'Not a repudiation': Joe Biden holds off red wave, gets unexpected boost from midterm election

[onthedarkside]

 

Although control of both chambers was still unclear Wednesday morning, Democrats could keep control of the Senate and still have a path to keep the House, a scenario viewed as a long shot before the election amid voters' concerns about the economy and inflation. 

 

Legislative gridlock. Possible government shutdowns. GOP investigations. Those are still in play in a possible Republican-led House. But Democrats displayed surprising strength in races throughout the country, exceeding expectations and boosting Biden on a night when most pundits anticipated a setback. 

 

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/not-a-repudiation-joe-biden-holds-off-red-wave-gets-unexpected-boost-from-midterm-election/ar-AA13VgsT

 

[onthedarkside]

GOP finger-pointing begins as control of Congress is still up in the air

Some Republicans blamed former President Donald Trump for endorsing poor candidates

 

As the political world settled in for a long wait to know who will control Congress, Republicans began finger-pointing Wednesday about whether former President Donald Trump was to blame for their lackluster election night.

 

Republicans could still take control of both the House and Senate, but their predictions of a massive red wave sweeping the country fell short as some major Trump-backed candidates like Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania were defeated while key races in Arizona and Nevada were still too close to call Wednesday.

 

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/republican-finger-pointing-begins-control-congress-still-air-rcna56366

 

 

[onthedarkside]

 

Michigan voters projected to approve constitutional right to abortion

 

Race call: Fetterman wins hard-fought Senate contest against Oz

 

Race call: Michigan Gov. Whitmer survives challenge by Dixon

 

Control of Congress was still too close to call. Republicans J.D. Vance of Ohio and Rep. Ted Budd of North Carolina were projected to win their Senate races, fending off Democratic efforts to flip those seats. Sens. Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Michael F. Bennet (Colo.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) were projected to win reelection, keeping those seats in Democratic hands. Close Senate races remain in Georgia and Wisconsin.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/08/election-live-results-updates-2022/

 

[thaibeachlovers]

Democrats breathing sigh of relief, but despite the closeness of the race, their conspiracy theories about the death of democracy etc didn't give them a decisive win either.

 

A lot of lessons will be learned for the next election. Hopefully the GOP will do better next time.

[onthedarkside]

When We’ll Know: The Remaining Key Factors in Georgia, Nevada, Arizona

Who will control the Senate and the House? Settle in for a long wait

 

For the second Election Day in a row, election night ends without a clear winner.

 

It could be days until a party is projected to win the House of Representatives.

 

It could be a month until we know the same for the Senate.

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/upshot/election-midterms-winners.html

 

[bendejo]

Trump Says He Should ‘Get All the Credit’ if GOP Wins, ‘Not Be Blamed’ if They Lose

 

The narcissist's creed.

 

 

[onthedarkside]

Georgia Senate race will go to a runoff, CNN projects

The hotly contested Senate contest in Georgia will advance to a runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker on December 6, CNN projects.

 

Neither candidate surpassed the 50% threshold to win the race outright on Tuesday. Depending on the outcome of Senate races in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada, voters in Georgia could then – for the second consecutive election cycle – have the Senate majority in their hands.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/09/politics/herschel-walker-raphael-warnock-georgia-senate-results

 

 

 

[onthedarkside]

Florida re-elects Republican Ron DeSantis

 

Four years ago, Ron DeSantis won the governorship of Florida by a fraction of a percent over Democrat Andrew Gillum. After four years of his conservative leadership, where he leaned into hot-button cultural issues like transgender rights and "critical race theory", railed against coronavirus pandemic restrictions, and became a fixture on conservative news outlets, he has won re-election by a comfortable margin.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63564434

 

 

[onthedarkside]

Adam Frisch holds narrow lead over Lauren Boebert, race too close to call

 

Political experts and pollsters anticipated strong voter support for the first-term Republican congresswoman, but Frisch gained national momentum late in the campaign

 

The race between incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and challenger Adam Frisch for Colorado’s massive 3rd Congressional District was still too close to call Wednesday morning, as election officials continued to count ballots.

 

As of results posted at 11:42 a.m., Frisch, a Democrat from Aspen, had kept ahead of Boebert, a Republican from Silt, 50.41% to 49.59%, the secretary of state’s office reported. So far, 296,947 votes had been counted, more than 60% of the district’s 487,094 registered voters.

