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A message from the Republican Party:

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Well, at least you got the right message. I hope you exercise your constitutional right to not vote.

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A message from the Republican Party:

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Well, at least you got the right message. I hope you exercise your constitutional right to not vote.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
I voted.

Political jester and pied piper for the Liberal Left wing Jon Stewart, didn't.



Jake Tapper ? @jaketapper

Jon Stewart tells @camanpour that he didnt vote. He just moved, he says, doesnt know where to go to vote.
2:36 PM - 4 Nov 2014

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
I voted.

Political jester and pied piper for the Liberal Left wing Jon Stewart, didn't.



Jake Tapper ? @jaketapper

Jon Stewart tells @camanpour that he didnt vote. He just moved, he says, doesnt know where to go to vote.
2:36 PM - 4 Nov 2014

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
I am glad the GOP took the Senate and increased its hold on the House, which I believe is the biggest margin of power it's held in over 70 years.

May not be much, but as Mal said... it's enough.


Good start.

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I predict the Texas Transportation Funding Amendment, Proposition 1 (2014) will pass because I voted for it in early voting.

The measure would divert half of the general revenue derived from oil and gas taxes from the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), also known as the Rainy Day Fund, to the State Highway Fund for the purpose of providing transportation funding for repairs and maintenance of public roads. It's anticipated that this will result in approximately $1,200,000,000 per year going toward transportation funding instead of the Rainy Day Fund. - http://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Transportation_Funding_Amendment,_Proposi
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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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And while we're on the subject, re: John Boehner's asinine "not a time for celebration" remark ... as the Terminator said, "fuck you asshole!"

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And while we're on the subject, re: John Boehner's asinine "not a time for celebration" remark ... as the Terminator said, "fuck you asshole!"

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Exactly.

Comments like that & stuff bitch McConnell says keep me from full out celebration.

They're Obama lite , in some cases.

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"May not be much"? It's as much or more than any Republican could have hoped for.

.. Control of the Senate (+9, will be 54 seats)

.. Control of the House (+ 16, will be 249 seats)

.. Increased majority of Governorships (incl. blue states Mass. & Md.)

.. Increased majority of State Legislatures


I call that a trouncing of epic proportions.

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" dark money ", like the $ that the democrats spent in Wisconsin ??

Crassic.

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" dark money ", like the $ that the democrats spent in Wisconsin ??

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No. I guess you don't know what dark money is.

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I am glad the GOP took the Senate and increased its hold on the House, which I believe is the biggest margin of power it's held in over 70 years.

May not be much, but as Mal said... it's enough.


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"May not be much"? It's as much or more than any Republican could have hoped for.

.. Control of the Senate (+9, will be 54 seats)

.. Control of the House (+ 16, will be 249 seats)

.. Increased majority of Governorships (incl. blue states Mass., Md., & Il.)

.. Increased majority of State Legislatures


I call that a trouncing of epic proportions.

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" dark money ", like the $ that the democrats spent in Wisconsin ??

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Can anyone tell me the last time there was a mid-term in a president's second term when Congress *didn't* go to the opposition party?

You'd have to go back further than Eisenhower.

This is kind of a thing that happens in America. It happened to Ike, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush. Somehow the nation survived. I predict that it will again.

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Can anyone tell me the last time there was a mid-term in a president's second term when Congress *didn't* go to the opposition party?

You'd have to go back further than Eisenhower.

This is kind of a thing that happens in America. It happened to Ike, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush. Somehow the nation survived. I predict that it will again.

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1998. Under Slick Willy. GOP lost 4 seats in the House, but kept their Majority. Senate stayed 55-45 GOP Majority.

It did not happen to Nixon. There was no mid-term election while he was serving his second term.

More accurately and to the point, since the liberal Bush41 was booted, every midterm has shown conservative gains or retention of Majority, except the 2006 Rock The Vote election, where the majority of voters still held the same conservative trend, but the least informed of America, the 18-26 year-olds, swayed the results in enough races to plunge the nation into the Rock The Vote Recession (sworn in 2007, generated FY 08 budget, which took effect Oct 2007, kicking off the recession from Oct 2007 - March 2009.)

Obama served up seats to the GOP in both chambers in both mid-terms.
Bush 43 gained GOP seats in both chambers in 2002.
Clinton served up seats to the GOP in both chambers in 1994, then gained 4 House seats for Dems in 98.
Bush 41 lost GOP seats in the House, and one in the Senate in 1990.
Reagan held even in the Senate in 1982, technically losing an "Independent" to Dems.
Carter's only midterm delivered seats in both chambers to the GOP.
In Nixon's only midterm, gained GOP in the Senate in 1970.


Summary:
2014 GOP +7 Sen 45->52, +13 Rep 234->244, new Senate Majority (both chambers).
2010 GOP +6 Sen 41->47, +64 Rep 178->242, new House Majority.
2006 GOP -6 Sen 55->49, -30 Rep 232->202, Rock The Vote.
2002 GOP +2 Sen 49->51, +8 Rep 221->229, new Senate Majority (both chambers).
1998 GOP -- Sen 55->55, -4 Rep 227->223.
1994 GOP +8 Sen 44->52, +54 Rep 176->230, new Majorities in both chambers.
1990 GOP -1 Sen 45->44, -8 Rep 175->167.
1986 GOP -8 Sen 53->45, -5 Rep 182->177.
1982 GOP -- Sen 54->54, -26 Rep 192->166.
1978 GOP +3 Sen 38->41, +15 Rep 143->158.
1974 GOP -4 Sen 43->39, -48 Rep 192->144, including 1 Conservative Senator.
1970 GOP +3 Sen 42->45, -12 Rep 192->180, including 1 Conservative Senator.
1966 GOP +4 Sen 32->36, +47 Rep 140->187.
1962 GOP -2 Sen 36->34, +1 Rep 175->176.
1958 GOP -13 Sen 47->34, -48 Rep 201->153.
1954 GOP -1 Sen 48->47, -18 Rep 221->203, House Majority lost.


A House majority is 218 Representatives, except 1958 when 219 was needed.

For those wondering about the historical events prior to these results:
2006 was the Rock The Vote campaign, when 18-26 year-olds decided that steady jobs, economic stability, affordable housing were not important issues anymore.
1990 followed Bush41's capitulation to Dems to increase taxes.
1982 was still gripped by the disastrous Carter economy.
1974 followed the ascending of Gerald Ford to the Presidency.
1966 was the midterm of the disastrous Lyndon Baines Johnson.
1958 followed the McCarthy Hearings.

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