scoring higher and higher on state tests. The result has been that parents have been pushing to get their kids into those schools.
Nebraska didn't implement CC, but it's in the textbooks anyway. I've got one in kindergarten and one in AEP so it probably hasn't hit us yet. That said, I've seen nothing among all the "look at this! can you believe it?" Photos circling the web that I couldn't figure out. (Well, excepting the ones where the photo cut off doe vital info.)
What I find most telling is that the story of CC has shifted from leftist political indoctrination to "the math is too hard!" It all but proves the initial hysteria was unfounded. And whining about the math won't stand for long in an economy dependant on STEM workers.
PS, at this point I take more issue w/ NCLB. As I said, I have one in AEP (fka special ed). NCLB stupidly does not exclude the learning disabled from its 100% proficiency goals. I didn't believe it was true until my child's school--the one I specifically moved to get my kids into--received bad marks on its NCLB report card. I don't expect any schools to start dropping special needs kids yet, but with funding tied to the report card, NCLB is a real disincentive to serve special needs.
***First Results In***
Grimes concedes to McConnell in Kentucky...no surprise there.
***End report***
***NEWS RELEASE***
The DOJ chose today to release the missing 64K+ pages of "Fast & Furious" docs...hmmmm. Maybe they need the cover of the election returns to limit damage to Holder...
***End***
Bev, No surprise at all. McConnell had this thing in the bag all along. :D
Interesting night to release F&F documents.
tryanmax, I think the thing people are really complaining about in math is not common core, but the new math stuff implemented in the 1990s. Still, even that doesn't seem to be at all what talk radio made it out as. Math is still math... not only does the end result but proving you didn't just guess to get there matters... and I have seen zero attempts to use math to turn kids gay.
***NEW UPDATE***
Capito wins West Virginia. First Senate pick up for Repubs...
Andrew - I am getting the feeling that Common Core is being implemented differently in each state.
And math does to make kids gay!! Every person....EVERY PERSON!... I know who is gay also took math...so there! It's true! Also pedophiles, liberals, serial killers, and Wall Street fat cats...math is the root of all that is evil in the world. Not that being gay is evil, but you get what I mean, right??
Happy with the Net gain of +2 so far!!! Sorry, but my home state of NJ couldn't contribute...too many libs here. "Sigh"
+3 from SD!!!
Arkansas - Tom Cotton defeated incumbant Mark Pryor...Republican pick up for Senate.
Jon - That's three. It's okay about NJ...what can you do. It's NJ.
I know it's early, but Al Franken is losing in Minnesota...remember he won by only 300 votes in 2008. You remember 300 votes that were found in someone's truck during the endless recount. It may not hold, but that wasn't on the radar.
Georgia - Perdue may win outright against Nunn. He is leading by 59% to 39% with 39% reporting...
Colorado - Gardner is leading Udall 51% to 43% with 43% reporting...
+4 from CO woohoooo!!!!
+5 from Montana... rock on...
Louisiana will be a runoff. Cassidy is leading, but won't reach the 50% threshold.
I love election night...it's like a horse race. Do you suppose people bet on this stuff?
Whoa! Fox just projected 10+ seats!!!!
Jon - Yes, I think Vegas is hopping tonight!
Virginia is in play now. Gillespie is leading incumbant Mark Warner (former husband to Liz Taylor...) barely. That's a surprise.
I'd like to see VA and NC come back to the Republican fold.
Looks like Cory Gardner defeated incumbant Mark Udall in Colorado...Yea, Andrew!! Good job! That's 5 solids for Republicans!
It looks like Tillis is pulling ahead in NC against Hagan - 85% reporting...maybe #6. Btw, they spent more on this race than any in history.
This is interesting. They have already called NH with Sheehan winning, but Scott Brown in leading at 66% reporting...
New Mexico a win for Dem incumbent.
North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia still too close to call. We need to protect GA, I see that one as our flank.
CNN has Dem leading in VA 49%-498% with 92% of precincts reporting in and NC with Tillis leading 49%-47% with 90% of precincts reporting in.
