The Silver Lining: conservadems repudiated, progressive caucus of Democratic Party intact
November 3, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The corporatist conservadems of the DLC and Third Way, and their New Democrat coalition and the Blue Dog coalition in the House bore the brunt of last night's electoral defeats. So how did that "be Republican-light enablers of the GOP" strategy work out for you? The GOP came after you anyway. Of course, the conservadems wanker … Read more
Waking Up on November 3, 2010 Wanting a Return to Progressivism
November 3, 2010
By Jenn Chris Coons provides a look at how Democrats could be… Was it all some horrible nightmare? This was the hope I woke up to this morning after a long, bleary-eyed night of gut-wrenching election results coverage. Republicans swept the House, and came very close to taking the Senate. Jan Brewer and her protege … Read more
Latest Results in CD 7 and 8
November 3, 2010
Latest results are here. It looks very much like Steven Stoltz was indeed a spoiler for Kelly. Without him on the ballot, most likely Kelly would have prevailed, if one makes the reasonable assumption that Sloltz's votes would have gone to Kelly.
I Was Wrong Wrong Wrong
November 3, 2010
By Michael Bryan I admit it. I was wrong. It happens. More often than I'd like to acknowledge. My wife calls it my magical thinking mode. Ironic that I accused GOP commenters of it. I tend to give the voters credit for rational thought and knowing their self-interest. I've got to stop doing that. Last night … Read more
The voters have spoken
November 3, 2010
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by David Safier Let's see if they like what they get (and to be honest, I have no idea whether they'll like it or not).
Descent Into Madness
November 3, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The 49th Arizona Legislature is the most recklessly incompetent and fiscally irresponsible Republican-dominated legislature in the history of Arizona, without equal. Led by our Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, it is the only Arizona Legislature to fail to balance the state budget by July 1 in each of the last two years, as … Read more
Projected make-up of the 50th Arizona Legislature
November 3, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Projected make-up of the 50th Arizona Legislature based upon preliminary results (many ballots are still to be counted). Graphic provided to us by Rep. Steve Farley (D – LD 28).
Mike’s Election Live Blog
November 2, 2010
By Michael Bryan To keep this live blog thread updated, click the title, bookmark the page and reload periodically. I'll be updating this post all evening. 5:44pm Checking in: Polls aren't closing for over an hour here locally and I'll be heading to Gentle Ben's for the Drinking Liberally poll watch, and popping in at … Read more
