:D

Michale

Aww, yer just saying that to be nice.... :D

Michale

I know you are being facetious but you ARE correct..

The American people HAVE spoken...

The problem is that many on the Left, INCLUDING Obama, simply refuse to accept it...

Michale

The End is near. Civilization as we know it is in jeopardy.

With nothing left to save and no support whatsoever, Obama might as well go golfing every day for the next two years or resign along with every other Democrat. Personally, I'd prefer they did the latter. Give it all to the Republicans. The people have spoken. This is what the majority want for crying out loud.

Apparently, Obama hasn't learned a damn thing....

Michale

What part of "NO!!!" does Obama not understand????

Michale

But, it was about par for the course for Obama...

He cannot even CONCEIVE that his policies are bad, even when he clearly states that those policies are on the ballot and the American people respond with a resounding "HELL NO!!!"...

There is simply no working with such a president who is completely delusional about where the problem is....

Michale

Any new wardrobe pics for us??? :D

Sorry, that was unkind... :D

Bad Michale!! BAD Michale!!! Sit!!!!! Stay....

Michale

Exactly as Democrats had done...

You seem to forget that THAT is exactly how TrainWreckCare was passed...

Michale

Ya know... Hurt shouldn't keep it all inside. He should tell us what he REALLY thinks... :D

Michale

I have waited five long years for this moment...

Michale

I have a feeling that Obama isn't going to change his ways...

If Obama insists on fighting the country *AND* the GOP, then I wouldn't give Democrats much of a chance in 2016....

Michale

MORE insufferable??? :D I wouldn't have thought that possible, but I'll give it my best shot.. :D

Naaaw, I'll likely gloat for the rest of the day, but we're all friends here.. I also know that it could have just as easily gone the other way and may do exactly that in 2 years.... :D

But I cannot lie. I will definitely enjoy the day... :D

Michale

I would have thought that Dems would be climbing the walls with claims of fraud....

Maybe they are still shell-shocked...

Or maybe they are growing up....

Michale

MORE insufferable??? :D I wouldn't have thought that possible, but I'll give it my best shot.. :D

I have to be honest and say my faith was faltering towards the end.. There just seemed to be TOO much good news and I was beginning to think that the results could, NO WAY, live up to the hype...

But it did and that, in and of itself, is amazing...

And, can you believe the Goober races!?? Holy crap, a GOP Gov in Illinois.. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that...

Michale

I concur 54R:46:D, assuming the Louisiana runoff is settled R as expected. You called this one absolutely right! You have the right to remain insufferable for 2 years. This is where we place the tiara on your head (crying is customary for the winner) and remind you that if for any reason you cannot fulfill your duties ... etc, etc. You are only as good as your last prediction!

Am I surprised? Not really. Using final 538 eve o' the elections odds table, my quick and dirty rank ordered model says Republicans had a 71% chance of taking control of the senate, and a 31% chance of winning 24 or more races. That's outperforming expectations, but not crazy outperforming. I haven't had a chance to calculate the NYT and HufPO last minute calls, but they would certainly be similar to the 538 pattern.

This was almost a pure wave election, and the wave broke strongly towards the Republicans in the final week. Virginia was the only race that bucked the wave trend. Virgina came close to being one of those "anomalies" that show up in about 30% of random and independent simulated elections.

My simulations indicated a wave election improved the Dems chances of retaining control, but the downside of the wave pattern was that if the wave went against them, they had a tendency to lose more seats than if the states behaved more independently! The downside is exactly what happened last night.

I have no doubt.. :D

Michale

But look at this as an opportunity...

If the GOP is as bad as ya'all claim and as evil as ya'all claim and as incompetent as ya'all claim, then there is nothing to stop a huge Dem Tsunami that will make 2014 look like a puddle ripple...

Michale

I'm a rather cheerful gal, once ya get to know me.

They have unlimited money behind them so that shouldn't be a problem.

How is that any different than what Democrats have been doing for six years??

Even if that plan does go awry (and it's hard to see how it could), all they need to do is load all their favourite bills into the budget and pass it with a reconciliation vote.

Exactly as Democrats had done...

You seem to disparage Republicans for doing the exact same thing that Democrats do...

Why is that??

Liz,

Congrats Mopshell!

That's quite a feat, you know.

