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The following graphs show the vote share of each demographic group Trump received in November: [SOURCE] Not making the charts: Illegal Aliens . Trump got 31.9% of the heathen vote.

Dead Loser

A Little Retrospective

Hey There!

Vermont- The Clown State

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It's a long story

As a matter of fact I am glad to see you. Why do you ask?

Coming together, some violently

“ Nobody I fear is more cynical than I about this year's election.  Don't want to be; just am. So, these two suggestions from readers struck a cord.  Original, proactive, and all-American; they are keeping with the spirit that made us a great people. Clap calp clap. From Tom Smith I am getting this feeling that the two political parties and candidates believe that the tea party is dead or inert. I suggest that we donate to these candidates in denominations ending in "6".. $6, $16, $26, etc. Let them know that tea party dollars are out there. Back to the martini lunch. From cuzzin ricky This year's election will decide the next President of the United States.   The person elected will be the president of all Americans, not just the Democrats or the Republicans.  To show our solidarity as Americans, let's all get together and show each other our support for the candidate of our choice in civilized fashion, Democrats and Republicans alike.   If you support the policies and character of the Republican party, please drive with your headlights on during the day.   If you support Obama, please drive with your headlights off at night. ”

Matt Labash’s Idiot’s Guide

Matt Labash’s Idiot’s Guide to the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary

“   Dear Matt, I’m a conservative who plans to vote in the Virginia presidential primary next year. But I’m torn. There are so many Republicans running for president, I can’t make sense of the field. The non-crazy candidates are all boring, and the non-boring candidates are all crazy. Whom do you think I should support? —Matt C. ”

That, a question asked of Matt Labash on Daily Caller.  Simple answer number one is: "Matt C., you ignorant slut.  Your key words are "next year,"  so don't angst-out already.  By that time it will be manifestly clear that Sarah Palin is the genuine product, and  only choice if you're actually interested in making us great again.."  But, oh no. “ I’m not going to tell you whom to vote for yet, since the cycle is still young, and we’re not even certain who is running. I’m personally keeping a keen eye on the Bolton candidacy. Not John Bolton – Michael. I’m hoping he gets in. He used to date Marla Maples, so he might be due for a Trump-like surge. And I think he has posed some important questions that the other candidates have shied away from, such as “How can we be lovers if we can’t be friends?” John Bolton –  Don’t get me wrong, I loved his work in the Quaker Oats commercials and as a guitarist for the Doobie Brothers. But I never truly trust guys with walrus moustaches. What are they hiding in there? Odds of winning: 10,000— snip Herman Cain – Cain interests me. He’s got executive experience. He’s got the fire. He can pull in black Republicans – all fourteen of them — snip Ron Paul — I like Ron Paul. He’s quirky. He’s un-slick. He says what he means, and has actual convictions ... There are many good reasons not to vote for Ron Paul, as you’ll find out if you ever attend a Ron Paul convention. Newt Gingrich — In many ways, the ‘90s was a great decade. It gave us the Internet, budget surpluses, welfare reform, and The Rachel hairstyle. Some things, however, are better left in the 90s: — snip Sarah Palin — I refuse to say anything negative about Sarah Palin, since every time I do, I spend the next six weeks digging out from vicious hate mail. What her fans lack in perspective [? you fkn a**hole!], they make up for with passion. So here’s hoping that someone, if not Palin, can find a way to harness that passion and change America for the better. — snip Michele  Bachmann  — A rich man’s Sarah Palin. Odds:  18-1 Donald Trump — this morning, I spent much time looking at photos of birds’ nests, and would belatedly like to offer Mr. Trump a retraction. His hair does not resemble an abandoned nest.— snip Blah Blah Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Mitch Daniels,Blah , — and funally Chris Christie – Too portly to be president. (Side note to readers: here, I am using tricky reverse psychology. After nearly a year of garnering glowing national press, Christie is so used to everybody fawning all over him, that the best way to make him run, is to pretend that you don’t want him to. And to abuse him. So stop chubby chasing, conservative pundits.) Odds of winning if he runs: 2-1. Odds of running: he said he’d rather commit suicide. Faced with the current crop of candidates, I can relate. [Ful Fun] ”

Miller Alert

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The Path To Victory For Joe Miller In Alaska Friday, November 05, 2010 10:28:11 AM · by kingattax · 6 replies Big Government ^ | 11-5-10 | Dan Riehl Based upon current laws and regulations, there is a reasonable path to victory for Republican Joe Miller in the contentious U.S. Senate race in Alaska; however, with a very pro-Murkowski Lt. Governor, Craig Campbell, operating much like a state Secretary of State, a liberal court system and Murkowski tapping members of Bush’s Florida 2000 legal team, it’s unlikely to be as straightforward as it should be.

Mission: Find Pelosi

Tea Party Recon

Carving up the turkey

Downplayed, but critically important - Republicans make huge gains in state legislative chambers

“ Pre-election, Republicans controlled both legislative chambers in 14 states, Democrats controlled them in 27, 8 states’ chambers split power between the parties, and single chambered Nebraska has a “nonpartisan senate.” As of the publication of this article, the Republicans had flipped 14 state chambers, thereby controlling both legislative chambers in 22 states and leaving the Democrats to control them in 21, with 6 states’ chambers splitting power between the parties, and Nebraska continuing to boast a single chambered “nonpartisan senate.” With an increase in their control over state legislatures across the country, Republicans have the opportunity to throw their weight around in the redistricting process and gerrymander their way into more secure majorities for the coming years. Alas: Here's the only results I could find from Southern Massachusetts - Via the Baltimore Sump (if it sounds like they're reporting a home team victory - they are) General Assembly: Democratic bastions solid Early results show no signs of any cracks in the Democratic Party's hegemony in legislative races in Montgomery, Prince George's and Charles counties. Republicans, who had entertained hopes of a few breakthroughs, are so far being shut out. The same goes for the eastern part of Howard. Rural western Howard is so far holding for the Republicans.

