MrMoonPie: it looks like results for that district will be hereContact details modified! There's no "best friend" designation, though.
Something to bear in mind tonight as the results come in. A grown-up (especially a frustrated, overwhelmed and worn out grown-up) may allow a selfish child to snatch a toy away from a playmate momentarily. That doesn't mean the adult will let the selfish child keep it. The grown-up will, once the initial temper tantrum has run its course, slowly take the toy back while calmly explaining to the child "No. You have to share." The grown-up will do that because grown-ups are bigger than children, stronger than children, and because they know better.The awesome thing about that analogy is that everyone gets to say they're the adult and everyone else is the child. Try it! It works!
"Shall the amendment to Article VIII, Section II of the State Constitution, agreed to by the Legislature, which: prohibits collection by the State of assessments based solely on employee wages and salaries for any purpose other than providing employee benefits; dedicates all employer and employee contributions collected for any employee benefit fund, and all returns on investments of those contributions, to the purpose of that fund; and prohibits any transferring, borrowing, appropriating or using of those contributions or returns for any other purpose, be approved?"Now, look at me with a straight face, and tell me that you understand that. I always voted by mail in NJ, just so that I could have interpreted versions of those ballot questions on hand to make sure that I didn't accidentally mis-parse a double-negative somewhere in the question.
Something to bear in mind tonight as the results come in. A grown-up (especially a frustrated, overwhelmed and worn out grown-up) may allow a selfish child to snatch a toy away from a playmate momentarily. That doesn't mean the adult will let the selfish child keep it. The grown-up will, once the initial temper tantrum has run its course, slowly take the toy back while calmly explaining to the child "No. You have to share." The grown-up will do that because grown-ups are bigger than children, stronger than children, and because they know better.It's important to remember, though, that eventually the child grows to become an adult, while the adult can become old and infirm. Sooner or later, the roles are reversed and the adult will depend on the child. Thus, it's important for grown-ups to remember to treat their children well and use their temporary power carefully.
Verb, Can you call 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683) and let them know what happened? I'm doing election protection/anti-intimidation work in Minnesota, and we're getting a lot of reports like this. 866-OUR-VOTE is both tracking those incidents and sending response teams when appropriate.Thanks a lot, elmer. I did!
Some polls will have attorneys monitoring activity - I did this in the last two Presidential elections.Yeah, though we were wearing obvious "I JUST VOTED!" stickers, and he was checking photo IDs after we left. Later I mentioned the weirdness of it to my wife and she mentioned that one of the election judges had warned her about the guy -- apparently a number of people had thought they were legally obligated to show him their ID, etc, and he kept dashing whenever the judges came out to check. So. Ultra-shady.
Some polls will have attorneys monitoring activity - I did this in the last two Presidential elections.Yeah, though we were wearing obvious "I JUST VOTED!" stickers, and he was checking photo IDs after we left. Later I mentioned the weirdness of it to my wife and she mentioned that one of the election judges had warned her about the guy -- apparently a number of people had thought they were legally obligated to show him their ID, etc, and he kept dashing whenever the judges came out to check. So. Ultra-shady."
Beyond ideology, could it be that this is the year the most dweeby, creepy, and unctuous win? Hate to admit, I'd become rather fond of Linda McMahon in Connecticut, the undoubtedly vulgar, but extremely energetic and over-the top, Republican candidate who built a television wrestling empire. She lost to the Democrat, Richard Blumenthal, with his weird and often weepy attachment to the military – so much so that he inflated his resume into having himself serve in Vietnam, which had no relationship at all to reality. The wrestling exec or the toy-soldier boy? Sheesh.posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:14 PM on November 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
Despite record election achievements by African-Americans in the House, the United States Senate will not have an African-American in its ranks.posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:55 PM on November 2, 2010
All three black Senate candidates, Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Alvin Greene (D-SC) and Mike Thurmond (D-GA) are projected to lose tonight. The only incumbent black senator, Roland Burris (Ill.-D), is retiring.
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,posted by orthogonality at 8:24 PM on November 2, 2010 [8 favorites]
alive as you and me.
Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
"I never died" said he,
"I never died" said he.
"The Copper Bosses killed you Joe,
they shot you Joe" says I.
"Takes more than guns to kill a man"
Says Joe "I didn't die"
Says Joe "I didn't die"
"In Salt Lake City, Joe," says I,
Him standing by my bed,
"They framed you on a murder charge,"
Says Joe, "But I ain't dead,"
Says Joe, "But I ain't dead."
And standing there as big as life
and smiling with his eyes.
