General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDems are going to hold on to the Senate
I still think so and even Tweety says there are many ways to this route.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)night goes.
Repugs have been obstructionists, they will do more of the same. This should have been the Dems election to end obstruction and make real progress. It could have been a simple message. They blew it.
PragmaticLiberal
(904 posts)Quite frankly, I think the electorate (in many ways) are children.
Yeah, I don't have much faith in the populace.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)I always blame the candidate, not the voter. The voters are known quantities. We have demographics, public opinion and voting habits well studied and documented.
It is up to the candidate to work within those parameters to build support over 50%.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)The populace wants crap reporting, but it used to be good reporting still gave them both what they wanted and needed to know.
Now, that doesn't matter.
still_one
(92,396 posts)Reter
(2,188 posts)It's time to get realistic. We lost.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)Though I expect they'll nuke the filibuster as soon as they get the chance. There's no way this ends well.
jillan
(39,451 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)And how loudly they wailed when the talk came up of the nuclear option more recently??
Not that Repukes are shy from being hypocritical.
They'll just launch some more Benghazi investigations and try to impeach Obama for improper military salutes...
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)Response to libtodeath (Reply #6)
Name removed Message auto-removed
book_worm
(15,951 posts)also hoping that Orman in KS can defeat Roberts.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)If Democrats make any headway whatsoever in deep Red territory then it's a victory. That being said I think the Dems have this they will hold, but lose seats in Republican territory.
Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)Georgia, Louisiana, Colorado, or Alaska.
Alaska is purportedly difficult to poll, which puts it into the possible.
Now, that leaves one more must win among the other three. Landrieu who insulted the voters. Or Colorado where Senator Udall was heckled by his biggest donor. Or Georgia.
But there is still Kansas as the spoiler.
Let's say that the Republicans have 50 seats after tonight not counting the expected runoffs in Louisiana and Georgia. What if Orman offers to caucus with the Republicans in exchange for a ranking membership on a committee? I offered that observation weeks ago. It would be a smart move on his part, it puts him solidly up for re-election in a generally speaking red state. Pat Roberts had gone Washington, I don't think he had an address in Kansas. So what would stand Orman who is painfully obviously very much self serving the best?
If Orman did join the Rethugs in that case, what could the Democrats do?
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)no idea where those ballots are coming from, but it's going to be a long night.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)Johonny
(20,888 posts)means two more years of wasted policy chances. Republican voters will get exactly what they want and they'll hate it and blame Obama. I lost respect for anyone that votes Republican years ago. Now I only laugh at them and their shear ignorance and self loathing.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Mark's GOTV effort has been great, and we have popular left-leaning ballot measures. Hope you guys on the east coast plan to stay up late. We still have two more hours of voting.
malaise
(269,157 posts)I'm going to bed - very disappointed.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)which is all I care about at this point.
maced666
(771 posts)Tweety sucks.