August1991 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 (edited) How else to say this? The Democrats still have the Senate. Harry Reid won, and is still Senate majority leader. The Tea Party won a few places, Florida and Kentucky, but they lost in Delaware, and dismally in New York. The Tea Party has split the Republicans, and made Obama victorious. ---- There is no other way to describe this: Obama wins. He's like Harper facing the Liberals and the NDP (without the Bloc). Edited November 4, 2010 by August1991 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 All depends on how you define victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribblet Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I would hardly call it a victory, IMO it was a complete repudiation of Obama/dem policies. There is an opportunity now for both sides to come to some agreement and govern from the middle, bet that doesn't happen. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubberMiley Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 The GOP could have easily won Reid's seat in Nevada, but they fell to the far-right wingnut element by nominating Angle. She was probably one of the few people in Nevada who could have lost that election. Hopefully they don't learn their lesson and continue nominating the craziest among them. It will be very good for the Dems in 2012. Palin for president! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bandelot Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 "Harper wins 2010" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 ...The Tea Party won a few places, Florida and Kentucky, but they lost in Delaware, and dismally in New York. The Tea Party has split the Republicans, and made Obama victorious. That's not how it reads in the united States, where the Tea Party may have fallen short in some races, but clearly has carved out a piece of the pie at Democrats' expense. They have also made a niche for Libertarians in the Republican party. President Obama has suffered a serious political setback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 How else to say this? The Democrats still have the Senate. Harry Reid won, and is still Senate majority leader. The Tea Party won a few places, Florida and Kentucky, but they lost in Delaware, and dismally in New York. The Tea Party has split the Republicans, and made Obama victorious. ---- There is no other way to describe this: Obama wins. He's like Harper facing the Liberals and the NDP (without the Bloc). Clearly you're drunk. Obama got a beating not seen since 1938. Not only that, but Republicans had a lot more senate seats to defend. In 2012, they only have a few senators up for re-election, Democrats have over 20. Republicans are a lock to gain control of the senate again in the next round of elections. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY: 19 state legislatures switched from Democrat to Republican. Add to that the huge number of new Republican governors, in year of RE-DISTRICTING that will shape congressional districts for the next 10 years, and you have about the worst timing possible for Democrats to be on the wrong end of a policial wave. Make no mistake, this election was a complete repudiation of Obama and his policies. Policies he has to run on 2 years from now. This isn't only a defeat for him, but an embarassment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 That's not how it reads in the united States, where the Tea Party may have fallen short in some races, but clearly has carved out a piece of the pie at Democrats' expense. They have also made a niche for Libertarians in the Republican party. President Obama has suffered a serious political setback. Exactly. One can pick out one or two races in which the Tea Party hurt Republicans. But it's the Tea Party, and their intensity that lead to the 62 seat pick up in the house, the election of 10 new Republican governors previously held by Democrats, and the switching of 19 state legislatures to Republicans previously held by Democrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 The GOP could have easily won Reid's seat in Nevada, but they fell to the far-right wingnut element by nominating Angle. She was probably one of the few people in Nevada who could have lost that election. Hopefully they don't learn their lesson and continue nominating the craziest among them. It will be very good for the Dems in 2012. Palin for president! I think you are correct. The Tea Party's rise is ultimately going to be at the expense of the Republicans, not the Democrats. Their candidates might excite the far right, but don't appeal enough to the general population to win. -k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I think you are correct. The Tea Party's rise is ultimately going to be at the expense of the Republicans, not the Democrats. Their candidates might excite the far right, but don't appeal enough to the general population to win. Really? Rand Paul is now the Senator-elect for the State of Kentucky, defeating the Democrat's candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyser Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Really? Rand Paul is now the Senator-elect for the State of Kentucky, defeating the Democrat's candidate. Good Now can they please get Sarah Palin as the nomination for Pres! Please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Dancer Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I think you are correct. The Tea Party's rise is ultimately going to be at the expense of the Republicans, not the Democrats. Their candidates might excite the far right, but don't appeal enough to the general population to win. -k I think moods shift not only on a national level, but within parties as well..The tea party faction may swing the republican party further right and a nation with it....in the same context, The Liberal party "progressive" wing has swung their party left.. In the end it is still the republican party amd here it is still the Liberal party, even if the more centrist voter feels more at home with the Red Tory faction.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Good Now can they please get Sarah Palin as the nomination for Pres! Please? Nope, that's reserved for Mitt Romney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadBrother Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Really? Rand Paul is now the Senator-elect for the State of Kentucky, defeating the Democrat's candidate. And the GOP will soon learn to regret it. The guy is a Libertarian nutbar, crazier it seems than even his rather loopy old man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 And the GOP will soon learn to regret it. The guy is a Libertarian nutbar, crazier it seems than even his rather loopy old man. Once again, complete nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Obama wins! GOP Picks Up 680 State Leg. SeatsRepublicans picked up 680 seats in state legislatures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures -- the most in the modern era. To put that number in perspective: In the 1994 GOP wave, Republicans picked up 472 seats. The previous record was in the post-Watergate election of 1974, when Democrats picked up 628 seats. The GOP gained majorities in at least 14 state house chambers. They now have unified control -- meaning both chambers -- of 26 state legislatures. Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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