2010 Midterm Election - * * * O P E N T H R E A D * * *

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Open thread for following the election results tonight. Several states results maybe cliff hangers and go into recounts (e.g. Washington, Nevada, and Alaska). It should be a wild and bumpy ride tonight. And of course, you're welcomed to participate in a live chat on Efnet IRC #talk_politics. Efnet org has an easy java script client to join the channel, or use other clients.

First bit of news: ABC News has fired Andrew Brietbart from its election coverage tonight.

Comments

[kinvore.livejournal.com]

It'll probably last about as long. When the Tea Party fails to cut the deficit by any significant amount they'll lose their base and expose themselves for the flash in the pan that they are. Unless the economy recovers but then chances are Obama will be reelected as well.

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

Except the Dems held the Senate, so they can just blame those darned senators and their silly filibusters.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Darrell Issa in San Diego for example. He said DC can't create jobs, but his district relies heavily on Defense/Federal dollars. So what's he going to cut specifically, since you know, the Feds can't create jobs!

[new-wave-witch.livejournal.com]

I don't know. If rhetoric alone can get them this far, this fast...

[kinvore.livejournal.com]

It wasn't rhetoric alone, though. It was also the worst economy since the Great Depression.

[new-wave-witch.livejournal.com]

It's still pretty amazing how fast that landscape can shift in just two years.

[kinvore.livejournal.com]

If the economy continues it'll probably change again in 2 more.

[new-wave-witch.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think so. My feeling that rhetoric lead this year makes me doubt that such logic would pull through.

[kawaiimamimi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no, I definitely think the economy had way more to do with it than anything else.

I feel that most Americans looked at their empty ass bank accounts and lack of jobs and decided to vote based on the fact that "whoever was in charge now hadn't magically fixed it." Most Americans, especially those my age, lack even a basic understanding of economics and voted accordingly.

If the economy had been in an upswing this election would've been vastly, vastly different.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

I'm mildly amused that people still believe anything in the economy depends on those guys in the senate/house/whitehouse.

[kinvore.livejournal.com]

Yeah deserved or not they get the glory and/or the blame.