GA has 67% reporting in and Perdue leading 57-41.
CNN calling GA for GOP. VA and NC still neck-and-neck.
Whoo hooo Kansas is in our column.
Jon - Roberts is the incumbant, so it helps that R's keep the seat, we are still not out of the woods yet...
lol - what did Han Solo say? "Don't get cocky!"
Ernst is still lagging in IA.
Watching IA, NC, and VA. Those could put us over the top.
CNN predicting Gov. Walker to win WI.
5 states' polls closing in less than 3min!
GA is in the bag.
Brown not conceding NH race. CNN said he could potentially pull it through, though its very unlikely.
Fox News calling GA Sen. race for Perdue against Nunn. Good! Dems for Hawaii and Oregon and GOP win for Idaho.
FOX NEWS GOP WITH 50 SEATS IN SENATE!
Looks like Rick Scott won reelection in Florida...barely.
Kit - All we need is for them to call NC for Tillis and Harry Reid is history. Most definitely Cassidy will win in Louisiana in the runoff in December...
Hey Everyone! Sorry I haven't been here. We had a broken toe (gymnastics) which resulted in an ER visit. Just got home.
Things look good tonight. :D
Braley-Ernst are 48-48 in IA.
Louisiana could go to a run-off.
Jon, Do you think there would be a chance to win a Senate seat if Christie ran for Senate?
Andrew,
Sorry about the broken toe. Maybe the GOP win will be a consolation prize for the injury.
Ouch! Ice cream is great cure for a broken toe! The calcium, don't ya' know!
Probably not, I think NJ residents will be willing to experiment with having a R governor more than the rank and file liberal (union) vote that would turn out for the mid-term race. We're all desperate to get our property taxes down, but the dem vote for everything else seems to be the same by county, race after race,
I feel so left out. PA had a governor's race that was over before it started. Lucky us. :(
Ah, Tom Corbett had about as much job security as Brady Hoke.
I'm monking it for the most part this evening. (Too many bad emotional memories from two years ago.) Went out to hit as many Halloween clearance sales as I could this evening (after voting) and found almost nothing. Either there was less inventory ordered this year, everyone was buying like crazy over the weekend, or the stores just want to get to Christmas as soon as possible. (Or a combination of the above.)
Plus side: it looks like my congressman, Keith Rothfus (R- PA 12th), will keep his seat with just over 59% of the vote (95.5% reporting). Looks like Murtha's old fiefdom of Johnstown will continue to see red. (Mwah-ha-ha-ha HA!!!)
Hope everyone gets better, Andrew! (Btw, are you out of the woods with your cold, yet?)
We are a breath away from calling NC for Tillis and IA just may be called for Ernst with 59% reporting. That's 53 for the Repubs.
And VA is still too close to call!
Thanks Kit! I don't think a 9 year old will care about control over the Senate, though she does hate Obama. :D
On the other hand, ice cream seems to have helped... as Bev suggested!
IA Called!!! Whoo hoooo
Fox News just called Ernst for the IA and Tillis (R) for NC.
Go Tarheels!!!!!!! Whooo hooooo
"though she does hate Obama."
Smart girl.
Kit, CNN has been at 50 - 44 for some time. They say Crist just conceded to Scott. And they think the GOP will win more than one more.
Possible candidates -- Iowa, North Carolina, Louisiana.
CBS and HuffPo have called Tillis the winner in NC beating incumbant Hagan in the most expensive race in history...WOO-HOO!! Solid 51!!!
Jon, That's too bad. New Jersey is one of those states that always teases the GOP, but I don't think will deliver again in my lifetime.
And now they are calling Ernst the winner in IA!! 52!!!!
There may very well be a recount in Virginia...it's a statistical dead heat at 99% reporting...
CNN just called North Carolina for the GOP and they project 51+ seats. I think Wolf Blitzer might cry.
Fox News just called Illinois' gov race for GOP's Rauner. :)
Holy crap! It's a blood bath for Democrats! They called Rauner (R) winner for IL Gov defeating incumbant Pat Quinn! And Beauprez in leading in Colorado!
