Go vote

[Headspace]

I dont' want to live on this planet anymore.

[Atreides]

What the fuck is a "backroom deal"

Are they like death panels?

I'll give you a backroom deal baby

And honestly you guys are complaining and upset but things could have been a LOT worse this year. If the Tea Party hadn't gotten involved the senate would have probably been lost too.

[Dimmauk]

At least the witch lost. LOL

[Rhinox]

HEY LIBERUH MEDIA LETS KEEP FLASHING DEMS LOSE HOUSE

its not like it could still effect outcome in other races out west! right?!?

[BerenTebogo]

I'll give you a backroom deal baby

And honestly you guys are complaining and upset but things could have been a LOT worse this year. If the Tea Party hadn't gotten involved the senate would have probably been lost too.

Mmmm. Yum.

Also, lol at America being saved by racists!

[SwampdonkeyPLD]

Why, I'm glad you asked.

http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/

Lame

[Kuya]

lol

[arus2001]

For me, it's not about potentially being worse or not. I'd just like to see some cooperation toward needed goals of tomorrow instead of perpetual finger pointing blaming the other guy for what's wrong today. Thinking back to the Daily Show thread and the Crossfire incident with how it pretty much came down to media poisoning the political process paired with the Obama interview and how the system itself just needs some revamps... I dunno, it's hard to care while feeling your concern gets drowned out by money, but I have to care because shit rolls downhill with the stink preceding it.

[Atreides]

and when I say things could be worse, keep in mind in 2012 there are only going to be 9 republican senate seats up for re-election, but 23 democrats. The Democrats are going to have a BIG uphill climb to keep the presidency and and senate, and work to try and reclaim of what's shaping up to be a huge number of lost house seats too

[Talint]

and when I say things could be worse, keep in mind in 2012 there are only going to be 9 republican senate seats up for re-election, but 23 democrats. The Democrats are going to have a BIG uphill climb to keep the presidency and and senate, and work to try and reclaim of what's shaping up to be a huge number of lost house seats too

Obama's on the ballot. Barring a catastrophe, I feel that he can win reelection, and will definitely drag some Ds with him to victory. He's still personally very popular, even while his job approval plummets; and the republicans don't have any real contenders right now. Fair is fair though, and I said that in 2006, so anything can happen.

Anyway, I'm keeping an eye on Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Sestak is coming out of nowhere (like I thought he would), and Feingold is seriously under performing.

I do love me some election night.

[Dimmauk]

I cant wait to LOL @ the Tea party/Republicans attempt to "fix" the economy.

[Atreides]

Obama's on the ballot. Barring a catastrophe, I feel that he can win reelection, and will definitely drag some Ds with him to victory. He's still personally very popular, even while his job approval plummets; and the republicans don't have any real contenders right now. Fair is fair though, and I said that in 2006, so anything can happen.

Anyway, I'm keeping an eye on Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Sestak is coming out of nowhere (like I thought he would), and Feingold is seriously under performing.

I do love me some election night.

me too me too

things are looking REAAAALLY bad for feingold

and yeah I think the Republicans need to deal with this rift/civil war quickly if they're going to get someone out there in front of cameras early enough to start winning the celebrity war against Obama, but I suspect he'll get reelected too, although 2 years is a long time in politics

[Dantrag]

It's too early to say what will happen in 2012. Shit in general gives me a fucking headache.

[Atreides]

one thing you can be sure about is that 2012 is going to have even more corporate money and anonymous attack ads than 2010, simply because the stakes are higher in a presidential election, unless they fix campaign finance. It's going to be ugly and fucking crazy

[Cream Soda]

America, fuck yea.

[Dantrag]

one thing you can be sure about is that 2012 is going to have even more corporate money and anonymous attack ads than 2010, simply because the stakes are higher in a presidential election, unless they fix campaign finance. It's going to be ugly and fucking crazy

Oh, THAT will be fucking fun. Can you imagine the ads that will be against Obama? Map is turning pretty fkn red.

[Zoolander]

I think what really blows my mind is that certain issues like campaign finance and tort reform are things that the majority of Americans would (or should) be overwhelmingly behind, but because of these stupid SCOTUS rulings and conflicts of interest in congress the chances of either being passed is slim.

Also amazes me that EVERYONE agreed that it would take several years to climb out of the recession, yet the bitching and moaning about the economy continues to get worse even thought pretty much any and every economically inclined person/scholar I know is pretty pleased with how things are progressing, especially considering how much worse shit could have been. I see nothing to indicate jobs wont go up, they are the absolute last thing to catch up with the rest of the economic recovery.

This constant rhetoric that the sky is falling by the GOP has killed consumer confidence honestly. I (and this is not an original opinion obv) actually think jobs would have started picking up a while ago if the masses didnt have their confidence in the market totally shattered again and again over these last 4 years or so.

[Palin]

Surprising to see Penn and Illinois Senate races stay so close with Dems leading. Most polls had the GOP winnin those states.

So far the GOP is overperforming polls in the House and underperforming in the Senate. Personally that doesn't bother me since the Dems who are being replaced in the House are mostly the Blue dogs who were too scared to vote progressively in fear of losing their constituency. Funny how that worked out.

[Zoolander]

I would wager most people just vote on party lines for house seats and actually put a lot more thought into senate candidates. I know I do, or at least have, in past elections.

[Tagus]

I think the thing about 2012 that scares me the most, is how many facebook polls are going to get discussed on the actual news. There might not be a direct correlation between a person's stupidity and their level of facebook usage, but there are certainly some dumb motherfuckers on there.