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Subscribe to RSSNBC News has declared incumbent Michael Bennet (D) the "apparent winner" in the Colorado Senate race.
Democrats held the senate and governor's seats in the state, but lost two House races in CO-4 and CO-3.
The balance of power is now 52 Democrats, 46 Republicans with two seats (Alaska and Washington State) yet to be decided.
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Congratulations Senator Bennett. Congratulations Democrats!
Great news. What this election tells me is that the American people weren't willing to put the entire Congress in the hands of the ones who drove us over a cliff. Perhaps they're testing the GOP/TP and the best way to do that, the place where terms are two years only.
No, silly- it was because of that lamestream, liberal media. Dontcha watch Sarah Palin or nothin'?
You and Odumbo still arent getting the point. This election was about his ridiculuos policies. The olny reason you didnt lose the senate is more of those democratic retards wernt up for re-election. Hopefully the Republican's and the "few" Democrats left who want to keep thier job in 2012 will help repeal the health care and Fin-Reg bills. Look at what these two worthless bills have done so far for the state of IOWA. VOTE REPUBLICAN UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR EMPLOYMENT RUINED.
"Democratic retards..." Why do you have to be hostile? Can't you just express an opinion without degrading those with a different one. And that word "retard".... Come on, aren't you better than that?
Excellent point!!
Jody: What a foolish statement. Only 1/3 of the of the Senate was up for reelection. We'll get rid of the rest over the next four years if they continue down this path. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES.
We The People DO NOT WANT the socialist policies of the Community Organizer in Chief and his cronies... We DO NOT WANT a baffon who to spend more in 18 months than all other presidents to date...
WOW! If I didn't know there was so much hate behind these rants, I would think I was reading post from second graders.. WOW!
jody, i think that is the best analysis i have heard of the election. i am glad that buck and angle didn't win, because they were just too extreme for the senate. i believe the country would throw the republican out in two years. we all know that they are not going to do anything but try to continue ripping the american people for their wages, give taxes to corporations and the rich.
Darn, things were going so well for a clean sweep victory and return to conservative hand holding and hugging, then somebody has to ruin it. Apparently.
What does this mean? Yes, or maybe, or when looking through curved lenses from the exact distance required to create a focal point?
Yes it is perfect, the Republicans hold the keys to the out-house. Do they charge by the liter, ounce or estimated inch deposit accommodation requirements?
Perfect.
As it should be.
One house held by one party. One house held by the other.
Now no one party can do whatever they want.
Amen, Buck is almost as frightening as Angle. even though I'm a Dem, since it appears that that the Repubs are holding onto Alaska I'm pulling for Mur kow ski (write in joke). Miller is on that same scary list as Buck & Angle.
As a Colorado resident and first time voter, I am VERY relieved that Colorado is still blue!!
I agree with "slimsignet"
"One house held by one party. One house held by the other."
Colorado isn't a blue state Smarty. I've lived in Colorado my entire life and up until that stupid President Obama was elected it's always been a purple state. And nevertheless it's STILL a purple state. Its split right down the middle.
Stupid Hannah3323. Go back to your parents and ask them to teach you some manners. People like you are getting hand outs from the govts and you the one who probably pay lot less taxes than most of the folks in that state. You are a sheep and you should be in the hills of Colorado munching on left over grass from other sheep who have little more smarter than you are.
Hey jogby. I assume you don't mean yourself, since by the way you write everyone is smarter than you are. Plus you make assumptions about people that most likely reflect the way you live. Why don't you write when you have something of value to say?
Excellent campaign Senator Bennett. I'm so glad that male chauvinist didn't get a seat. As it is with Rand and some other crazies in the senate it will be difficult enough and funnier than heck on the senate floor. C-Span may find itself competing with Comedy Central.
No, that will be the House. Who will cry more during the next two years, Glen Beck or John Boehner? I hope that the House has a lot of late night sessions so we can be treated to that crying drunk slurring his words again.
Al, and I thought I was the only one who noticed how drunk Boehner was last night. Thanks for giving me confidence in my fellow Californians.
Can't wait to see the first spending bill that will make it's way out of the GOP House. Republicans don't have the political will, backing or means to cut the necessary spending out of Social Security, Medicare and the Military without cutting their own throats.......
......all while giving Wealthy Americans their Bush-ear tax cuts.
The "Party of NO" simply had to wait it out while the country dealt with their fiscal irresponsibility during the Bush years.
The GOP knows they won't be able to push anything thru and they will say the Democrats are "obstructionsists"............
the "Party of NO" will be re-defined as the Democrats while the GOP tries to push their agenda.
History repeats..................
hey uaw pleeeeeeeeeeeeese, were in the hell did you go to school, your spelling is atrocious, you dont even know the difference between their, there and they're, so watch who you call dumb, you ignorant ass. nothing spells or shows inepnitude more than poor grammar and spelling. you should be ashamed of commenting on intelligence when you show that you have none.
I heart irony.
Meanwhile, chalk up another vote for slimsignet's sentiments.
He's still using crayons like the rest of the Repugnant establishment! LOL
Kyla - Are you kidding me? This is a bit of the "Pot calling the Kettle Black". Go back to school yourself.
I heart irony, too! It's delicious after the steaming Crow I had all day!
Change is inevitable and it isn't necessarily good or bad. It is what you make it. Congratulations and Godspeed to all our representatives. Do the right thing.
Good luck with that "do the right thing"
I guess that Colorado has changed a lot since I lived there. Even after the election you can't deal with the issues so you defame the candidate, with slander and innuendo. You claim these people are ignorant uneducated no nothings. If you look at their credentials you would find that some of them graduated from YALE, just like George W. Bush did. What gives you the right to slurr and slam people that have a different opinion than you do. Or do you want the censors to start telling you what to think or when to think. What made this country great was the ability of its people to make up their own mind rather than swallow the dribble that is vomited out of the main street media.
