US 2022 Mid-Terms Thread


The latest indication of national sentiment:

Wow. Over half polled strongly disapprove of Biden. This carries over into the generic ballot:

Let’s look at latest polls for individual races:

GA Senate: Walker (R) +3 (RCP average Walker +0.6)

AZ Senate: Masters (R) +1 v Kelly (RCP avg Kelly +0.6)

NV Senate: Laxalt (R) +2 v Cortez Mastro (RCP avg Laxalt +2.7)

WI Senate: Johnson (R) +6 v Barnes (RCP avg Johnson +3.3)

OH Senate: Vance (R) +10 v Ryan (RCP average Vance +8)

NH Senate: Hassan (D) +3 v Bolduc (RCP avg Hassan +1.4)

PA Senate: Oz (R) +2.2 v Fetterman (RCP avg Oz +0.1)

Here is my prediction. In the Senate, like Gingrich, I think we are looking at a 53-55 R majority. In the House, I think we can expect something in the low 240s. Surprises in the Senate, I think, may include pick-ups in the NH and NV. I think Walker will win the GA Senate convincingly, less so Masters but he is a very good candidate and future of the party so I hope to see him get through and pick-up the Senate seat. Lake’s strong run for AZ Gov and the generic support for R should lift him over the line.

Time will reveal all.

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Lysander
Lysander
November 9, 2022 2:09 pm

Keep em coming DB… I’m in meetings here and there and your updates appreciated!

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 2:10 pm

Odd, those ‘hickups’ all seem to happen in Dem controlled states.

Take Florida for example. Once the hanging-chad clown of the election world, they got every freaking vote counted and reported within 2 hours of poll closing.

It ain’t rocket surgery after you clean out the Democrat corruption and fraud.

Lysander
Lysander
November 9, 2022 2:16 pm

2:13pm The early mail in Arizona has come in, and Dem Kelly leads by 56-41 with 41% in for the Senate. But Election Day turnout was very good for Reps in Arizona.

Davey Boy
Davey Boy
November 9, 2022 2:17 pm

The.Fix.Is.In.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 2:18 pm

Democrat Mark Kelly up 15 points in AZ with 40% counted.

harrys on the boat
November 9, 2022 2:20 pm

20% of voting machines down?!? WTF? Nothing to see here….

I hope Fetterman wins. Dr Oz is a fuckwit, and Fetterman becomes a poster boy for the left. A brain damaged, incompetent, arse clown. Perfect.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 2:20 pm

Hobbs up by 11 points over Lake for AZ governor with 41% counted.

John
John
November 9, 2022 2:21 pm

I’m reinforcing my earlier prediction. If the expected vote dump in close districts happens about 21:00 tonight, the Democrats to easily retain the Reps. Otherwise both the Senate and Reps will be closely divided. I too don’t think this will be a decisive win in the Senate for the Republicans.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 2:23 pm

DeSantis up 20% in FL with 90% in. A force to be reckoned with in the future.

Anchor What
Anchor What
November 9, 2022 2:26 pm

Even if the Republicans were to win both House and Senate, the voting (if it is kosher) tells you that The Rot Is Deep, and that the USA is mortally wounded. On the skids. Hard to save.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 2:26 pm

Reps don’t need a decisive lead in the Senate. One seat will do.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 2:28 pm

The GOP will take back the house. As for the senate, it is close.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 2:29 pm

“Reps don’t need a decisive lead in the Senate. One seat will do.”

Yep.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 2:31 pm

Good battleground states for GOP:
FL NC OH

Good battleground states for Democrats:
NH CO

Good early results for Democrats but not decided yet:
PA AZ

Neck and neck:
GA WI

Yet to report:
NV AK CA (important for House)

jupes
jupes
November 9, 2022 2:32 pm

Alex Stein is literally like a monkey on the back of demonrats. He never stops. He trolls them something terrible.

Champion!

Winston Smith
November 9, 2022 2:32 pm

Lysander:

12:16pm In fact there are now three Rep projected House GAINS from the Dems just in Florida.
12:13pm And in more good news for Reps in Florida, they GAIN the fourth House district from the Dems.

Don’t get too hopeful, the cheating hasn’t started in any realistic form yet.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 2:33 pm

Reps don’t need a decisive lead in the Senate. One seat will do.

A one-seat lead by the GOP would be a massive opportunity for preening Never-Trump RINOs to allow themselves to be picked off on key votes, John McCain style.

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 2:35 pm

A one-seat lead by the GOP would be a massive opportunity for preening Never-Trump RINOs to allow themselves to be picked off on key votes, John McCain style.

Oh Yeah, I forgot about that. It worked so well for Lizard Cheeney. Go eat some donuts, you lardball.

Makka
Makka
November 9, 2022 2:38 pm

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DDHQ Race Update (est. 86% in): GA US Senate

Herschel Walker (R): 1,568,945
(49.35%)
Raphael Warnock (D-i): 1,549,040
(48.72%)
Chase Oliver (L): 61,239
(1.93%)

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 9, 2022 2:39 pm

good site – https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/midterm-elections-2022?icid=election_nav

ace of spades pessimistic – Red Wave Receding?

