Posted on 11/04/2020 6:06:53 AM PST by EyesOfTX
It’s morning again in America; not the morning we necessarily had hoped for, but one filled with hope and promise for the future, as America’s mornings tend to be.
With all the angst prevailing over the presidential race still being up in the air, let’s focus on the good news out of this election for the GOP, because there was plenty to be found.
Let’s start with the U.S. Senate, which appears to be destined to remain in GOP hands:
– Mitch McConnell rolled to an easy win in Kentucky;
– Lindsey Graham overcame $130 million in Hollywood/New York money funding his Democrat opponent to roll to a landslide, 12-point re-election;
– John James appears poised to take the Michigan seat from Democrat Gary Peters;
– Tommy Tubberville has re-taken the Alabama seat from Democrat Doug Jones;
– Steve Daines rolled to an easy win in Montana over heavily-funded Democrat Steve Bullock;
– John Cornyn ran up an easy, 10-point victory over his goofy opponent in Texas;
– Not sure this is “good” news, but even Susan Collins appears to have won her re-election in Maine.
All in all, these victories and others will be enough to secure a GOP majority in the Senate for the next two years. If Sonny Perdue can avoid a runoff, that majority will be at least 51 seats, and if James can hang on and if Kelly Loeffler can win her runoff against Democrat Raphael Warnock, the majority will remain at 53 seats.
Thus, the GOP Senate majority has been vindicated for its decision to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and will now serve as a firewall against the excesses of a Biden/Harris presidency should that end up coming to fruition. This outcome was vital for the safety of the Republic, so celebrate this, even if it does mean we have to listen Susan Collins for another 6 years.
Meanwhile, in Texas… – One thing I actually got right was the fact that Texas was never really “in play” as an array of fake polls commissioned by various media outlets and opportunist universities tried to pretend.
President Trump will end up winning Texas by 6%, while Senator Cornyn and Republican Texas Railroad Commission candidate Jim Wright trounced their well-funded Democrat opponents by double digits. The GOP also retained its majorities in both houses of the state legislature and will retain 2/3rds of the state’s seats in the U.S. house.
Texas remains a reliably red state, and will stay that way for the foreseeable future.
But what about Florida? – Florida just keeps getting redder, and that’s a great thing for America. The President won that state by about 400,000 votes thanks in large part to his making major inroads with the Cuban/Venezuelan immigrant community in Miami/Dade County. The state’s Republican Party needs to work hard to ensure those new Hispanic voters are paid attention to in the coming years, because if they feel ignored and taken for granted, that progress could be quickly lost.
GOP congressional candidates also ousted a pair of Democrat incumbents in southern Florida, including the execrable old communist hack Donna Shalala.
Ohio sets its redness in stone. – Trump won this state by 8 points, and much of that phenomenon can be attributed to the state’s new focus on oil and gas production from the prolific Marcellus and Utica Shale formations. As in Pennsylvania, Fracking politics had a big role to play here.
Some other congressional pickups. – Republicans will not flip the House, but San Fran Nan won’t be expanding her majority, either. GOP challengers managed to flip several seats, with several more still up in the air.
From a story at USA Today:
Democrats are expected to retain control of the House of Representatives but optimistic projections that they would be expanding their already robust margin are falling short.
Instead, Republicans have enjoyed some bragging rights, unseating freshmen incumbents in South Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma and South Carolina, while successfully defending what looked to be several vulnerable seats in Texas and elsewhere. And early Wednesday, the GOP claimed its biggest prize by knocking off 15-term Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota.
It’s a stark contrast to 2018, when Democrats picked up key seats — many in suburban areas — that helped flip the House from Republican control to a Democratic majority. Not all the news was bad, as Democrats were expected to pick up a handful of GOP seats, including two in North Carolina districts that were redistricted under court order.
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The presidential contest will play itself out one way or the other, and if it goes the wrong way America will soon have its first woman president. But it may still go the right way, and there is nothing most of us can do about it one way or the other.
So, be of good cheer, folks, for all is not lost and there is much good news to celebrate today. Go live your lives to the fullest and keep your loved ones safe.
That is all.
I don’t see any good news there. Sorry.
MI just turned blue. If neither WI nor MI turn back to red, this is over.
You are right. Everything else PALES in comparison
Does. Not. Matter.
There is no good news. The presidential election is actively being stolen, just as we knew it would if it was close.
The rest of these folks will fall in line with the deep state, and it’s going to get real bumpy from here on out.
“This outcome was vital for the safety of the Republic, so celebrate this, even if it does mean we have to listen Susan Collins for another 6 years.”
Yea, but Lindsey Graham is a RINO (usually), which is why I wanted him to lose, and to hand the country over, completely, to Democrats. We need to punish those GOP TRAITORS!!!
(the above is sarcasm, but it does sum up what a number of people here in the past few weeks)
There is no good news here.
I see fraud and continued coup.
I personally don’t care about the GOPe. Where you see good news I see politicians who lie, cheat and steal. Trump is who I support
PA+AZ+NC would still bring it back.
Biden is not legitimate
McCain’s AZ could give China Joe the WH. Wouldn’t that be something.
Not sure I would characterize the re-election of Cornyn and Susan Collins as good news.
Neither one of them can be counted upon.
If the Democrats take the Senate, they would eliminate the filibuster and have complete control. That would be awful. We seem to have avoided that.
“not the morning we necessarily had hoped for”
but not exactly shocked by it...dims cheat steal and lie to get their way...and i guess nearly half of America? supports it?
R should not have even been close. I smell a Rat.
Trump and the SCOTUS will not let this coup happen. We’ve got to keep our cool.
Yep. Biden is fine with a GOP Senate. That gives him an excuse not to go fully commie. Meanwhile, Dems have executive branch control and will work the beltway two step with China Mitch while we continue on the road to hell.
Had anybody NOT called AZ yet?
I don’t know why everyone I see has called it.
That's why Texas needs to cash in their chips and get up from the table if Trump loses. I'm sure Texans would be more than willing to give any other like-minded states a ride.
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