NATIONAL SENATE/HOUSE RESULTS THREAD (LATE RESULTS/POSTMORTEM)

[Badger]

MSNBC calls the House for the GOP. 237-198

+/- 13 seats

Still seems harsh based on the numbers (outside VA) so far, but....

[Badger]

Toomey pulled it off. 99% career ACU rating from Pennsylvania will be sweet.

For one term.

[Badger]

I hate the greens so much.

[Badger]

is Buck a tea party guy

sho nuff

[Badger]

Harry Reid giving his victory speech. Someone teach the man to smile for pete's sake! Whoever got him to smile for his campaign ads deserves an advertising Emmy.

[Badger]

Uh, Jefferson still has <1% reporting. It has some strong Republican areas in it. Ditto for Arapahoe, which has only 10% in.

About 1/2 of Jefferson is now in, Bennet slightly ahead, looks to be keeping pace with the early vote in Jefferson.  Very little of Araphoe still in, early vote went to Bennet.

With what is left in Boulder and Denver (and to a lesser extent Adams) considering all of Weld is in and the vast majority of El Paso and Douglas are in, Bennet will win.

If he does win, and I'm pretty cautiously optimistic about it, it will certainly prove that going on the attack and refusing to toe the line of conventional wisdom on social issues can be a benefit to you. Bennet hit Buck hard with accusations of him being an extremist on abortion and wasn't afraid to throw it in his face while debating him.

It's risky. It did backfire on Grayson, after all.

It backfired on Grayson because he conducts himself like a raving lunatic. Bennet is much more restrained in his personality.

dDing ding ding ding! Correct answer!

[Badger]

How are you holding up tonight, Badger? Not a good night for us Ohio Dems.

Needing a drink, and resolving myself to go to bed. Knowing Reid, Murray and Bennett all have apparently held on actually exceeds my expectations for the Senate, so I guess that's a silver lining. The House losses are worse then I expected, and seeing even Cordray and Wilson going down sucks, but at least I have that genuine relative success in the Senate to keep me from tossing and turning all night.

Night all.

[Badger]

Excuse my rant, but I'm only 17 and I've really never cared about losing a race until now.

It's ok, man. Trust me one gets used to it.

[Badger]

The "status quo" hasn't changed in states like OH and PA if one believes the 06 and 08 results were the abberation, and the bad economy didn't aid GOP candidates far out of proportion to their actual political strength. I question that.

Accordingly Republican redistricting monopolies in these and other states will do quite a bit to fundamentally change the "status quo".