Open thread

OPEN OVERNIGHT THREAD

Numbers USA

Everything on One Page
Appears to be sucking up a lot of bandwidth though

Hating Obama in WV

Joe?  Whoa!

Democrat Joe Manchin is West Virginia's wildly popular governor who decided to go after Robert Byrd's senate seat. But, as TAS reports: “  -- the problem for him is that President Obama and the Democratic agenda is so overwhelmingly unpopular in the state, that it's dragging him down. A new Fox poll released today shows Manchin's Republican opponent John Raese with a 48 percent to 43 percent lead -- ” This ad is reminiscent of those anti-Bush commercial in 2005 (although more civil in tone).  Very effective.

Over Exuberance.

Senate Numbers

Sabato: GOP to Take House, Maybe Senate in 2010 Election

NUMBERS Drudge has this titled "SHOCK PREDICTION," but if you're surprised, you haven't been paying attention, and still don't know. To answer your unasked question: “ If the Senate is split 50-50, who is in control? Has there ever been an even split? If the voters were ever to elect 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats to the U.S. Senate, the party of the Vice President would be considered the majority party. The Vice President is named by the Constitution to be the President of the Senate [the presiding officer]. The Vice President would cast the tie-breaking votes on all the resolutions organizing the new Senate, including electing its officers and assigning committee seats. In 1881, the Senate stood at 37-37, with 2 Independents: one tended to vote with the Democrats and the other with the Republicans. When Vice President Chester Arthur became president after the assassination of President Garfield, the Vice Presidency was left vacant, leaving no one to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate. The two parties came to an agreement where the Republicans controlled the committees and the Democrats managed the patronage. ” A better analogy, I think,  is 1980.  Reagan's sweep brought with him a Republican Senate, but the House remained Democrat controlled.  Didn't matter.  Houses Dems were so fearful of Reagan's popularity that House Republicans were able to steamroll them - for two years.  I see the same thing happening in a split Senate.  Plus, if Reid manages  to be one of those 50 Democrats, it will be an easy task to get him indicted, something that's way-way overdue.

An Impeaching Majority?

Wha?  I just about fell out of my chair when I read that John Dingell is in trouble! More happiness

The post that took 14 hours-don't ask

Shake-Out

T hey (GOP) have spent way too much money. They have wasted money picking fights in primaries rather than saving it for the general election. And of course they have paid for the care, feeding, preening and pampering of Michael Steele. I've been saying exactly the same things for weeks that Wilson said  (minus his point about "modeling," which hadn't occurred to me). I've always added one more element Wilson doesn't touch on: The thoroughly corrupt voting section of the thoroughly corrupt Obama-Holder Justice Department. I think Republican candidates will need to outperform Democrats among real, live voters by at least half a percentage point, and probably three-fourths of a point, in every single race in the country if they want to actually be allowed to take their seats. Otherwise, the dead voters, pets registered as voters, and phantom voters (such as those who figure out who hasn't voted yet and pretend to be those people, especially for military stationed abroad whose votes haven't been ensured) will throw close races to the Dems. - Quin Hillyer ”

A few days ago I did a side-by-side comparison of rosy, and not that rosy outlooks for the upcoming reckoning. Here, The American Spectator's Hillyer sides with Reid Wilson's "Why Democrats Will Keep The House."  Interesting stuff, but I ain't buying it.  I think both Hillyer and Wilson are too much the technicians, and too little the street whisperers.  This isn't 1992; it's 1980.   I can feel it; and so can you.

right in the ol' boxer

Nice Etchings Fiorina Leads Boxer for First Time in California Senate Race

The same SurveyUSA poll shows Republican Meg Whitman leading Democrat Jerry Brown 46% to 39% in the California gubernatorial race.

Look for the Happy Label

Five 3 Reasons Not To Despair

“ Five Reasons Not to Despair In the ongoing fight against the radical change Obamacare represents, there is still cause for hope. ► RICH LOWRY Obamacare Isn’t Inevitable Obamacare still can be turned back before it undermines life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ► THE EDITORS Hate Obamacare? You’re Probably Racist Shame on the NYT for comparing Obamacare protesters with civil-rights era racists. ► BILL BURCK &  DANA PERINO Michigan’s Cheap Date If Bart Stupak truly wanted to ensure that human dignity was respected in this legislation, he wouldn’t have surrendered. ►KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ Happy Dependence Day!   Their bet is that it can't be undone, and that over time, as I've been saying for years now, governmentalized health care not only changes the relationship of the citizen to the state but the very character of the people  ► MARK STEYN . ”

Spinning

But Wait ...

“ CBS's Schieffer Denies Vote a Referendum on Obama, Compares Conservatives to McGovern CNN's Larry King Focuses on Defeat and Threat of 'Far Right' CNN's Martin: Dems are a 'Big Tent,' GOP Risks 'Fringe' Status ”