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"So I guess this means literally nothing important gets done for the next 2 years? And both parties will blame the other for it?"

i was wondering who would spout this garbage first and how long it would take to come out

dont forget republicans got even more house seats and governors tonight too

[Edited on November 5, 2014 at 12:00 AM. Reason : -]

11/5/2014 12:00:00 AM

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"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has controlled the chamber since 2007, congratulated Republicans on their victory. "The message from voters is clear: they want us to work together," Reid said. "I look forward to working with Senator McConnell to get things done for the middle class.""

Gotta love Harry Reid. I mean, he's a politician so lying about anything and everything is second nature, but even he had to be a bit confused by that load of shit that just flopped out of his mouth.

11/5/2014 12:02:54 AM

^ CNN reported Reid said he'd still run for Senate Minority Leader.

I have to imagine Democratic senators rally behind someone to oust Reid.

11/5/2014 12:05:53 AM

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"i was wondering who would spout this garbage first and how long it would take to come out dont forget republicans got even more house seats and governors tonight too"

I mean I'm just going by what I've seen so far.

I predict approximately 12 attempts to end Obamacare every week, all of them vetoed.

11/5/2014 12:06:44 AM

It means that Obama will suck up to Republicans. Like the last 6 years.

11/5/2014 12:08:11 AM

too bad virginia

[Edited on November 5, 2014 at 12:14 AM. Reason : -]

11/5/2014 12:08:26 AM

Warner hangs on in Virginia. Now up 13000 votes with 99% in.

11/5/2014 12:14:01 AM

The Latino on CNN's analyst panel said the following:

"Charlie Crist has been on the ballot under 3 different party labels and I have voted against him every single time...he is like Jason from Friday the 13th, he keeps coming back."

One thing I will say about Boehner and McConnell if they both win House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader again. With the larger margins they have, it gives them more room to do legislation they want and not have to cowtow to more extreme members in their caucus. Some Republican caucus members wanted Boehner gone before Erik Cantor lost his primary. If he has a larger majority in the House, it increases the number of people that caucus rebels need to boss around the legislation.

[Edited on November 5, 2014 at 12:21 AM. Reason : .]

11/5/2014 12:16:40 AM

buncha stuff on my facebook newsfeed is "rawr the next 2 years are gonna suck"

i'm like "no, it's not gonna be much different"

11/5/2014 12:42:46 AM

The republican party is about to implode over the next 2 years. They will eat each other up while trying to win the presidential nomination (looking at you, Cruz) and therefor fail to accomplish anything despite controlling both houses.

I hate the situation of a lame duck president with a hostile congress, but I feel like this is setting up a 2016 democrat landslide and an easy win for Hilary.

11/5/2014 1:52:27 AM

I hope the GOP takes the lesson that when it runs candidates that at least try to appeal to moderates, it will win; if this renewed focus on electability (like not pandering to the Teabagger fundies even during the general) prevails in 2016, they just might hold on to that Senate majority and win the Presidency.

Although I fully intend to vote for the Democratic candidate, I'd be okay with another moderate Republican President, or maybe I'm just viewing Bush the Elder through a nostalgia filter.

11/5/2014 3:08:57 AM

^ Presidents McCain and Romney agree with your political analysis.

11/5/2014 6:21:23 AM

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"The republican party is about to implode over the next 2 years. They will eat each other up while trying to win the presidential nomination (looking at you, Cruz) and therefor fail to accomplish anything despite controlling both houses. I hate the situation of a lame duck president with a hostile congress, but I feel like this is setting up a 2016 democrat landslide and an easy win for Hilary."

The New York Times' editorial headline this morning is:

"Negativity Wins the Senate

Republicans returned to the majority by campaigning on basically one thing: what they called the failure of President Obama."

If you remember 2006, the Democrats in that election stood for absolutely nothing other than they hated President Bush. And it worked out handsomely for them, they took both houses of Congress. Bush became a two-year-long lame duck. And they had a protracted primary fight between Clinton and Obama. This election strikes me a lot like that one.

11/5/2014 6:23:12 AM

Haha. You have leaflets scattered throughout Alabama districts telling would-be voters that if they vote Republican they'll be bringing back the klan.

But the headline here is that Republicans won because of a negative campaign against Obama? That's funny. All you can do is laugh.

11/5/2014 7:08:24 AM

My smallest of silver linings: Tim Moffitt lost in his run for NC House!!! Guy was expected to be the next speaker, was responsible for the asheville water fiasco, ALEC legislator of the year recently, etc. BYE!!!!

