Midterm Election Gameday Thread

[Taro T]

  On 12/11/2018 at 2:59 PM, Buffalo_Gal said:

Cuomo warns Long Island holdout: Just pick Pelosi as speaker
 

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using his political muscle to promote Nancy Pelosi as House speaker and warned holdout Long Island Rep. Kathleen Rice that she’s helping Republicans by opposing the California Democrat.
 

“It’s not about you,” Cuomo said of Rice on WNYC radio Monday. “It’s about electing a Democratic Congress to stop bad things from happening” with President Trump.

“Don’t aid and abet the Republicans by jeopardizing her leadership,” he said.
 

But Rice, one of 32 Democrats to vote against Pelosi at the caucus level, isn’t backing down.
 

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Gee, Cuomo resorting to bullying tactics to get his way?  Shocking.  

[B-Man]

  On 12/11/2018 at 3:39 PM, Taro T said:

 

Gee, Cuomo resorting to bullying tactics to get his way?  Shocking.  

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Yeah..................standard operating procedure with him.

 

It's not like she isn't voting for a democrat......................just not ancient Nancy.

 

 

 

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[Trump_is_Mentally_fit]

Great news! Latino voting is WAY WAY UP! 

 

UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Initiative’s study of the 2018 midterms 

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found in the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico and Texas:

The average vote increase among Latinos was 96% compared to 37% among non-Latinos from 2014 to 2018. The 2018 Midterm Elections are an important indicator for estimating Latino voter participation and candidate support in defining control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the executive leadership for the over a dozen states.  Across the eight states, analysis of the official election results suggests growth in the Latino vote was influential in flipping the partisan control of 20 seats from Republican to Democrat in 2018.

 

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[Uncle Joe]

  On 12/11/2018 at 2:59 PM, Buffalo_Gal said:

Cuomo warns Long Island holdout: Just pick Pelosi as speaker
 

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using his political muscle to promote Nancy Pelosi as House speaker and warned holdout Long Island Rep. Kathleen Rice that she’s helping Republicans by opposing the California Democrat.
 

“It’s not about you,” Cuomo said of Rice on WNYC radio Monday. “It’s about electing a Democratic Congress to stop bad things from happening” with President Trump.

“Don’t aid and abet the Republicans by jeopardizing her leadership,” he said.
 

But Rice, one of 32 Democrats to vote against Pelosi at the caucus level, isn’t backing down.
 

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 We need to pass the vote for Pelosi in order to find out what is in there.
Sound familiar?

 

[Joe Miner]

  On 12/11/2018 at 5:51 PM, Uncle Joe said:

 

 We need to pass the vote for Pelosi in order to find out what is in there.
Sound familiar?

 

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If I had to guess what's in Pelosi

 

1) dust

2) a raccoon

3) some Clinton DNA

[B-Man]

Florida Senate Rules Brenda Snipes Cannot Rescind Her Resignation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Trump_is_Mentally_fit]

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Top elections officials are putting the brakes on a voter-approved constitutional amendment to restore the franchise to hundreds of thousands of residents with felony convictions. Voting rights advocates fear that the Sunshine State—which has a long, ugly history of disproportionately disenfranchising minorities and restricting access to the ballot—could undermine the largest expansion of the franchise in decades.

Their effort to slow-walk the amendment comes after it passed statewide with 65 percent of the vote in November.

 

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/florida-officials-dropping-ball-felon-voting-rights-restoration

 

Biggest expansion of voters rights in decades and Republicans are stonewalling the will of the people. Gee, I wonder why this political party would do that? 

[Buffalo_Gal]

Jon Kyl will resign from the Senate on Dec. 31, setting up another appointment to John McCain's seat 
 

U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will resign from the U.S. Senate on Dec. 31, The Arizona Republic has confirmed, setting up a second appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey to the seat once occupied by the late John McCain. 
 

Ducey is required under law to name another Republican to the seat. A replacement to the Senate seat "will be announced in the near future," according to the Governor's Office. 