I guess someone pee'ed in your cheerios this morning, eh Liz?? :D

Michale

You win the award for most non-serious, time-wasting comment ever to see the light of day at http://www.chrisweigant.com

That's quite a feat, you know.

http://www.adn.com/article/20141104/sullivan-lead-holds-alaska-us-senate-race-begich-wont-concede

Begich is being a sore loser....

Michale

If Obama insists on pushing thru Amnesty for immigrant criminals against the will of the American people, there is no way in hell that the GOP will work with him on ANYTHING...

So, Obama is faced with a choice..

He can have his Amnesty for criminals.

Or he can have a decent legacy...

But he cannot have both...

Michale

Virginia, which will likely go Dem, but not be a pickup for Dems..

Alaska, which will likely go GOP and WILL be a pickup for the GOP...

Louisiana, which has the runoff and will likely go GOP and WILL be a pickup for the GOP..

So, by my count, when all is said and done, it will be 46 Dem 54 GOP....

Anyone concur???

Michale

NOBODY called NC for the GOP....

So, that was definitely a surprise....

Michale

Every night I say a prayer in the hope that there's a heaven
And every day I'm more confused as the saints turn into sinners
All the heroes and legends I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay
And I feel this empty place inside so afraid that I've lost my faith

Every night I say a prayer
In the hope that there's a heaven...

Rather appropriate, don'tcha think??? :D

Michale

I like the way you think! :D

Why bother waiting until 2016? It's obvious that the Republicans will win it all then anyway.

This is conditional.. If the GOP does worse than Democrats (can't see how, but the possibility exists) than the country will turn back to Democrats en masse...

The Democrat Party got their asses handed to them for one reason and one reason only..

They put their own agenda ahead of the wishes of the American people...

Every policy that Democrats "brag" about has been done with the majority of Americans AGAINST it..

Unless we are talking National Security or Public Safety, the government should ALWAYS accede to the majority of Americans...

If the majority of Americans don't want TrainWreckCare, than it shouldn't be done..

If the majority of Americans don't want Amnesty for immigrant criminals, then it shouldn't be done..

THAT's what Demcorat forgot and THAT's why they were bowled over and decimated..

If the GOP forgets that too??

The same thing will happen to them in 2016 and *I'll* be leading the charge....

Michale

By tomorrow, I'll be my normal lovable self again.. :D

Michale

Now, if THAT is not a mandate, nothing is...

Michale

If one looks JUST at the Senate, I would say it's one (NH) state away from a tsunami...

But, if you take into account all the races, the increasing of House Majority at it's highest level in almost 70 years, and the governor's races where Obama lost some pretty personal races in Illinois and Maryland.....

Well, I think that a TSUNAMI describes it perfectly...

Don't you??

Michale

Republicans must have done some pretty great things, clear across the country, to have won back control of the US Senate and so many governorships.

I think it's more what Republicans HAVEN'T done, as opposed to what they HAVE done.

They HAVEN'T scrooed over the middle class. They HAVEN'T put American prestige abroad in the toilet. They HAVEN'T made the lives of Americans miserable.

The only question is can the GOP rectify all the scroo-ups of the Democrat Party...

Michale

Michale

This pretty much, calls it dead on balls accurate...

Obama wanted the election to be about him, about HIS policies..

And it was.. Unequivocally and completely...

Michale

My wife and I rarely talk politics.. As much as I am political, she is not..

However, we did discuss the medical marijuana issue here in Florida. Our grandson has epilepsy and there have been studies that show a certain form of medical marijuana has gotten pretty fantastic results..

Once again, a perfect example of, when it comes to family, all stances and positions go out the window....

Michale

Illinois has a REPUBLICAN Governor!!

If THAT is not a slap in the face of Obama by the Americans in Illinois, NOTHING is!!

And in Maryland that was considered a safe GOV race, the Democrat lost..

Ironically, the Dem candidate started to lose ground, right after Obama campaigned for the Dem....

"Ouch!! And the ref takes a point away!!"
-Jim Carrey, Liar Liar

Looks like the Senate and the House wasn't the only places that Democrats had their pee-pees whacked...

It's gonna be a rough time for the Democratic Party for the next two years..

But, I have no sympathy for them. They were told time and time and time again that they need to put the needs of the American people BEFORE the needs and wants of President Obama and the Demcorat Party...

One reaps what one sows....

Michale

We'll see how gracious Obama is tonight.. :D

Will he take any blame???

Michale

If Landru loses the run-off as expected, the it will be 53 GOP..