We will win the House. We are now hoping for a 20 seat margin, maybe 25, rather than the 30 or 40 seats we had been hoping for.

The Senate is now a more tightly contested thing. We won’t be winning 5 or 6 seats, alas. Hopefully we’ll still win it, but it’ll be by 1 or 2 seats.

Even Spannberger has just pulled ahead of Vega in VA-7, 50.8 to 49.0. If you remember back to 2020, Spannberger was behind in the final count — until they discovered a thumb drive containing 5,000 votes which vaulted Spannberger ahead of her opponent.

Another Red Mirage.

And now, even though she was behind by 3% with 99% in, she surges ahead by nearly two points, also with 99% in. Another last minute discovery of a thumb drive? Who knows. We all await the CIA Officer’s cover story.

So only one of three seats in Virginia. It appears that the Red Wave hit hugely in Florida, but not really very strongly anywhere else.

Sorry, guys. I was overconfident.

Or perhaps I just didn’t account for all the thumb drives floating around.

Question:

In 2018, Fox called the House for Democrats by 9:45 — have they called the House for Republicans yet?

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 2:40 pm

m0nty says:
November 9, 2022 at 1:54 pm

I don’t think this is a wave election either way. No one is going to be happy with the result. Unusual for an unpopular President not to get his arse kicked in midterms, but he had razor-thin majorities to defend so it isn’t going to take much for Biden to lose them. He won’t be able to do much in the next two years, but neither will the GOP.

Not sounding the same as in 2018 when you came onto the old site cawing like an beaten up old crow telling us it was a huge win for the demons.

Not so bad… we lost a limb of two.

hzhousewife
hzhousewife
November 9, 2022 2:44 pm

If Fetterman wins in PA, I hope Biden immediately closes down all their coal mines, just like Biden did the oil pipeline. IMMEDIATELY.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 2:45 pm

Not sounding the same as in 2018 when you came onto the old site cawing like an beaten up old crow telling us it was a huge win for the demons.

It was. Democrats were bowling downhill in 2018 due to the Orange Satan infesting the WH, it’s a far harder slog for them at the moment to defend a thin trifecta.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 2:46 pm

Monty, CO is not a battleground state.

Yeah, doesn’t look that way. I am looking at the live NYT feeds where they include it in their list of “key races”, I guess because O’Dea made a few headlines during the campaign.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
November 9, 2022 2:47 pm

The crowd here is mature in age. You’ve got to remember there’s a whole lot of stupid in the new voter ranks.
Tribal, self centred, juvenile in their behaviour and generally not used to rationalising the consequences of hot button policy.
They vote.

Makka
Makka
November 9, 2022 2:48 pm

RCP: Democrats 41* Republicans 43

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 2:49 pm

It was. Democrats were bowling downhill in 2018 due to the Orange Satan infesting the WH, it’s a far harder slog for them at the moment to defend a thin trifecta.

You don’t have the house seat count yet. Remain silent.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 2:49 pm

Florida certainly has been a big win for Republicans tonight, but there are a big bunch of competitive House races in CA and WA that I suspect might swing blue as a counterbalance.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 2:50 pm

I think Vance might just nab Ohio.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 2:51 pm

From the 538 feed:

Let’s check in on the Kentucky anti-abortion ballot measure! We have 64 percent of the expected vote reporting, and the abortion-rights side is still in the lead with 53 percent, while the anti-abortion rights side has 47 percent. The abortion-rights side of the amendment continues to run well ahead of the Democratic Senate candidate, signaling that some voters are crossing party lines to oppose this ballot measure, which would effectively end all legal opposition to abortion bans in Kentucky.

Amazing that that would happen in Kentucky, of all places.

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 2:51 pm

m0nty says:
November 9, 2022 at 2:49 pm

Florida certainly has been a big win for Republicans tonight, but there are a big bunch of competitive House races in CA and WA that I suspect might swing blue as a counterbalance.

As though those two were battleground states.

Winston Smith
November 9, 2022 2:53 pm

Bourne 1879:

Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders won the election for governor in Arkansas.
Sarah Sanders is former Trump Press Secretary.

She did a damn fine job there too. Handed out a few well deserved smack downs to some of the more obnoxious reptiles in the peanut gallery.

Lysander
Lysander
November 9, 2022 2:54 pm

yeah Vance is looking good.

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 2:55 pm

Forget it. The “Hillbilly Elegy” has it won.

Winston Smith
November 9, 2022 2:55 pm

Dover Beach:

Fetterman +4 with 40% counted.

You are bloody joking, DB, are you not?

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 2:56 pm

“House races in CA and WA that I suspect might swing blue as a counterbalance.”

CA and WA are rock solid Democrat progressive turfs. They’re not battleground states.

Go read your favourite book, what is it again? As yes, the Protocols.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 2:56 pm

Forget it. The “Hillbilly Elegy” has it won.