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[Doc Brown]

  On 12/14/2018 at 10:16 PM, Buffalo_Gal said:

Jon Kyl will resign from the Senate on Dec. 31, setting up another appointment to John McCain's seat 
 

U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will resign from the U.S. Senate on Dec. 31, The Arizona Republic has confirmed, setting up a second appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey to the seat once occupied by the late John McCain. 
 

Ducey is required under law to name another Republican to the seat. A replacement to the Senate seat "will be announced in the near future," according to the Governor's Office. 

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Jeff Flake?  It will pry be McSally which is risky as I wouldn't be too confident in her winning the seat in 2020.

[Buffalo_Gal]

  On 12/15/2018 at 8:28 AM, Doc Brown said:

It will pry be McSally which is risky as I wouldn't be too confident in her winning the seat in 2020.

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Agreed.

Edited December 15, 2018 by Buffalo_Gal

[Buffalo_Gal]

NC voters (by referendum) voted for voter ID (55%). The GOP assembly made it law. The D Governor vetoed it.  Link to story. 

 

 

[DC Tom]

  On 12/16/2018 at 2:25 PM, Buffalo_Gal said:

NC voters (by referendum) voted for voter ID (55%). The GOP assembly made it law. The D Governor vetoed it.  Link to story. 

 

 

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So?  If they can't override the veto, it's not the "will of the people."

 

I'm fine with all bills being vetoed, on the principle that any bill that can't overcome a veto is likely partisan nonsense.

[Buffalo_Gal]

  On 12/16/2018 at 7:00 PM, DC Tom said:

 

So?  If they can't override the veto, it's not the "will of the people."

 

I'm fine with all bills being vetoed, on the principle that any bill that can't overcome a veto is likely partisan nonsense.

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The voters voted for it. That would be the "will of the people". 

[DC Tom]

  On 12/16/2018 at 7:25 PM, Buffalo_Gal said:

The voters voted for it. That would be the "will of the people". 

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55% of the people voted for it.  What, do we support the tyranny of the majority now?  Should Hillary be president now because she won the popular vote?

[3rdnlng]

  On 12/16/2018 at 8:00 PM, DC Tom said:

 

55% of the people voted for it.  What, do we support the tyranny of the majority now?  Should Hillary be president now because she won the popular vote?

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Obviously the legislature voted for it too. Would you rather have tyranny of the minority? With that said, the governor has the veto right but should be held responsible for the ramifications.

[Buffalo_Gal]

  On 12/16/2018 at 8:00 PM, DC Tom said:

 

55% of the people voted for it.  What, do we support the tyranny of the majority now?  Should Hillary be president now because she won the popular vote?

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I'm not sure of your reasoning here. There was a referendum, the people of the state voted for it 55-45. How is that not the will of the people in that state? I do not believe NC has an electoral college for referendums (ok, or for anything else either). You are mixing apples and oranges. 

If that was sarcasm, well, I missed it. 

[Buffalo_Gal]

I laughed.
 

 

[Buffalo_Gal]

Coalition Demands Pelosi Assign Ocasio-Cortez, Other ‘Progressive Champions’ to Powerful Committees
 

A progressive coalition is demanding House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) place certain progressive, current and incoming Democrats on influential House committees.
 

The coalition has called on the presumptive House speaker to award Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) with assignments on the Ways and Mean Committee. The group also wants Jayapal to be on the Judiciary Committee, Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) on Appropriations, and Rep.-elect Katie Porter (Calif.) on Financial Services.

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[3rdnlng]

  On 12/18/2018 at 3:03 PM, Buffalo_Gal said:

Coalition Demands Pelosi Assign Ocasio-Cortez, Other ‘Progressive Champions’ to Powerful Committees
 

A progressive coalition is demanding House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) place certain progressive, current and incoming Democrats on influential House committees.
 

The coalition has called on the presumptive House speaker to award Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) with assignments on the Ways and Mean Committee. The group also wants Jayapal to be on the Judiciary Committee, Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) on Appropriations, and Rep.-elect Katie Porter (Calif.) on Financial Services.

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AOC on the Ways and Means Committee? Yes, she's shown so much promise. I can see it now; "I propose a GoFundMe Account to fund the government".

[B-Man]

Rep. Martha McSally appointed to open Arizona Senate seat

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-martha-mcsally-appointed-to-open-arizona-senate-seat