The bad news thread

Good news is wonderful, and there has been tons of it around here for the past few days. But let's not forget the bad news, races we lost that we thought we might have won. Let's talk about that here.

Now, I won't talk about races where we had zero chance of winning, such has Orin Hatch getting reelected. That was so expected.

So let's start. Michelle Bachman won. How did this happen? Bob Kerrey also lost, when it appeared he was surging. Some Demorats also appear to have lost their Congressional races. Anyone else you're upset about not winning?

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
The bad news thread (Original post)	Ter	Nov 2012	OP
Teabagger Chris Gibson won by six points in the Hudson River Valley	BeyondGeography	Nov 2012	#1
Tell me about it!	Rhiannon12866	Nov 2012	#9
she won owing to gay marriage initiative on the ballot in MN	SleeplessinSoCal	Nov 2012	#2
That "District Gerrymandering" that kept all the republics	Submariner	Nov 2012	#3
You can only gerry and ungerry when a one is at the end of the year	Ter	Nov 2012	#5
Unless it's Texas	NV Whino	Nov 2012	#7
Wayne Powell lost to Eric Cantor	octoberlib	Nov 2012	#4
Yeah, but that was pretty much expected	Ter	Nov 2012	#6
Steve King's victory n/t	MuhkRahker	Nov 2012	#8

Response to Ter (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:06 PM

BeyondGeography (21,528 posts)

1. Teabagger Chris Gibson won by six points in the Hudson River Valley

I look forward to riding his office hard during the fiscal cliff talks.

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Response to BeyondGeography (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:47 AM

Rhiannon12866 (56,088 posts)

9. Tell me about it!

I was so looking forward to voting against him, but we're in a different district now. Voted for Bill Owens and he won, but I so wanted Chris Gibson to go down.

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Response to Ter (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:07 PM

SleeplessinSoCal (1,716 posts)

2. she won owing to gay marriage initiative on the ballot in MN

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Response to Ter (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:09 PM

Submariner (7,388 posts)

3. That "District Gerrymandering" that kept all the republics

in office this time around needs to be un-gerrymandered for the next round of elections. The 'fix is in' approach kept the teabggers in the majority, and that needs to be undone.

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Response to Submariner (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:13 PM

Ter (4,225 posts)