Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)

[BlueTX]

Seeing a lot of Beto should go away posts. And while I'd vote for him in a dem national primary he's done a decent job helping turn Texas from deep red to red. You have to start somewhere. Carpetbag him into some lean R/purple district see how he does. He's decent in front of a mic and we don't have too many national dems who are.

Perhaps Beto would do well in another state. I'll give you that. He's a tireless worker and a good retail politician.

But I live in a state that's uninterested in politics, generally speaking, as a pathetic % of people vote and those who do are easily swayed by stupid slogans ("don't California Texas" when, in fact, a majority of people from CA who move here are right-leaning) or the latest cultural outrage (the libs are gonna transgender your kid and teach them CRT!!). I'm feeling too old these days to try and change much here. In the future, my efforts will be elsewhere. Especially if my youngest decides to practice medicine elsewhere.

 

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[LinekersLegs]

MAGA candidates don’t seem to be doing especially well but they can still sow chaos unfortunately

 

[LinekersLegs]

Ffs

 

[Martin Alvito]

Cross fingers

Wow. No one thought that seat was even remotely in play. By and large, Democratic 'bums' are defying gravity tonight as well. There are a lot of incumbents in tough districts for the Democrats that appear to have survived. It probably won't be enough to keep the gavel in the Democrats' hands, so they're probably looking at a leadership clean sweep, but the outcome of a midterm year could be a lot worse for them.

Looks very much like a Fetterman win after what's out is counted. Still don't see a pathway for Walker to 50%, so we're probably doing that one again in a month. Possible that the Democrats won't have to sweat that one, but it will be a while before we know what happened in Nevada.

As you point out, McCarthy won't have much in the way of wiggle room.

 

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[Martin Alvito]

Only Father Time can beat that guy.

 

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[Martin Alvito]

I hope he wears the hoodie on the floor.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Looks like the "Red wave" isn't happening at all. I mean, what can you really expect when you are trying to ban abortion for victims of rape? Or are trying to keep gun laws lax when children continue to be massacred by sick psychopaths?

Republicans look like winning the House, but not the Senate, with Harris again being the tie-breaker.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

I pray that the US doesn't cock this up!

 

[neil999]

Shy Democrats? As in people realising how important abortion rights are... That they wouldn't want to say in public

 

[Wizard]