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

[Free Vulcan]

Open archive - that's great - thanks.

It's a great site. Got books back as far as books go, on every topic there is. A couple of million volumes or more.

[Hoodat]

Just a reminder.  Warnock campaigned on getting rid of the filibuster.  Yet a majority of Georgians want to keep it.  Go figure.

[Free Vulcan]

Just a reminder.  Warnock campaigned on getting rid of the filibuster.  Yet a majority of Georgians want to keep it.  Go figure.

He's a heartless slum lord and wife beater to.

Also down the memory hole.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Just a reminder.  Warnock campaigned on getting rid of the filibuster.  Yet a majority of Georgians want to keep it.  Go figure.

Well... you get what you vote for I guess. If they do get rid of the filibuster, and the GOP gets a trifecta majority again by some stroke of luck, maybe they could actually do some actual codified reforms like getting rid of the 1965 immigration bill, energy and education departments, etc.

 

[Hoodat]

If they do get rid of the filibuster, and the GOP gets a trifecta majority again by some stroke of luck

If that happens, Democrats will be demanding that the filibuster be reinstated.

[Bigun]

Well... you get what you vote for I guess. If they do get rid of the filibuster, and the GOP gets a trifecta majority again by some stroke of luck, maybe they could actually do some actual codified reforms like getting rid of the 1965 immigration bill, energy and education departments, etc.

 

I guess! Unfortunately, millions are getting what they never voted for lately.

[Kamaji]

Well... you get what you vote for I guess. If they do get rid of the filibuster, and the GOP gets a trifecta majority again by some stroke of luck, maybe they could actually do some actual codified reforms like getting rid of the 1965 immigration bill, energy and education departments, etc.

 

Wouldn't that be fun!

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Wouldn't that be fun!

I guess! Unfortunately, millions are getting what they never voted for lately.

I'm actually skeptical that they'll get rid of the filibuster. Unless they have the House, it really wouldn't benefit them to.

[Fishrrman]

OK, folks, here's another Fishrrman totally-off-the-wall prediction for 2023.

With the new session, the dem-communists will have a 51-49 majority in the Senate.

But, I predict that in the coming year, both Feinstein and Fetterman will spend as much time absent from the Senate, as being there.

Feinstein, because of declining health and cognizance.
Fetterman, possibly because of another stroke.

Back to a 49-49 "tie" ??

[catfish1957]

OK, folks, here's another Fishrrman totally-off-the-wall prediction for 2023.

With the new session, the dem-communists will have a 51-49 majority in the Senate.

But, I predict that in the coming year, both Feinstein and Fetterman will spend as much time absent from the Senate, as being there.

Feinstein, because of declining health and cognizance.
Fetterman, possibly because of another stroke.

Back to a 49-49 "tie" ??

Nope....  They've basically propped a Alzheimers patient out there in the WH for two years now, and gotten away with it.

With COVID era remote electronic voting in place, what's to stop that?

[mystery-ak]

 GOP Georgia lieutenant governor: Every Republican ‘ought to hold Donald Trump accountable’ for Warnock win
by Olafimihan Oshin - 12/07/22 11:45 AM ET

GOP Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says that every member in his party needs to hold former President Trump “accountable” for Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-Ga.) victory in Tuesday’s runoff election. 

“The only way to explain this is candidate quality,” Duncan said in an interview with CNN, alluding to the controversies surrounding failed Republican challenger Herschel Walker, whom Trump had strongly encouraged to run.

Duncan added that he hopes Warnock’s victory will be a wake-up call for the GOP to examine their future with Trump as the face of the party. 

“If we don’t take our medicine here, it’s our fault. … Every Republican in this country ought to hold Donald Trump accountable for this,” he said. 

Warnock, a senior pastor at Atlanta-based Ebenezer Baptist Church, defeated Walker in Tuesday’s runoff, resulting in him earning a full term in Congress and giving his party an extra seat in their majority control of the Senate chamber, 51 to 49. 

The Warnock-Walker showdown went into a runoff after neither candidate garnered more than 50 percent of the vote in last month’s general election. 

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3765409-gop-georgia-lieutenant-governor-every-republican-ought-to-hold-donald-trump-accountable-for-warnock-win/

[Idiot]

GOP Georgia lieutenant governor: Every Republican ‘ought to hold Donald Trump accountable’ for Warnock win
by Olafimihan Oshin - 12/07/22 11:45 AM ET

GOP Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says that every member in his party needs to hold former President Trump “accountable” for Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-Ga.) victory in Tuesday’s runoff election.

“The only way to explain this is candidate quality,” Duncan said in an interview with CNN, alluding to the controversies surrounding failed Republican challenger Herschel Walker, whom Trump had strongly encouraged to run.

Duncan added that he hopes Warnock’s victory will be a wake-up call for the GOP to examine their future with Trump as the face of the party.

“If we don’t take our medicine here, it’s our fault. … Every Republican in this country ought to hold Donald Trump accountable for this,” he said.

Warnock, a senior pastor at Atlanta-based Ebenezer Baptist Church, defeated Walker in Tuesday’s runoff, resulting in him earning a full term in Congress and giving his party an extra seat in their majority control of the Senate chamber, 51 to 49.

