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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:24 PM
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What loss hurt most? What surprised you? What win made you happiest?
Hurt most: Virtual tie for me between Feingold and Sestack

Surprised: I figured Joe Manchin didn't have a prayer. I was surprised Hodes lost as badly as he did.

Happiest: I'll have to get back to you on that in an hour or so - if I'm awake.

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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:25 PM
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1. Grayson and Feingold. nt
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:30 PM
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13. I agree.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:27 PM
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2. Feingold's loss hurts the most, Sestak is close but he wasn't in the Senate
so we aren't really "losing" something in the same sense but it still makes me sad.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:27 PM
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3. One spot on with yours.
Hurt most: Virtual tie for me between Feingold and Sestack

Brain fried need time to digest this mess.

Happiest would be a Harry Reid win.
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:27 PM
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4. Hurt most: MN 6th District. Damn. Also Feingold, and WI is gonna be SOOOOOoooo sorry...
Not feeling too happy about much right now.

Other than a nasty little twinge of anticipatory schadenfreud thinking about how the GOP is gonna look tying itself into knots for the next two years...

wearily,
Bright
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:28 PM
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5. Feingold, for sure.
Surprised by the bloodbath in Ohio.

Happiest about Manchin, even though he's a dick. Raese was much worse.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:28 PM
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6. Feingold
:cry:
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:28 PM
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7. +1 agree for me it is Sestak & Feingold
Sestak first because PA is my home state. I'm really bummed tonight PA elected a Repuke Senator & Governor.
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OhioBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:28 PM
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8. what hurt most? All of Ohio. We lost it all!
All!!! All State-wide races and all competitive Congressional seats. We are so fucked in Ohio...... We lost everything and reapportionment - which also means we're right wing for another 10 years at least.

I am sick over it.

I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find any thing to be happy about. fuck.
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benlurkin Donating Member (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:29 PM
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9. I felt smashed early on by Grayson's horrible loss
it wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't got beat so badly. But he did and I have felt so down in the dumps since.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:29 PM
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10. Hurt most: Feingold losing.
Surprised: Malloy in CT being behind Foley.

Happiest: MA dems winning all statewide and House seats.
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BlueDemKev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:29 PM
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11. Well....
Hurt: Joe Sestaki (PA) Watching his concession speech now, I'm almost in tears.

Surprised: Heath Shuler (NC-11). Blue Dog Democrat in an extremely conservative district. Very tight race for months, but he won easily, 54%-46%.

Happiest: Joe Manchin (WV) Hands down. In a state that has turned red as blood, with Obama having a 70% disapproval rating, thanks to Manchin, we have kept the Senate!
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Yeshuah Ben Joseph Donating Member (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:29 PM
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12. Losing Grayson & Feingold is horrible
They did their jobs the way they were elected to do. It's sickening that far less worthy candidates will be re elected and more so that a pedophile will sit in Feingold's seat and a theocratic wackjob will sit in Grayson's.

Haven't heard the final from Nevada yet,but under no circumstances should Harry Reid be allowed anywhere near leadership again. Looks like Barbara Boxer won. Give her the Majority Leader gig.
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benlurkin Donating Member (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:31 PM
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Holy shit! Ike Skelton just lost
It keeps getting better........./sarcasm
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:31 PM
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14. Hurt most: Feingold, Grayson & Sestak
Surprised: Nothing really.

Happiest: IF Harry Reid hangs on.

"Is this going to be FOREVER?"
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:31 PM
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15. Bill White losing Texas governor destroyed me..for a minute.
delaware....that was sweet
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SweetieD Donating Member (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:31 PM
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16. Reid made me the happiest, Rubio the saddest.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:34 PM
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17. Okay I will play..
Edited on Tue Nov-02-10 11:36 PM by AsahinaKimi
What loss hurt most?
Losing then House to Repukes.

What surprised you?
Losing Grayson


What win made you happiest?
Boxer, Newsom, Brown
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:35 PM
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18. Kasich in Ohio
Son of a bitch this is a big downer for Ohio.
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deacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:36 PM
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19. Happiest is Brown. I saw GW Bush all over her face. n/t
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:36 PM
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20. Beetwasher had me convinced that Sestak would win. I'll have to
find a new PA prognosticator.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:37 PM
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21. Happiest: That Megabucks Whitman isn't going to be leading my state!
Hurt most: Gotta be Feingold

Surprised: That Boner lost!!!!! Ha ha ha ha ha!!! :woohoo:
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demwing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:41 PM
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22. Feingold losing hurt, Angle losing is an IMMENSE relief
Edited on Tue Nov-02-10 11:42 PM by demwing
The race that makes me most nervous out our safety if the Kentucky Senate race, and the race that is STILL WAY TOO CLOSE for my sanity is Boxer/Fiorina.
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:44 PM
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23. most definitely
Feingold, the saddest

Reid, winning the happiest

Rand Paul, surprised he even made it this far
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Naturyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 11:59 PM
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24. mine
Hurt Most: Grayson

Surprised: Nothing, really.

Happiest: Kucinich
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Gemini Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 12:03 AM
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25. Feingold
This is crushing.
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 12:05 AM
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26. When Sestak pulled it out It made my night.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 12:14 AM
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29. Source?????????
I still see Toomey up w/ 99% counted
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inna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 12:08 AM
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27. Hurt most: 1) Feingold, and 2) Grayson
Edited on Wed Nov-03-10 12:09 AM by inna
Happiest: Fascists (Whitman, Fiorina) lost in my state...

ETA: Happiest #2: Reid vs. Angle
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Lugnut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 12:12 AM
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28. Joe Sestak and Alan Grayson.
Surprised - Feingold's race.

Happiest - I'm not at all happy right now. PA is screwed.
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 12:34 AM
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30. Feingold, Paul, Brown
I love Alan Grayson, but he was flamboyant and stuck his neck out, so that's not so surprising.

Feingold is one of the most morally fine Senators we've had in decades, and that was just plain depressing.

Paul winning isn't so horribly surprising, but the margin is a shocker.

Jerry Brown is just a wonderful and honorable guy, and it's a thumb in the eye of the reactionaries whenever he's successful. He's klutzy and impractical, but deeply, deeply ethical in a way reminiscent of Carter, while still being able to be a bare-knuckled politician. So very much of what was good about the 70s was destroyed thirty years ago by the ascendency of that mega-asshole Reagan and the seemingly unending regime of atavistic thugs systematically dismantling the New Deal and crushing of the working people of this country, and it's thrilling to see an unbowed old hero re-mount the stage again in a time of strife. Yay Jerry!!!
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 12:58 AM
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31. Feingold was the most painful loss
Although not unexpected. The pleasant surprise will be the Bennett win in Colorado, although a squeaker, and I love the fact Hickenlooper won...I am still amazed by how many teabaggers are in this state. Anyone need a few?
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