Marvellous news.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 2:57 pm

I am starting to doubt that MASSIVE VOTE DUMPS are going to be much of a thing this cycle, mainly because there actually aren’t that many close races. WI, PA and GA, sure, but beyond that there’s not many nailbiters.

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 3:00 pm

there’s not many nailbiters.

There’s going to be lot’s of nailbiting over the next two years. from your “lot”.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:04 pm

Forget it. The “Hillbilly Elegy” has it won.

A Marine as well.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:07 pm

but beyond that there’s not many nailbiters.

And this isn’t a Presidential election.

Winston Smith
November 9, 2022 3:10 pm

John:

I’m reinforcing my earlier prediction. If the expected vote dump in close districts happens about 21:00 tonight, the Democrats to easily retain the Reps. Otherwise both the Senate and Reps will be closely divided. I too don’t think this will be a decisive win in the Senate for the Republicans.

I’m in agreement with you on the late night dump, and it looks like Arizona is setting up for a repeat of the close down to get the dodgy votes in.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
November 9, 2022 3:10 pm

All of the January Six Committee are GONE!

How good is that!

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 3:12 pm

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
November 9, 2022 at 3:10 pm

All of the January Six Committee are GONE!

How good is that!

Adam Schiff?

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
November 9, 2022 3:12 pm

Yep. Re the close down, we’re expecting one too. As on past performance.

They won’t let the Republicans win the Senate.

Winston Smith
November 9, 2022 3:12 pm

Zatara:

Reps don’t need a decisive lead in the Senate. One seat will do.

You aren’t taking into account the RINOs. Democrats can always count on treachery from them in return for a golden parachute when their term runs out.

Hugh
Hugh
November 9, 2022 3:13 pm

Arizona stuck on 51% counted for some time now. Looks dodgy as hell.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
November 9, 2022 3:13 pm

JC, most have gone. That’s good enough.

I only have my eye half on this now. Nearly bedtime here.

Zipster
November 9, 2022 3:16 pm

They won’t let the Republicans win the Senate.

entirely predicable. a surgical strike on key senate races

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 3:16 pm

“If Fetterman wins in PA, I hope Biden immediately closes down all their coal mines, just like Biden did the oil pipeline. IMMEDIATELY.”

Agree.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:17 pm

Interesting news item: Of the 6 Jan Committee started with 9 Congresscritters 2 RINOs resigned, 1 RINO was wiped out in a primary election, 1 Dem was voted out (Luria), and the rest of the Dems will never see a committee seat again except to sniff it.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 3:18 pm

Walker is ahead in Georgia.

Makka
Makka
November 9, 2022 3:20 pm

Oz -1% to Fetterman with 73% counted

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:20 pm

Stacy Abrams just conceded to the Georgia Governorship to Kemp.

No word if she has also finally conceded the election she lost 4 years ago.

Tom
Tom
November 9, 2022 3:22 pm

J.D. Vance has won the Ohio Senate race against Democrat Tim Ryan, who has now conceded defeat. This is a great result for the GOP because, apart from being on the side of the American working class, Vance is a writer and right-wing intellectual who’s in the Trump camp trying to reform the GOP and put out the trash like Mitch McConnell.

Tom
Tom
November 9, 2022 3:23 pm

Snap, Dover.

hzhousewife
hzhousewife
November 9, 2022 3:23 pm

Stacey Abrams has conceded.

I hope someone puts together a compilation of concession speeches over the next week or so.

I imagine the money spent on these campaigns goes to tv stations for ads, is that right? And some to printing companies for fliers? Sounds like these are stable if not growing businesses. Do the phone bank human volunteers get paid, or just the guys who write code for automatd phone blitzes? Ad companies must be very partisan.

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 3:24 pm

and the rest of the Dems will never see a committee seat again except to sniff it.

Schiff should be censored and thrown out of the house. He changed the wording of some evidence in J6

hzhousewife
hzhousewife
November 9, 2022 3:26 pm

Walker may very well lose Georgia. I’m watching Fox tv, not on any websites.

The bloke doing the figures on Fox is nearly losing his voice, he’ll be cactus in anther six hours.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:27 pm

Schiff should be censored and thrown out of the house. He changed the wording of some evidence in J6

Schiff may very well find out what being on the other side of an impeachment is all about. And this one with criminal charges.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 3:29 pm

Beto O’Rourke needs to change his name to Beaten O’Rourke.

Beaten O’Rourke amassed a war chest of dosh from progressive donors, most of whom don’t live in Texas. Beaten O’Rourke has failed again, despite the dosh.

Some things are sooo sweet.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 3:32 pm

“Schiff “

Schiff is evil.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2022 3:33 pm

Is it just one senate spot up for grabs in each state?

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:36 pm

Beaten O’Rourke amassed a war chest of dosh from progressive donors, most of whom don’t live in Texas.

Mrs. O’Rourke’s family is filthy rich. That’s why he’s never worked a day in his life.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:38 pm

Is it just one senate spot up for grabs in each state?

