Have We Conceded The House Of Reps To The Repugs....

[global1]

Or do we have a chance to take it back. I'm just not hearing anything about this.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. In february Madam Speaker said it was in play

they have said such from time to time, the media has mostly ignored that part of the story. (Which is a good thing partially, but I suspect we are in for a few sweet surprises Tuesday Night)

[elleng]

2. SURE hope so

but pretty big numbers needed there.

[HERVEPA]

3. Sorry. No. Not in play. Wishful thinking. Maybe gain 10 seat or a little more.

[George Katona]

4. Debbie wasserman schultz

says we are taking the house back. Let's do it, and Alan Grayson is back!

[Egalitarian Thug]

5. Could have been, but the party decided otherwise. n/t

[hfojvt]

9. it is too bad that we activists on DU

cannot LEAD the party instead of just following it. It is not like the party MADE us talk about all POTUS/Romney all the time. We, as a group, just could not seem to see past it.

[Egalitarian Thug]

11. Yep. That's my problem with the two party system we're stuck with.

We the people don't have any real choices. If there's a great local person that wants to go the state capital, but the Dem/Repub overseers don't like them, that's almost certainly the end of it. They might be able to get in once going door to door and talking to each constituent, but even if they do, the party will ensure that they have nothing to run on in the next cycle.

Limiting politics to two parties just means the money can buy all the players and get what they want regardless of what's best for most.

[cemaphonic]

6. no, we got hurt bad by the 2010 redistricting.

(Probably preaching to the choir here, but vote in midterms dammit! Especially in a census year.)

The House isn't in play this year. If the Rs keep up with their inflexible obstructionism they might piss off enough people to put it in play by 2014. Otherwise, it could be awhile.

[hfojvt]

7. you mean there are Congressional elections this year?

Wouldn't you rather talk about whether Chelsea Clinton will be ready to run for POTUS in 2024?

Or there must be another thread about how Mitt Romney's use of the word "the" totally proves what a vile piece of excrement that he is and so worthy of unlimited hate?

Congress? Siriously? You wanna talk about Congress in GD?

Congress?

Shoot next thing you will be asking about state legislatures.

When everybody knows that POTUS is the only thing that matters. And not even the policies of POTUS, just the personality. Why should we talk about how horrible Romney's policies are when we can talk about how horrible HE is?

Congress. Pfffft.

[RobertEarl]

8. Concede?

That is just dumb. Crazy talk. There are many good Dems running for office. If you have proof otherwise you are free to post it.

[w8liftinglady]

10. we are trying like hell to get Kenneth Sanders elected in tex 6

http://kennethsandersforcongress.com/
Kenneth Sanders, is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress challenging Incumbent Republican Congressman Joe Barton in Texas’ new 6th District.

Kenneth Sanders grew up and attended grade school and high school in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Kenneth Sanders lives in Texas’ 6th District.

After graduating Dunbar high school Kenneth earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

His career focus for the last ten years has been in manufacturing management and procurement.

Most recently, he led the development and integration team for Lockheed Martin’s sustainment organization in support of the Department of Defense’s F-35 Lightning II program.


We need it here....badly.

[ryan_cats]

12. Imagine an electoral college tie. Guess who gets to break it?

Imagine an electoral college tie. Guess who gets to break it? I hope we take it back, otherwise,

From: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/nov/03/q-what-electoral-college-and-how-does-it-work/

Q: What happens if there's a tie and each presidential candidate gets 269 Electoral College votes?

A. If no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes, then the members of the House of Representatives pick the president. Each state's congressional delegation gets a single vote -- not each member . The delegations choose among the three presidential candidates who garnered the most electoral votes.

If the House doesn't elect a president by Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, then the vice president elect -- chosen by U.S. senators -- becomes acting president until the House elects the country's chief executive.

Senators pick a vice president from the top two electoral vote getters among vice presidential candidates. Each of the 100 senators gets a vote.

This means there's a lot at stake in voting down ticket for state reps and propositions.

[DerelictDeminGA]

13. Shit naw!