**Official 2022 Mid-Term Elections Thread"
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Everyone had some wins so everyone seems content. Zzzzz. Now back to inflation and war.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Democrats - 48
Republicans - 47
There are 4 states that have not been officially called yet.
Nevada - 28.9% Reported
Laxalt (R) - 48.6
Cortez Masto (D) 48.5.
Arizona - 37.9% Reported
Kelly (D) - 52.4
Masters (R) 45.5
Wisconsin - 99% Reported
Johnson (R) - 50.6
Barnes (D) - 49.4
Georgia - 99.5% Reported
Warnock (D) - 49.4
Walker (R) - 48.5
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FORD's Prediction: Nevada may be slightly down at the moment, but I think it's going to flip when the Vegas numbers come in. I also expect Kelly's lead to hold in AZ. Wisconsin is a painfully thin margin, but given all the Koch machination of that state in recent years, I wouldn't be surprised if Johnson skates by with a razor thin number.
Which brings us down to a Georgia runoff. Again. Hard to believe that you need to beat a brain damaged idiot like Herschel Walker TWICE just to shut him up.Eat Us And Smile
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"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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House currently sits at 172 Democrats & 199 Republicans, with a whole lot of districts not officially called yet, but some of them will be obvious enough... for example here in Washington, I expect the Dems to hold all of the seats they had previously, and pick up the third district (where a MAGAtt beat the "moderate" Republican in the primary). The Republicans will hold the two districts in Eastern WA that have been theirs forever. Not exactly a shock there.Eat Us And Smile
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Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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Apparently Cheeto blames Melania for picking Oz as a Senate candidate for PA, so it's all her fault he lostEat Us And Smile
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Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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A furious Donald Trump spent the morning after the midterm elections lashing out at those he believes gave him bad advice as several of the candidates he endorsed in pivotal races came up short.
Mr Trump is reportedly blaming his wife Melania Trump for advising him to back Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania senate race.
Dr Oz has called Democrat John Fetterman to concede the race.
“Trump is indeed furious this morning, particularly about Mehmet Oz, and is blaming everyone who advised him to back Oz, including his wife, describing it as not her best decision, according to people close to him,” Maggie Haberman of The New York Times tweeted on Wednesday morning.
An adviser to the former president told CNN that “Trump is livid” and “screaming at everyone” after the Republicans did worse than expected.
Jim Acosta tweeted that the adviser blasted Mr Trump’s handpicked candidates.
“They were all bad candidates,” the adviser said. “Candidates matter.”
The adviser added that it’s unlikely that Mr Trump will delay his expected 2024 campaign announcement because “it’s too humiliating to delay”.
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Who knew that choosing candidates based on the opinion of a mail order wife from Eastern Europe was not a brilliant strategy...?Comment
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Eat Us And Smile
Cenk For America 2024!!
Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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Eat Us And Smile
Cenk For America 2024!!
Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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Eat Us And Smile
Cenk For America 2024!!
Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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Donald Trump said the Trumpiest thing possible about the election
Chris Cillizza
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 2:39 PM EST, Wed November 9, 2022
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As votes rolled in from across the country Tuesday night, Donald Trump said something truly incredible when asked about how much credit or blame he should get for the election results.
“I think if they win, I should get all of the credit, and if they lose, I should not be blamed at all,” Trump told NewsNation, adding: “But it will probably be just the opposite.”
Yes, he really said that. And, no, he wasn’t kidding. He would, quite simply, like to have his cake and eat it, too.
In Trump’s world, all good things are the direct result of his action while all bad things are definitely someone else’s fault. He is forever telling himself a story in which he is the forever hero – fighting off the losers and the haters who are dragging him down.
Case in point, this tweet from Maggie Haberman of the New York Times:
“Trump is indeed furious this morning, particularly about Mehmet Oz, and is blaming everyone who advised him to back Oz – including his wife, describing it as not her best decision, according to people close to him.”
It was his wife’s fault!
The data tell a different story.
Trump was viewed favorably by just 39% of voters, according to the exit polling, while 58% saw him in an unfavorable light. Those numbers put him below Joe Biden (41% favorable/56% unfavorable).
And there are other numbers in the exit polling that suggest Trump was a drag on Republican candidates. Almost 1 in 3 (28%) of voters said that there vote was to send a message of opposition to the former president – and they voted 90%-8% for Democrats in the House. Just 16% said their vote was a way to support Trump,
Aside from the exit poll numbers, there’s evidence of Donald Trump’s fingerprints all over this election – and not in a good way. He endorsed candidates in gubernatorial races in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois and Michigan who all lost convincingly as they struggled to develop a winning general election message. (In the Arizona governor’s race, election denier – and Trump endorsee – Kari Lake trails although there is still a significant number of ballots left to count.....
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No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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My take on the mid-terms... contrary to Democratic party proclamations, democracy didn't die in the election. Actually proved it's quite alive and well within the republic. It was a stupid claim that democracy was ever in threat... dumbasses.
Despite a lot of misplaced optimism... both major parties failed to get the right messaging to move the needle significantly in either direction. What is crystal clear is, the nation remains fairly evenly divided with a lot of complexity within the division that neither party seems to have a handle on.
The contrast between major population centers and the rest of the nation is most interesting. I'm watching Florida though, as one area the made a major shift and it broke it's swing-state status which had been present for decades. The contrast in Florida between large population areas and rural pretty much evaporated. Plus the shift with Hispanics is noteworthy and something I see the Republicans continuing to make gains in..."If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”Comment
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