I called it. The teabagger House will continue to block Obama, according to Boner.

[onehandle]

I now fully place lazy non-downticket voters in the same category as Nader voters from 2000.

Congrats.

[Tigress DEM]

1. WHO are the teabaggers that are still in office?

Michelle Bachmann - MN House
POSSIBLY a Recall for NON-feasance - keep her busy for a while, draw attention to what she's NOT doing.
MAYBE scare her enough politically to actually participate in the DEM process instead of holding up her hair in the general vicinity of Democracy.

Who else?

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Sorry -- there is no recall for federal officeholders

Two of her last three elections have been tight, and she pretty was forced to buy this one. She outspent her opponent 12:1 and won by less that half a percent. t won't be too much longer and she'll be toast.

[Tigress DEM]

15. I THINK she won by more than that... if not we could have a recount.

Close Vote Margin:

Less than or equal to .5% Vote count difference (not percentage-based), Varies by number of votes cast

Minnesota has two forms of recounts with a close election trigger, an "automatic recount" and a "required recount." For automatic recounts, the appropriate canvassing board must conduct a recount (unless the losing candidate declines), while a required recount does not proceed unless requested by the respective candidate. Automatic recounts apply to statewide federal office, state constitutional office, statewide and district judicial offices, congressional office, and state legislative office, while required recounts apply to county, school district, and municipal races.

Precincts Reporting in State: 100% 280 of 280
Last Updated: 11/07/12 11:38 AM Voters Registered at 7AM : 386598

U.S. Representative District 6
Party Candidate Totals Pct
Republican MICHELE BACHMANN 180131 0.50%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor JIM GRAVES 175924 0.49%
Write-In WRITE-IN** 981 0.00%


180131
175924 DIFFERENCE in votes cast for MB and JG = 4207
981
357036 If it's .5% of ALL votes cast then = 1785 I think

[onehandle]

7. I edited to 'the teabagger House.' They have adapted full-on teabaggerism as rule.

Some teabaggers may have perished last night, but the GOP remains in their grip.

[abelenkpe]

2. Of course

We really needed the house. Kinda bummed about that....but the chance of a liberal supreme court helps. A little....

[still_one]

3. Supreme Court is a big deal, and we do not need the house for that

[abelenkpe]

12. But don't we need the house for any kind

Of spending?

[still_one]

17. Yes

[NYC Liberal]

4. Please let Scalia or Thomas quit.

[onehandle]

8. Not a chance. Only Ginsburg will retire. Net gain, zero. nt

[HooptieWagon]

9. But that would put a younger justice on the court,

Holding a liberal seat for 20+ years. And 4 of the conservatives are getting up there in age, too. If Dems can hold on to the White House in '16, there's a good chance Roberts would be presiding over 8 somewhat liberal justices.

[NYC Liberal]

10. I think Kennedy might and imo that would be a gain

if we could get a young, reliable liberal justice to replace him.

[bongbong]

11. Yep!

None of the repig members of the SCOTUS will go willingly. They will have to be carried out. Their orders, which they slavishly follow, are firm: "rig America to destroy the Middle Class up to the moment you croak."

[Tigress DEM]

5. WE THE PEOPLE... there are more of US than THEM, so we need to continue that advantage.

Let's target the teabaggers and keep them busy fighting for their political lives if possible in order to move them into the chambers to actually VOTE on legislation and DO their fricken jobs.

REMEMBER we got our main goal met and MAYBE there was some down ticket election fraud going on hard to tell.

[llmart]

13. Other than Bachmann.....

I thought I heard on NPR that there were a lot of teabaggers that lost. I also heard that the Republicans will have to disengage from that nuttery if they are ever going to win resoundly again.

[Lucinda]

14. Bachman came very very close to losing her seat

I'm curious to see what she does now

[L0oniX]

16. Obama needs to use the bully pulpit and expose these creatures for their obstructionism.

That's how you get them out of office in 2014.