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dsc

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14. we lost the lege in 2010

Reply to loudsue (Reply #12)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 02:28 AM

Nov 2012

and thanks to gerrymandering may literally never get it back. I hope the governor's race is a one off with us having a woefully unprepared candidate against a well prepared one with the predictable results. On the plus side we won most of the Consul of state positions. In many states you end up winning or losing nearly all of those when you have a wave type election.

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The true depth of the GOP's trouble [View all] dsc Nov 2012 OP

Texas will be Blue within eight years and it will be over for the assholes. DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #1

maybe dsc Nov 2012 #16

Few can even say any longer what the Rape-publi-scum are even for. We know they coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #2

kick dsc Nov 2012 #3

Very true. randome Nov 2012 #4

Kicketty. Fer sher. cliffordu Nov 2012 #5

Good work dsc. Change has come Nov 2012 #6

I don't want to become over confident. We need to aggressively launch a version of Dean's bluestate10 Nov 2012 #7

Of course dsc Nov 2012 #8

Libertarian party coming on stronger to Cayenne Nov 2012 #9

that can cut both ways dsc Nov 2012 #10

National Exit Polls Table: 1972 to 2008 ProSense Nov 2012 #11

thanks neat link dsc Nov 2012 #13

North Carolina has turned red in both the governorship and the legislature.... loudsue Nov 2012 #12

we lost the lege in 2010 dsc Nov 2012 #14

It looks like that but I don't think we can take it for granted. InsultComicDog Nov 2012 #15

I've said this before...it doesn't matter unless the electorate changes davidn3600 Nov 2012 #17

Clarify: Only 47 percent voted Republican. n/t ProSense Nov 2012 #18

Only 51% voted for Obama davidn3600 Nov 2012 #19

Yes, but your point was ProSense Nov 2012 #20

You are missing my point davidn3600 Nov 2012 #21

We were running under pretty bad circumstances dsc Nov 2012 #22

kick n/t warrprayer Nov 2012 #23