11/5/2014 8:19:18 AM

you will read this in my voice

11/5/2014 9:15:35 AM

The silver lining is that the GOP now controls both houses of congress, and can't blame anyone but themselves when nothing gets done. These guys can't govern, they've proven it for the last the 4 years, and giving them more control isn't going to change that. What are they going to do? Repeal Medicaid? Pass the Ryan budget? Good luck in 2016.

11/5/2014 9:25:09 AM

thats silly

instead of blaming senate democrats and obama they can just blame obama

11/5/2014 9:58:27 AM

They can blame Obama for vetoing their efforts to fix harm the country.

11/5/2014 9:59:16 AM

GG North Carolina for also allowing polluters (and others) to simply buy judges and skip jury accountability!

11/5/2014 10:48:04 AM

I wish polluter was an actual job title.

11/5/2014 10:50:08 AM

some antics:

http://twitchy.com/2014/11/05/i-have-officially-lost-it-battleground-texas-organizer-for-wendy-davis-totally-melts-down-on-twitter/

http://m.journalnow.com/news/local/stokes-county-democratic-party-chairwoman-accused-of-dumping-tea-on/article_90145200-6491-11e4-be4a-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm

11/5/2014 10:50:26 AM

A personal silver lining is that now I don't have to worry about Harry Reid or the Maryland governor changing the Redskins name.

11/5/2014 11:06:29 AM

I think you're overestimating the ability of republicans to get legislation to the President's desk. Again, these guys don't know how to govern. Their ACA alternative was 10 pages long. Their platform the last 6 years has been no to everything Obama wants, but now they are going to have to show us what they want, and get it to the President's desk. Like I said, good luck.

My personal feelings on this election: disappointment, but it's not like it was a surprise. The gubernatorial results bugged more than the Senate, that should not have happened. Fuck midterms.

[Edited on November 5, 2014 at 11:20 AM. Reason : :]

11/5/2014 11:17:46 AM

Reince is already talking about Keystone. I think we'll see a bunch of corporatist legislation get pushed through, while ignoring the deeper problems (inequality, fixing ACA, education loan debt).

11/5/2014 11:21:44 AM

Let's not forget that Reid has been sitting on a stack of legislation for years. They can start by going through all that legislation and working on it. I doubt they're just going to go through and send it all to the president, because it was written for a Democtratic senate. They'll probably go through, take each piece of legislation, make it so conservative that nobody wants it, then send it to the president's desk for a veto.

sigh

Anybody who thinks anything is going to get done in Washington now is delusional. Cruz and his ilk are going to fight against Boehner and McConnell just as hard as Boehner and McConnell fought Reid and Pelosi. It is still going to be a gridlock.

11/5/2014 11:25:01 AM

keystone will happen first im sure; will be interesting to see what obama does with it

11/5/2014 11:30:07 AM

Mmmmm Alberta Tar Sands. I look forward to all of the jobs it will produce to clean up the highly toxic and difficult to manage spills!

11/5/2014 11:38:59 AM

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"My personal feelings on this election: disappointment, but it's not like it was a surprise. The gubernatorial results bugged more than the Senate, that should not have happened. Fuck midterms."

I want this elaborated upon; not just by Shrike, but anyone.

11/5/2014 11:47:30 AM

I really wish that with Reid out of power they would reopen Yucca Mountain and finally get the fucking nuclear waste out of the pools and open storage in parking lots and pits around the country. Reid has been blocking that for years and had the power to as Senate Majority leader. That would be some progress I would approve.

11/5/2014 12:11:10 PM

^^its difficult for me to imagine why anyone would cast a vote for someone like:

Scott Walker - by many accounts a criminal, has set WI up for a projected $1 billion dollar budget deficit
Rick Scott - also a criminal, has been deeply unpopular for a while (I thought)
Sam Brownback - also set his state up for a several hundred million dollar budget shortfall, state credit rating was recently downgraded, etc




In other news, all ma liberal blogs are suggesting Ted Cruz is gonna make a run for majority leader. I'm not sure if that's legit, but is a damn scary thought!!!

11/5/2014 12:40:42 PM

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/a-big-night-for-minimum-wage-increases/

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"In other words, voters are pessimistic about the economy and want new leadership, hence their support for Republicans. But they’re also worried about their low pay and want to see a higher minimum wage. From a policy perspective, those two votes seem at odds with one another. But they both reflect the same economic frustration."

11/5/2014 1:52:31 PM