Trump's Card

[ursus arctos]

Third Democratic pickup in PA-5.

Twenty more needed.

[Hot Pepsi]

PA de-gerrymandered a bit. Did that help?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Wexton's win over Comstock looks reassuringly comprehensive. Nearly all votes counted, 10 points up.

[ursus arctos]

Colorado-6 looks to be the fourth Democratic pickup

[ursus arctos]

The Bigfoot Erotica enthusiast has won VA-5 (as widely expected)

[ursus arctos]

Conor Lamb is fifth, in PA-17

[ursus arctos]

NBC looks to be calling races before others.

They've just called the Colorado governorship for Jay Polis, who would be the first openly gay governor in the country.

[Hot Pepsi]

This guy - though he’s lost some weight since this article was written - is our new lieutenant governor.

https://www.thenation.com/article/th...-pennsylvania/

[tee rex]

In the good old days of print media, they'd be going to press in the East about now and running "Dismal Dems" headlines. While not exactly Dewey/Truman, in a couple of hours it could look quite different.

I'm still sober, if anyone's wondering.

[tee rex]

And you know, if Ted Cruz does lose, that'll make it all OK, no?

[ursus arctos]

Maybe in the boonies, but in New York, no one went to press until 2 am at the earliest, which is more than four hours away.

And that would have been the first of five regular editions (more for a night like tonight).

[Incandenza]

I'm in my California Bubble. Like an idiot, I had been looking at some of the polls and taking them at face value rather than expecting Shy Trumpers.

Even with our numerous Republican shitheads in California, election nights really drive home the feeling that we live in a different country.

[ursus arctos]

Not that anyone should give them a gram of credibility, of course.

[Incandenza]

It had been a foregone conclusion, but still almost unbelievable news that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won. Time for a socialist caucus in Congress.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Kansas 3 Dem pick up.

[ursus arctos]

Two Muslim women have also won their seats

[Tubby Isaacs]

Dems pick up Florida 26.

[Tubby Isaacs]

NBC project Kris Kobach has lost.

[Tubby Isaacs]

CNN also projecting Kobach's lost. This is cheering me up a lot.

Except when I remember than Rick Scott's likely disenfranchised the governorship and senate seat his way.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The Democrats have picked up the Staten Island district.

[Hot Pepsi]

Two years ago, the prevailing wisdom was the Democrats would lose a lot of senate seats this time. Even if they can’t win it, is there more hope for 2020 or 2022?

Such a fucked up place. But I’m cautiously optimistic that this is white supremacy’s last desperate violent stand.

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/The_Classy_Gay/status/1060000526362927104

[tee rex]

Mitt Romney is back! Another win for the left (updated 2018 definition). Balance ...

[ursus arctos]

Reed, yes, the Senate map is more favourable for 2020 and 2022 (if we get that far)

Staten Island and deep red Brooklyn (one district) going Democratic is sumtin'

[tee rex]

And you know, if Ted Cruz does lose, that'll make it all OK, no?

Keep your big mouth shut. Cruz has it, networks say.