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Posted by Mary Chastain on November 06, 2018 69 Comments
Today's the day! Election Day! Have you voted yet? Us at Legal Insurrection will keep this thread open all day to provide updates, analysis, and pictures of all the races across the nation. Will the Republicans keep control of the House? Will the Republicans gain more seats in the Senate? As we learned in 2016, anything can happen.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 05, 2018 31 Comments
It's hard not to feel that in the run up to every national election the mainstream media and 'progressive' cultural infrastructure gaslight us into believing Democrats are destined to win. Gaslighting is a term I never used to use much before, but it fits;

Posted by Charles Lipson on November 05, 2018 29 Comments
(1) The whole country is voting on ANGER. That sentiment has been commonplace in American Presidential elections, at least since 2008, but the depth and breadth of that anger are very unusual in midterms. They are even more usual for times marked by unprecedented prosperity, low unemployment, and no major wars. Both parties have stoked the fear and rage, figuring it is better to mobilize their base voters than to rely on centrists. Both are now locked in to this divisive appeal, not just for this election but for 2020. That means the election is less about who you are voting for than who you are voting against.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2018 15 Comments
Democrat Mayor of Tallahassee Andrew Gillum has about an even shot of becoming Governor of Florida, if the polls are accurate. He might even be a slight favorite to defeat Republican Ron DeSantis. There's a lot politically not to like about Gillum -- he's on the far left of the Democratic Party, and that's saying a lot. His proposals could do serious damage to Florida. Yet in this age of Democrat anti-Trump rage, and a soft-spot for socialism in the party, Gillum just might pull it off.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 04, 2018 36 Comments
Saturday Night Live used to be funny.  Remember Roseanne Roseannadanna or Chevy Chase being politically incorrect on Weekend Update and the catchphrases that permeated our culture:  "Jane, you ignorant slut," "You look mahvelous," and "could it be . . . Satan?"? SNL is no longer funny.  Case in point, this week they mocked Navy SEAL veteran Dan Crenshaw, a Republican congressional candidate who lost an eye in an IED explosion in Afghanistan.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 04, 2018 34 Comments
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) has been an outspoken critic of President Trump.  She's called for his impeachment and then promised to follow that up by "going after" Vice President Mike Pence; she's called for #TheResistance to find and confront Trump officials wherever they are.  She's infamously let slip that she would like to nationalize the oil industry and has been embroiled in a long list of questionable ethics- and nepotism-related scandals.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 03, 2018 27 Comments
With the midterm election only days away, it's worth taking a look at what is going on around the web. Democrats have gone from prematurely wallowing in their early-projected blue wave victories to setting up talking points that explain away a less than "wave" showing in Tuesday's midterm.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2018 38 Comments
We have run hundreds of bumper stickers and other forms of automobile messaging over the years. This one was sent by reader Norbie a few days ago:

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 02, 2018 21 Comments
Midnight blue California is often cited as an indicator of national trends. If this is still the case, then the big blue wave predicted by some pollsters and progressive pundits will become a big blue drip. Early voting in the Golden State is trending bright red.
Election Day is around the corner and Californians have been voting for three weeks. Given the data on who has voted so far, it does not point to a big surge for Democrats.

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2018 20 Comments
According to conventional wisdom, Democrats are going to win the House of Representatives next week. Historically, the party that controls the White House loses control of Congress in the midterms. But these are not conventional times and anything could happen.

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 30, 2018 45 Comments
The youth vote may determine the Democrat Party's destiny, which may not be as majestic as the party hopes. New York Magazine published interviews with 12 young people explaining why they probably won't vote in these midterms. I've seen articles spouting youth enthusiasm for Democrats, but the magazine claimed that "only a third of people ages 18 to 29 say" they plan on casting ballots for the midterms. A few reasons? The big blow failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took in November 2016. Another feels "like the Democratic Party doesn't really stand for the things" he believes in. One person gets anxious when he has to mail anything.
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