Palin loses in Alaska, Democrats gain lone house seat for first time in decades.

[dank69]

Agreed that picture did not look remotely correct.

Well it came from a conservative so 99% chance it's a lie.

 

[pcgeek11]

insulting people, that’s a problem? Weird, you voted for a guy with nothing but insults. So sounds like, once again, you don’t have a leg to stand on

Actually I have two legs to stand on.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Actually I have two legs to stand on.

cool, you’ll need those to fluff trump some more

 

[rommelrommel]

cool, you’ll need those to fluff trump some more

No legs puts you at the right height tho.

 

[pcgeek11]

No legs puts you at the right height tho.

I'll have to take your word on that.

 

[rommelrommel]

I'll have to take your word on that.

Sorry you don’t have a functioning brain.

 

[FelixDeCat]

I dont this one matters much. Dems are going to lose big in November.

 

[skyking]

I dont this one matters much. Dems are going to lose big in November.

You don't english matters much either. Anyone else in the club would use 'bigly'.

 

[linkgoron]

I dont this one matters much. Dems are going to lose big in November.

The way things are looking currently - they've got a pretty good shot at gaining at least one seat in the Senate, maybe even two.
The house looks worse for them, but it currently looks way better than the blowout that I expected a few months ago.

 

[FelixDeCat]

You don't english matters much either. Anyone else in the club would use 'bigly'.

Thanks to Bidenflation I even have to economize words these days.

 

[FelixDeCat]

The way things are looking currently - they've got a pretty good shot at gaining at least one seat in the Senate, maybe even two.
The house looks worse for them, but it currently looks way better than the blowout that I expected a few months ago.

Well you never know these days.

 

[feralkid]

Thanks to Bidenflation I even have to economize words these days.

Yup, thanks to Sleepy Joe, a bag of hammers is now 50% smarter than you.

 

[Vic]

Who couldn't see this coming...
“Scam to rig elections”: Tom Cotton fumes over Sarah Palin loss as GOP fans cry “stolen election” (msn.com)

I loved how he attacks RCV while ignoring the fact that Palin and Begin split the R vote (and so Palin would have lost anyway).

 

[Vic]

The Alito blue tsunami is coming.

I think it's becoming increasingly clear that the reason SCOTUS got so upset about the Dobbs leak was because they intended to hold off releasing the decision until after the midterms.

 

[Vic]

I'm more of a traditionalist and old. I like what I am used too. I really don't see any inherent problems with it. Seems weird having everyone on the same ballot (Dems, Repubs and Independents).

What if the party system died and we started voting for the most qualified candidate who best fit our personal positions on the issues, instead of whatever stooge the parties choose to let us decide between?

 

[Zorba]

Typical Repub ploy where they go hard right to win primaries then swing a wee bit softer the other way to sucker some independents into voting R. Hypocrisy is not at all a problem so long as these Repub candidates stay on the red side of the fence. Hell they could stand on the fence and lean a bit their way and it's all good.

The bitch that won my district in 2020 just straight ran on a democratic platform in the general. Of course her first act in Congress was voting to end democracy and has voted against everything she claimed to be for.

 

[trenchfoot]

The bitch that won my district in 2020 just straight ran on a democratic platform in the general. Of course her first act in Congress was voting to end democracy and has voted against everything she claimed to be for.

And I bet she'll keep doing that over and over again and keep winning because there's so many gullible careless voters that don't care to catch on to the scam she's pulling on them.

 

[Zorba]

I think it's becoming increasingly clear that the reason SCOTUS got so upset about the Dobbs leak was because they intended to hold off releasing the decision until after the midterms.

Can they do that? I thought they had to give an opinion in the session the case was heard?

 

[Vic]

Thanks to Bidenflation I even have to economize words these days.

It's somehow hilarious that the same conservatives who claim to know oh-so-much about economic matters are too fucking stupid to know that this inflation was caused entirely by the Fed's loose monetary policies during the pandemic.

 

[Amused]

Thanks to Bidenflation I even have to economize words these days.

Fact: The US dollar is historically strong for the very reason that the US has weathered the WORLDWIDE inflation better than virtually every other country on earth.

It amazes me how simple minded Republicans are.

By every standard, the Biden administration has handled the economy AND energy prices better than every other world leader during the WORLDWIDE economic inflationary period. We have had close to the lowest inflation rates AND every prices of any first world country on earth.

Fact Check: Biden Says U.S. Inflation 'Lowest of Almost Every Major Nation'

As Americans reel from the news that inflation has hit a 40-year high of 9.1 percent, was Joe Biden correct to say the country is performing better than most?

www.newsweek.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/gas-prices-around-the-world/

Oops.

Facts matter.

 

[Amol S.]

The way things are looking currently - they've got a pretty good shot at gaining at least one seat in the Senate, maybe even two.
The house looks worse for them, but it currently looks way better than the blowout that I expected a few months ago.

Actually three. Pa,NC, and Wisconsin are showing Democrat senate candidates in the lead in the recent polls.

 

[Amol S.]

Question, is the senate race in Alaska in November also going to be ranked choice? If so, there is a chance that Democrats may win 4 seats in the senate in November. this would require Tshibaka getting eliminated in the last round. There are 3 Republicans against 1 Democrat. If Tshibaka losses before the last round, then Merkowski would win.

 

[linkgoron]

Actually three. Pa,NC, and Wisconsin are showing Democrat senate candidates in the lead in the recent polls.

Pa will most likely end up blue, and Wisconsin looks like it's leaning that way slightly, but GA is much much closer than I thought it would be and I wouldn't put my money on NC at all.

 

[pcgeek11]

What if the party system died and we started voting for the most qualified candidate who best fit our personal positions on the issues, instead of whatever stooge the parties choose to let us decide between?

That may be a good thing.

 

[SMOGZINN]

What if the party system died and we started voting for the most qualified candidate who best fit our personal positions on the issues, instead of whatever stooge the parties choose to let us decide between?

The party system is not likely to ever die because it is more of a consequence of human nature then the particulars of the political system. Simply put it makes sense to band together and share costs (both economic and political) and make alliances of mutual support.

What RCV naturally does is weaken the power the parties hold considerably. RCV will tend to push both parties closer together ideologically, and should allow more parties to successfully campaign. It also allows for single issue parties to form to actually get some important issues handled.