The Official Midterm Election Thread

[RandomAnthony]

Yes, I agree with Misha here.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

In a lot of states, certainly, you have to look at it county by county.

RA, I was looking at Wisconsin last night and saw that the counties I would expect to vote for Feingold, like Milwaukee and a couple others, did, but also Menominee County north of Green Bay, and several WAY up north. Is he from Menominee County? How do you explain that? I just assumed only snowmobilers, hunters, and bears lived in those northern counties.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I know I voted for R's, D's, and I's on my ballot. I don't care what their label is, I want qualified people who look like they could do the job.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I voted for a couple Republicans too. Just not for any offices where they could do any damage. I also threw in a Green candidate or two. And an Independent. I did my research!

[RandomAnthony]

I'm not sure, LG. Jim, what do you think? I honestly don't know. I'm pretty sure Feingold is from Madison....not sure what his connection would be up there.

[Phil]

The FIRST ENTRY on the Utah ballots is one that says "Straight Party Vote."

You make one simple mark on the ballot and you've voted for every (insert party choice here) listed.

STUPID, STUPID, STUPID.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Wiki says he was born in Janesville and lives in Middleton (outside Madison).

[Jim]

Feingold is from Middleton, which is just west of Madison. Who knows what lurks in the north woods!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I've been to Menominee County and it's hard to imagine any of the people I saw voting for him. But they did!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Misha wrote: "Maybe he's popular among Bigfeet?"

They struggled so long for the right to vote...

[Félix]

Email from Guess Who today:


Dear MoveOn member,

There's no sugarcoating it. The election results overall are devastating.

And already, pundits are telling Democrats they "overreached," and need to be less progressive.

Well, here's our take: Americans needed to see Democrats out there, every day, fighting tooth and nail for regular folks. But too often, on things like the AIG bonus scandal and the foreclosure crisis, they saw corporate lobbyists getting their way while people suffered.

Democrats made genuine and significant progress on issues like health care and Wall Street reform. But the Republicans, Fox, and corporate front groups systematically misled America about all of that. And then those same groups spent hundreds of millions to put Republicans over the top.

Progressive heroes like Russ Feingold, Alan Grayson, and Tom Perriello stood up for everything we believe in. But they were swamped by voter frustration and corporate cash.

It sure makes the change we seek seem a long way off.

But when I'm tempted to throw up my hands and walk away, I think of folks like Steve Nathan, an amazing MoveOn volunteer leader in Pennsylvania. Since Steve got laid off months ago, he's been splitting his time between hunting for a job and helping organize hundreds of other MoveOn members.

Then, two weeks ago, Steve arrived home from four hours out knocking on the doors of Democratic voters to find a foreclosure notice taped to his own door. "I'm in shock and stunned," he wrote us in an email, apologizing for needing to cut back on his duties. But Steve didn't cut back—he's been out knocking on doors and coordinating volunteers almost every day since.

Just like thousands of other MoveOn members who tirelessly canvassed, held house parties, and made calls all year.

When I talked to Steve yesterday, he told me that, win or lose, house or no house, he's not stopping his work for change. "Doing that," he said, "would mean giving up all hope, and I'll never do that."

We can't either.

Because Steve's work—and your work—has made a difference. Now millions of people will get health care. Some of the worst Wall Street abuses have been reined in. Billions have been invested in clean energy.

We can't give up hope because our country is still hurting. And if corporate Republicans and tea partiers have their way, things will get a lot worse.

We can't stop fighting because we carry in our hearts a vision of Americans coming together to take care of each other and make our country work again. And if we don't fight for that vision, who will?

Today, we should all take a breath.

Tomorrow we need to get back to work.

Our country needs us still.

Thank you—for all you did this year to make change happen, and all you will do to keep up the fight.

[Karen]

I think he has MS. I have a friend with it and her voice goes hoarse like that at time.

[Ken]

Sarah Pi wrote: "I've got a close eye on the California Attorney General race"

I really hope Kamala Harris, ahead by a thread at the moment, pulls the thing out. She's destined to become a politcal star eventually either way.

[Kate]

I have a friend who is traveling in France. Here's her Facebook post from today:

Poignant yet depressing that the French TSA agent at the security checkpoint knew by 7:30am that that the House was lost, the Senate was still holding on and questioned “how Americans could have already forgotten what happened the last time the GOP was in control?”

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Bristol Palin did not vote.

Also, there are strange rumors that she is pregnant again! I must say, the photos do show her heavy in the midsection.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I swear I saw Bristol Palin on Dancing With the Stars the other night. This world is just weird.

[RandomAnthony]

She is on Dancing With the Stars. Was Jackie kidding?:)

[Sarah]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11...

Oklahoma sharia law struck down.