There are 2 Senators per State. They are seldom up for election at the same time.

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 3:38 pm

Mrs. O’Rourke’s family is filthy rich. That’s why he’s never worked a day in his life.

Except before his marriage, he worked and in fact worked hard… as a nanny in NYC. No kidding.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:40 pm

Vance at his election speech – “Thanks, it would have sucked driving all the way home without winning.”

Tom
Tom
November 9, 2022 3:43 pm

Just like all the other useful idiots they used to try to destroy America in the past decade, Beto O’Rourke and Stacy Abrams will be now be taken out with the rest of the Democratic Party’s trash as relics of the past.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 3:44 pm

Democrats have flipped a House seat in OH and held Tim Ryan’s old seat. Republicans have so far flipped five, with two big VA seats held by Democrats.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:49 pm

In 2002 JD Vance was a Marine recruit on Parris Island, the lowest form of semi-sentient life.

Now he’s a US Senator. Let’s hope he hasn’t regressed. 😉

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
November 9, 2022 3:49 pm

Fetterman is surely the high point for identity politics.
Caligula’s horse at least wasn’t elected.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:50 pm

Democrats have flipped a House seat in OH and held Tim Ryan’s old seat.

If you look at Tim Ryan’s old seat you will find JD Vance sitting there.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2022 3:51 pm

Zatarasays:

November 9, 2022 at 3:17 pm

Interesting news item: Of the 6 Jan Committee started with 9 Congresscritters 2 RINOs resigned, 1 RINO was wiped out in a primary election, 1 Dem was voted out (Luria), and the rest of the Dems will never see a committee seat again except to sniff it.

Troy Buswell!!!

Makka
Makka
November 9, 2022 3:51 pm

Decision Desk HQ
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DDHQ Race Update (est. 50% in): WI US Senate

Ron Johnson (R-i): 628,234
(52.89%)
Mandela Barnes (D): 559,662
(47.11%)

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 3:51 pm

Great value for money too.

Stacey Abrams Wasted over $105 Million in Donor Money on Failed Campaign –

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 3:54 pm

In 2002 JD Vance was a Marine recruit on Parris Island, the lowest form of semi-sentient life.

Why do you say that, Zat?

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:54 pm

Stacey Abrams Wasted over $105 Million in Donor Money on Failed Campaign

Oh she didn’t waste it, she is under investigation for handing it out to her mates for services to her campaign and such.

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 3:55 pm

Oh she didn’t waste it, she is under investigation for handing it out to her mates for services to her campaign and such.

Oh wow.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 3:55 pm

Why do you say that, Zat?

Because I wuz one.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 3:56 pm

Ohio state congress gerrymandered the House maps to try to give the Democrats only two seats, but they will elect five Democrats LOL.

JC
JC
November 9, 2022 3:56 pm

oh.. Lol.

Boambee John
Boambee John
November 9, 2022 3:57 pm

Winston Smithsays:
November 9, 2022 at 2:55 pm
Dover Beach:

Fetterman +4 with 40% counted.

You are bloody joking, DB, are you not?

The dead vote for DemonRats, why should DemonRats not vote for the (brain) dead?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2022 4:00 pm

Anyone got a bead on likely House and Senate positions?

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 4:02 pm

Ohio state congress gerrymandered the House maps to try to give the Democrats only two seats, but they will elect five Democrats LOL.

There are 15 congressional districts in Ohio. The Republicans just won 10 of them.

I’m thinking they won that one.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 4:05 pm

Oh… LOL

H B Bear
H B Bear
November 9, 2022 4:05 pm

In 2002 JD Vance was a Marine recruit on Parris Island, the lowest form of semi-sentient life.

I wouldn’t read too much into that. Read the book. He gets it.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 4:11 pm

There have been no Senate flips as yet. The only viable ones are:
– Walker flipping GA for the Republicans
– Fetterman flipping PA for the Democrats
– Barnes flipping WI for the Democrats
– Laxalt flipping NV for the Republicans

The first three are neck and neck, the last hasn’t seen any results yet.

It’s anyone’s guess.

DaFisk
DaFisk
November 9, 2022 4:22 pm

I think it’s safe to say, based on these results, that the wildly successful proxy war against Putin will continue. Bad luck!

DaFisk
DaFisk
November 9, 2022 4:23 pm

Good to see DeSantis romping home – the only viable national candidate in 2024.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 4:30 pm

I think WI and PA Senate seats are pretty solid for GOP and Dems respectively at this point.

That makes it 49-49 with GA most likely going to a runoff, and NV still to come with its painfully slow reporting history. So we’re back to a deadlock for the moment, we’ll have a better idea of who gets to 50 first soon enough.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 4:32 pm

“I think it’s safe to say, based on these results, that the wildly successful proxy war against Putin will continue. Bad luck!”

Nope, you don’t know that. Clearly you’re a shill for endless war.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 4:33 pm

“Good to see DeSantis romping home – the only viable national candidate in 2024.”

I would agree with that.

