Some fairly amazing things happened in the Senate and House races last night

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

If this does not justify a new thread, I apologize in advance and accept the slap on the wrist. But the election threads are all heavily focussed on the presidential race and there were some really interesting Senate races last night.

1. Linda McMahon goes down in CT. This was no shocker, but I had not paid that much attention to Chris Murphy. Should I be this happy that a Democrat talked about health care as a right and ending foreign wars in a victory speech? I mean, he sounded like a Democrat. That made me happy.

2. Two Independents in the Senate now. Sanders and King. This is a positive trend, I think.

3. Being pro-rape is a bad political position. Akin and Mourdock just flat out gave the Dems two seats that they should have lost. Claire McCaskill is the luckiest politician in American history.

4. First Lesbian in the Senate. Hooray for Tammy Baldwin.

5. Are any of you paying attention to North Dakota? The Dems are probably going to win there. I don't know who Heidi Hetikamp is, but she is winning. This was not predicted.

6. Can George Allen just stop now? Virginia does not like you. Go away.

7. Scott Brown can go back to be a Wrangler Jeans model now. It's nice when really smart people beat really dumb people in elections. So, thanks, Massachusetts.

All in all, the Senate races went about as well as could ever be hoped for by the Dems. Not only are they going to increase the size of their delegation, but they elected actual liberals, not liberals pretending to be something else. The only race that disappointed me was Nebraska, but Bob Kerrey's ship sailed a long time ago.

I will also add that with the Dem gains, part of me kind of wishes that Joe Manchin had lost in WV. I despise Joe Manchin, who has the political courage of a slug.

In the House:

1. New Hampshire likes the ladies. New Hampshire made history by sending the first all-women delegation to Washington. Their governor is a women too. Hack comedian joke: Their motto should now be Live Free or Diet. I kid, I kid.

2. Allen West is hopefully just a crazy guy now instead of a crazy guy with a vote.

3. Bachmann just holds on. I have a feeling that she will soon just be a crazy lady, but not this year.

4. Not amazing, but we have a Kennedy back in the House. So....our brief national nightmare is over, I guess.

[Tulane Skins Fan]

Throw in (D) Heidi Heitkamp winning the Senate seat in North Dakota. Just finalized.

Missed it in your list actually... yea, they have called the race now. She was a former attorney general in ND, and has been out of politics for a while. I met her. She's a bad mama jama.

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

Throw in (D) Heidi Heitkamp winning the Senate seat in North Dakota. Just finalized.

Missed it in your list actually... yea, they have called the race now. She was a former attorney general in ND, and has been out of politics for a while. I met her. She's a bad mama jama.

I don't know that much about her? How would you characterize her politics? Liberal? Moderate?

I'm giddy about Warren going after Wall Street. Is she the type to join her?

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Is Lieberman an independant too?

He's leaving, thank God.

[visionary]

He's leaving, thank God.

Ah, that's a shame.
I hope he was replaced by a moderate.

[Tulane Skins Fan]

I don't know that much about her? How would you characterize her politics? Liberal? Moderate?

I'm giddy about Warren going after Wall Street. Is she the type to join her?

I'd characterize her as moderate on some issues and liberal on others. I think she is the type to crack down on Wall Street because she is very anti-fraud. And I think she will view some of this crap they pull as loophole stuff that is "legal fraud."

She's not Elizabeth Warren though. Few are. She didn't get elected in Massachusetts, remember.

[visionary]

Is Lieberman an independant too?

[SkinsHokieFan]

I think I'll spend the next 6 years telling everyone what a fraud and liar Elizabeth Warren is.

I actually despise that woman. I am hoping she is exposed very quickly

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

I think I'll spend the next 6 years telling everyone what a fraud and liar Elizabeth Warren is.

I actually despise that woman. I am hoping she is exposed very quickly

I'm curious.

I kind of adore her.

We are usually not this far apart on things.

[brandymac27]

I'm curious.

I kind of adore her.

We are usually not this far apart on things.

Yeah, I like her too. I wonder why the hate?

[nonniey]

I think I'll spend the next 6 years telling everyone what a fraud and liar Elizabeth Warren is.

I actually despise that woman. I am hoping she is exposed very quickly

It just wouldn't seem right without a scumbag in the Massachusetts congressional delegation would it? Warren now fills that role.

Additionally, see the Florida got one crazy out of congress West, and put another back in, Grayson. Bet West gets back in in 2 years while Grayson gets the boot. They can take turns. (note these are different seats).

[brandymac27]

It just wouldn't seem right without a scumbag in the Massachusetts congressional delegation would it? Warren now fills that role.

Can somebody please tell me why she's a "scumbag"?????

[brandymac27]

Damn Dup post....

[nonniey]

I think I'll spend the next 6 years telling everyone what a fraud and liar Elizabeth Warren is.

I actually despise that woman. I am hoping she is exposed very quickly

Come on now she has already been exposed. Doesn't matter in Massachusetts only their politics matter (They did re-elect Ted after all, no matter what he did outside of politics).

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That's what you are going with? You think she became a nationally renowned Harvard Law School professor and consumer rights advocate because she claimed to have a Cherokee great grandma once?

She still used that lie for personal gain. I see you're not denying it, which was the point that her character doesn't matter, just her politics.

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

She still used that lie for personal gain. I see you're not denying it which was my point that her character doesn't matter, just her politics

I'm not sure she was really lying (in the sense that she intentionally told a mistruth) and I don't think she gained anything from it.

And her politics are awesome.

[mjah]

Come on now she has already been exposed. Doesn't matter in Massachusetts only their politics matter (They did re-elect Ted after all, no matter what he did outside of politics).

They put Romney and Brown into office without really vetting them either. I was there for that entire Romney #*^% show.

MA seems to have gotten over the Republican governor thing, judging by Deval Patrick's approval ratings. Romney finished with disastrously poor approval, and it wasn't merely due to his party affiliation.

The idea that it's only about the initial next to your name in MA is quick, easy, and wrong.