2014 Midterm Election Results Thread & Discussion

@DiscordTiger Said

Yup, me too. There is so much that she just f***ed up, why oh why could the Democrats not elected someone in the primary that had so much baggage.

@Boppin_Guy Said

Another pickup for the GOP in the Senate: Cory Gardner defeats Democratic Mark Udall in Colorado.

@El_Tino Said

King was the worst choice of the lot! Like wtf were the Democrats thinking with that guy? Did they just check the first box that sounded vaguely familiar?

Personally I'm a big fan of Alan Webber, I hope he runs again next time around.

@mrmhead Said

So they're calling this the "Repudiation of Obama", and that seemed to be the way many GOPs were running.

So for the people who bought that - they really weren't voting FOR a candidate's policy or history (except for maybe castrating hogs), but rather AGAINST the current administration.

I suppose I can't blame them, I've been voting Against Pres. candidates for years.

All I gotta say ...
Be careful what you wish for

BTW: I voted For Kasich

@DiscordTiger Said

I know! were they thinking it was his father, just didn't make sense.

I went to school with Howie. He didn't do as well though, unknown to a large part of the state and politically young still.
Webber would have been a better choice in the end than king. grr... king was just awful. Like seriously we handed the election over months ago.

@crazylikeafox Said

Maybe in other states, but that didn't seem to be the case in Colorado. Over here people seemed far more concerned with attack ads than Obama. No doubt Obama played a part, but you can't ignore the fact the candidate that ran on "the other guy is bad and you shouldn't vote for him" lost to the candidate running on actual issues. It's the reason the Denver Post gave to backing Gardner, after all. It explains why Gardner won handily and yet Beauprez (the Republican candidate for Governor) barely lost. It's something the local news seemed to notice too.

@shinobinoz Said

Yeah, only the dem was using attack ads......

https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/13265248-113/ads-udall-gardner-campaign

@crazylikeafox Said

I didn't say that, but quantity's important. Udall ran a few positive ads, but the vast majority of his ads were pointless attack ads. Gardner ran a few pointless attack ads, but the vast majority of his ads were positive.

@shinobinoz Said

No bias right????

@crazylikeafox Said

Against attack ads? I thought it was no secret I have a strong bias against them

@shinobinoz Said

Dodging? From you?

@crazylikeafox Said

Well you're being vague, so I have to guess at what you mean.