DaFisk
DaFisk
November 9, 2022 4:34 pm

Good to see the Europeans sorting out their gas reserves. Europe is now overflowing with gas, got tonnes of it! The winter’s going to be balmy and we all know that means lots of big splodey weapons going Ukraine’s way. I guess ol’ Putey will have to go back to threatening nuke strikes again.

rickw
rickw
November 9, 2022 4:34 pm

The dead vote for DemonRats, why should DemonRats not vote for the (brain) dead?

Demonrats would be fucked if they didn’t cheat like hell.

DaFisk
DaFisk
November 9, 2022 4:34 pm

Ka-BOOM!

m0nty
November 9, 2022 4:34 pm

Seeing a lot of blue in the competitive House races, except for NY where a judge ordered a fair redistricting after the Dems tried to match the GOP’s red state gerrymandering.

My calls from the prediction thread are pretty much coming true, except for Vance. Shouldn’t have bet against Ohio going deep red, that’s been happening for a while.

rickw
rickw
November 9, 2022 4:40 pm

No one I know in the USA votes Demonrat, or at least admits to it, except for one Australian green card holder who still doesn’t get it.

This included Blacks, Asians and Hispanics, who have all slowly given up voting Demonrat over the last 10 years.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 4:43 pm

Warnock up 0.7% with 91% counted, but still 0.7 off the 50 he needs to avoid a runoff. That one’s highly unlikely to get decided tonight.

Nevada is now the big prize for Senate control. Polls within the margin of error, apart from some of those B-rated Republican pollsters I talked about in the last thread who blew the average out with some thumb-on-the-scale outliers. Anyone’s game.

John of Mel
John of Mel
November 9, 2022 4:44 pm

Good to see DeSantis romping home – the only viable national candidate in 2024.

If that is true, then the US is done.

Ed Case
Ed Case
November 9, 2022 4:46 pm

There are 100 Senators, 2 from each state.

Every 2 years, 33 or 34 are up for reelection to a 6 year term.

There will also be Special Elections for the remainder of the 6 year Term when a Senator retires before the 2nd or 4th year of his Term.

Only when that happens, can both Senate Seats can be up for grabs in one State.

Pyrmonter
November 9, 2022 4:47 pm

This is a disaster. Not having lurked here for a while, I’ve avoided the Kool-aid and didn’t think the Truly Excellent, Superior Trump-endorsed (and Dem funded) candidates would do well, but did at least expect the GOP to take control of both houses of congress. This is now making to be the worst mid-term result since the Dems went backward in 2002 (for reasons that were fairly obvious).

I want mainstream, centre-right politics back: without it, we get results like this (and, in places like Victoria, one-party Left machine politics.)

Anchor What
Anchor What
November 9, 2022 4:47 pm

The US is done if there really are that many people voting for the Democrats.
Otherwise, the US is done if it’s all a rerun of the dodgy 2020.

DaFisk
DaFisk
November 9, 2022 4:48 pm

I can just see it now; in living rooms all over Europe, the whole family huddled round the gas heater with cups of hot chocolate enjoying a gloriously toasty evening…”Dear, we need to send lots more Big Splodey Weapons to Ukraine!” It’s happening now.

Pyrmonter
November 9, 2022 4:49 pm

@ Monty

Ryan’s coat-tails seem to have got a few Dems up on the OH house races. I expected the GOP to net about 20; they’ll be lucky to break double-figures at this rate. They _should_ have been knocking on the door of their best results since the late 1920s: Biden is hopeless, inflation is rampant, Biden’s conduct before it contributed to a war in Ukraine, etc, etc

m0nty
November 9, 2022 4:50 pm

The Left would be pulling out their hair out at the prospect of a 50-50 status quo, meaning two more years of having to genuflect to Queen Sinema and King Manchin.

Zatara
Zatara
November 9, 2022 4:51 pm

Warnock up 0.7% with 91% counted, but still 0.7 off the 50 he needs to avoid a runoff.

The Libertarian candidate got 2-3% of the vote. Assuming this goes to a run-off those votes are very unlikely to go to Warnock.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 4:53 pm

“mainstream, centre-right politics back”

And what’s that? Oh, perhaps you mean “Labor/Democrat/Labour lite” politics and policies? Well, here in Australia we had under that the successive Liberal governments from September 2013 through to May 2021. That worked a treat didn’t it? A complete abandonment and betrayal of all “centre-right” policies from free speech to religious freedom to fiscal responsibility to protecting small and medium sized businesses.

John of Mel
John of Mel
November 9, 2022 4:54 pm

I want mainstream, centre-right politics back: without it, we get results like this (and, in places like Victoria, one-party Left machine politics.)

Any examples of “mainstream centre-right” politicians winning anywhere? Or even simply of the “mainstream centre-right” politicians?

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 4:55 pm

“Any examples of “mainstream centre-right” politicians winning anywhere? Or even simply of the “mainstream centre-right” politicians?”