The Warnock-Walker showdown went into a runoff after neither candidate garnered more than 50 percent of the vote in last month’s general election.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3765409-gop-georgia-lieutenant-governor-every-republican-ought-to-hold-donald-trump-accountable-for-warnock-win/

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

So does Warnock the "pastor" vote for all the LGBTQIA tranny stuff?

[Right_in_Virginia]

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You may not know this, because national races get all the attention, but over 100 school boards nationwide flipped conservative in this election cycle.

This will have a greater impact on our country's future than anything the 118th Congress does in the next two years.

11:33 AM · Dec 7, 2022

[Hoodat]

GOP Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says that every member in his party needs to hold former President Trump “accountable” for Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-Ga.) victory in Tuesday’s runoff election.

Geoff Duncan can eat out of the crack of my ass.  The only ones to blame here are Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger, as well as the recently deceased (and now burning in hell) David Ralston.

[Hoodat]

So does Warnock the "pastor" vote for all the LGBTQIA tranny stuff?

Absolutely.  As well as abortion on demand up until the moment of birth.  According to Warnock and his parishioners, it's what Jesus would want.

[Fishrrman]

Catfish wrote:
"With COVID era remote electronic voting in place, what's to stop that?"

Senators must still cast all votes in person, from the Senate floor.

...unless they CHANGE the rules.
Hmmm... with 51 votes now, they could do that. But it hasn't been done yet.

[Hoodat]

Senators must still cast all votes in person, from the Senate floor.

...unless they CHANGE the rules.

Keep in mind, these are Democrats we're talking about here.  Of course they will change the rules.  No need to get Dianne Feinstein out of bed if Chuck Schumer is allowed to vote on her behalf.

[Bigun]

GOP Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan needs to be held accountable for HIS Bullshit! Along with his cohorts the Governor and Secretary of State ALL of whom are on Dominion's payroll.

[catfish1957]

Catfish wrote:
"With COVID era remote electronic voting in place, what's to stop that?"

Senators must still cast all votes in person, from the Senate floor.

...unless they CHANGE the rules.
Hmmm... with 51 votes now, they could do that. But it hasn't been done yet.

Oh?......

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-senate-moves-to-hybrid-floor-votes-because-of-covid/

What makes you think they won't adjust for sick or infirmed senators?

[Cyber Liberty]

GOP Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan needs to be held accountable for HIS Bullshit! Along with his cohorts the Governor and Secretary of State ALL of whom are on Dominion's payroll.

Exactly.  I don't blame Kemp, he did his best for Walker.  The man wielding the knife was Duncan.

[cato potatoe]

[mystery-ak]

 December 7, 2022 3:09pm EST
Karl Rove fumes that Trump lost Georgia Senate race for the GOP: 'We got our clock cleaned'
Karl Rove breaks down what went wrong with Republicans' loss in Georgia that 'shouldn't have been'

By Sophia Slacik | Fox News

The midterm elections are officially over after Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated GOP nominee Herschel Walker by nearly 3 percentage points in Georgia’s Senate runoff. While Democrats celebrate their 51st seat in the upper chamber, Karl Rove, a veteran GOP strategist and Fox News contributor, says the Republican loss was avoidable.

"It shouldn't have been," Rove told Fox News Digital. "We had a terrible candidate who was well-meaning but plagued with a lot of scandal and was not particularly good on the campaign trail."

Republicans' loss in the Peach State boils down to poor candidate quality at the hands of President Donald Trump, according to Rove.

"It just shows again he’s a bad picker," Rove said. 

With Warnock's victory, Democrats have successfully defended every Democratic incumbent up for re-election in the Senate this year, a political feat that no party has been able to accomplish since the 1934 midterms.

Rove, a longtime GOP operative and former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, has been a critic of Trump in the past and again urged his party to take caution when considering the former president's picks in future races. 

"We ought to realize that Trump’s endorsement is not an inducement to support that candidate, but a warning to beware," Rove said.

Trump endorsed Walker, a longtime friend and former NFL football star, early in the primary process, long before allegations of domestic abuse and claims that Walker paid for abortions for two women surfaced in the media. Though Georgia has become more competitive in recent years, Walker was the only Republican to lose a statewide election in the state this year, while every other GOP candidate won by 5 points or more, avoiding a runoff election. 

more
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/karl-rove-fumes-trump-lost-georgia-senate-race-gop-got-our-clock-cleaned

[Free Vulcan]

Percentage wise Walker underperformed in all those counties v. Kemp.

Precincts yes, but 80+% vote countywide for a candidate is rare, and usually happens in very small population counties. Almost 90% for Clayton, 86% for DeKalb.

WTH?

[andy58-in-nh]

Percentage wise Walker underperformed in all those counties v. Kemp.

Precincts yes, but 80+% vote countywide for a candidate is rare, and usually happens in very small population counties. Almost 90% for Clayton, 86% for DeKalb.

WTH?

Look at the demographic change in those counties between the charted years and you'll have your answer.