Thunder, lightning, wind and rain...
 

For me, the election results can not be counted soon enough.

MVP

The people need to start the "Flip the switch" campaign.

Turn off your TV, ignore the media and just go vote. Think of what a surprise it will be for you on Wednesday.


Remember the definition of insanity. If you reelect someone and expect a different result....well then....:eek:

Thunder, lightning, wind...

For a minute there, I thought you had talked to people the day after I made a batch of Chili Miller's Semi-Famous Killer Chili...

Thunder, lightning ...
 

Some may remember this as the old pre-jump foul weather chant. Thought it appropriate with past history IRT voter turn-out.

MVP

Thunder, lightning, wind and rain...sounds like someone I dated once back when...she was known as Hurricane Sal. :D :D :D

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

You're on a roll today...might as well go vote...who could screw in this weather

And that's why we broke up! ;)

Richard

...thus destroying another government issue keyboard.

I just hope folks got off their collective butts and voted.

This Shepherd guy on Fox News extolling that "Harry Reid is doing very well in Nevada" is starting to piss me off. Just STFU and let those people vote.

Agree with you 110%, Gypsy! They need to STFU!:munchin

Holly

What is really interesting about this election is not the conservative turn, but the inclusive nature of rhetoric from the republican party claiming Tea Party elected as their own.

It's very subtle, but if you were discriminately listening to both major parties, as they attacked the candidates representing the Tea party, it was the perfect example of collusion in a two party system, as neither party wants a third party realized in this country, and in that regard they jointly work together to marginalize the third party usurps. Leaving the voting public with the same two headed single body snake.

If the Tea party is to be a rejuvenating force the newly elected need to maintain their independence and not align themselves with the republican party.

Example of the inclusive rhetoric, but when you open the article not a word of the Tea Party is mentioned, in fact its dismissive.

Tea Party Victories Propel Republican Gains in Senate
New York Times

From what I saw on the news, NC turnout was 45%. A miracle for a midterm.

Yeah, but all of the Dim scumbags in NC I have seen called so far got returned to the US House. Even Etheridge may be back. More Dim than Repub Reps. What has happened to my state?

I am shocked at the lack of change in the US Senate races.

Unless something miraculous happens, the Senate is going to remain Dim, and in fact, Harry Reid may still be the Majority Leader.

I hope that the Repubs in Congress can hold the line and maintain a positive rep, because if we could not win everything today with this wave of support, we are probably going to see Obama blame the House and get a second term in 2012.

TR

I think it will remain Dim - but with Schumer at Majority Leader. I think Reid is an idiot, but Schumer scares me. He's a smarmy, arrogant jerk.

That's not such a bad outcome. It's not as good as neither of them being majority leader, but there is a bright side. Schumer will disgust and annoy so many people that he'll be a great asset to get people to come over to the right side. That is, he'll have an effect on the next election that is much like Obama's on this one.

This has been a good night so far...and it's not over yet.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/8556651/

GOP: Party takes control of legislature

Posted: 10 minutes ago
Raleigh, N.C. — Riding a nationwide wave of voter discontent, state Republican leaders said Tuesday that the party had seized control of the state General Assembly for the first time in more than a century....

:D:D:D

Hoo Freakin Yah !!! :D

Mark Hilton's effort to amend General Statute 14-288.7 to prevent infringement on individual rights under state of emergency laws will now see the light of day!
:munchin
http://www.boogai.net/headlines/nort...ds-gun-rights/

Allen West and Renee Ellmers are in, and "who are you" Etheridge is out... :D

West Victory Speech > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KeCuRnzxbM

ETA

Kirk took Obama's seat....LOL

I think these remarks by incoming Senator Marco Rubio of Florida are, perhaps, the most insightful of the post-election speeches I've seen thus far.

"Tomorrow or even now the stories are bring written about what this election is about what does it mean," Rubio said. "We know that tonight, power in the House of Representatives will change hands. We know that a growing number of Republicans will serve in the Senate as well and we make a grave mistake if we believe that tonight these results are somehow an embrace of the Republican Party. What they are is a second chance."

And so it goes...

Richard's $.02 :munchin

I agree with the assessment. Much like the "wave" ridden in by the Dims, the Reps will suffer a similar fate if it is business-as-usual inside the Beltway.

As an optimistic cynic I would suggest continued fleecing of America and a rip-current to follow.

Time will tell, but I am not holding my breath.

The "Tea party" is not done yet... Those newly elected Republicans are on probation, and I think they know it. If they don't change things, and do their job, they will be replaced. The thing is, we need more people, with better resumes, to run for office.

They are currently talking "change" on the news... The American people want REAL change, not Obama change. He promised "change" and brought back half of the Clinton administration, and Hillary herself. That was the wrong change. That was "change back". His huge mistake.

The American people are sick and tired, and this election should serve as a wake up call to all politicians, regardless of which side of the coin they are. We are fed up, and will continue to "change" until we are happy.

Perhaps... politicians will actually start doing their jobs and representing the wishes of the people they represent, instead of being led by the nose by incumbents and special interest groups.

Those with better resumes would not take the job.

Maybe we move to political office by lottery. Everyone on the "list" is a potential candidate, you have to explain why you should not have the job, be it, family commitments, health, business - conflict of interest, etc.

Better yet, political office is "Jury Duty".

I'd like to be the guy 200 years ago who said, "Mr. Franklin, we need you to attend a meeting in France, build relationships there in the event England become too arrogant in taxation towards our business efforts".

