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Wednesday, November 05, 2014

The Big GOP Win

The Republicans had their day in the sun yesterday winning (for right now) a 52 seat majority to 45 for the Dems. Alaska looks like it will go GOP and Virginia looks like it will stay blue. Louisiana will have a run off in December which Landrieu will likely lose. The GOP also gained 13 in the House. So that makes it 54-46. Republican governors (save Pennsylvania) stayed in office and won big as well.

What does it all mean? Well, a large part of it is voter turnout. People just stayed home or didn't know there was an election. The rest was pure anger, hate and fear of President Obama. The GOP ran on nothing but that and won.

It's going to be interesting to see if the GOP actually works with the president or acts like adolescents. I predict the former because if they want to have any chance of staying in power in 2016, they are going to have to work with him.


5 comments:

juris imprudent said...

Now, fair point - the GOP has more responsibility for governing than at any time in my memory.

And your Obamessiah is as fully discredited as any President in that same timespan - as much if not moreso than W. Truly, Nixon's credibility married to Carter's competence.

It is going to be an interesting 2 years.

juris imprudent said...

Here, maybe this will make you feel better about Republican governance.

GuardDuck said...

People just stayed home or didn't know there was an election.


Ahhh yes, the ole 'democrats are too stupid to know there was an election going on' defense.....

Well played.

Anonymous said...

Except it wasn't lower turnout

Larry said...

If the people had wanted Republicans to work with Democrats, they'd have just elected Democrats, moron.