2014 Election Megathread

[derspiess]

This year will be dangerous for Democrats in swing states who rode Obama's coat tails in 2008. 2016 will be dangerous for Republicans in swing states who won due to Obamacare backlash. But they can be saved by a strong Presidential candidate.

One strange quirk is that the GOP stands to lose some of the governorships they won in the glorious midterm of 2010.  Republicans simply overachieved in governor races that year and won't win as many elections this year. 

Plus apparently not all Democrat gubernatorial candidates are as horrific as the one they put up in Ohio.  Seriously, that dude (can't even remember his name) is such a bad candidate even I'm embarrassed for him.

[The Minsky Moment]

I guess the fact this congress & the next one are not going to achieve anything is now totally 100%.

Trade deals will probably get done if GOP takes over.  Of course, the furriners have to hold up their end too.

[CountDeMoney]

This I will agree with. But, what is the cause for the Dems to take a big hit like this? Are they just as disconnected?

Every two-term President since Eisenhower has had both houses of Congress in the opposition's hands during the last two years of office.  It's just what we do.  It's come down to be a normal aspect of business.  That, plus the demographics of off-year voters, the wasted Democratic votes, burnout, etc.

Personally, I'm wondering if amending the Constitution for one 6-year term as opposed to the 4+4 option wouldn't work out better for our Presidential politics, and get more shit done.

[derspiess]

What shit needs done?

[CountDeMoney]

What shit needs done?

Presidents doing their jobs instead of spending all that time trying to get reelected for one.

[garbon]

But they can be saved by a strong Presidential candidate.

So they have no hope?

[derspiess]

What shit needs done?

Presidents doing their jobs instead of spending all that time trying to get reelected for one.

Or doing fundraising AMIRIGHT???

[Eddie Teach]

But they can be saved by a strong Presidential candidate.

So they have no hope?

Alternately, they can be saved by a particularly weak Democratic candidate.

[CountDeMoney]

Or doing fundraising AMIRIGHT???

They're the leader of the party.  There's some room on the schedule for that.

[garbon]

Or doing fundraising AMIRIGHT???

They're the leader of the party.  There's some room on the schedule for that.

NYC says go home, Obama. Also apparently the town I lived in, in MA, still grumbles about how he messed up the runways at their aiport.

[mongers]

Guys when do the results/exit polls start coming in?

Being a Brit we're wedded to election results on Thursday evening, so for some reason I assumed you'd be voting on the 6th. 

[derspiess]

Should start seeing some around 7:00 or 8:00pm Eastern.  They used to have them way earlier than that but they wait for the polls to close these days.

[derspiess]

Holder sent DOJ poll monitors to my county

[mongers]

Should start seeing some around 7:00 or 8:00pm Eastern.  They used to have them way earlier than that but they wait for the polls to close these days.

Thanks for that, so around 2-3 am GMT, doable for me, if I prop the eyelids up. 

[Admiral Yi]

Holder sent DOJ poll monitors to my county

Awesome.