Says Joe "What they can never kill
went on to organize,
went on to organize"
From San Diego up to Maine,
in every mine and mill,
Where working men defend their rights,
it's there you'll find Joe Hill,
it's there you'll find Joe Hill!
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
alive as you and me.
Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
"I never died" said he,
"I never died" said he.
Russ FeingoldAs for the winner, Ron Johnson?
- Feingold is perhaps best known for his work alongside Senator John McCain on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
- Feingold is also a well-known advocate for reductions in pork barrel spending and corporate welfare. Citizens Against Government Waste, the Concord Coalition, and Taxpayers for Common Sense, three nonpartisan organizations dedicated to those causes, have repeatedly commended him.
- Feingold, who was elected to Congress on a promise not to accept pay raises while in office, has so far returned over $70,000 in such raises to the U.S. Treasury. In addition, he is notoriously frugal in his office's spending, and sends back the money that he does not use.
- Feingold was the only senator to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act when first voted on in 2001.
- Feingold was one of 28 US senators to vote against H.J. Resolution 114, which authorized President George W. Bush to use force against Iraq in 2002.
- Feingold has long been an advocate for creating a system of universal health care in America. During his first run for the Senate, he endorsed the single-payer model, similar to that used by Canada. Once elected, he opposed the Clinton health care plan, saying that it did too much for the insurance industry and not enough for the uninsured.
- On April 4, 2006, Feingold told constituents at a listening session in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that he supported the legalization of same-sex marriage. [...] On May 18, 2006, Feingold again made news with his stance on marriage when he walked out of a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee shortly before a vote on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. After Feingold objected to both the amendment and decision of Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA at the time) to move the meeting to an area of the Capitol Building not open to the public, Specter told Feingold, "I don't need to be lectured by you. You are no more a protector of the Constitution than am I. If you want to leave, good riddance." Feingold then replied, "I've enjoyed your lecture, too, Mr. Chairman. See ya." He then left the room and did not return.
- Johnson opposed a Wisconsin bill that would have made it easier for child sex abuse victims to sue their abusers.So a principled, honorable, independent-minded progressive leader is replaced by a hypocritical know-nothing Tea Party businessman. An unfortunate encapsulation of the attitudes in this election.
- Johnson has strongly opposed the Recovery Act as a candidate. He [stated], "We would have been far better off not spending any of the money and let the recovery happen as it was going to happen." [...] Johnson himself sought stimulus money in 2009 while he led a nonprofit educational organization in Oshkosh.
- Johnson has opposed increased government spending and the federal stimulus. He has supported broad reduction in federal tax rates, simplifying regulations on business, and free market health care solutions.
- Johnson has called scientists who attribute global warming to man-made causes "crazy" and has said the theory is "lunacy." He has said the source of the climate change is "sunspot activity or just something in the geologic eons of time."
- During a debate, Johnson stated that he is "disappointed that the Obama administration is launching an assault on BP" after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Johnson disclosed that he once owned more than $100,000 worth of stock in BP
- Johnson believes marriage should be between one man and one woman and he supports the present military policy of "don't ask, don't tell".
- He opposes abortion except in the case of incest, rape, and when the mother's life is in danger.
- He opposes research funding for embryonic stem cells. Johnson has stated he disagrees with it morally and also eliminating funding would help balance the federal budget.
Gosh he's getting really weepy. It's kind of sweet and then you think, this man is going to be in charge of the House of Representatives.posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:51 PM on November 2, 2010 [5 favorites]
The Fall of Romeposted by codacorolla at 8:54 PM on November 2, 2010 [5 favorites]
by W. H. Auden
(for Cyril Connolly)
The piers are pummelled by the waves;
In a lonely field the rain
Lashes an abandoned train;
Outlaws fill the mountain caves.
Fantastic grow the evening gowns;
Agents of the Fisc pursue
Absconding tax-defaulters through
The sewers of provincial towns.
Private rites of magic send
The temple prostitutes to sleep;
All the literati keep
An imaginary friend.
Cerebrotonic Cato may
Extol the Ancient Disciplines,
But the muscle-bound Marines
Mutiny for food and pay.
Caesar's double-bed is warm
As an unimportant clerk
Writes I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK
On a pink official form.
Unendowed with wealth or pity,
Little birds with scarlet legs,
Sitting on their speckled eggs,
Eye each flu-infected city.
Altogether elsewhere, vast
Herds of reindeer move across
Miles and miles of golden moss,
Silently and very fast.
