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Elections in the States
By: NealC Date: November 7, 2018, 6:23 am
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I know the Europeans are on the edge of their seats waiting for
the returns, so I will break it down for you.
The biggest change - Republicans lost the House of
Representatives. Not good news for Trump, any new legislation
will be vigorously opposed. It also puts Democrats in charge of
all the legislative committees, which is where real power lies.
The annoying thing is this will give Democrats the power to
launch all sorts of silly investigations and various
obstructions that will make our govt look ever more ridiculous
to those outside. It does nothing to affect Trump's foreign
policy, that power is in the Senate.
Republicans added 3 to their majority in the Senate which is
really rather amazing, that never happens. This means more
conservative court appointments throughout the federal
judiciary. Long term, that is a game changer and very bad for
the left.
Republicans kept governorships in Ohio and Florida, that sets up
those important swing states for Trump's presidential campaign
in 2020. Not good news for those who want Trump to be a one
term president.
Some pieces of interest. Americans always have "buyers remorse"
when they elect a new president, normally (always?) the new
president loses the House in the next election. Obama and
Clinton lost 60+ seats. Trump lost 30. Not fun, but not a
disaster.
Republican governors who lost were noted opposition to Trump,
not good news for moderate Republicans. In the other races the
high profile Republican losers were mostly those who opposed
Trump, also prominent losers are those who voted against Judge
Kavenaugh. The new Democrats in the House are mostly moderates,
not left wing. Perhaps they will be willing to deal with the
President.
One of the biggest stories is Trump's personal appeal. He is an
aggressive campaigner and he was able to really bring out the
vote for his candidates in every state he personally campaigned
in -- 30 events since the beginning of Sept. Clinton and Obama
were completely unable to pull candidates on their coattails.
Bush did little better. Because of these results more
representatives will want to work with Trump, less will want to
oppose him.
Soooooo. Trump now has to rise to the occasion and work out
deals with the House. Let's see if he truly is as great a deal
maker as he claims. The House needs to put aside their natural
inclination towards partisan bitterness and legislate instead of
constantly investigate. Hopefully we will see some maturity out
of both sides.
The biggest loser is the far left that wanted this election to
be a repudiation of the administration. That didn't
materialize.
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Re: Elections in the States
By: Susan Date: November 7, 2018, 9:20 am
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Neal, the thing you forgot to mention was how many of the
victors were women-- quite different from our past. I thought
of this when I saw the thread about the possible new German
Presidential candidate. Germans seem quite comfortable being
led by a woman. Maybe the U.S. is finally getting closer to
that as well.
HTML https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/06/women-candidates-midterms/1845639002/
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Re: Elections in the States
By: NealC Date: November 7, 2018, 10:02 am
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I think that is great, but part of me doesn't care anymore about
first moslem, first black, most women. Whatever. Let's get
beyond all that.
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Re: Elections in the States
By: SHL Date: November 7, 2018, 11:07 am
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The election results resulted in the Democrats taking back the
House, a tremendous and thankful victory for sanity and hope
that the multiple abuses of the Trump administration and its
traitorous ambitions will be reigned in. It also forcefully
calls into questions his ability to re-elected in 2020. So,
hopefully we will be rid of him forever then. This is not what
he, this demogogue fascist wannabe dictator Trump, wanted or
expected but he still lies to the American people, which he
freely does on a daily basis, claiming victory (He will never
admit defeat about anything, not if he were in a bunker with
bombs going off and closing in on him. His narcissism precludes
this). He also enlisted his propaganda agency, Fox News, to
publically attack every free news agency because Fox News (Farse
News) opposes a free press, just like Trump, calling news
agencies that meaningless and rather absurdly invented phrase
“fake news.” I hope massive investigations by the Democrats into
how Trump colluded with the Russians to get elected in 2016 are
fully investigated, along with his other crimes, and he is
impeached before 2020. But, we may likely have to endure another
2 years of him, because this corrupt faschist will do anything
to hang on to power, like they all do. Now we can test his real
power, and hopefully de-throne him. Now we can see what his real
intentions are. Now he got a slap in the face he long deserved
and a high school history lesson in civics, i.e, how the US
government is run (not by dictatorial decrees he signs, for
example, because he’s too stupid to know any better). I am
ashamed of the mindless dumb American sheep who can`t see him
for what and who he is. Trump remains still most the dangerous
human being in history because his political aims are a threat
to human survival on this planet for two reasons 1) his denial
of climate change, and 2) his desire to push the world to
nuclear war.
Fortunately the California West Coast voted solidly democratic
and has a liberal New Democratic governor. Of course I voted
100% Democrat on everything (the Democrats are really too
conservative for me, but better than the Republicans and the
only force that can stop them).
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Re: Elections in the States
By: SHL Date: November 7, 2018, 11:29 am
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[img width=300
height=152]
HTML http://www.die-linke-niederbayern-mitte.de/typo3temp/pics/93d9990551.png[/img]
I only wish we had a strong political party like this in the US
(red makes (you) strong!!)
That would stop trump
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Re: Elections in the States
By: NealC Date: November 7, 2018, 11:41 am
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How did the rent control propositions in California do?
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Re: Elections in the States
By: SHL Date: November 7, 2018, 11:58 am
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Unfortunately the rent control restriction didn`t pass. We
already have rent control in San Francisco, LA, West Hollywood,
Santa Monica, Oakland, Berkeley, and a few other places, which
are unaffected. The rent control measure would have only
repealed a few restrictions already in the law on how far local
cities and counties can go with their rent control law. I voted
for it, of course, but the traitors on the East side of the
State ruined it for everyone.
I want the cities to have free reign on rent control. The rich
landlords are to blame with their scare tactics that were on TV
directed at elderly senile people.
As you can see from the map, the good people in California live
along the West Coast, and the San Francisco Bay Area like I do.
The good parts are the blue are and the red part is the bad.
Still we won all the Democratic slots of importance, the US
House vote, the Governor (Now we have San Francisco’s former
liberal mayor as governor, Gavin Newsom, a Democrat of course,
along with the Lt. Govenor, also a Democrat).
HTML https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-california-elections.html
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Re: Elections in the States
By: NealC Date: November 7, 2018, 12:12 pm
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"The good part is the blue are and the red part the bad."
Amazing and insightful political analysis.
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Re: Elections in the States
By: SHL Date: November 7, 2018, 12:30 pm
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[quote author=NealC link=topic=586.msg8894#msg8894
date=1541614359]
"The good part is the blue are and the red part the bad."
Amazing and insightful political analysis.
[/quote]
Yes Neal. The good people and good places of California are
represented on the maps by blue, the San Francisco Bay Area
where I live , and North and South along the narrow coastline
region, in the good places. The red areas of the State are
places where all the rich industrial farmers live or the
nincompoops who live out in the boondocks and the hills and are
brain-dead.
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Re: Elections in the States
By: SHL Date: November 7, 2018, 3:08 pm
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Neal,
I just saw a great pic on Facebook book that says,
“Thank a Democrat”
And below: “Social Security, Medicare, Veterans Administration,
Civil Rights, Women’s Suffrage, Affordable Care Act, Peace
Corps, Minimum Wage, Unenployment Insurance”
Then there are pictures of Clinton, Carter, Omaha, FDR, Lyndon
Johnson, JFK, Harry Truman. Why is it people who vote Republican
just never seem to get it? It`s such a no-brainer.
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