You should see the headline on HuffPo!
Too bad I can't watch MSNBC...I really, REALLY want to see Rachel Maddow's head explode...
Bev - I want to see a fine red mist where her head once was...
Bev, I would imagine the HuffPo headlines are things like: "Racist Republicans Steal Elections by Murdering Poor People and Blacks and Women" and "gOOD F*CkING gOD wHAt Is WRONG WITH tHIS cOUNTRY?!!!"
That Illinois governor win is kind of cool! :D We may win Maryland and Connecticut too, which is insane...
In the sad news, Clay Aiken lost his bid for Congress in NC...
Fox News declares Mass. Gov. race for the Republican!
The GOP Gov. candidate in MD is leading.
Kit, Wow, Massachusetts. What an interesting twist.
Bev, I'm pretty happy about that actually.
Andrew - That will be tomorrow...LOL!! Tonight it's DEM DISASTER!! GOP SEIZES SENATE!! GOVS BLOOD BATH!!
Actually Wendy Davis who lost in Texas by...well, she should be embarrassed by the wide margin of defeat...was claiming that hundreds of thousands of Blacks and Women were denied the vote in Texas...
Wow, MA Gov will be Republican??? That's huge! Well, not so huge since Romney was their Gov, but still unexpected!
I think its time to break out the Kool and the Gang!
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So, any thoughts on tonight, everyone?
Looks like a GOP sweep.
Kit, I'm putting some together right now and will publish them soon. :D
Fox News calls Maryland Governor's Race for the GOP
Kool & The Gang was my first concert, Kit, and it was twisted fun boogeying down to them when they opened for Van Halen a couple years ago, but as a veteran of the wedding DJ trenches, who's heard that one 3K times too many, here's a less cliché option for our ears:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QV8s1jAL3Pw
Well, I am signing off on the East Coast...great night!
Rustbelt - Maryland! IL, MA and Maryland are a surprise! Woo-Hoo!
Yeah, but I got stuck with another limousine liberal Taxocrat here in Pa.
Please pardon me if I'm a little grouchy.
Good night, Bev! What a great night! :D
Eric, That always stinks when a great song gets ruined by being overplayed or turned into muzak.
Rustbelt, Sorry, but that does seem to be Penn's fate.
Rustbelt, my Keystone Kousin, let today be a needed lesson for Corbett. Do not knowingly and irresponsibly throw Joe Paterno under the bus, especially not when your own staff has scads of porn on their computers. Granted, it's too bad you have to deal with Wolf, who doesn't seem to be a tolerable liberal like Rendell was (even my uber-Republican Grandma Livingston had nice things to say about Rendell, before her dementia arose), but still nice to see enough PSU alums have much stronger spines than our pathetic Board of Trustees.
EricP, Wolf won mainly by blasting Corbett for education cuts, (money that, it turned out, nobody missed), and for not taxing gas companies (Marcellus Shale) into oblivion. It was typical class warfare that drones in Pittsburgh and Philly buy all too easily.
On your other point, I hold no reverence for PSU or Paterno whatsoever. In fact, I think they got off WAY too easily, given the magnitude of what was uncovered. Covering up the actions of a serial pedophile so a football team's on-field success wouldn't be interrupted by bad press is reprehensible. IMO, the NCAA shot its credibility in the foot by not issuing the death penalty.
OK, that's it for me tonight. See you guys tomorrow.
Oh, boy, someone still believes in the cover-up and other false narratives, the former of which was dismissed even by the chief prosecutor on Armen Ketayan's show. That and other misinformation debunked, big time, at John Ziegler's www.framingpaterno.com site. Franco Harris' continuing "Upon Further Review" road-show a huge plus in bringing truth to the masses, including "First and Ten" author John U. Bacon.
Huge bummer about the class warfare tactics actually working in the homeland, notably when it got a loud kick in the ass all across the nation. Stupid big city stooges.
Rustbelt, you were saying?
http://onwardstate.com/2014/11/05/internal-emails-show-ncaa-questioned-jurisdiction-over-penn-state/
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