Obama will do something like, oh, give these people affordable and effective health care, and they will whip themselves up into a frenzy thinking that it is all part of his secret master plan to implement Sharia law in order to satisfy the commands that are being beamed directly into his head by his communist Nazi Jewish Muslim atheist reptilian humanoid homosexual overlords from the Union of Soviet Socialist Trilateral Bilderberg Commisions.posted by Flunkie at 10:35 PM on November 2, 2010 [17 favorites]
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), an extremist animal rights organization based in Washington, DC, has put language on the November 2 ballot that has broad implications for Missouri pet owners and breeders, livestock producers and sportsmen. While Proposition B proposes to implement a number of unnecessary rules and regulations for Missouri dog breeders, this is only the tip of the iceberg. - Missouri Farm Bureau
Larry Miller, president of the Southeast Missouri Cattlemen's Association, agrees with Cape Girardeau County Farm Bureau president Steffens. He said, "Down the road it's going to affect everyone in the United States. They want to abolish all livestock production in the United States. They want to do away with hunting, killing animals for food, fishing. What are we going to eat -- soybeans and corn?" - KOMU TV via Ballotopedia.org
99% of precincts reportingBrady hasn't conceded, is demanding recount, etc. Somebody fucking call this thing already.
Quinn (D) 1,694,196 46.5%
Brady (R) 1,685,847 46.2%
Unemployment currently stands at 9.6%, just a pinch below the 10.1% peak hit last October. Economists surveyed by CNNMoney.com expect unemployment will still be barely over 9% a year from now. But the long-term outlook is rosier -- overall, they forecast unemployment to drop to about 8.1% on Election Day 2012, with some predicting it’ll drop as low as 7% by then.As Jamison Foser notes, they are essentially saying that the "rosy" scenario for Obama will be that the economy stays at the worst level it has ever been since the Great Depression for longer than any other periods since that time, combined.
Now, the choice we face is not between saving our environment and saving our economy. The choice we face is between prosperity and decline. We can remain the world's leading importer of oil, or we can become the world's leading exporter of clean energy. We can allow climate change to wreak unnatural havoc across the landscape, or we can create jobs working to prevent its worst effects. We can hand over the jobs of the 21st century to our competitors, or we can confront what countries in Europe and Asia have already recognized as both a challenge and an opportunity: The nation that leads the world in creating new energy sources will be the nation that leads the 21st-century global economy.That right there, to my mind and based on many years on the cleantech/climate beat as a journalist, is your durable winning strategy, Dems. If this is your core message, undiluted, repeated on every stump and from every spinning analyst from MSNBC to the local action news, you might be able to finally break all the way through.
America can be that nation. America must be that nation. And while we seek new forms of fuel to power our homes and cars and businesses, we will rely on the same ingenuity -- the same American spirit -- that has always been a part of our American story.
You don't pay $140 Million for an election unless you expect to get something worth at least that much in return. It gives one pause.To some extent, it's a way of changing power-classes. You can be rich and you can lose your money, but if you become a senator or a governor or even a member of congress you've achieved access to certain halls of power that take REALLY insane levels of purely monetary success.
Exit polls were conducted in 26 states (mostly, where there were competitive Senate contests). The largest enthusiasm gap came in New Hampshire. There, Tuesday night’s voters claimed to have voted for John McCain by a 4-point margin, when in fact Barack Obama won the state by 10 points. That’s a 14-point enthusiasm gap.posted by Rhaomi at 2:56 PM on November 4, 2010
The next largest enthusiasm gap came in Indiana; the electorate there shifted from having favored Mr. Obama by 1 point in 2008 to Mr. McCain by 10 points: an 11-point gap.
The enthusiasm gap was 10 points in Nevada, and 9 points in Iowa. It was 8 points in Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois.
[...]
What we’re probably seeing, then, is the “hangover” from the Mr. Obama’s turnout efforts in 2008. In states like Ohio and New Hampshire and Indiana, where Democrats registered tons of new voters and made sure that all of them got to the polls, a lot of them didn’t participate this time around.
A sizeable number of voters (40%) said that they support the Tea Party political movement (including 21% who strongly support it). Fewer (31%) said they oppose the movement (23% strongly); another 25% said they neither support nor oppose it. Agreement with the Tea Party was considerably higher than in most pre-election polling, reflecting the greater enthusiasm of conservative voters to turn out. Tea Party supporters overwhelmingly supported Republican candidates for the House nationally, and in key Senate races such as Nevada. Those who support the Tea Party voted 87% to 11% for Republican House candidates, while those who oppose the movement voted 86% to 12% for Democratic candidates. Those who are neutral about the Tea Party divided their votes about evenly (50% Republican, 47% Democratic).-- Pew Research
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