AZ-2 recount results to be released Dec 17

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

McSally wins by 167 votes.

Can't wait for the democrats to do another, "Our guy lost because he wasn't progressive enough!!!"

Can't wait for the Republicans to do another, "Our candidate lost because she wasn't conservative enough!!!" when McSally loses in 2016.

[Kraxner]

McSally wins by 167 votes.

Can't wait for the democrats to do another, "Our guy lost because he wasn't progressive enough!!!"

Can't wait for the Republicans to do another, "Our candidate lost because she wasn't conservative enough!!!" when McSally loses in 2016.

Of course not. The left-wing candidate does not lose to the right-wing candidate because they were not LIBERAL ENOUGH, and the opposite doesn't happen either. The candidate closest to the electorate's center of gravity wins.

[JRP1994]

McSally wins by 167 votes.

Can't wait for the democrats to do another, "Our guy lost because he wasn't progressive enough!!!"

Can't wait for the Republicans to do another, "Our candidate lost because she wasn't conservative enough!!!" when McSally loses in 2016.

Of course not. The left-wing candidate does not lose to the right-wing candidate because they were not LIBERAL ENOUGH, and the opposite doesn't happen either. The candidate closest to the electorate's center of gravity wins.

RIP Bjorn Bradley

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Splendid news!

This.

Honestly, I was a little surprised that the GOP's House gains this year weren't bigger.  It was a reverse of 2010; that year, we had big gains in the House and small gains in the Senate, but this year, the Senate was where we had our biggest gains.

GOP is nosing its ceiling, that's why. Even seats like IA-1 and NV-4 are probably rentals.

Sure hope not.

[Vega]

Yeah, the Republicans have probably hit their ceiling when it comes to House seats.

[free my dawg]

The candidate closest to the electorate's center of gravity wins.

Senators Hagan, Landrieu, Pryor, Braley, and Begich would all like to talk to you.

[Vosem]

The candidate closest to the electorate's center of gravity wins.

Senators Hagan, Landrieu, Pryor, Braley, and Begich would all like to talk to you.

Why would they disagree? They failed to defeat opponents whose political views more closely resembled those of the electorate.

[IceSpear]

The candidate closest to the electorate's center of gravity wins.

Senators Hagan, Landrieu, Pryor, Braley, and Begich would all like to talk to you.

Why would they disagree? They failed to defeat opponents whose political views more closely resembled those of the electorate.

You have a case for Landrieu/Pryor/Begich, maybe even Hagan, but you're out of your mind if you think Ernst represents Iowa better than Braley. She's a far right extremist. Even in a poll where Ernst was winning Braley won the "better fits your views on the issues" question.

[free my dawg]

The candidate closest to the electorate's center of gravity wins.

Senators Hagan, Landrieu, Pryor, Braley, and Begich would all like to talk to you.

Why would they disagree? They failed to defeat opponents whose political views more closely resembled those of the electorate.

Oh, the electorate. Then yeah, Landrieu, Begich, and Pryor are definitely to the left of the electorate.

But if you're saying that Joni Ernst or Thom Tillis were more close to the 2014 electorate, you're not living in reality.

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

Yeah, the Republicans have probably hit their ceiling when it comes to House seats.

They'd max out at about 5 more. Knock off a couple swing districts in CA and find themselves a few last random picks in other states, and that's the ceiling.

Crazy to think Dems had 255 just four years ago (Dec 2010), and now Republicans are all the way up to 247.

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W00t largest House GOP majority since 1929.

Ahh yes,l the economy did so awesome that year with so many Republicans.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

W00t largest House GOP majority since 1929.

Ahh yes,l the economy did so awesome that year with so many Republicans.

Politico beat you to it by about a month.

"The Last Time the GOP Had a Majority this Big:
They Lost It".


Interestingly, it provides a perspective I have push for years and that it wasn't just the depression but massive demographic shifts coming to a head in a very short period of time that formed the Democratic powderkeg for which the Depression served as a spark, but not the thing itself or at least the whole thing itself.