Go vote

[Dantrag]

Honestly, I hate politics. People annoy the shit out of me. 90% of politicians vote in line with their party. What the fuck happened to the free thinkers? Why does there only have to be two fucking options to everything? Why can't people be conservative about somethings and liberal about others?

FUCK

[Atreides]

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.

yea, pretty much.

also speaking of the ridiculousness of redistricting:
http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/de...ics/ILCD04.GIF
Illinois 4th District

[Soa]

The real question is whether or not unemployment will drop and the market will start growing again in the next two years. If so, historically that means we'll see most incumbents retain, so we could see Obama with a Republican House for the next 4 years.

This election is almost a carbon copy of 1994, both in results and favorability for the controlling party. I'm fully expecting a repeat of 1996 in 2012, with Obama getting reelected and Republicans taking full control of Congress.

I also think economic recovery (unemployment mainly) will come swiftly after the mid terms are over and the dust has settled. My company straight up told us that they are sitting on a ton of cash and will start hiring again after these elections are over, and I suspect many other companies will do the same.

[Palin]

Districting is honestly the most bullshit things ever in this country's political system.

[Zoolander]

Yea, you can throw in the utterly ridiculous practices that go on in every state's re-districting policies with the other measures I mentioned that people should overwhelmingly support and will never get done any time soon because of conflicts of interest.

Maybe someday term limits for congress will be fixed too. The logic behind 2 years has proven to not fit in with reality.

[Atreides]

Feingold is out

[Tagus]

Districting has made House seats all but predetermined barring major anti-incumbent trends.

I believe the statistic is close to 95%

And they don't even give you a reach-around.

[Zoolander]

Im kinda surprised Michigan is all red. I mean rofl, the Dems sucked Detroits dick and bailed out that entire state and they still arent satisfied? Do they even understand that the GOP and conservative ideology would have let that entire state sink into the dark ages (even more, anyways)?

[Soa]

Toomey just pulled ahead of Sestak, but Sestak should still net gain about 17k from the rest of Philadelphia alone. Its surrounding counties still have quite a few votes yet to be counted, so there is a decent shot he might pull it out (please God don't let Toomey win).

[Talint]

This election is almost a carbon copy of 1994, both in results and favorability for the controlling party.

I wouldn't go quite that far yet. If republicans can clear IL, PA, CO, and NV, then absolutely, but right now they've only picked up four senate seats.

Moreover, Rs took control of the senate in 94 (if I recall correctly). The path to do so, at least at this hour, is next to impossible.

[Atreides]

Im kinda surprised Michigan is all red. I mean rofl, the Dems sucked Detroits dick and bailed out that entire state and they still arent satisfied? Do they even understand that the GOP and conservative ideology would have let that entire state sink into the dark ages (even more, anyways)?

the auto industry got bailed out but for the most part that was just the companies themselves, Michigan still got hit pretty hard in terms of jobs lost like all cities in the rust belt over the past 3-4 years, jobs that are probably never coming back (currently sitting at 13% unemployment, national average is 9.6). Add that to a somewhat lackluster get out the vote effort on the part of Democrats among african american obama supporters in the Detroit area and it's not entirely suprising to see the whole state turn red like that.

[Atreides]

live election coverage on comedy central from stewart/colbert in 2 minutes btw

[Kurokikaze]

Excellent~ thanks for heads up. Wait thats gonna be streamed?

[Dantrag]

House is gone.

[Atreides]

Excellent~ thanks for heads up. Wait thats gonna be streamed?

I can't find it on the daily show website now, but it'll probably go up tonight/tomorrow after it airs

[Headspace]

Ugh, Olivia Munn...

[Atreides]

jesus, 80% of precincts reporting and these PA and IL senate races are still so fucking close, only 11k votes between the 2 candidates in IL and 15k in PA

[Kuya]

Why can't people be conservative about somethings and liberal about others?

lol

[Cyn]

^

[BerenTebogo]

Why can't I be straight with another man's dick in my mouth?

Life is so unfair.