2010 Mid-Term Election Results

Flint · 11-03-2010, 05:43 PM

Here is a good interactive map:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/inte...ap-us-midterms

It breaks down red and blue further into a "hold" or a "win" victory. Also, separate tabs for House, Senate, and Governers.

I'm seeing, out of every race, of every type, in the entire country, a grand total of five "wins" by Democrats. They were absolutely devastated.

This would be a hard one to "spin" but I'm sure there are those who won't let that stop them from trying.

Lamplighter · 11-03-2010, 08:05 PM

I'm glad someone finally dropped the other shoe on us liberals / progressives / Democrats / etc.
"Absolutely devastated" is as good a way to put it as any.

With many thanks for relieving the pressure... now I can sleep tonight.

And tomorrow the contest of ideas will resume. Be prepared !

TheMercenary · 11-03-2010, 08:35 PM

Who cares, business as usual...

Pico and ME · 11-03-2010, 09:58 PM

Personally, I was glad to see the Blue dogs get their butts whipped. The house now has a stronger progressive caucus.

classicman · 11-03-2010, 10:46 PM

That's a surprising comment - coming from you. Dunno what to make of that.

Pico and ME · 11-03-2010, 10:51 PM

Blue Dog Democrats.

classicman · 11-03-2010, 10:57 PM

No need to explain, I am well aware of who they are, but your utter disdain for anyone with an R after their name leads me to believe that you would have preferred the D's to have won. To say you are glad to see D's lose to R's seems contradictory.

Pico and ME · 11-03-2010, 11:00 PM

Many of them caused a lot of problems for Obama and I say good riddance.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-09-2010, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Many of them caused a lot of problems for Obama and I say good riddance.

To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, a pretty smart guy by all accounts: Rebellion to that socialist Obama is obedience to God. Obama needed a hobbling and has received it. Now we need to move from hobbling to hogtying, and thence to the extinction of Socialism as a worldview and a school of economic thought.

Otherwise the Republic perishes and the Oligarchy takes over. True, the Republic is going to be harder to kill than the Oligarchy might hope, and in this lies the hope for thee and me. I have never been especially worried that Obama would succeed in his Sixties-model pro-socialist demolition of the Republic, and this midterm election bears me out. The repairs are not yet complete, however.

Undertoad · 11-04-2010, 09:08 AM

It seems to me that a lot got done in 1994-96, after the 1994 elections which were similar to this one. Clinton tacked center and centrist stuff got done and Clinton got credit for it and was re-elected. I think Obama should do the same. With the departure of Emmanuel, and Obama's maturation as a President, I think he will take on a different political style, and with continued economic recovery he may even get back the mojo he had in 2008.

Happy Monkey · 11-04-2010, 10:13 AM

The problem is that Obama started center right, and offered to compromise from there, and the Republicans still didn't take him up on it. And that was before the Tea Party.

I don't doubt that Obama will hold out the olive branch again, but they aren't going to take it up from him.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-04-2010, 07:09 PM

Right, their agenda is to kill as many corporate obstructing bits of the government as they can, under the guise of "smaller government"

Lamplighter · 11-04-2010, 07:54 PM

This is some of what we can expect from Conservatives in the future...

NY Times article
Ouster of Iowa Judges Sends Signal to Bench

Quote:

An unprecedented vote to remove three Iowa Supreme Court justices
who were part of the unanimous decision that legalized same-sex marriage in the state
was celebrated by conservatives as a popular rebuke of judicial overreach,
even as it alarmed proponents of an independent judiciary.

The outcome of the election was heralded both as a statewide repudiation of same-sex marriage
and as a national demonstration that conservatives who have long complained about “legislators in robes”
are able to effectively target and remove judges who issue unpopular decisions.

Quote:

Conservative groups this year launched similar campaigns in a number of the 16 states that use merit selection,
targeting supreme court justices for rulings on abortion, taxes, tort reform and health care.

Unlike the three in Iowa, however, those judges — in Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois and Florida — were all re-elected.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-09-2010, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

The problem is that Obama started center right, and offered to compromise from there, and the Republicans still didn't take him up on it. And that was before the Tea Party.

The people who actually inhabit the center-right, and who did some reading and listening, will not tell you Obama did any such thing. And you've seen just how much "compromis[ing] from there" actually went on.

TheMercenary · 11-05-2010, 08:01 PM

Lamp, that is nothing short of fear mongering.

11-03-2010, 05:43 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	2010 Mid-Term Election Results Here is a good interactive map: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/inte...ap-us-midterms It breaks down red and blue further into a "hold" or a "win" victory. Also, separate tabs for House, Senate, and Governers. I'm seeing, out of every race, of every type, in the entire country, a grand total of five "wins" by Democrats. They were absolutely devastated. This would be a hard one to "spin" but I'm sure there are those who won't let that stop them from trying. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-03-2010, 08:35 PM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Who cares, business as usual... __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-03-2010, 10:46 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	That's a surprising comment - coming from you. Dunno what to make of that. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-03-2010, 10:57 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	No need to explain, I am well aware of who they are, but your utter disdain for anyone with an R after their name leads me to believe that you would have preferred the D's to have won. To say you are glad to see D's lose to R's seems contradictory. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-04-2010, 10:13 AM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The problem is that Obama started center right, and offered to compromise from there, and the Republicans still didn't take him up on it. And that was before the Tea Party. I don't doubt that Obama will hold out the olive branch again, but they aren't going to take it up from him. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-03-2010, 08:05 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I'm glad someone finally dropped the other shoe on us liberals / progressives / Democrats / etc. "Absolutely devastated" is as good a way to put it as any. With many thanks for relieving the pressure... now I can sleep tonight. And tomorrow the contest of ideas will resume. Be prepared !

11-03-2010, 09:58 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Personally, I was glad to see the Blue dogs get their butts whipped. The house now has a stronger progressive caucus.

11-03-2010, 10:51 PM	#6
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Blue Dog Democrats.

11-03-2010, 11:00 PM	#8
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Many of them caused a lot of problems for Obama and I say good riddance.

11-04-2010, 09:08 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It seems to me that a lot got done in 1994-96, after the 1994 elections which were similar to this one. Clinton tacked center and centrist stuff got done and Clinton got credit for it and was re-elected. I think Obama should do the same. With the departure of Emmanuel, and Obama's maturation as a President, I think he will take on a different political style, and with continued economic recovery he may even get back the mojo he had in 2008.

11-04-2010, 07:09 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Right, their agenda is to kill as many corporate obstructing bits of the government as they can, under the guise of "smaller government" __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-05-2010, 08:01 PM	#15
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Lamp, that is nothing short of fear mongering. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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