Fuck its silent in here.......

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Some of the best news of the night...

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) isn't coming back to Congress.

But Michelle Bachmann is.

And Steve King.

[Gilgamesh]

I feel good about the fact that a Democrat will be making the judicial appointments to the Federal bench for the next four years.   But the election isn't over.  The out of state republicans put something called "paycheck protection" on the ballot here in California.  What it really is is a ban on unions using payroll deduction to fund political activities.  If it wins, which I doubt, we will be in court before the week is out to challenge it.

Proposition 32 lost, in spite of millions coming in from out of state to support it.

and Prop 30 won, which I am shocked by.

[Eli]

I feel good about the fact that a Democrat will be making the judicial appointments to the Federal bench for the next four years.   But the election isn't over.  The out of state republicans put something called "paycheck protection" on the ballot here in California.  What it really is is a ban on unions using payroll deduction to fund political activities.  If it wins, which I doubt, we will be in court before the week is out to challenge it.

Proposition 32 lost, in spite of millions coming in from out of state to support it.

and Prop 30 won, which I am shocked by.

I was disappointed by Prop 37 failing. Monsanto is awful, awful.

[Gilgamesh]

Some of the best news of the night...

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) isn't coming back to Congress.

But Michelle Bachmann is.

And Steve King.

Joe Walsh is gone, though.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Also...

Say....what about that Scott Brown fellow? Went from not a chance in hell to winning it.

Fuck its silent in here.......

[Brownie]

Also...

Say....what about that Scott Brown fellow? Went from not a chance in hell to winning it.

Fuck its silent in here.......

Yeah, what a terrible Senator he was. He and Bob Dold! WHAT A TEA PARTY EXTREMIST! It's wonderful that a very moderate, unifying person like Jan Schakowsky can remain in Congress.

I was trying to be optimistic about Romney, but I was prepared for that result. What's disappointing -- but probably shouldn't be surprising -- is the carte blanche Illinoisans have given Michael Madigan and John Cullerton and Pat Quinn. Now, I don't see a whole lot of daylight between the ruling party in Springfield and Obama, and I'll be pessimistic about Illinois' economy and fiscal health as well as the next four years nationally. I hope I'm wrong.

But here's what I want to know, all of you in Illinois who are apparently happy with the makeup of the Statehouse: what will they do to address our unfunded liabilities? How much should I expect to pay more in property taxes and income taxes in Illinois? What services in Illinois would you cut? Or is the strategy just to wait for the shit to hit the fan while Obama is still in office and go to Washington, hat in hand ans ask for the bailout NYC never got?

On the positive side, voter turnout was down from 2008, but it wasn't down that much. Participatory democracy is a good thing, because if I'm wrong, goodness prevailed yesterday. I voted for exactly 1 winning candidate. And if I'm right, those who did vote for all the badness that prevailed will be back, after hopefully learning a couple of things.

[Richard Chuggar]

I feel good about the fact that a Democrat will be making the judicial appointments to the Federal bench for the next four years.   But the election isn't over.  The out of state republicans put something called "paycheck protection" on the ballot here in California.  What it really is is a ban on unions using payroll deduction to fund political activities.  If it wins, which I doubt, we will be in court before the week is out to challenge it.

Proposition 32 lost, in spite of millions coming in from out of state to support it.

and Prop 30 won, which I am shocked by.

I was disappointed by Prop 37 failing. Monsanto is awful, awful.

Damn moochin' war widows

[Oleg]

Also...

Say....what about that Scott Brown fellow? Went from not a chance in hell to winning it.

Fuck its silent in here.......

Yeah, what a terrible Senator he was. He and Bob Dold! WHAT A TEA PARTY EXTREMIST! It's wonderful that a very moderate, unifying person like Jan Schakowsky can remain in Congress.

I was trying to be optimistic about Romney, but I was prepared for that result. What's disappointing -- but probably shouldn't be surprising -- is the carte blanche Illinoisans have given Michael Madigan and John Cullerton and Pat Quinn. Now, I don't see a whole lot of daylight between the ruling party in Springfield and Obama, and I'll be pessimistic about Illinois' economy and fiscal health as well as the next four years nationally. I hope I'm wrong.

But here's what I want to know, all of you in Illinois who are apparently happy with the makeup of the Statehouse: what will they do to address our unfunded liabilities? How much should I expect to pay more in property taxes and income taxes in Illinois? What services in Illinois would you cut? Or is the strategy just to wait for the shit to hit the fan while Obama is still in office and go to Washington, hat in hand ans ask for the bailout NYC never got?

On the positive side, voter turnout was down from 2008, but it wasn't down that much. Participatory democracy is a good thing, because if I'm wrong, goodness prevailed yesterday. I voted for exactly 1 winning candidate. And if I'm right, those who did vote for all the badness that prevailed will be back, after hopefully learning a couple of things.

I also voted for only one winning candidate.  Well, two if you count the VP.

[Internet Apex]

Also...

Say....what about that Scott Brown fellow? Went from not a chance in hell to winning it.

Fuck its silent in here.......

Yeah, what a terrible Senator he was. He and Bob Dold! WHAT A TEA PARTY EXTREMIST! It's wonderful that a very moderate, unifying person like Jan Schakowsky can remain in Congress.

I was trying to be optimistic about Romney, but I was prepared for that result. What's disappointing -- but probably shouldn't be surprising -- is the carte blanche Illinoisans have given Michael Madigan and John Cullerton and Pat Quinn. Now, I don't see a whole lot of daylight between the ruling party in Springfield and Obama, and I'll be pessimistic about Illinois' economy and fiscal health as well as the next four years nationally. I hope I'm wrong.

