So there’s two vantage points from which to measure how big a shocker Democrats’ performance in Senate races was. If you go back 12-18 months ago, this outcome — a net gain of two seats — was unthinkable. You would have been laughed out of town. Just not a possible outcome.
But even a week ago, a pickup of two seats was still the sort of pie in the sky dreaming that even Democrats would barely let themselves consider for fear of jinxing the whole thing.
Brian Beutler on how Republicans blew it so badly.
If the presidential race had come down to Florida, we’d still be waiting for a result.
Sinclair Broadcasting anchor on company’s anti-Obama programming: “I had no choice.”
The advances made yesterday by the gay rights movement are unparalleled. Our recap.
Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) survives in her exceedingly close re-election race.
This was a powerful victory under political circumstances the difficulty of which are seriously under-appreciated. The consequences of this win for the country’s unfolding debate with itself over inequality are large. It’s obviously a relief and gratification for all the president’s supporters, for what is the country’s first broad and real multiracial political party, the early 21st century Democratic party. Read More
PollTracker correctly called 49 out of 50 state elections. The only miss was Florida. Final PollTracker Average had final number in Florida as Romney +1.2.
I really don’t know why they haven’t called Florida. It seems basically certain Obama won. He’s got a 60k+ margin.
My friend Josh Green just mentioned this on Twitter. It’s a critical point. Tonight, Tammy Baldwin, an out gay woman, was elected to the Senate. Gay marriage won. And a President who openly came out in favor of gay marriage (something hard to imagine even a few years ago) was reelected.
For LGBT rights, it’s a game changing election.