2018 General Election Live Thread

[Gefn]

Wish I could, I am my 87 year old Mother's primary caretaker, but even when she passes I will not be able to leave. Both of my children live here and my wife will never leave the grand kids, I really don't want o leave them either so I'm hosed.

That’s why I’m stuck in the Garden State, elderly mom. When she goes and everything is settled I am 90 percent sure I would move, even though I hate moving. There has to be somewhere cheaper and nicer to retire to. I have no friends here too which is nice to help me move, I mean, no ties other than mom

[massadvj]

Bye bye...
Gillum
Abrams 
Donnelly 
Beto 
Sinema 
Tester   
Nelson 
I will be very happy to see all of these people removed from the national stage.

[Dexter]

The new youngest member of congress. Not surprised I guess.

[Frank Cannon]

That’s why I’m stuck in the Garden State, elderly mom. When she goes and everything is settled I am 90 percent sure I would move, even though I hate moving. There has to be somewhere cheaper and nicer to retire to. I have no friends here too which is nice to help me move, I mean, no ties other than mom

Don't move to PA. Move the FL. We have enough Jersey run-a-ways already.

[Frank Cannon]

The new youngest member of congress. Not surprised I guess.

You better get used to a lot more of these idiot Millennials in office. Boomers are dying off and these morons are coming on line as regular voters. 

[Dexter]

You better get used to a lot more of these idiot Millennials in office. Boomers are dying off and these morons are coming on line as regular voters.

I really believe the left is in the process of killing itself. The far left has taken over and they're intolerant of anybody that even steps out of line with their wording. They're leaving less and less room for people between the far left and the center. I've been called a Fascist/Nazi/Etc just for suggesting that opposing ideas are at least worth examination and discussion. Y'all should make sure you're not doing them the favor of making similar mistakes.

[txradioguy]

Bye bye...
Gillum
Abrams 
Donnelly 
Beto 
Sinema 
Tester   
Nelson 
I will be very happy to see all of these people removed from the national stage.

Hello Speaker Pelosi and the Dem controlled House.

While we’re celebrating small victories we lost the overall war.

[Gefn]

Don't move to PA. Move the FL. We have enough Jersey run-a-ways already.

No Florida. I don’t like heat. I want somewhere cold. Iceland. Antarctica. Alaska

[Dexter]

we lost the overall war.

You kept the senate and at least a decent presence in the house. You have not lost the war. If the Republicans calm down and don't become hyper-partisan intolerant shitheads like the left they will definitely win in the end.

[Night Hides Not]

Hello Speaker Pelosi and the Dem controlled House.

While we’re celebrating small victories we lost the overall war.

Pelosi may not be the next Speaker, there were close to a dozen that said they would not vote for Pelosi. Of course, when it comes to the exercise of raw political power, the old bulls and cows in DC have no peers.

[Free Vulcan]

Our spectacular state auditor, Mary Mosiman lost to a huckster with no experience, no accounting background, no nothing.

[Frank Cannon]

While we’re celebrating small victories we lost the overall war.

What? This was a first term Midterm. It's usually a bloodbath. The Rats not only didn't win a whole host of boutique seats, the GOP GAINED seats in the Senate and kept the loses in the house way down.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Hello Speaker Pelosi and the Dem controlled House.

While we’re celebrating small victories we lost the overall war.

No, we did not.  Democrats are in a position to make a lot of noise, they cannot make law.  They cannot stop judges from being seated, they cannot stop the President's appointments (think Sessions). They cannot remove the President. The President now has his Senate and Murkowski, Collins and Romney will be team players or marginalized.

I agree the dynamics with the House will change in January, but this is not a bad thing.  Dennis Miller summed it up beautifully:

[Right_in_Virginia]

What? This was a first term Midterm. It's usually a bloodbath. The Rats not only didn't win a whole host of boutique seats, the GOP GAINED seats in the Senate and kept the loses in the house way down.

How quickly people forget:  Obama lost 63 seats in the house in 2010 and 6 senate seats; Clinton lost 54 house seats in 1994 and 9 senate seats.

[Free Vulcan]

McSally is down to a 0.86% lead with 98% of the precincts counted. It looks very likely she's won.

Of the 7 counties with votes still out, McSally leads in 4. Can't see anything that could knock her off at this point.

[Right_in_Virginia]

What? This was a first term Midterm. It's usually a bloodbath. The Rats not only didn't win a whole host of boutique seats, the GOP GAINED seats in the Senate and kept the loses in the house way down.

And the GOP kept the house losses down facing redistricting and 40 retirements. 

Not too shabby. 

[catfish1957]

Does anyone know why none of the outlets are calling the GA Governor's race?  Abram's down 2 full percentage points with 100% of the vote counted.

[Jazzhead]

You kept the senate and at least a decent presence in the house. You have not lost the war. If the Republicans calm down and don't become hyper-partisan intolerant shitheads like the left they will definitely win in the end.

Agree 100%.     Let the Dems make their choice between resistance and reconciliation.   Look back to the Clinton parallel.   Both sides were able to pass meaningful legislation (welfare reform),  but later the GOP got caught up in trying to humiliate the President personally and paid for it.

Assholery always exposes itself.

Best news is Trump can continue, and even accelerate, his campaign to appoint Constitutionalist judges  - the one thing that unites conservatives of all stripes.

[Dexter]

Does anyone know why none of the outlets are calling the GA Governor's race?  Abram's down 2 full percentage points with 100% of the vote counted.

The Democrat candidate is refusing to concede currently.

[catfish1957]

Of the 7 counties with votes still out, McSally leads in 4. Can't see anything that could knock her off at this point.

Another puzzler of why the media is slow to project GOP wins.   My rough extrapolation of outstanding precincts  shows no way McSally can lose this one.

[Right_in_Virginia]

How quickly people forget:  Obama lost 63 seats in the house in 2010 and 6 senate seats; Clinton lost 54 house seats in 1994 and 9 senate seats.

Am I the only one who remembers Obama's "I'm still relevant" at his "we took a shellacking" press conference after his first midterms?

[catfish1957]

The Democrat candidate is refusing to concede currently.

I saw that, but shouldn't be any reason for the news media outlets not to call the race.  I'm pretty sure this race isn't in recount territory.

[Free Vulcan]

Florida Senate race is too close to call.  Under FL law recount mandatory.

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/39434427/floridas-us-senate-race-is-too-close-to-call

At least it looks like the Dems would have to come up with about 35K votes to take the lead. Considering how few counties Nelson one, that'd be alot of stuffing.

[endicom]

How quickly people forget:  Obama lost 63 seats in the house in 2010 and 6 senate seats; Clinton lost 54 house seats in 1994 and 9 senate seats.

Yes, this was a relative win for the Pubs. And they have hopefully lost some dogs.

[Frank Cannon]

And the GOP kept the house losses down facing redistricting and 40 retirements. 

Not too shabby.

Nixon in '70 and Reagan in '82 gained in the Senate and lost some in the House their first term. Here we have a President who all the NT and radicals call the worst President ever whose approvals hover between 1% and dog shit and look how well he did. We were also told this was going to the the biggest blowout ever and it was as mild to nothing as it gets.