Franklin: "I'm kinda busy right now, not real interested to going, have no interest in France or do I even care what England thinks of us".

Me: "Nice try, your ship sails in 2 weeks, have your business in order, you're going, good luck".

It's going to be a long time before political office is respected as a chosen profession.

WD

Well, I've had a few nights of drinking where I felt I was hit by a hurricane.

I went turkey hunting and got int the woods too early. The turkeys were still on the roost and saw me and flew over the river into W Va. I nearly got trampled by a small buck who was nearsighted enough to think I might be a doe in heat!

Came home put away my guns as you are not allowed to shoot anyone while voting and went down to my place to vote. Noticed that my ballot had no senators to vote for. Democracy, freedom and equality are like money, its great if you have it but not so good if you don't.

I voted but am not completely happy with the results.

Good that the Republicans will have the House.

Jerry Brown will now be the Govenor of California and Barbara Boxer has retained her Senate seat.

I'm leaving the State.

What do you think Jerry Brown can do to fix the state?

I doubt if Whitman could have done much, if any better. Let the Dims take the fall for Kali.

Best of luck, amigo!

TR

Pass the Pot legalization law, and start handing it out....then nobody will care that the rotation is clockwise (if you know what I mean)


WD...I think that is the problem we have. It has become a "profession" instead of a commitment.

R10

we will see?
 

Yes, but it remains to be seen whether the Tea Party benefits or hinders Obama in 2012. Specifically if there is a viable three candidate race for the White House in 2012, and the conservative vote is split between the Republicans and the Tea Party, doesn't this help the Dims?

I can't believe how badly Meg Whitman's campaign was run. I voted for her but I wasn't happy about it. Jerry Brown was and still is an idiot. If you read anything about his two previous terms as governor, he gave away the state. California is the 8th largest economy in the world and is broke. It began with Jerry Brown. If you need more, look at his appointment of Rose Bird as California's Chief Justice. She commuted the death sentences of over 70 murderer's. Geezus Melvin Christ.

Agreed. I didn't spend a dime on my campaign and ended up as far away from the governor's mansion as Ms. Whitman.

IMO, she proved herself to be cut from the same cloth as the current American president in that she confused a personality trait (ambition for its own sake) as a qualification for a job she was in no way ready to do. (For this reason, and her noxious television ads, I voted against her.)

As for Governor-elect Brown. Well, as the old Vulcan saying goes, "Only Nixon could go to China." Maybe Brown will take the unprecedented--and necessary--step of taking on the unions that have supported him for so long.

(As for his previous contributions to the Golden State's current situation, I do not know if he is held responsible for some of the unintended consequences of Proposition 13, which he opposed.)

Hey. If things don't work out, we can always recall him.

The Republicans dodged a bullet in Colorado...if they had received less than 10% in the gubernatorial election (they netted 11.1%), they would have been classified a minor party until 2020...that would have put them down the ballot with Libertarians, Green, Rent is too dam high and Mugwumps...one has to wonder if they bother to vet their potential candidates...it's too bad Tancredo got in the race so late...anyway, the top of the next ballot will include the Dims, Pubes, and American Constitution Party...

I am still puzzled why Sharron Angle was nominated in NV...she ran for the House district I used to live in and what I saw was someone who gave meaning to the words vacous and vapid...I find her nomination for the Senate seat almost as amusing of Mr. Green in SC...

I'm glad all this is over until Groundhog Day or so, when folks start announcing their run for the White House...it is sad that our political process has become a full-time, year-round sport, allowing the likes of vermin like James Carville and Dick Morris to earn a living feeding off the carcass of our system of government...

Okay, I've vented...:munchin

Rather than wonder what BHO is going to do to reconcile himself to his left-wing butt buddies I am looking forward to see what those Dems who retained their seats (esp in the Senate) are going to do to try and survive 2012. Kissing up to our Dear Leader For Life is not going to be an attractive option for them.

Rubio's comments were on target...this is a second chance and maybe the last.

CA flushed themselves down the dark hole long ago. Followed now by Brown-II...how appropriate.

Actually, this is Brown III! His father was governor '59- '67.

Holy crap! You're right! He's Brown-III...it just gets worse.

What do you think the future is in CA for the Second Amendment, border security, etc, etc?

A whole bunch of people and businesses will be leaving...

Gloomy. Now...if they had only passed Prop 19, nobody out there would have cared. :rolleyes:

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

Not much really
 

Not much really. The MSM swings into reelect Obama mode this week. That includes all D's, both in office and running for office.

When the D'd took the house, yes they did, in 2006 and they were running the budget process everything was still Bush's Fault - still is according to Obama.

Now the drum beat begins "Republican's Fault". Everything will be placed at the feet of the Republican House.

And the Republican Leadership (entrenched politicians) have their blinders on - from everything about strategy to the amount of help they got vs what they gave to the Tea Party energy.

So right now I can see Obama getting reelected and the House going back to the D's.

Just like with McCain, the Republican Leadership turns a blind eye - and back stabs - the Palins and Bauchmans who are bringing energy to the Republican party.

To steal a thought its like "Yeah, you Tea Party folks might have built the bus but we're driving - so go sit in the back."

So Ethridge "finds" 450 votes for himself, gets into recount numbers and calls for a recount. Ellmers, who is broke and ran a shoestring campaign with no national Republican help now calls on the Party to help her with lawyer fees for the recount. The leaderships answer? "NO. Hey, we won enough. We don't need another Tea Party dudette."