Wow, it seems casting my vote wasn't a complete waste...

When I turned off Stewart/Colbert last night, Webb had moved from ~20k votes down with 93% reporting in before heading over to Comedy Central to ~3k votes up with 99% reporting in at the end. I haven't seen the final numbers, but I'm guessing VA is the last state the Dems took in the Senate (assuming Webb still held that, some of the the last precincts that were still unreported were in Newport News, which is in Hampton Roads, and tends to be purple leaning towards red), leaving 51 seats Repug controlled to 49 Dem/Ind.

I doubt any of the other three potentials went Dem, since they were all at around 5% down when I last checked before going to sleep. I haven't bothered to look yet this morning. I expect my flist will be covered with results in due time, and I trust y'all more than most media outlets these days. How scary is THAT?

The Senate is unfortunately, the better of the two houses to control, since that's the one that has to approve judicial and cabinet appointments, but there are a few Rs in the Senate who are now likely to go back to playing the middle in the wake of last night's election results. I don't expect straight party line votes on every last issue anymore, and this is good.

The downer is that it was looking like the proposed amendment to the Commonwealth's Constitution banning same sex marriages probably passed. I don't know if it needed a simple majority (in which case it defintely passed, and I think this is the condition that had to be met, but my VA and US Gov. class covering this was 19 years ago now, and I'm hazy on the subject) or 75%, in which case, I don't think it made it.

Wow, it seems casting my vote wasn't a complete waste...

When I turned off Stewart/Colbert last night, Webb had moved from ~20k votes down with 93% reporting in before heading over to Comedy Central to ~3k votes up with 99% reporting in at the end. I haven't seen the final numbers, but I'm guessing VA is the last state the Dems took in the Senate (assuming Webb still held that, some of the the last precincts that were still unreported were in Newport News, which is in Hampton Roads, and tends to be purple leaning towards red), leaving 51 seats Repug controlled to 49 Dem/Ind.

I doubt any of the other three potentials went Dem, since they were all at around 5% down when I last checked before going to sleep. I haven't bothered to look yet this morning. I expect my flist will be covered with results in due time, and I trust y'all more than most media outlets these days. How scary is THAT?

The Senate is unfortunately, the better of the two houses to control, since that's the one that has to approve judicial and cabinet appointments, but there are a few Rs in the Senate who are now likely to go back to playing the middle in the wake of last night's election results. I don't expect straight party line votes on every last issue anymore, and this is good.

The downer is that it was looking like the proposed amendment to the Commonwealth's Constitution banning same sex marriages probably passed. I don't know if it needed a simple majority (in which case it defintely passed, and I think this is the condition that had to be met, but my VA and US Gov. class covering this was 19 years ago now, and I'm hazy on the subject) or 75%, in which case, I don't think it made it.

Wow, it seems casting my vote wasn't a complete waste...

When I turned off Stewart/Colbert last night, Webb had moved from ~20k votes down with 93% reporting in before heading over to Comedy Central to ~3k votes up with 99% reporting in at the end. I haven't seen the final numbers, but I'm guessing VA is the last state the Dems took in the Senate (assuming Webb still held that, some of the the last precincts that were still unreported were in Newport News, which is in Hampton Roads, and tends to be purple leaning towards red), leaving 51 seats Repug controlled to 49 Dem/Ind.

I doubt any of the other three potentials went Dem, since they were all at around 5% down when I last checked before going to sleep. I haven't bothered to look yet this morning. I expect my flist will be covered with results in due time, and I trust y'all more than most media outlets these days. How scary is THAT?

The Senate is unfortunately, the better of the two houses to control, since that's the one that has to approve judicial and cabinet appointments, but there are a few Rs in the Senate who are now likely to go back to playing the middle in the wake of last night's election results. I don't expect straight party line votes on every last issue anymore, and this is good.

The downer is that it was looking like the proposed amendment to the Commonwealth's Constitution banning same sex marriages probably passed. I don't know if it needed a simple majority (in which case it defintely passed, and I think this is the condition that had to be met, but my VA and US Gov. class covering this was 19 years ago now, and I'm hazy on the subject) or 75%, in which case, I don't think it made it.

Loyalty, hm?

I'm curious, once the subpeonas start flowing come January and Junior starts finding himself being held accaountable by Congress, is the loyalty he demands from his staff gonna flow both ways when it becomes obvious what the personal cost for protecting his underlings is gonna be?

Loyalty, hm?

I'm curious, once the subpeonas start flowing come January and Junior starts finding himself being held accaountable by Congress, is the loyalty he demands from his staff gonna flow both ways when it becomes obvious what the personal cost for protecting his underlings is gonna be?

Loyalty, hm?

I'm curious, once the subpeonas start flowing come January and Junior starts finding himself being held accaountable by Congress, is the loyalty he demands from his staff gonna flow both ways when it becomes obvious what the personal cost for protecting his underlings is gonna be?

Get ready to start fucking your favorite domesticated animal in the streets!

mjschaef commented in an earlier entry:

seems like you could accurately call most politicians these days "Poll Smokers" instead...

Heh... I think all this defense of marriage bull is just a big hairy beard.

So we should start referring to the initiatives as TomKat Clauses, because it means we get to pick on Right Wingnuts AND insane Church o' Sci morons at the same time.

Get ready to start fucking your favorite domesticated animal in the streets!

mjschaef commented in an earlier entry:

seems like you could accurately call most politicians these days "Poll Smokers" instead...

Heh... I think all this defense of marriage bull is just a big hairy beard.

So we should start referring to the initiatives as TomKat Clauses, because it means we get to pick on Right Wingnuts AND insane Church o' Sci morons at the same time.

Get ready to start fucking your favorite domesticated animal in the streets!

mjschaef commented in an earlier entry:

seems like you could accurately call most politicians these days "Poll Smokers" instead...

Heh... I think all this defense of marriage bull is just a big hairy beard.

So we should start referring to the initiatives as TomKat Clauses, because it means we get to pick on Right Wingnuts AND insane Church o' Sci morons at the same time.