Election 2018 Open Thread - Part 1

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If 90+% of the FL vote is in, and both Rs are leading, then it's time to admit they are both a loss. As well as IN and MO, while we're at it.

Not a good night for the Democrats, even if you haven't hyped yourself up with talk of some wave election.

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As far as FL goes, it's not good and logical to keep pinning hopes on a massive turnout on a pair -- literally -- of strong D counties, especially if raw turnout among minorities is down.

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D's back to 64% for the House in 538's model.

The freakout of the past 20 minutes has been completely unjustified. Dems are still comfortably on pace to win the house.

We're lamenting the fact of having to see McConnell declare on TV that this election has given him and Trump a mandate to stack the judiciary with Federalist Society apparatchiks.

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Has anyone reported on what's going on with Manchin? If he wins, while four better-placed D's lose...

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Donnelly got stomped. Jesus.

Sounds like the Senate is gone for the Democrats.

Guess he and McCaskill should have voted for Kavanaugh.

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Has anyone reported on what's going on with Manchin? If he wins, while four better-placed D's lose...

Do you think his support of Kavanaugh will be responsible for Manchin's victory tonight?

I don't know what Manchin's results are now, and of course no exit poll asked whether a vote for Kavanaugh was a decisive one when they did vote  --- but, still, if the voters in these states supported him overwhelmingly, it was foolish of these Democrats to reject him and thereby pick a fight with the very voters of their own states.

edit: I see Manchin won easily. Yep, the Democrats making a stink over Kavanaugh when they couldn't do anything about him sank four of their own.

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I want to believe O'Rourke can perform his exorcism on Texas to cast out its demonic changeling senator, but I am not confident of it.

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Why is anyone calling the House while people are still voting? What kind of dumb logic is that, this is a good way to push down turnout.

That is the intention.

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Romney wins.

Honestly, he should be much better than Orrin Hatch.

No.

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I know this isn't quite the place for it, but it must be asked:

What are the Democrats going to do with Chuck Schumer. After this disastrous night as far as the senate is concerned, they damned well can't keep him.

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The Democrats shouldn't consider winning the House as a consolation prize: that means the GOP can't bribe their donors with another budget-busting tax cut for the remainder of Trump's term. That has to mean something, since it's literally half of his "legacy".

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I guess Trump will feel free to finally fire Jeff Sessions and the others that annoy him now that he has a compliant senate to vote for any replacement.

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The new chairs of the House committees must under no circumstances be go-along-to-get-along elderly minority hacks.

And Chuck Schumer should be fired by what's left of the D senate conference.

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Ne ego si iterum eodem modo uicero, sine ullo milite Epirum reuertar.

If that were the case, Trump would be gloating about it on Twitter right now. Of course, he is gloating, but his heart isn't in it.

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What is the current House vote total in NC? I know that their gerrymander was so effective not a single seat switched there, but I'd like to see just how effective.

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It would be hilarious if she came back and won, after Trump's comments about her in that press conference yesterday.

Even more so as she will vote exactly the way she is told.