Republicans could win 78 House seats

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Dawn breaks over New York City on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Democrats catching the early train to work are thinking about adding a little whiskey to their morning coffee. Because the headlines they are reading are truly terrible.

Not only did Republicans take over the House, but they also did so going away — winning a net of 78 seats from Democrats. Seven seats in New York State changed hands; so did six in Pennsylvania, five in Ohio and four in North Carolina. Party luminaries like Jim Obertsar and Raul Grijalva were defeated. Barney Frank and Dennis Kucinich survived, but they did so by just 2 points apiece, and their elections weren’t called until 1 a.m. Democrats picked up just one Republican-held seat — the open seat in Delaware — but Joseph Cao somehow survived in his very Democratic-leaning district in New Orleans. Virtually every race deemed to be a tossup broke to the Republican.

The news isn’t much better in the Senate. The Democratic candidates in North Dakota, Arkansas, Indiana, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Illinois all lost, flipping those seats to red from blue. So did Harry Reid in Nevada and Joe Manchin in West Virginia; both of them lost by 7 points, in fact. Washington State isn’t finished counting its ballots, but Dino Rossi has about a 30,000-vote lead over Patty Murray, and looks likely to prevail. California isn’t done counting either, and the race between Barbara Boxer and Carly Firoina remains too close to call. It might not matter anyway: Joseph I. Lieberman has scheduled a press conference for later that afternoon, and is expected to announce that — after seeing the strength of the mandate the voters have given the G.O.P. — he’ll begin conferencing with Republicans when Congress reconvenes in January.

Races for governor provide little respite. Jerry Brown beat Meg Whitman in California — one of the few positives that Democrats can take out of the night. But Democrats lost the close races in Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon and Connecticut, and were blown out in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Rick Perry, while expected to win in Texas, did so by a surprisingly large margin — nearly 20 points — and is making the rounds on the morning shows; the whispers are that he could be a Presidential contender.

Pundits are running out of metaphors to describe what just happened. Not a wave, a hurricane. Not a hurricane, a tsunami! Not a tsunami; a tsunami from a magnitude 9.5 earthquake. Or by a meteor strike!

Democrats knew it was going to be bad. But they didn’t think it was going to be this bad. So, what happened?

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/5-reasons-republicans-could-do-even-better-than-expected/

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Dems will lose 76 seats in the house and 8 in the Senate. More than 500 in state races throughout the US. It will be the largest single election loss in history. Thank you Obama!

In case anyone doesn't want to blame Obama...the Dems took over both houses in 2006 and reinforced their strength in 2008 when Obama was elected. After just two years....

Jimmy carter is thrilled, he is no longer the "worst President ever"

Edited November 1, 2010 by Gary and Alla

[Wayne and Claudia 40]

I am getting a chubby.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Life is good but could be better if the GOP was not Socialist lite.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Dems will lose 76 seats in the house and 8 in the Senate. More than 500 in state races throughout the US. It will be the largest single election loss in history. Thank you Obama!

In case anyone doesn't want to blame Obama...the Dems took over both houses in 2006 and reinforced their strength in 2008 when Obama was elected. After just two years....

Jimmy carter is thrilled, he is no longer the "worst President ever"

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Probably the best hope the Dems have.

This will be the single largest loss of political power in an elective process in the history of the world. Obama wins! How's that? Do you like that phrase better than

Dems will Lose!

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Eight years of Bush dragging this country under and people are knocking Obama....go figure. The economy was sinking faster than the Titanic when Bush stepped out of office while the US was and still is in a no win situation over in Iraq thanks to Bush and Co.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Eight years of Bush dragging this country under and people are knocking Obama....go figure. The economy was sinking faster than the Titanic when Bush stepped out of office while the US was and still is in a no win situation over in Iraq thanks to Bush and Co.

Yes, the people ARE knocking Obama. In fact, they will knock the sh*t out of him tomorrow. Just watch. Even MSNBC will not be able to ignore it. Babble on. It is to the benefit of Republicans and Libertarians that you never accept the truth. Please carry on!

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Eight years of Bush dragging this country under and people are knocking Obama....go figure. The economy was sinking faster than the Titanic when Bush stepped out of office while the US was and still is in a no win situation over in Iraq thanks to Bush and Co.

6 years with a Republican congress.... 2 years with a Democrat congress....

Funny thing being, those 'things' that you complain about, a lot of Democrats voted for too, even when the Republicans had 'control.' The democrats got a lot of pork, a lot of BS throughout the years, yet many seem to ignore this fact as well.

The thing that made Bush a dipshit was the fact he didn't try and veto one piece of legislation until political posturing was cool when Dems took over 4 (yes FOUR) years ago.

Funny part being, is things were pretty damn prosperous until Dems took over in '07...... funny how that works!

Edited November 1, 2010 by Paul and Vanessa

[The_Dude 1,142]

Jimmy carter is thrilled, he is no longer the "worst President ever"

He was only worst president for a few years. Reagan and Bush have both since surpassed him.

[luckytxn 2,264]

No. I lived through Carter and he is for sure the worst in at least my lifetime. We had a misery index that became the standard of how horrible it was to be alive during his tenure. He survived one term thank God.

[The_Dude 1,142]

No. I lived through Carter and he is for sure the worst in at least my lifetime. We had a misery index that became the standard of how horrible it was to be alive during his tenure. He survived one term thank God.

You should comment on things that you understand. So start your own hot wheels thread and go comment there.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Whether they gain 55 or 78 seats - or anything in between - it'll be interesting to watch them choke on their campaign rhetoric once it's time to turn all these hollow phrases into actual governing and legislation. Popcorn will be on sale this week and I will certainly stock up on it.

[TBoneTX 45,497]

I lived through Carter and he is for sure the worst in at least my lifetime. We had a misery index that became the standard of how horrible it was to be alive during his tenure. He survived one term thank God.

Double si, man to that. I rank the worst presidents (for evil achievements or intent) as follows:

T5. LBJ

T5. Theodore Roosevelt

4. Jimmy Carter

3. FDR

2. "Honest Obe"

1. Woodrow Wilson

[The_Dude 1,142]

Double si, man to that. I rank the worst presidents (for evil achievements or intent) as follows:

T5. LBJ

T5. Theodore Roosevelt

4. Jimmy Carter

3. FDR

2. "Honest Obe"

1. Woodrow Wilson

Nevermind that Reagan nominated Greenspan to the Fed Chairman position and was instrumental in scrapping many financial regulations that lead to savings and loan scandals and is playing a large part in the economic position that we are in now. Lets forget about a president ( W. Bush) who made sh!t up to start a war with a country "cause they tried to kill my daddy". You keep posting your delusional partisan hackneyed lists though TBone si chingon, si.