For the record, I RARELY listen to Bill Maher... but on the occasions I have listened to him this is about the only intelligent thing I've heard him say:

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqDBz4M9Jkg[/url]

Disclaimer: I don't think this will bother anyone here but the video contains a mild amount of explicit language.

Furthermore, it just paints my state in such a "good" light... Unfortunately, everything he says is true. Our governor has the collective intelligence of a 1,000 acre field of cow pies.

[url=http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-25/hillary-business-does-not-create-jobs-washington-does]Hillary: "Business Does Not Create Jobs", Washington Does[/url] | Zero Hedge

For Hillary and her hubby - let's just conflate them as 'HillBillary' which is fairly apt since they hail from Arkansas - that is indubitably true.

Election Day....

Almost done with all of these annoying mudslinging advertisements!

Did anyone have any interesting polling place stories?

I received a (robo)call from Michelle O.
That's about when I said: that's it, I am not going. One candidate is worse than the other. Hoi polloi will undoubtedly take care of itself.

I think the [i]Onion[/i] piece I linked in #493 pretty much predicted the outcome of this midterm.

The one undoubted plus for me is the polling showing 2/3 of Americans are very concerned about the economy. That tells me that despite stawk markits at record levels, 5+ years of looter-oligarchy-targeted bailouts and monetary easing and ceaseless recovery propagandizing, hoi polloi ain't buying what's on offer. Call it a "don't piss down our backs and tell us it's raining" vote. Not that The Other Party will do anything substantively different, mind you.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;386897]I think the [i]Onion[/i] piece I linked in #493 pretty much predicted the outcome of this midterm.

The one undoubted plus for me is the polling showing 2/3 of Americans are very concerned about the economy. That tells me that despite stawk markits at record levels, 5+ years of looter-oligarchy-targeted bailouts and monetary easing and ceaseless recovery propagandizing, hoi polloi ain't buying what's on offer. Call it a "don't piss down our backs and tell us it's raining" vote. Not that The Other Party will do anything substantively different, mind you.[/QUOTE]

Does anyone have the exact number as to what percentage of incumbents were reelected?
I'll bet it was very high.

Despite all of this [b]claimed[/b] dissatisfaction, voters did not do very much about it.

The reason is clear. They may want change, but they generally hate the [I]other[/I] party so much
that they are willing to return the incumbent rather than vote for the other party.

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;386920]Does anyone have the exact number as to what percentage of incumbents were reelected?
I'll bet it was very high.

Despite all of this [b]claimed[/b] dissatisfaction, voters did not do very much about it.

The reason is clear. They may want change, but they generally hate the [I]other[/I] party so much
that they are willing to return the incumbent rather than vote for the other party.[/QUOTE]

if [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2014#Change_in_composition"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2014#Change_in_composition[/URL] is correct using find suggest 22 got re-elected, 3 lost re-election, 8 retired, 3 are still TBD and 1 withdrew, and I think the rest had no election.

[QUOTE=science_man_88;386925]if [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2014#Change_in_composition"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2014#Change_in_composition[/URL] is correct using find suggest 22 got re-elected, 3 lost re-election, 8 retired, 3 are still TBD and 1 withdrew, and I think the rest had no election.[/QUOTE]

The Democrats could lose up to 10 seats in the Senate. That would be a huge swing in power if they lost all 10.

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;386920]Does anyone have the exact number as to what percentage of incumbents were reelected?
I'll bet it was very high.

Despite all of this [b]claimed[/b] dissatisfaction, voters did not do very much about it.

The reason is clear. They may want change, but they generally hate the [I]other[/I] party so much
that they are willing to return the incumbent rather than vote for the other party.[/QUOTE]
Nice analysis and map at [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29919793[/url]

[QUOTE=xilman;386931]Nice analysis and map at [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29919793[/url][/QUOTE]

I predict that the first thing Congress will do is to try to repeal Obamacare.
This will be vetoed.

They will then continue to push the Republican agenda: tax breaks for corporations and
the wealthy, cutting social program spending while maintaining military spending,
pushing bigotry and hatred toward immigrants (legal or not) and minorities, and trying to
force their religious agenda on everyone.

And Obama will be forced to veto.

Attach Obamacare repeal to a Continuing Resolution, then blame Obama for the shutdown when he vetoes it.