Seeing what happened and all, I wish I would have gone state by state pics... During the run up, at one time or another, I called GA and I called KS and I called CO and I called Alaska.. :D

Well, I plan to be gracious and all that..

"In a pigs eye!!"
-Dr Leonard McCoy, STAR TREK, Amok Time

:D

I think that no one can deny that, with the takeover of the Senate so definitively and increasing control of the House unheard of since the 1940s, the GOP have a clear mandate from the American people.

My only advice to the Republican Party??

Don't frak it up! We gave you the power to turn this country around and we can take it away just as quickly. We're not going to accept any excuses. Do your jobs and remember your priorities.. The priorities that Democrats forgot..

This country and her citizens are job 1...

Period...

Michale

Who would have thunked it..

Oh wait. :D

Michale

Min. wage won 3-for-3 so far and is winning pretty decisively in Alaska (36% of vote is in).

Oregon is the third state to legalize recreational marijuana use, and Washington DC voted pretty overwhelmingly for it too. It's pretty close in Alaska, but is currently leading.

Medical marijuana got 57.6% for in Florida, but this did not reach the necessary threshold of 60%, so the measure will fail. Still, that's a pretty solid majority for the idea.

-CW

-CW

OK, that was good for a laugh on a night that hasn't had many!

Georgia may have fallen...

-CW

I like to go out on a limb ...

Read the whole speech. There's plenty of graciousness.

Some seem to have called NH for Shaheen, some haven't yet.

GA ain't over yet, and neither is NC.

As for early calling, it's due to exit polling.

-CW

Only 18% of the vote is in, in Kentucky, but yet it's being called for McConnell..

Anyone wanna clue me in???

Michale

Hagan is getting her ass kicked in NC...

Michale

I’m not suggesting this will be easy. I won’t pretend that we will be able to bridge every difference or solve every disagreement. There’s a reason we have two parties in this country, and both Democrats and Republicans have certain beliefs and certain principles that each feels cannot be compromised. But what I think the American people are expecting, and what we owe them, is to focus on those issues that affect their jobs, their security, and their future: reducing our deficit, promoting a clean energy economy, making sure that our children are the best educated in the world, making sure that we’re making the investments in technology that will allow us to keep our competitive edge in the global economy."

Not quite the exact same thing, but I won't quibble. :D

Michale

But have heart.. Sheehan is on track to keep NH...

Michale

-CW

This took about 30 seconds to find.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/11/03/press-conference-president

After the 2010 "shellacking":

"What yesterday also told us is that no one party will be able to dictate where we go from here, that we must find common ground in order to set -- in order to make progress on some uncommonly difficult challenges. And I told John Boehner and Mitch McConnell last night I am very eager to sit down with members of both parties and figure out how we can move forward together.

I’m not suggesting this will be easy. I won’t pretend that we will be able to bridge every difference or solve every disagreement. There’s a reason we have two parties in this country, and both Democrats and Republicans have certain beliefs and certain principles that each feels cannot be compromised. But what I think the American people are expecting, and what we owe them, is to focus on those issues that affect their jobs, their security, and their future: reducing our deficit, promoting a clean energy economy, making sure that our children are the best educated in the world, making sure that we’re making the investments in technology that will allow us to keep our competitive edge in the global economy."

Presidents ALWAYS say stuff like this in these situations. Always. Both parties. I think your Obama Derangement Syndrome is kicking in, or something, to suggest otherwise.

-CW

Name one.. :D

As far as Orman... Consider this... SOMETHING had to motivate Democrats to force their candidate out..

Do you HONESTLY believe that Dems would have done that if there was a snowball's chance in hell that Orman would go with the GOP??

Orman will be Dem.. Regardless of the label on his coat or who is the Majority..

Orman will be a Dem...

Michale

Like I said, you've got to pace the drinking, dude.

Actually, I am not drinking that much tonight.. I get a hangover about 2 or 3 times a year and Monday nights was brutal.. Lasted well into Tuesday afternoon..

So I have switched from beer to rum...

"This can't be a dream. If it were a dream, there would be rum!"
-Captain Jack Sparrow

:D

As to the Joe Biden point.

It's easy... If Joe Biden says something outlandish that hurts Democrats, it's usually one of those Washington Slips...

:D

Michale

As always, election results are fun because it's the only night each year when you can literally use the line: "another county heard from!"

OK, I admit it, I'm already sick of waiting for the results. And it's still pretty early....

-CW

are the results in from Podunk County yet? What about East Yokel?

:-)

-CW