 

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https://www.denverpost.com/2022/11/08/lauren-boebert-colorado-election-results-adam-frisch/

 

 

 

Lauren Boebert, Colorado’s Trump-Backed Gun-Toting Darling, Staring Down a Monster Upset

 

A loss for the Trump loyalist in a solidly red district would be a rebuke of Trump’s brand of Republicanism and mean that perhaps Republicans aren’t willing to hold their noses all the way to the polls.

 

Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert – who splashed onto the political scene in 2020 as a young Second Amendment evangelist and quickly cemented her image as a Trump-thumping MAGA Republican – is staring down what could be the biggest upset of the 2022 election cycle in a race that was considered locked in her favor.

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2022-11-09/lauren-boebert-colorados-trump-backed-gun-toting-darling-staring-down-a-monster-upset

 

[Lacessit]

One good thing to come out of this, the madness of the Trump cult has been repudiated. The message has even registered with Republicans.

No need to wonder what's going to happen to the "campaign" funds Trump has sucked in from the sheeple.

[SunnyinBangrak]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

One good thing to come out of this, the madness of the Trump cult has been repudiated. The message has even registered with Republicans.

No need to wonder what's going to happen to the "campaign" funds Trump has sucked in from the sheeple.

Hopefully the GOP take the cue and go all-in behind big Ronnie DeSantis. He would be a great upgrade from the divisive teleprompter reader in office now. 

[JonnyF]

Seems to me like the Democrats are trying to spin this into some kind of victory.

 

So the senate race is going down to the wire and it looks like they will lose control of the House of Representatives, allowing Republicans to block Biden's agenda.

 

If that is hailed as a victory, they must have set the bar pretty low.

[SunnyinBangrak]

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Seems to me like the Democrats are trying to spin this into some kind of victory.

 

So the senate race is going down to the wire and it looks like they will lose control of the House of Representatives, allowing Republicans to block Biden's agenda.

 

If that is hailed as a victory, they must have set the bar pretty low.

Just spin, pure and simple. They have no choice and the tame msm outlets are only too happy to brown nose with this silly celebratory theme. If they accept that probably losing the house and maybe also the senate is bad( it is!!) then they have to dump biden, but they have absolutely nobody to replace him.

[Credo]

8 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Just spin, pure and simple. They have no choice and the tame msm outlets are only too happy to brown nose with this silly celebratory theme. If they accept that probably losing the house and maybe also the senate is bad( it is!!) then they have to dump biden, but they have absolutely nobody to replace him.

Someone has a serious case of sour grapes.

 

[Chomper Higgot]

32 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Seems to me like the Democrats are trying to spin this into some kind of victory.

 

So the senate race is going down to the wire and it looks like they will lose control of the House of Representatives, allowing Republicans to block Biden's agenda.

 

If that is hailed as a victory, they must have set the bar pretty low.

Hang on a moment.

 

Let’s go back to the strutting and crowing forecasts of the Republicans wiping the floor with the Democrats.

 

The pre-election forecasts that the Rightwing now want us all to forget.

[Chomper Higgot]

30 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Just spin, pure and simple. They have no choice and the tame msm outlets are only too happy to brown nose with this silly celebratory theme. If they accept that probably losing the house and maybe also the senate is bad( it is!!) then they have to dump biden, but they have absolutely nobody to replace him.

Biden was selected to beat Trump.

 

Job done!

[JonnyF]

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Hang on a moment.

 

Let’s go back to the strutting and crowing forecasts of the Republicans wiping the floor with the Democrats.

 

The pre-election forecasts that the Rightwing now want us all to forget.

I didn't predict any such thing. 

 

I am merely commenting on what happened, and the reaction to it.

[Chomper Higgot]

Just now, JonnyF said:

I didn't predict any such thing. 

 

I am merely commenting on what happened, and the reaction to it.

I didn’t say you did, I said ‘the rightwing’.

 

[HappyExpat57]

I watched both Fox and MSNBC this morning to see their reactions. Hats off to Fox - the hour with Bret Baier et al were blunt and honest. They were getting the point across that in a midterm election, the out-of-office party usually has a solid victory. This year, the Republicans should have swept across the country but didn't, so the question kept coming up, "What could the Republicans have done better to get the expected victory?"