Quite so.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 4:55 pm

I would expect Warnock to continue edging towards 50% given the vast majority of unreported votes are in deep blue urban areas, as CNN is detailing now. There’s going to be a poofteenth in it. Perfect scenario for MASSIVE VOTE DUMPS actually, could be some lulz later this evening.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 4:57 pm

Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto up by 13 points in Nevada with 41% reporting, including 59% of the county where Las Vegas is.

Pyrmonter
November 9, 2022 5:04 pm

Any examples of “mainstream centre-right” politicians winning anywhere? Or even simply of the “mainstream centre-right” politicians?

Chris Sununu
Brian Kemp
Brad Raffensberger
David Valadao (at the time of typing).

They all have something in common.

DaFisk
DaFisk
November 9, 2022 5:06 pm

So, to summarise: what is the Northern Winter like this year? Toasty warm! And what are all the (endless supply of) weapons to Ukraine going to be like? Very ‘splodey!

DaFisk
DaFisk
November 9, 2022 5:06 pm

Any examples of “mainstream centre-right” politicians winning anywhere? Or even simply of the “mainstream centre-right” politicians?

Chris Sununu
Brian Kemp
Brad Raffensberger
David Valadao (at the time of typing).

Ron DeSantis

John
John
November 9, 2022 5:07 pm

That’s the way I read it too. More importantly than a disaster for the Republicans, it’s a kick into the teeth for freedom. And the fix hasn’t kicked in yet (they mightned need it). Looks like most Americans don’t want the responsibility of freedom. They want to be enslaved by government doing things for them and feeding off scraps. Sad that the land of the free exists no more.

Pyrmonter
November 9, 2022 5:07 pm

@ DaFisk

Reserving judgment on that one. Maybe. The shenanigans about Disney had all the trappings of a shake-down though, even if Disney wasn’t exactly innocent.

John of Mel
John of Mel
November 9, 2022 5:10 pm

Chris Sununu
Brian Kemp
Brad Raffensberger
David Valadao (at the time of typing).

So, basically, the type of people who lead the US to the condition it is in now. Got it.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
November 9, 2022 5:12 pm

AZ and PA vote counting is a bit like some seats in Viktoristan.

You know the exact numbers before a vote is cast.

Arky
November 9, 2022 5:13 pm

Forget politics.
There isn’t going to be some political figure coming to save you.
And all the time, energy and angst put into worrying about it is a complete waste.
Concentrate on your life, your loved ones and saving yourself.
In a world full of idiots and snake oil salesmen you are on your own.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 5:15 pm

The meme posts from Fetterman are going to be epic.

Zipster
November 9, 2022 5:22 pm

That’s the way I read it too. More importantly than a disaster for the Republicans, it’s a kick into the teeth for freedom. And the fix hasn’t kicked in yet (they mightned need it). Looks like most Americans don’t want the responsibility of freedom. They want to be enslaved by government doing things for them and feeding off scraps. Sad that the land of the free exists no more.

social media and legacy media keep people firmly entrenched in their bubbles

jupes
jupes
November 9, 2022 5:23 pm

Fetterman, Biden, Feinstein, Harris, Pelosi. Has there ever been a more brain – dead group of politicians in history?

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
November 9, 2022 5:23 pm

Turdbull was lauded on the old Cat …

Wile E. Trumble?

Not by this little black duck!

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2022 5:24 pm

Those voters in Pennsylvania who didn’t vote for Dr Oz are Islamophobes.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

Fetterman claiming victory – on Twitter. Is this fair dinkum, or is his software malfunctioning?

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 9, 2022 5:28 pm

The meme posts from Fetterman are going to be epic.

Very hard to do memes without a working brain.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 9, 2022 5:29 pm

toss-up in the Senate

Until 3am.

cohenite
November 9, 2022 5:30 pm

Fetterman in and Lake out.

Razey
Razey
November 9, 2022 5:37 pm

LOL. ‘Red Wave’. Americans are just a dumb as the average Sheep Australian.

Zipster
November 9, 2022 5:40 pm

Fetterman declares vichsmnthn insh Pennshylvajeinfjty Senate race

rickw
rickw
November 9, 2022 5:41 pm

Fetterman in and Lake out.

You have got to be kidding.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 9, 2022 5:42 pm

Stolen, Razey. It’s obvious. Worst economic climate in decades? Inflation eating voters alive? And they return the Dems? Nope. Not remotely believable.

The Dems could afford to allow the GOP a win in the House so long as they kept control of the Senate. The risk was that if the steal was too blatant they’d cause a civil war, which would see them all hung from lampposts. So the steal had to be just enough.

rickw
rickw
November 9, 2022 5:43 pm

Fetterman declares vichsmnthn insh Pennshylvajeinfjty Senate race

It’s either idiocracy or cheating. Take your pick.

