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

[mystery-ak]

You win the 18-29 vote by offering them an alternative to Social Security, reward them for hard work, and offer them hope for the future. - all of which Republicans are too chickenshit to do.

The 18-29 group were mostly women....abortion was their main issue and student loans...

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1590456194740924416

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1590469518572556288

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1590460823746805760

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1590462594644865025

[libertybele]

Wish I could...I am too old and Mike is not in the best of health...besides my sons and their families are here and I cannot leave my grandchildren

I should have left years ago...

I completely understand your dilemma. We retired and decided to downsize andwe had honestly considered moving out of FL and into the GA Blue Ridge Mountains.  I couldn't leave my grandkids nor my children.  Unfortunately because of circumstances that neither of us saw coming, we now only see our daughter.

So .... things change and grandkids grow up.  As far as health issues though, that's certainly a huge consideration.  There's no way either of us could move again.

FL could turn blue in a couple of years and you may see IL turning more red.  Who knows.

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1590462594644865025

Translation: He's not done destroying this country.

[LMAO]

Translation: He's not done destroying this country.

He sees the lack of a red wave as an affirmation of his presidency.

[mystery-ak]

Joe Biden: Threats of Hunter Biden Investigations from Republicans ‘Almost Comedy’

The president spoke about looming investigations during a press conference at the White House on the results of the midterm elections.

Charlie Spiering 9 Nov 2022

President Joe Biden dismissed upcoming investigations by House Republicans on Wednesday when they ultimately take control of the House of Representatives as expected.

“Lots of luck in your senior year as my coach used to say,” Biden scoffed when asked about investigations into his administration and his family.

The president spoke about looming investigations during a press conference at the White House regarding the results of the midterm elections.

Republicans have previewed investigations into Biden’s handling of the border crisis, the exit from Afghanistan, some of his cabinet officials, and his son Hunter Biden.

Biden referred to reports that Trump was asking Republicans how many times they planned to impeach him.

“I mean, I think the American people will look at all that for what it is – it’s almost comedy,” he said.

He indicated that Americans did not care about those issues, but said he could not control what Republicans would do.

“I think the American public wants us to move on and get things done for them,” he said.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/09/joe-biden-threats-of-hunter-biden-investigations-from-republicans-almost-comedy/

[libertybele]

He sees the lack of a red wave as an affirmation of his presidency.

Well, he's not really wrong in many respects.  Last night should have been a slam dunk for the GOP and it wasn't. 

It isn't comical, it's absolutely disgusting that the DEMS weren't absolutely trounced last night.  It speaks volumes; this country is in very, very serious trouble that's not going to be resolved at the ballot box.

[Fishrrman]

From post 861:
"Kari Lake:
Wow. We’re going to win big.
Stay tuned, Arizona!"

(sigh)

Ms. Lake may yet win. But if she does, it will be by a narrow margin.
Perhaps 10-15,000 votes? (or less)

Mr. Masters, however, needs to be looking for other work. (regrettably...)

[mystery-ak]

Axelrod: Biden Should Avoid ‘Triumphalism’ — ‘This Wasn’t’ Really ‘an Affirmation of Policies’

During CNN’s election coverage on Wednesday, CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod said that the message of the results in the 2022 midterm elections “wasn’t an affirmation of policies so much” as a rebuke of extremism

and that he would advise President Joe Biden against being triumphant in addressing the results.

Axelrod said, “Look, what I would advise would be to understand what the message was yesterday. I think it was a repudiation of extremism in all its forms. And I think he should note that and understand this wasn’t an affirmation of policies so much as that, and recognize that people are still struggling with inflation and other challenges and our job is to work together to try and solve them.”

He added, “Humility is good. And I think I would understand if they’re buoyant in the White House because this was a far better result than they anticipated. And so, much be — it must be an incredible relief. But I would advise against triumphalism and I would make it not about him, but about the country, and what it says about the country, and where we have to lead.”

more
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/11/09/axelrod-biden-should-avoid-triumphalism-this-wasnt-really-an-affirmation-of-policies/

[mystery-ak]

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
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In state after state we are seeing a shift away from an election day to an election season. Ballot harvesting, drop boxes, and early voting are here to stay as we move toward systems of on-demand voting. GenZ / TikTok using to great effect. The final stage will be digital voting

[LMAO]

Axelrod: Biden Should Avoid ‘Triumphalism’ — ‘This Wasn’t’ Really ‘an Affirmation of Policies’

During CNN’s election coverage on Wednesday, CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod said that the message of the results in the 2022 midterm elections “wasn’t an affirmation of policies so much” as a rebuke of extremism

and that he would advise President Joe Biden against being triumphant in addressing the results.

