heading to the polls......

[Rams]

Overall results were disappointing. I really believed that the democrats were going down to a terrible defeat. At least the Senate is still in GOP control. That should stave off any Democrat attempts at stupidity.
Still, given the history of midterms, it was an achievement for Trump to keep the Senate in his corner.

Should be an entertaining next couple of years though. Good for ratings.

Historically speaking, I am not surprised by the results.   I just hope the Dems figure out they need a different Speaker of the House.

Rams

[NewValker]

Yeah, like Hook said, we still got Pocahontas  
But on the bright side, I’m goin riding today!
Craig

[Oss]

Any judicial appointments will go thru now that the Senate is in the same party as the POTUS and no impeachment likely in the Senate
Any attempt to do so will mean those advancing it to be marked for termination at the next election cycle as happened with the recent witch hunt.

The House of Representatives is still the same cesspool it has been for this century and most of the last century

Trump has 2 more years to get women and minorities to realize they are better off with him and his party that the party that has kept them down all this time

The Senators up for election that tried to fry Kavanaugh are all fired.

Could have been much much worse

I slept like a baby

Oss

Well I did wake up once       I am 62

[Chrisj CMA]

It was a nail biter, but Florida pulled out a big win. Red red red.  The biggest win was turning the socialist radical progressive Gillum away empty after the millions evil investors poured into Gillum. It was close but if you adjust the numbers for likely fake and illegal blue votes it probably wasn’t as close. At least in Florida it could not have been a better result.

[Rams]

The Senators that tried to fry Kavanaugh are all fired.

All?   Hmmmm, I must have missed something.....

Rams

[f6john]

I was saddened to see that Michigan voters couldn’t put John James in office. In all the interviews he gave I was impressed with his attitude and enthusiasm. He would have been a real asset for the whole country.

[Chrisj CMA]

The blue wave turned out to be a ripple.  The left now has just enough rope to hang them selves with. Should be interesting to watch

[¿spoom]

All political advertisements should be banned on election day starting at midnight of that day.
Enough is enough.

Today is the day that the little guy gets to speak his/her mind either for or against the status quo.
Game on.

Congress shall make no law .......abridging the Freedom of Speech....

The right to make your case should NEVER be banned. Ever. Period.

I agree.  BUT, main stream media has been prohibited from reporting exit polls on election days for a long time (until voting in each state is over for the day), and for good reason.  They tend to fan the liberal flames.  And too many people want to vote for a winner (and not their convictions), as hard as that is to believe.

Everything that applies to citizens should not necessarily apply to professional media and press (especially since they long ago abandoned any pretense of their biased partisanship.)

Citizens United was a good SCOTUS decision though.  The NRA can still tell people who hates guns weeks before any election.

I don't see a prohibition of the reporting of exit polling till the polls close as an abridgement of Free Speech. It goes directly to the integrity of the electoral process. It (the law in question) isn't designed to abridge political thought or speech. Banning of Political advertisements by candidates at anytime does. Does so directly. That is my point.

Would a "day of election" falsehood/bombshell media blitz when it would be too late to reply to it goes directly to the integrity of the electoral process? I don't think regulating political ads would necessarily be a 1st Amendment issue any more than a waiting period is currently a 2nd Amendment one.

[Willow]

Looks like D's will take control of the House.

R's will keep the Senate.

Not happy about losing the House, but it's the way our framers wanted it. Balance of power. Those guys were pretty smart fellas so I'll take the loss with a grain of salt and see what happens.

Balance of power between Senate and House only works effectively when the two are able to work together and compromise.  We seem to have lost that in the past several years.  Party loyalty after the election is damaging to the effectiveness of the system.

[Chrisj CMA]

All political advertisements should be banned on election day starting at midnight of that day.
Enough is enough.

Today is the day that the little guy gets to speak his/her mind either for or against the status quo.
Game on.

Congress shall make no law .......abridging the Freedom of Speech....

The right to make your case should NEVER be banned. Ever. Period.

I agree.  BUT, main stream media has been prohibited from reporting exit polls on election days for a long time (until voting in each state is over for the day), and for good reason.  They tend to fan the liberal flames.  And too many people want to vote for a winner (and not their convictions), as hard as that is to believe.

Everything that applies to citizens should not necessarily apply to professional media and press (especially since they long ago abandoned any pretense of their biased partisanship.)

Citizens United was a good SCOTUS decision though.  The NRA can still tell people who hates guns weeks before any election.

I don't see a prohibition of the reporting of exit polling till the polls close as an abridgement of Free Speech. It goes directly to the integrity of the electoral process. It (the law in question) isn't designed to abridge political thought or speech. Banning of Political advertisements by candidates at anytime does. Does so directly. That is my point.