Arky
November 9, 2022 5:46 pm

Remember when everyone was taking punts on when Biden would retire? Not looking likely now, is it? Why would he? What’s the alternative to being president: off to a home with other dementia patients. At least now he gets ice cream on demand.
The machine behind him won’t let him go anyway, just like the Memphis mafia kept Elvis on stage no matter how much bacon and drugs were required to do so.
He’ll do a full term and might even saddle up for 2024.
Faaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrk.
Schools and colleges vomit forth another cadre of little Marxists each year.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 5:47 pm

Stolen, Razey. It’s obvious. Worst economic climate in decades? Inflation eating voters alive? And they return the Dems? Nope. Not remotely believable.

The Dems could afford to allow the GOP a win in the House so long as they kept control of the Senate. The risk was that if the steal was too blatant they’d cause a civil war, which would see them all hung from lampposts. So the steal had to be just enough.

The seethe & cope levels are off the charts, Captain.

No one is happy out of this election, but the worst people are the unhappiest.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 9, 2022 5:48 pm

Rack off Monty. You’ll get yours when you front the One True Judge. You won’t like the experience.

Razey
Razey
November 9, 2022 5:51 pm

Stolen, Razey. It’s obvious. Worst economic climate in decades? Inflation eating voters alive? And they return the Dems? Nope. Not remotely believable.

Crazy. As Yuri Bezmenov said ‘if the US falls, there will be no where else to defect to’.

We are here.

Razey
Razey
November 9, 2022 5:52 pm
m0nty
November 9, 2022 5:52 pm

Lauren Boebert currently 2.4% behind with 81% counted, LOL!!

bons
bons
November 9, 2022 5:53 pm

Bloody hell! AZ. Impossible that Lake lost in a fair contest.
The media are going to skewer her after the stick she has given them during the campaign.
AZ is the most significant loss for the Reps. Drugs, illegals, bent judges, Californian carpetbaggers.

Anchor What
Anchor What
November 9, 2022 5:53 pm

There’s nothing that says USA crumbling like Fetterman winning in PA.

m0nty
November 9, 2022 5:55 pm

Ben Shapiro just tweeted “From red wave to red wedding.” Haha!

bons
bons
November 9, 2022 5:56 pm

I hope that you are right. AZ is critical.

Rorschach
Rorschach
November 9, 2022 5:58 pm

A sobering day/afternoon.

Maybe I’m overly disappointed in the result … was hoping for Repub control if the house ;to look into Biden laptop, Afghanistan, vaccines and to put the boot into the FBI/Dept Jusice. In hindsight this could not happen as too many people would end up with reputations smashed and prob in gaol. And so it won’t and I suspect that the Republicans will in the end, not control the house. Pelosi or Schiff will run the show.

And similarly Kari Lake promised looking into election 2020 fraud – and so she can not be allowed to win.

Realpolitik.

I understood that there was a MASSIVE turnout – and mostly Republicans… that this is understood and that this was to naught will unfortunately mean that they will no longer be bothered to vote.

They protested on Jan 6 and all ended on trial… Brazilians are now protesting… and are being shot in the streets.

The socialist revolution marches on.

Biden will be re-elected in a landslide and Brexit unwind is the next interesting thing to expect.

rickw
rickw
November 9, 2022 5:58 pm

Maricopa is still not reporting Election Day voting

Just waiting to see how many votes they need to “sort things out”.

rickw
rickw
November 9, 2022 6:01 pm

They protested on Jan 6 and all ended on trial… Brazilians are now protesting… and are being shot in the streets.

Munty approves.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 9, 2022 6:01 pm

I’ll remind you Dover that Lake was 11 points ahead.
With the usual lefty bias on polls.
Nope, not believable.

cohenite
November 9, 2022 6:02 pm

Rack off Monty. You’ll get yours when you front the One True Judge. You won’t like the experience.

Yes he will; dickless will be judged by old Nick with his red hot poker dick going straight up dickless’s khyber. Dickless will be in heaven even if he is in hell. Lefties are like that.

cohenite
November 9, 2022 6:03 pm

And Newsome is back and he will run against Trump in ’24.

Dot
Dot
November 9, 2022 6:08 pm

There’s nothing that says USA crumbling like Fetterman winning in PA.

He was neck and neck with Dr Oz.

Colonel Crispin Berka
Colonel Crispin Berka
November 9, 2022 6:09 pm

Dr Oz is a fuckwit, and Fetterman becomes a poster boy for the left. A brain damaged, incompetent, arse clown. Perfect.

The only Senate seat gained or lost so far by either party was Fetterman winning over Oz!
Yes, cheating or idiocracy.

Dot
Dot
November 9, 2022 6:11 pm

Fetterman, Biden, Feinstein, Harris, Pelosi. Has there ever been a more brain – dead group of politicians in history?

Please be respectful. His neck writes a lot of those speeches.

Rorschach
Rorschach
November 9, 2022 6:11 pm

I doubt that Teump will now run. Someone will have a quiet word with him and that’ll be it. Gone with nary a whimper.

Or if he does more than whimper he’ll be in gaol on a contempt or obstruction of justice charge. Or he’ll be arkancided… he is in his mid 70’s so a sudden / unexpected event will not much of a surprise eh?

