Republicans Didn't Win the Midterms (They Just Lost Less)

[truebluefan]

Talk about a shellacking. Two-thirds of voters in last week's elections are dissatisfied or angry with Republican Party leaders in Congress, according to exit polls, and nearly six in 10 disapprove of the GOP altogether.

While it's undeniable which party won the most campaigns this year, the Republican Party didn't win the overall election – not with numbers like that. The winners were disgust, apathy, and a gnawing desire for a better choice – an alternative to what the two major parties are currently offering.

History will record 2014 as one in a pattern of national elections that amounted to a vote of no confidence for the political status quo.

• In 2010, voters changed ownership of the House from Democrat to Republican in protest of President Obama.
• In 2008, voters changed ownership of the White House from Republican to Democrat in protest of President Bush.
• In 2006, voters gave Democrats control of the House, the Senate, and a majority of governorships in what Bush called a "thumpin'."
• In 2004 and 2012, unpopular presidents won reelection by essentially disqualifying their opponents in brutally negative campaigns. Bush and Obama epitomize this era of voter unrest, because they campaigned successfully as the better of two lousy choices.

Read more http://www.nationaljournal.com/poli...win-the-midterms-they-just-lost-less-20141111

 

[Denny Crane]

Meanwhile, Alaska senate seat just went to the republicans. 53-45 in the senate (2 independents).

 

[truebluefan]

Ya Demos lost in Alaska.

 

[truebluefan]

GOP adds another Senate seat as Sullivan wins Alaska

Republican candidate Dan Sullivan defeated Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Begich in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race Wednesday.

The win gives the GOP eight Senate pickups in the midterm elections. The party is also seeking a ninth seat in Louisiana’s runoff in December.

Sullivan ran a confident campaign, ignoring the debate schedule Begich established and setting his own terms.

He pledged to fight federal overreach, talked about energy independence and at seemingly every opportunity, sought to tie Begich to President Barack Obama and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, who are unpopular in Alaska.

Begich complained that Sullivan offered little in the way of proposals for what he would do as senator.

Read more http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-alaska-senate-race-as-absentee-ballot-count/

 

[Denny Crane]

Democrats have the lame duck session coming up. It's the old congress with a few weeks to do things before the new one is sworn in.

There was a lot of chatter on TV that they'd use the time to do things (like approve nominations) that the new republican senate might not. But with the runoff in La, anything they do to further piss off the voters hurts their chances of retaining that seat.