Massachusetts Legislature is 144 Dems and 16 Repukes

[louis c]

Massachusetts voters, speaking of a super majority, have to hire a private detective to find a Republican elected official. Besides the overwhelming 144-16 majority in the House, the State Senate is 35-5. Add a Dem Governor, 2 US Senators, every one of our 10 Congressmen, as well as each of our constitutional offices (Lt. Governor, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Secretary of State). Is there a bluer state in this union. Has there ever been a bluer state?



Link:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2008_11_06_GOP_sees_red_after_DEM_surge/

[MassLiberal]

1. Yay, Massachusetts!

It's just full of those "Massachusetts liberals" Bush used to refer to with such derision.

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

2. Rhode Island is pretty close n/t

[louis c]

4. Repuke Gov.

[EconomicLiberal]

3. Wow.

Those numbers are insane.

My guess is that those 16 pukes are conservatives who represent the small enclaves of Massachusetts that are conservative. Maybe if the Republican Party knew the definition of a moderate, they would be more successful in the state of Mass.

[louis c]

5. Actually, they are moderate Repukes, representing the wealthy

The old Rockefeller types.

[barbtries]

6. i don't know?

has there been?

[Ian David]

7. Yeah, but Geraldine Creedon is counted as a Democrat.

She needs someone to run against her in a Primary.

[kestrel91316]

8. Sounds like the People's Republic of Taxachusets, if you ask me!

Damned commies!!!!!!!

LOL. 16 Republicans is 16 too many. Work on that, folks.

[KamaAina]

9. Hawai'i: House 45-6 Dem, Senate 23-2 Dem!

The repuke Senate leadership race is gonna be interesting :rofl: , not to mention seeing how they (both of them) are gonna cover all the Senate committees! :nopity:

[louis c]

15. Linda Lingle, Republican Governor of Hawaii

you lose

[David__77]

10. Some southern states used to "bluer."

Of course, Mississippi, for instance, used to have a single-party Democratic system. But it was a largely right-wing party.

[louis c]

16. Southern Dems during "Jim Crow" were not real Dems

They were not blue. just as Lincoln, who technically was a Republican, would not be one today.

There is party realignment.

today's repukes were born when Teddy Roosevelt split the party, taking with him the traditional Republicans and leaving Taft to be the mouth piece of big business.

1968 forced the Southern Dems to George Wallace by not going along with segregation.

Now a new South has emerged. not only did they vote for a black man, but Southern states helped elect a Democratic President without a Southerner on the ticket for the first time since 1944.

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. They lost three seats here - was 19, now 16 - on Tuesday.

Often they don't even field candidiates in many races. Yet they bitch and whine about getting pummeled in elections.

This is really is a beautiful state.........unless you're a repube.

[BlueManDude]

12. and yet on talk radio here you hear 24/7 right wingery. weird.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. ..it's as if they think they are in the majority.

[BlueManDude]

14. they think 65% of their fellow citizens are the crazy ones. laughable.