And no one else – DeSantis included – has the brass ones to unwind the deep state.

Razey
Razey
November 9, 2022 6:11 pm

The only hope is for the USA to split up.

Dot
Dot
November 9, 2022 6:12 pm

Dr Oz is a fuckwit

I am sure he’s better than Matt Kean, ease up.

miltonf
miltonf
November 9, 2022 6:13 pm

So the rats lose the house but keep the senate? Less than brilliant.

Makka
Makka
November 9, 2022 6:13 pm

The GOP only have themselves to blame for this. They had a POTUS who fought tooth and nail for their domestic interests and all they could manage was to undermine and stab him in the back every step of the way.

With this freakshow in the WH and that den of leftist deviants in Congress , this election result should be a Redwash. It’s hardly a whimper.

More need to suffer much more before the numbers are sufficient to turf out the filthy left from power in the US. And when the GOP do get in, they should not have a 4 year plan of retribution and massive culling leftism from the USG institutions. That should all be complete within 2 years. They must hit the ground running with vengeance, or face another failure in Government.

Dot
Dot
November 9, 2022 6:14 pm

Dems win, goldbugs and oilmen cheer!

Oil will hit 150/bbl in the European winter.

Dot
Dot
November 9, 2022 6:15 pm

More need to suffer much more before the numbers are sufficient to turf out the filthy left from power in the US. And when the GOP do get in, they should not have a 4 year plan of retribution and massive culling leftism from the USG institutions. That should all be complete within 2 years. They must hit the ground running with vengeance, or face another failure in Government.

Top comment, Senpai.

Ed Case
Ed Case
November 9, 2022 6:15 pm

Fetterman claiming victory – on Twitter. Is this fair dinkum, or is his software malfunctioning?
The Fett was always a shoo-in.
Abortion is a divisive issue, Oz has lost and brought a few others down too.

Ed Case
Ed Case
November 9, 2022 6:17 pm

The GOP only have themselves to blame for this. They had a POTUS who fought tooth and nail for their domestic interests and all they could manage was to undermine and stab him in the back every step of the way.

Hoover was POTUS a long time ago, Makka!

rickw
rickw
November 9, 2022 6:17 pm

The only hope is for the USA to split up.

Why would you give large chunks of the country to cheating communist filth?

Razey
Razey
November 9, 2022 6:18 pm

Amerika is Balkanised.

Dot
Dot
November 9, 2022 6:18 pm

Arky says:
November 9, 2022 at 5:13 pm
Forget politics.
There isn’t going to be some political figure coming to save you.
And all the time, energy and angst put into worrying about it is a complete waste.
Concentrate on your life, your loved ones and saving yourself.
In a world full of idiots and snake oil salesmen you are on your own.

Possibly the true top comment.

Very good.

Razey
Razey
November 9, 2022 6:19 pm

rickwsays:
November 9, 2022 at 6:17 pm
The only hope is for the USA to split up.

Why would you give large chunks of the country to cheating communist filth?

Dont we need somewhere to defect to? Australia is going in the wrong direction and it wont be coming back.

Tom
Tom
November 9, 2022 6:20 pm

FMD. That didn’t take long. Adam Creighton has become a NeverTrump Democrat — even though the GOP has flipped the House:

Trump, Republicans humiliated in crucial midterm elections

Just like that, the Paywallian has trashed its credibility on US politics.

Dot
Dot
November 9, 2022 6:21 pm

I want mainstream, centre-right politics back: without it, we get results like this (and, in places like Victoria, one-party Left machine politics.)

You can’t be serious Pyrmonter!

miltonf
miltonf
November 9, 2022 6:22 pm

Tom newspapers are not fit to be used as lavatory paper.

miltonf
miltonf
November 9, 2022 6:23 pm

Pyrmonter is so ridiculous, he/she/it can’t be for real.

rickw
rickw
November 9, 2022 6:23 pm

Dont we need somewhere to defect to? Australia is going in the wrong direction and it wont be coming back.

I was suggesting that it might be better to take back the whole thing, rather than to compromise by giving parts of it away to the socialist filth.

Razey
Razey
November 9, 2022 6:26 pm

rickwsays:
November 9, 2022 at 6:23 pm
Dont we need somewhere to defect to? Australia is going in the wrong direction and it wont be coming back.

I was suggesting that it might be better to take back the whole thing, rather than to compromise by giving parts of it away to the socialist filth.

The only way is civil war. There is fucking demented PEDO in power that’s fucked everything it’s touched, and cunts still vote for that? Just like Sicktoria.

cohenite
November 9, 2022 6:28 pm

Most of the GOP getting in are Trump neutral or RINOs. At least Kelly Tshibaka in Alaska is in with a shot against the backstabbing bitch Murkowski.

rickw
rickw
November 9, 2022 6:30 pm

and cunts still vote for that? Just like Sicktoria.

Are you sure they actually voted for that?

Remember how they got caught ousting Sophie Mirrabella? Nothing happened. That green lighted what they had already been doing that wasn’t discovered, plus future operations.

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