The US elections in November, 2010.

[Clinton Huxley]

So who's won? Is it to be Whigs or Tories?

[eXcommunicate]

I think the Confederates won this round. The boys in Blue will be back in 2012.

[Ian]

I think the Confederates won this round. The boys in Blue will be back in 2012.

I'll do you one better: The boys in blue will be back in 2012 because the Confederates won this round!

[drl2]

Looks like O'Donnell got slaughtered by Chris "Hey, if you don't vote for me, that crazy bitch will go to Washington!" Coons. I was finishing up some consulting work for New Castle County when he became County Executive so we've met a couple of times, and he showed up at a funeral a couple of weeks ago for a long-time county employee we'd both worked with; I just leaned down to him (he's only about 5'4) and said, "Please win. Your opponent scares me."

Likewise the teapublican candidate for the house, Glen "Separation of church and state was Hitler's idea" Urquhart, seems to be going down in flames as well.

Haven't seen the national results yet but I suspect things aren't going so well in the broader sense.

[eXcommunicate]

Looks like my boy Alan Grayson is going down. Tough district. Pretty Red even before he won the seat initially.

[lsdetroit]

ive once again lost my faith in democracy.

[Rum]

Well ya'll - looks like yu got smaller gummit efter all!

[Clinton Huxley]

Would one of our American correspondents confirm how many loonies got in?

[Coito ergo sum]

Pardon the interruption, but I think Coito and I should clarify the rules of our little wager (over who controls the Senate after the elections).

It's conceivable that the full results will not be known for days or weeks, what with potential recounts in Washington, Alaska, etc. Until there are no disputed elections (or the outcome of one will not affect the overall Senate control either way), I think whomever loses can hold off on "paying up".

It's not lookin' good for the Senate. But then again, it was a long shot to begin with. I shoulda taken some odds. Nevertheless - what were the stakes again?

[Coito ergo sum]

Would one of our American correspondents confirm how many loonies got in?

537. Some of them got there in 2008.

[Coito ergo sum]

Well ya'll - looks like yu got smaller gummit efter all!

We can only hope.

"I heartily endorse the motto, 'That government is best which governs least'; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically."
-- Henry David Thoreau

"The sheep are happier of themselves, than under the care of wolves."
-- Thomas Jefferson

I have no illusions, though. I doubt we will have smaller government.

[Coito ergo sum]

So who's won? Is it to be Whigs or Tories?

Cymru Annibynnol

[Coito ergo sum]

ABC News projects Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives picking-up between 60 and 70 seats in a resounding rebuke to President Obama and the Democrats. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republic ... d=12035796

The GOP House victory would be the biggest gain for a party in a midterm since 1938, when Democrats lost 71 seats amid deep economic malaise during the Great Depression.

That's kind of huge....

So - now what?

[Coito ergo sum]

Looks like a +6 gain for the Publicans in the Senate: http://abcnews.go.com/politics/2010_ele ... d=10476449

[eXcommunicate]

ABC News projects Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives picking-up between 60 and 70 seats in a resounding rebuke to President Obama and the Democrats.

The Republicans will assume the voters voted for the Republican agenda, instead of just against the Democrats; they will overreach, shut down the government like the Gingrich House did back in the 90s, then lose big come 2012. The cycle of stupidity continues unabated.

So - now what?

Life goes on in the wide world much as it has this past age.

The loss that hurts me the most is Russ Feingold. The one Senator to vote against the patriot act. Was a champion of civil liberties, rebuking both the Bush and Obama administrations. Integral to campaign finance reform, reaching across party lines with John McCain time and time again. Voted against the Iraq War. One of the 10 poorest Senators. A fiscal moderate, he refused all raises in his salary, even giving $3.5 million back to the U.S. Treasury in the form of salary and office budget. He was ranked number 7 in the Senate for bi-partisan voting. Voted against DOMA and supported gay marriage legalization. Graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison with honors, went to University of Oxford on the Rhodes Scholarship, attended Harvard Law School and got his J.D. with honors. He refused to run a negative campaign and asked outside Progressive groups not to run negative ads in his state. Feingold shined during the debates without going negative. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel endorsed him, citing his independence, bipartisanship, and courage to stand up to special interests. He then picked up dozens of other paper endorsements, including his opponent's hometown newspaper, the Oshkosh Northwestern.

He was defeated by Ron Johnson, a millionaire Tea Party candidate who spent $8M of his own money on his negative campaign, a campaign largely funded by groups from outside Wisconsin. He cited a Dick Armey appearance on Fox News as his inspiration for running. After a couple of disastrous media interviews and getting trounced by Feingold in the debates, he refused to speak to the press until the end of the election. No major policy positions beyond less taxes and more jobs. Global warming denier, calling climatologists "crazy," he also campaigned against gay rights, a woman's right to an abortion, and stem cell research--of the latter saying that ending funding would "help balance the budget." During a debate, Johnson stated that he is "disappointed that the Obama administration is launching an assault on BP" after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Johnson disclosed that he once owned more than $100,000 worth of stock in BP.

Idiocracy ascendant.