Would a "day of election" falsehood/bombshell media blitz when it would be too late to reply to it goes directly to the integrity of the electoral process? I don't think regulating political ads would necessarily be a 1st Amendment issue any more than a waiting period is currently a 2nd Amendment one.

I dont think the ads should be regulated, but I think the money for ads should be paid for by the government ONLY, the same amount for each candidate and not a whole bunch either, just enough to get the message out.  Donations from individuals limited to very small amounts (and cant be used on ads) should be allowed but large donations from corporations, billionaires and other wealthy entities should be illegal.

[Skinhead]

I was saddened to see that Michigan voters couldn’t put John James in office. In all the interviews he gave I was impressed with his attitude and enthusiasm. He would have been a real asset for the whole country.

I agree 100%.  Debbie Stabinow is, well I won't go there, let's just say useless.  Now that she's in, I want to see her fix the auto insurance issue like she claimed she would.

[JimC]

Just to remind everyone, as of the 2010 Census, the largest delegation is that of California, with fifty-three representatives (39-40 blue).  Seven states have the smallest delegation possible, a single representative: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.

I know it's been discussed here before, but really..... we need to let CA go.  

Correct me if I am wrong,
Isn't the main reason for California has so many representatives because they count illegals in the census?
That way they are getting a vote without ever going to the polls?

JIm

[Willow]

In the category of stupidity presented by the media, in the morning after reporting one of the commentators mentioned that in their exit polls she couldn't believe that most Republicans were not interested in the Mueller investigation.  Really???????

[Skinhead]

I dont think the ads should be regulated, but I think the money for ads should be paid for by the government ONLY, the same amount for each candidate and not a whole bunch either, just enough to get the message out.  Donations from individuals limited to very small amounts (and cant be used on ads) should be allowed but large donations from corporations, billionaires and other wealthy entities should be illegal.

I agree.  For one thing, all that money spent on adds could do so much more for our country if it wasn't going to ad agencies and the media.  Spend it on the infrastructure or repay SS, or pay down the debt.

[Willow]

Correct me if I am wrong,
Isn't the main reason for California has so many representatives because they count illegals in the census?
That way they are getting a vote without ever going to the polls?

JIm

Okay.  You're wrong.

[MarkT]

When I moved to Colorado 31 years ago the state was solidly red.  Then the Californicators F'd up their state so they moved here in droves, brought their politics with them so they could do the same to my state.  The MSM has been calling us purple for some years now.  Haven't had an R governor since Bill Owens '99-'06.  And for most of the time they've had the house and sometimes the senate too.  Passed several anti-freedom laws killing our 2nd Amendment rights and driving off great companies like Magpul. Dickenpooper oops Hickenlooper lost his job only because he was term limited and now he's talking about the presidency in 2020. So the local MSM was all effusive last night as The People have shown their Loving Multi-Culturalism by electing the First Openly Gay Governor in the history of the US.  Huh?  First I heard of that, after the fact and I watch the news all day long - they kept that on the down-low while the campaign ads were flying.  Not to mention, they took back the House so they have All The Power "Dems across the board" of my beautiful state.  Watch for more progressive shitting on our 2A rights.  

BTW, Like so many states, the voting districts are drawn to maximize the left's voting power, it seems.  And that power emanates from the urban areas.  Look at a political map of Colorado - it's almost all red.  Except Denver and Boulder, the snowflake population centers which are blue. So they determine what the rest of us - a state full of freedom loving hunters - have to tolerate.  No chance of Constitutional Carry now.

Colorado is the first state to be not red, not purple, not blue.  We are now PINK. "Not that there's anything wrong with that."

[98valk]

When I moved to Colorado 31 years ago the state was solidly red.  Then the Californicators F'd up their state so they moved here in droves, brought their politics with them so they could do the same to my state.  The MSM has been calling us purple for some years now.  Haven't had an R governor since Bill Owens '99-'06.  And for most of the time they've had the house and sometimes the senate too.  Passed several anti-freedom laws killing our 2nd Amendment rights and driving off great companies like Magpul. Dickenpooper oops Hickenlooper lost his job only because he was term limited and now he's talking about the presidency in 2020. So the local MSM was all effusive last night as The People have shown their Loving Multi-Culturalism by electing the First Openly Gay Governor in the history of the US.  Huh?  First I heard of that, after the fact and I watch the news all day long - they kept that on the down-low while the campaign ads were flying.  Not to mention, they took back the House so they have All The Power "Dems across the board" of my beautiful state.  Watch for more progressive shitting on our 2A rights.  

BTW, Like so many states, the voting districts are drawn to maximize the left's voting power, it seems.  And that power emanates from the urban areas.  Look at a political map of Colorado - it's almost all red.  Except Denver and Boulder, the snowflake population centers which are blue. So they determine what the rest of us - a state full of freedom loving hunters - have to tolerate.  No chance of Constitutional Carry now.

