RE-elected batshit insane people don’t count, in what was marketed as a revolution.
Look on the bright side here, which is that the results were about what you’d expect in this economic climate, and take a moment to especially enjoy that the Tea Party gifted the Senate to the Democrats. Thanks, guys! 
Meh. Gridlock is good. They either cooperate or perish. On the state level, everything came out pretty much the way I wanted it to. Meg Whitman blew $150 million on nothing - HA-HA!
Putting all of the artful arguments and bold statements and reasoned rhetoric aside…
Neener, neener neener…
Oscar Meyer Weiner…
Stay classy, dude.
Regards,
Shodan
Even so you have to cut spending first, then lower the taxes…
Tell you what - when you stop lying and deliberately misattributing quotes, then trying to weasel your way out of it, you might just have the right to comment on the classiness of others. Until then, cram it, sparky.
I don’t know what’s worse: Voter Apathy or Voter Irrationality.
Why didn’t you just leave it at that.
Absolutely none of what I voted for passed. But I kind of expected that, living in Arizona. C’est la vie.
Starting a post with Ummmmm… or Um, or anything like that is annoying.
By the way, you missed the hyperbolic humor in Blalron’s post.
That, however, is an excellent point.
What were the battle lines in that debate? After I moved away and came to a state with private liquor sales, I’ll admit it was a little odd to see a two-page, color ad in a newspaper for Jim Beam and Absolut (and all the rest). Apart from that, I don’t really notice much difference. (Actually, alcohol sales here almost seems more restricted, since you can’t get beer and wine in grocery stores.)
I thought this election was supposed to be all about limiting government, getting it out of the areas where it doesn’t belong. So why did Washington keep government-run liquor stores?
I’m right here with you. Fuck those other-side of the lake(and mountains ftm) assholes. Fuck them in their stupid ass ears. I’m also appalled at the collective greed and stupidity of the people in this state and nation in general.
I take some solice that McDermott and Inslee are still around. I’m still not relaxed about the Murray race though, not till it’s all said and done. I swear to gods that if Rossi gets elected, it’ll be war against the east-side.
ETA: Just so people are aware, the voters themselves declared GDIAF on themselves, by voting against funding for our fire departments.
I’m not too upset. O’Donnell and Angle lost, so the circus didn’t actually come to town.
2004 was the height of the anti-gay marriage furor. Since then, it’s died down. People can’t sustain that level of vitriol and spite. My guess is that this wave crested last night and will now die down and a few years down the line people are going to say, “Tea party? Huh,” the same way they feel kind of baffled at how gay marriage was sooooo important in 2004 and now, six years later, the fever is just gone except for a handful of nuts.
This country is becoming more tolerant and more liberal with every passing generation. Yes, there are peaks and valleys, but the right is losing. You can’t just be “anti” forever. It can work as a short-term strategy, but not long-term.
Liberalism, tolerance, and sanity are winning. It doesn’t always look like it, but it’s true. Setbacks will happen and it’s incredibly easy to get discouraged, but we will win.
Guam can breathe a sigh of relief.
Hank Johnson was re-elected
He’ll be keeping a close eye on their island in case of capsizing
It is indeed strange, but also the only thing that keeps me from jumping in front of a train, that liberals lose about 90% of the battles but win 90% of the wars.
I’m disappointed too. Maybe next time.
It seems though that one of the parties has no intention of cooperating. Cooperation might mean that something is done, and they want to show that the government is ineffective and cannot get anything done. The way that they’ll succeed at this is to not cooperate and screw things up even more.
Then, in 2 years time, they’ll be able to say: Look! See how screwed up things are?! Vote for us and we’ll fix it! The fact that they held the house for the past 2 years and participated in screwing things up in the first place will be lost on the majority.
What are the priorities for the country for the next 2 years?
Economy?
Jobs?
Deficit?
No.
Republican leaders have begun gathering evidence for sweeping investigations of Barack Obama’s environmental agenda, from climate science to the BP oil spill, if as expected, they take control of the House of Representatives in the 2 November mid-term elections, the Guardian has learned.
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) says the top two priorities of a GOP Congress would be to repeal health care and to investigate programs of the Obama administration.
McConnell says top priority for GOP congress is to make Obama a one-term president
Jokes get less funny the more you repeat them.
I see it a bit differently. Both parties live election-to-election. The Republicans have no need to participate in governance. They will roadblock, filibuster, and absolutely block any progress for the remainder of Obama’s term, so that they can point fingers straight at the White House and oust him from office and replace him with Bobby Jindal, Glenn Beck, or Richard Shelby.
ETA: In other words, what Euphonious Polemic said. Get ready for the Congressional witch hunts. The snotty little kids have their toy back.
I was disappointed that Prop 19 failed, even though i’ve never smoked weed in my life (yes, i know, i’m uncool). I know the measure wasn’t exactly very well written, but this was definitely one of those cases where passing it was still the more intelligent option, IMO.
As for our governor’s race, i was ecstatic to see Meg Whitman lose. I’m not especially enamoured of Jerry Brown or anything, but Whitman was just about the last person in the state of California that i wanted in Sacramento, and i’m happy that she spent $140 million of her own money and still couldn’t buy the job.