Axelrod said, “Look, what I would advise would be to understand what the message was yesterday. I think it was a repudiation of extremism in all its forms. And I think he should note that and understand this wasn’t an affirmation of policies so much as that, and recognize that people are still struggling with inflation and other challenges and our job is to work together to try and solve them.”

He added, “Humility is good. And I think I would understand if they’re buoyant in the White House because this was a far better result than they anticipated. And so, much be — it must be an incredible relief. But I would advise against triumphalism and I would make it not about him, but about the country, and what it says about the country, and where we have to lead.”

more
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/11/09/axelrod-biden-should-avoid-triumphalism-this-wasnt-really-an-affirmation-of-policies/

Biden will put the foot on the gas when it comes to these policies. A GOP House will put a check on some of it  but  he still runs in controls the executive branch and it’s agencies

[Free Vulcan]

Il is getting bluer...we now have only 4 Rep congressman in the whole state...that includes my congresswoman ...my county is still red

My county voted Bailey by 20 points for Gov

voted against Duckworth too...look at this map...I am so disgusted since Il is mostly red..

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-us-election-results/illinois/

Geez Louise I've never looked at your new House districts. That has to be some of the most artful gerrymandering in history. You got one guy there who runs from close to the WI border down to around Normal. Part of the district is below the MO line if you go straight west.

[Free Vulcan]

What is happening @mystery-ak is Republican voters are leaving blue states for red states thus making blue states more blue and red states more red.  This isn't going to end well.

@Bigun

Especially with remote working now, people can have the big city salary, and the small town conservative easy life.

[libertybele]

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
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In state after state we are seeing a shift away from an election day to an election season. Ballot harvesting, drop boxes, and early voting are here to stay as we move toward systems of on-demand voting. GenZ / TikTok using to great effect. The final stage will be digital voting

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. 

[Right_in_Virginia]

The 18-29 group were mostly women....abortion was their main issue and student loans...

It's more than that @mystery-ak -- and they were weaned on social media.  That meeting at the White House with top TikTok users should be making sense right about now.

"Record breaking youth voter turnout gets you gun safety legislation, student debt cancellation, climate action, and so much more.  Hear more from @cristinanextgen about why the youth vote is so critical in tomorrow's election — and why young voters are ready to turn out."  (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/NextGenAmerica/status/1589837300586123264

[LMAO]

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
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55m
In state after state we are seeing a shift away from an election day to an election season. Ballot harvesting, drop boxes, and early voting are here to stay as we move toward systems of on-demand voting. GenZ / TikTok using to great effect. The final stage will be digital voting

My first time voting was in 1984 and it seem like voting was more quicker and precise than it is now

[Free Vulcan]

Amazing night in Iowa. We flipped IA-03 and now all 4 are filled by the GOP.

Even more amazingly, We took all the state offices so far except Auditor with 2 counties still out.

Most importantly, we got rid of long time skanky Rat AG Tom Miller.

See you in court Biden.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Why are we blaming Trump for not spending more? Where was the RNC? What about Mitch McConnell?

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?

[Hoodat]

Greg Price
@greg_price11
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Biden: "I can't guarantee that we're gonna be able to get rid of inflation."

Put me in the White House, and I'll guarantee it.

[Hoodat]

He sees the lack of a red wave as an affirmation of his presidency.

He sees the election of John Fetterman as an affirmation of his Presidency.

[Hoodat]

It's more than that @mystery-ak -- and they were weaned on social media.  That meeting at the White House with top TikTok users should be making sense right about now.

"Record breaking youth voter turnout gets you gun safety legislation, student debt cancellation, climate action, and so much more.  Hear more from @cristinanextgen about why the youth vote is so critical in tomorrow's election — and why young voters are ready to turn out."  (Video)

Maybe the Republicans should have offered them something other than "Biden bad".

[libertybele]

Maybe the Republicans should have offered them something other than "Biden bad".

 

[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.