Colorado is the first state to be not red, not purple, not blue.  We are now PINK. "Not that there's anything wrong with that."

and look at the boarder state areas where the invaders cross over. all blue

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fullpage/midterm-election-map-2018-live-results-58723598

[..]

Wild staring eyes.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-victory-speech-acting-winning-new-york-congressional-seat-1363830339549?v=raila&

[Chrisj CMA]

Wild staring eyes.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-victory-speech-acting-winning-new-york-congressional-seat-1363830339549?v=raila&

Ya, scary...but Im glad she won.  Shes just another brick in the rotten structure of the Dems going forward that will be their undoing.

[John Schmidt]

Yep, agree with Chris, that youngster will do some real growing up when she gets to DC. If not, she's a one time wonder. She'll find out real fast all the stuff she wants done and promised isn't all that easy to attain. As for Pelosi, I hope they kick her out of the Speaker position. Had to laugh at one of her comments; "...restoring the Constituion's checks and balances to Trump." Really? Where was she the eight years prior. I read a report some time back when she was Spkr. and flying to/from California 1-2 times a week. They divulged that it was not unusual for the liquor tab to run much higher than the food tab for her and all the hangers-on that flew with her. It's going to be interesting 'cuz as Spkr. she's never dealt with someone like Trump.

Overall, the election turned out about as I figured it would. Here in Florida I'm glad Gillum lost in his bid for governor. That was one misguided dude, couldn't believe he garnered as many votes as he did. So....we move on.

[Moonshot_1]

Wow. Really disappointed now. Thought that with the GOP loss of the House we were going to burn and loot our town. Just found out our side doesn't do that. Bummer.

[Jersey mike]

Looks like D's will take control of the House.

R's will keep the Senate.

Not happy about losing the House, but it's the way our framers wanted it. Balance of power. Those guys were pretty smart fellas so I'll take the loss with a grain of salt and see what happens.

Balance of power between Senate and House only works effectively when the two are able to work together and compromise.  We seem to have lost that in the past several years.  Party loyalty after the election is damaging to the effectiveness of the system.

Hey willow, I’d like to stay optimistic that somewhere within our government, with all the elected people who have been put in place to be there for the good of the people will have the ability to move forward for the good of the country as our founding fathers would see fit. I know it sounds a bit naive but things just cannot continue to be the way they have for the last 2 years. We have 2 years until another election which means 1 year to get things rolling. Either the D’s in the House are going to procrastinate and continue to try and drag things down or do what they’re  supposed to do.

All I can do is hope and try to stay optimistic.

[f6john]

I wish we could have maintained control of the House but Trump makes a valid point today. His take was that if Republicans held onto the House by a small margin there would always be that small handful ready to jump ship (aka McCain) and screw things up. Now the Democrats have to put forth legislation and the President and the Senate get to negotiate where there is room and maybe get some bi-partisan work done. If not, blame the Democrats. Works for me.

[Robert]

I wish we could have maintained control of the House but Trump makes a valid point today. His take was that if Republicans held onto the House by a small margin there would always be that small handful ready to jump ship (aka McCain) and screw things up. Now the Democrats have to put forth legislation and the President and the Senate get to negotiate where there is room and maybe get some bi-partisan work done. If not, blame the Democrats. Works for me.

Right now real control of the Senate is a good thing. Not the Flake kind of control but real control. Trump now has the backing of the Republicans something that he did not have in the beginning of his term. But now his position, policies and campaigning helped to get them elected. Now with Jeff Sessions gone it may get really, really interesting and the Dems threatening investigations may just be washed down the drain. BTW why would they bring this up if they themselves were not worried about this?

[Skinhead]

I just want to know when Hilary's trial is.  I might try to attend some of that.

[RDAbull]

voted on my way to work

Congressperson Nita Lowey  was running unopposed on D column

most judges also unopposed

Can you say fix is in here in NY ?

I refuse to vote for anyone running unopposed, it just encourages the bastards.

[Jess from VA]

That happened to me here in NoVA twice (unopposed Dem on ballot). 

Both times I wrote in votes for Howdy Doody.  (just leaving the ballot blank is not good enough)

[Kidd]

Out here in AZ I did the mail in a couple of weeks ago...

Me too! 

Me three

 

[Jess from VA]

Every time I look at these maps (they all look very similar in recent history), I cannot help thinking they look very much like an MRI or other diagnostic study of a healthy body that is slowly being infected by a disease or metastasised carcinoma. 



I realize this is not very charitable, but I'm not charitable when it comes to the health and welfare of my Country.