The American Thread of Mid-Term Elections (2010)

[Teo]

mrstickball said:

Teo said:

The republicans didn't even take the senate, this just shows how out of touch they are with the majority. The house is a different story since it is not about the majority but about every little redneck pocket of people scattered in America.

I don't see how you can surmise that from the election.

Far more Republicans got elected in every facet of government than democrats did. Governors, Congressmen, Senators all went heavily Republican. The only reason they didn't take the Senate was that they only elect 1/3rd of the senators each cycle. If they elected a similar number of senators as they did governors or congressman, the Republicans would have a 55 or even 60 member majority.

The Democrats won 13 senate seats that push them over the majority again. Who is to say that some republicans would not have lost their seats as well? There are a lot of idiots in the holdover seats that are not popular in their state.

I predict another shift to democrats in 2012. If Palin runs for 2012, Obama will get another 44sure.