'14 Midterm Elections Today

It's finally here. The 2014 Midterm elections. Will the GOP recapture the Senate tonight? Any predictions?



I am closely watching the senate races in NH, NC, GA, and CO.



Nervous time ......... 8)

Still have to wait a few hours.

Well, it was announced the GOP has won 6 senate seats - stopping Obama and Harry Reid, taking away the democratically controlled senate. More seats pending.

Now 7.

Suhweeeeet. It was a beautiful night. The senate was stripped away from Harry Reid and his gestapo tactics. The GOP picked up 7 senate seats, with seats 8 and 9 pending. In the House of Rep's the GOP picked up 12 seats.



Obama has been bad news for the House of Rep's and the Dem's. His total seat losses in 2010 and 2014 = -75. The most seat losses in the House since WWII.

Now we just get to see how McConnell and Bohner fumble this away leading up to 2016.

I can finally let out a big sigh of relief. I do agree with you though Sno. I'm not a fan of either Bohner or McConnell. I wonder why the politicians put the same people back in again and again.



It really is a vote against obama. It would be interesting to know how many that voted for him voted for republicans in this election.

snoscythe wrote:
Now we just get to see how McConnell and Bohner fumble this away leading up to 2016.

Agree. However, there is 1 caveat. Both McConnel and Boehner have felt the sting of defeat. They are bloodied veterans. They know Obama is a lame duck. Toast. Done. Everything now is for 2016. I think the 2 GOP majority leaders will be disciplined and wise. No self inflicted wounds.



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I hope they change from playing politics to doing what's best for the country. Public servants? We will see.

The GOP wrested the Senate away from Obama and the Dem's last night; today the Dow is up +100. Coincidence?

Ddawg wrote:
The GOP wrested the Senate away from Obama and the Dem's last night; today the Dow is up +100. Coincidence?

Nope. The market almost always improves after mid-term elections. However, the combination of a Democratic President and a Republican Congress coming out of mid-terms is the second best result for markets. What's interesting is that a Democrat President historically outperforms GOP presidents after the mid-terms in stock market growth.



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My son has workd for the RNC with the specific task of electing republican senators. He has been working 13 to 16 hours a day for 6 days a week the last 4 months. It is quite a victory.



I just hope the new senators and representatives don't blow their opportunity to govern.

vancouvercougar wrote:
My son has workd for the RNC with the specific task of electing republican senators. He has been working 13 to 16 hours a day for 6 days a week the last 4 months. It is quite a victory.



I just hope the new senators and representatives don't blow their opportunity to govern.

Please pass onto your son - Thank you! His dedication and hard work (along with 100's and 100's of others) paid off. That is serious commitment. I'm sure he learned a lot. Real inside stuff. Pretty kewl.

Ddawg wrote:

My son has workd for the RNC with the specific task of electing republican senators. He has been working 13 to 16 hours a day for 6 days a week the last 4 months. It is quite a victory.



I just hope the new senators and representatives don't blow their opportunity to govern.

Please pass onto your son - Thank you! His dedication and hard work (along with 100's and 100's of others) paid off. That is serious commitment. I'm sure he learned a lot. Real inside stuff. Pretty kewl.

He is exhausted today but the experience was worth it.

Vacation time.



Today Obama said he would work with the Republicans. Well he sure didn't before. Now he has to. The next two years will be more bearable.

scott715 wrote:
Vacation time.



Today Obama said he would work with the Republicans. Well he sure didn't before. Now he has to. The next two years will be more bearable.

Don't believe him. He's too partisan. An extreme ideologue. Obama just says things and knows they are not true. Such as - If you like your insursnce and like your Dr., you can keep them. As we know know - not true.



Obama will make a cursory PR effort at reaching across the aisle. His real effort will be to paint the GOP in a negative light for 2016. he knows he is toast. Now his efforts turn to defeating the GOP in 2016. Payback for the humiliation in the Midterm election.

Maybe they can expand Medicare and start another couple useless $1 trillion wars like they did last time they had control of the Senate.



It's time for hope and change.

scott715 wrote:
Vacation time.



Today Obama said he would work with the Republicans. Well he sure didn't before. Now he has to. The next two years will be more bearable.

Actually what Obama said, was if Congress is willing to pass what he wants, he'll be willing to sign those bills into law. And that if Congress won't pass what he wants, then he'll do what he wants anyways vis despotic fiat - I mean, executive action.



We'll see if the GOP will do anything (impeach?) about his lawlessness.



I do wonder if there could be a tipping point where the Democrats quit on Obama as well. I honestly don't think he likes being president. He likes the perks of being famous, but not the actual job. I'm not convinced he wants to finish his term and he may not.

To be clear, he said he hears the silent voters as well, and he is listening to them as well, which is quite a feat.

And he also hears people who don't participate in the process as well. So apparently he's also bulimic and can read minds.