Mid-term Election 2022 Live Thread – Welcome to the Party Pal!

[mystery-ak]

Thank you @LilLamb  for asking this.  Hopefully, when emotions subside, more questions will be asked, including --

What was the Washington GOP doing? Why did McConnell play whack-a-mole with campaign dollars and support multiple times, including pulling ads from competitive markets? For instance, why did he transfer money from Blake Masters to Lisa Murkowski?

Did McConnell approve going public with the proposal to ban abortion at the national level after the Dobbs decision, handing the democrats a reason to run on the most divisive issue of the past 50 years? BTW, what was the GOP's political message on abortion --- other than a victory lap?

And speaking of messaging -- whose strategic GOP genius was it to ignore the youth vote that coordinated their efforts, mobilized and voted in droves? That meeting the White House held with top TikTok users makes sense now, doesn't it? Did McConnell and McCarthy intentionally dismiss this development?

Where were McCarthy and McConnell---or their representatives? Trump held dozens and dozens of rallies on behalf of House and Senate candidates across the nation, yet neither could attend one in a show of support and unity. Could it be a failure pinned on DJT was more important than an election victory?

Who in the GOP reached out to DeSantis to publicly support, including robo calls, John O'Dea in Colorado ---- the one GOP candidate for the Senate to make stopping Trump in 2024 a pillar of his campaign? Does it matter to McConnell that O'Dea lost by 20 points or was the change in RDS's messaging the point?

What is RDS's relationship with his former mentors: team McConnell, McCarthy and Ryan?

I would like answers to all those questions especially several concerning McConnell and McCarthy..

[mystery-ak]

Iowa Republican Zach Nunn Unseats Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne

Iowa Republican state Sen. Zach Nunn defeated Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne in the Hawkeye State’s Third Congressional District race.

[Free Vulcan]

Iowa Republican Zach Nunn Unseats Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne

Iowa Republican state Sen. Zach Nunn defeated Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne in the Hawkeye State’s Third Congressional District race.

I'm up for changing our name to Iowaklahoma because we are so red now.

You don't know how great it feels. So many of us worked almost three decades to make it happen.

[Bigun]

I'm up for changing our name to Iowaklahoma because we are so red now.

You don't know how great it feels. So many of us worked almost three decades to make it happen.

Congratulations my friend! Now beware of RINOs! @Free Vulcan

[mystery-ak]

I'm up for changing our name to Iowaklahoma because we are so red now.

You don't know how great it feels. So many of us worked almost three decades to make it happen.

Congrats....I know what it feels like to have a red state turn blue by only a couple of counties..

[Ghost Bear]

Charlie Kirk live on YouTube now, reporting on election updates from Arizona and other states:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_RnTH--3UE

[Kamaji]

We accepted early voting and mail in ballots.  We will only get to digital voting if we are accepting of it.  We need to demand that we go back to voting on Election Day and that's it.  There's too much room for corruption with an election that lingers on for weeks.

Vote on Election Day period.  Yes, that keeps a small percentage of people from voting, but I'd rather see that than allowing a large opportunity for election fraud and corruption.

It's a shame that the GOP and RNC learned nothing from the previous presidential election. 

Agreed.

[mystery-ak]

Just made another donation to Walker...if you are so inclined here is his website

https://www.teamherschel.com/?utm_source==TeamHershal&utm_campaign=redirect&utm_medium=web

[mystery-ak]

It's a shame that the GOP and RNC learned nothing from the previous presidential election. 

One of the many reasons Repubs are called The Stupid Party..

[Ghost Bear]

For folks who don't want to or can't watch the Charlie Kirk livestream that I linked to above, Arizona is about to update vote totals for several counties within the next 20 minutes or so.  Kirk and his crew expect Kari Lake to take the lead with these updated totals.

[mystery-ak]

Stephen Miller
@StephenM
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Because Arizona and Nevada cannot run even minimally competent elections the runoff in Georgia begins without Georgians knowing whether their votes will decide control of the Senate.

[mystery-ak]

Election Wizard 🇺🇸
@ElectionWiz
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1h
RACE UPDATE: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO-03) trails Democrat challenger by 62 votes with an estimated 94% reporting.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Election Wizard 🇺🇸
@ElectionWiz
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1h
RACE UPDATE: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO-03) trails Democrat challenger by 62 votes with an estimated 94% reporting.

Wow I thought it was over.

[libertybele]

There are 3 Senate seats left in play

Fox News Decision Desk projections so far: Democrats to win 12 seats. Republicans to win 20 seats.


There are 44 House seats left in play

Democrats projected to win 184 seats. Republicans projected to win 207 seats.

https://www.foxnews.com/

[Hoodat]

Master's numbers are getting worse.  He now needs 61% of the remaining uncounted ballots.

[Hoodat]

Lake needs 51.5% of remaining ballots.

[mountaineer]

Late night ballot drops are kind of strange, even when we like them.

[mountaineer]

Funny business in NY (even though I can't get enthused over a LaRouchie candidate like Ms. Sare)?

Diane Sare for U.S. Senate
@DianeSare
Last night I had over 55k votes and by this morning, less than 30k.

4:45 PM · Nov 9, 2022

[Kamaji]

Late night ballot drops are kind of strange, even when we like them.

I agree that they’re weird and that a truly reliable voting system wouldn’t allow this to happen.

[mountaineer]

Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
Remember: it’s totally normal and not at all suspicious that everything is faster and more efficient in modern times yet somehow our voting results take longer to tabulate than they did in 1802
9:05 PM · Nov 9, 2022

Mike Ross
@madmikeross
Hard to imagine it’s not intentional when Florida can count 7 million votes in one night and Maricopa can’t manage a fraction of that in days.
9:08 PM · Nov 9, 2022

As could most other states counting millions of ballots.

[catfish1957]

After the very demographically placed voting machines glitches and long lines in certain places in AZ  PLUS  the intentional snails pace of counting?

All plausible conclusions indicate this is a massive fraud operation.  I think they pulled if off with Masters.

Big question is and if they can steal enough votes from Lake..........

[Hoodat]

It's a shame that the GOP and RNC learned nothing from the previous presidential election.

Are you kidding?  The GOP and RNC got exactly what they wanted in the previous Presidential election.

[Hoodat]

Funny business in NY (even though I can't get enthused over a LaRouchie candidate like Ms. Sare)?

Saw the same thing with Herschel's vote totals on election night.  There is NEVER any instance where someone's vote totals go down.  Yet Herschel's did at around 10:10 pm.

[cato potatoe]

After the 2000 fiasco, Florida is very strict with their counties regarding the standardization, proper staffing, and logistics to ensure timely reporting.  The other difference comes down to timing of mail ballots.  In FL the ballot MUST be received by election day unless you are overseas.  This means that while a trickle come in on Tuesday, most people send the ballots well in advance.  Nevada lets you screw around until the last second, and it can still be received by this coming Saturday and processed later.  Arizona received hand deliveries of tens of thousands of votes on election day.  In FL the mail ballots are processed and cured as received, and not twelve days after the damn election. 

[mystery-ak]

Republican Young Kim Wins in California

Republican Young Kim has defeated Democrat Asif Mahmood in her bid for California’s 40th U.S Congressional District, successfully defending her seat after winning in 2020.