 

MSNBC and Biden were embarrassing. Victory dances over a less-than-spectacular defeat, and when Biden was asked what he could do better over the next two years to improve Democrats' numbers, he replied, "Nothing." The hubris of that man is part of what is killing the Democratic party.

 

It's easy to predict a Republican presidential win in 2024. If Joe runs, it's a total fail. If VP Harris runs, the same. And who else to the Dems have?

[JonnyF]

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Biden was selected to beat Trump.

 

Job done!

And therein lies the problem.

 

Parties (on both sides!) should select candidates that can run the country effectively, not simply 'beat the other side'. That's how you end up with a president who is barely in control of his own cognitive functions.

 

It's a sad state of affairs when politicians (and their fanatical supporters) care only about retaining power and beating/belittling the opposition, and little for the state of the nation.

[JonnyF]

4 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I didn’t say you did, I said ‘the rightwing’.

 

So why quote me?

[marin]

52 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

So the senate race is going down to the wire and it looks like they will lose control of the House of Representatives, allowing Republicans to block Biden's agenda.

 

If that is hailed as a victory, they must have set the bar pretty low.

Best showing in an off year election since before Reagan. Do a little research. No red wave, just a little ripple. 

[HappyExpat57]

7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

And therein lies the problem.

 

Parties (on both sides!) should select candidates that can run the country effectively, not simply 'beat the other side'. That's how you end up with a president who is barely in control of his own cognitive functions.

 

It's a sad state of affairs when politicians (and their fanatical supporters) care only about retaining power and beating/belittling the opposition, and little for the state of the nation.

The amateur name-calling (aka flinging childish poo) was introduced by a disgraced former president and since then it has sky-rocketed exponentially. As a society, the US needs to grow the f*** up!

[Fat is a type of crazy]

52 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Seems to me like the Democrats are trying to spin this into some kind of victory.

 

So the senate race is going down to the wire and it looks like they will lose control of the House of Representatives, allowing Republicans to block Biden's agenda.

 

If that is hailed as a victory, they must have set the bar pretty low.

Watching a bit of fox today indicates they see it as a huge disappointment too. Strong outcome based on comparison to post World War 2 midterms. Saw 5 minutes on Tucker and he tried to spin it and blame media and hint at other stuff but he had nothing. 

[Sparktrader]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Seems to me like the Democrats are trying to spin this into some kind of victory.

 

So the senate race is going down to the wire and it looks like they will lose control of the House of Representatives, allowing Republicans to block Biden's agenda.

 

If that is hailed as a victory, they must have set the bar pretty low.

Well yes they have low goals. House is Pubs for sure. Senate is 50/50.

 

Wokes are kidding themselves if they think this is good.

[Sparktrader]

17 minutes ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Watching a bit of fox today indicates they see it as a huge disappointment too. Strong outcome based on comparison to post World War 2 midterms. Saw 5 minutes on Tucker and he tried to spin it and blame media and hint at other stuff but he had nothing. 

Pubs win house. Senate is 50/50. Thats not bad at all.

 

If Pubs win senate the Wokes got Joe and Kamala, nothing else 555

[HappyExpat57]

16 minutes ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Watching a bit of fox today indicates they see it as a huge disappointment too. Strong outcome based on comparison to post World War 2 midterms. Saw 5 minutes on Tucker and he tried to spin it and blame media and hint at other stuff but he had nothing. 

I'm an Independent and feel disgust any time I have the misfortune to accidentally watch Tucker, but the hour before (Bret Baire) was refreshing. They were looking objectively at what went wrong with what SHOULD have been a sweeping victory.

[Sparktrader]

35 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

And therein lies the problem.

 

Parties (on both sides!) should select candidates that can run the country effectively, not simply 'beat the other side'. That's how you end up with a president who is barely in control of his own cognitive functions.

 

It's a sad state of affairs when politicians (and their fanatical supporters) care only about retaining power and beating/belittling the opposition, and little for the state of the nation.

Yes and a sad reflection of US voters.

[Fat is a type of crazy]

1 minute ago, Sparktrader said:

Pubs win house. Senate is 50/50. Thats not bad at all.

 

If Pubs win senate the Wokes got Joe and Kamala, nothing else 555

Kamala is deciding senate vote so worth her weight in gold

[Scott]

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