But here's what I want to know, all of you in Illinois who are apparently happy with the makeup of the Statehouse: what will they do to address our unfunded liabilities? How much should I expect to pay more in property taxes and income taxes in Illinois? What services in Illinois would you cut? Or is the strategy just to wait for the shit to hit the fan while Obama is still in office and go to Washington, hat in hand ans ask for the bailout NYC never got?

On the positive side, voter turnout was down from 2008, but it wasn't down that much. Participatory democracy is a good thing, because if I'm wrong, goodness prevailed yesterday. I voted for exactly 1 winning candidate. And if I'm right, those who did vote for all the badness that prevailed will be back, after hopefully learning a couple of things.

I also voted for only one winning candidate.  Well, two if you count the VP.

Me too!

*high fives Oleg*

I don't know why I didn't use the marker to cross out Biden's name.

*slaps forehead*

[Gilgamesh]

Also...

Say....what about that Scott Brown fellow? Went from not a chance in hell to winning it.

Fuck its silent in here.......

Yeah, what a terrible Senator he was. He and Bob Dold! WHAT A TEA PARTY EXTREMIST! It's wonderful that a very moderate, unifying person like Jan Schakowsky can remain in Congress.

I was trying to be optimistic about Romney, but I was prepared for that result. What's disappointing -- but probably shouldn't be surprising -- is the carte blanche Illinoisans have given Michael Madigan and John Cullerton and Pat Quinn. Now, I don't see a whole lot of daylight between the ruling party in Springfield and Obama, and I'll be pessimistic about Illinois' economy and fiscal health as well as the next four years nationally. I hope I'm wrong.

But here's what I want to know, all of you in Illinois who are apparently happy with the makeup of the Statehouse: what will they do to address our unfunded liabilities? How much should I expect to pay more in property taxes and income taxes in Illinois? What services in Illinois would you cut? Or is the strategy just to wait for the shit to hit the fan while Obama is still in office and go to Washington, hat in hand ans ask for the bailout NYC never got?

On the positive side, voter turnout was down from 2008, but it wasn't down that much. Participatory democracy is a good thing, because if I'm wrong, goodness prevailed yesterday. I voted for exactly 1 winning candidate. And if I'm right, those who did vote for all the badness that prevailed will be back, after hopefully learning a couple of things.

To be accurate, NYC did eventually get that bailout from Ford in '75.

[PenPho]

I feel good about the fact that a Democrat will be making the judicial appointments to the Federal bench for the next four years.   But the election isn't over.  The out of state republicans put something called "paycheck protection" on the ballot here in California.  What it really is is a ban on unions using payroll deduction to fund political activities.  If it wins, which I doubt, we will be in court before the week is out to challenge it.

Proposition 32 lost, in spite of millions coming in from out of state to support it.

and Prop 30 won, which I am shocked by.

I was disappointed by Prop 37 failing. Monsanto is awful, awful.

THIS, regardless of what Wheezer says.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Also...

Say....what about that Scott Brown fellow? Went from not a chance in hell to winning it.

Fuck its silent in here.......

Yeah, what a terrible Senator he was. He and Bob Dold! WHAT A TEA PARTY EXTREMIST! It's wonderful that a very moderate, unifying person like Jan Schakowsky can remain in Congress.

I was trying to be optimistic about Romney, but I was prepared for that result. What's disappointing -- but probably shouldn't be surprising -- is the carte blanche Illinoisans have given Michael Madigan and John Cullerton and Pat Quinn. Now, I don't see a whole lot of daylight between the ruling party in Springfield and Obama, and I'll be pessimistic about Illinois' economy and fiscal health as well as the next four years nationally. I hope I'm wrong.

But here's what I want to know, all of you in Illinois who are apparently happy with the makeup of the Statehouse: what will they do to address our unfunded liabilities? How much should I expect to pay more in property taxes and income taxes in Illinois? What services in Illinois would you cut? Or is the strategy just to wait for the shit to hit the fan while Obama is still in office and go to Washington, hat in hand ans ask for the bailout NYC never got?

On the positive side, voter turnout was down from 2008, but it wasn't down that much. Participatory democracy is a good thing, because if I'm wrong, goodness prevailed yesterday. I voted for exactly 1 winning candidate. And if I'm right, those who did vote for all the badness that prevailed will be back, after hopefully learning a couple of things.

To be accurate, NYC did eventually get that bailout from Ford in '75.

Operation Bootstrap?

[thehawk]

Also...

Say....what about that Scott Brown fellow? Went from not a chance in hell to winning it.

Fuck its silent in here.......

Yeah, what a terrible Senator he was. He and Bob Dold! WHAT A TEA PARTY EXTREMIST! It's wonderful that a very moderate, unifying person like Jan Schakowsky can remain in Congress.

[...]

Dold and Brown are collateral damage of an increasingly stratified system.  Probably worth noting, however, that the Tea Party did a far more effective job of eliminating moderate Republican congressmen and senators in the primaries than the Democrats (Lugar comes to mind this morning).

I'm really struck that after what seems to be 2 years and about $6 billion dollars, through a campaign where every person I knew probably thought 'maybe a banana republic wouldn't be that bad a choice for government' we are pretty much exactly where we were in the White House and Congress.  Meawhile all the hard choices that have been put off (pensions in Illinois, the Cliff in Washington) waiting for the 'mandate of the people to decide' are staring the same people in the face. Fitting I guess.

[Eli]

The Dow is crashing. Welcome to Obama's America.

[CBStew]

The Dow is crashing. Welcome to Obama's America.

Buy!