You were making a GREAT point all the way up until you invoked "W" as something Yale is proud of,...sorry, I can't continue on.
I hope this is the end for Mama Grissley. She personaly cost the GOP 3 senate seats. Hope she goes back to Alaska and stays.
I'm tired of "Mama Grizzley" / She doesn't take care of your own. Enough is Enough.
Hey, Kyla-550305: "nothing spells or shows INEPTITUDE (not inepnitude) more than poor grammar and spelling." Also, "WHERE (not were) in the hell did you go to school,..." What was that again about spelling and something about intelligence?
Darn, you beat me to it!
Tell me Einsteins, is it i before e? It it "WE" the people? or, "ME" the President? Please enlighten us.
What suprises me is the majority of pure ignorance displayed in these comments. This is America. We are proud of the freedoms we have, namely, the freedom of having differing opinions. I recommend that those that post here do so as adults and try real hard to conceal the inherent ignorance that abounds. I dare you (and you know who you are) to just give intelligence a try.
What's wrong with you americans? you just didn't know who had driven your economy down the drain for the last eight years prior to Obama presidency....
1. costly war in Iraq where it was predicated on a lie...."weapons of mass destruction" remember?
2. costly war in Afghanistan......how many billion dollars a day you, americans, are paying for this war?
3. Bush tax cuts that increases the deficits but produces negligible economic benifits....
4. Clinton Aministration left with a surplus and a balanced budget thanks to tax increases.
And now you put those people back to the seat of power?
I'll give you the first 3 but the 4th belongs to both the democrats and republicans working together for once.
Who's their Governor? Mottthehoople? WTF?
Here's How the Midterms will be Remembered in 1,000 years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlffdZtWOKc
we have the dumbest voters in the country here in florida. they voted for a world class thief for governor, who spent 70 million of his own money to buy the election. now will anyone with any common sense tell me why you would give the keys to the state cash to a known thief and not expect him to steal everything thats not nailed down
The irony of this whole situation in Florida is that after the theft of the state coffers has taken place, the state will be asking the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT for a bailout.
I do not think for ONE MINUTE that Rick Scott will be honest about anything.
Depends on who shows up to vote in Florida. They are swingers. Personally I love the state's independent voters.
When will the masses realize there is no instant gratification with either administration? The same "whining" about whichever party is currently in power will go on forever more...and blessed is our right to whine!!!!
Glad to see Bennet win. Buck was a crazy fool. his anti immigraration stand made him lose the cities BIG TIME. a moderate republican would of probably won this seat to be honest in my opinion. i like Bennet, moderate democrat fighting for his state. glad the man won.
I think the days of "moderate Republicans" are gone. If you aren't running as far to the Right as possible to please the teabaggers you are liable to be burned as a witch liberal.
We still have Lindsey Graham! You can't take our closet senator away here in South Carolina! We already are sorry for Jim DeMint.
I agree i liked what lindsey grahm did trying to negotiate a climate bill in the senate. i really honor him for taking a stand and trying to make a good bill. the leadership of harry reid messed up and said he wanted to do immigration even though there was no bill.
I have yet to understand how punishing the productive (raising their taxes) and rewarding the unproductive (gov't givaways forever) will help the economy.
Life is competition. Some people are born with more smarts, good looks, athletic talent, etc which they bring to the marketplace. Can you imagine a football game where the better team is penalized by, say, giving them 4 points for a touchdown and the weaker team is rewarded by giving them 8 points for a touchdown? Isn't talent and hard work rewarded? Isn't lack of talent and lack of effort also rewarded by teams losing on the scoreboard? Why isn't that also true in the economy?
You don't raise up the poor by dragging down the rich.
Fine. Lets end all programs that do that. Lets start with education. If you are poor, you get the education that you can afford(none).
Come back in 20 years and lets see how this country is doing.
But look at your own example of football. At the end of the season in the NFL, who is given first pick?
Best to compare it baseball. The teams that can afford the highest salaries to players tend to always be at the top.
Paying taxes is not a punishment. It helps pay for education - that'll prevent the real punishment of being surrounded by idiots.
Rightwinger, since you were a little bitty baby your father looked upon you with pride and had high hopes. What would he say today? You just got your a$$es kicked by a bunch of g0ddamned libs, LIBS!!!
Cmon people, Colorado is becoming more a progressive state by the day, far different than its neighbors in the Rocky Mountain Region. An extremist like Ken Buck can never be offered candidacy, let alone elected. Thank God for Boulder, Denver and Arapahoe counties who spared us from the niut case extremist like Ken Buck from representing an up and coming area and a progressive people. Stupid GOP, if you offered an reasonable moderate as a candidate, you could have very well have won. I knew last night that Buck was going to lose there were too many returns due in from liberal counties, Boulder voting 3-1 Democrat. With as close as the race was, Buck did not have a chance. I am not an alchemist that can turn water into wine, but the Tea Party performs this trick with ease turning, tea to lemonade to urine. That formula works in our more regressive sister states, but not Colorado.
I say three cheers for true blue Colorado, who will tip their virtual champagne glass with me? Shall we toast to "the thrill of victory over the agony of defeat"?
Highest regards from the poster child of regressive states...Roll Tide
Well Patty Murray is up 2% pts in Washington. If so the Senate map on the West cost is More blue than red. And in fact, from the North to the Southern borders along the Pac coast the Democrats Held serve!
The good people of the Evergreen State has made me proud by resisting the reactionary and moving forward in a progressive path. Hats off to the progressive counties on the western side of the state. I am cheering Patty on, as a source of sanity and moderation in these challenging times. Bring me your glass, I am serving!!!
Now the party of no will be held accountable ! Its soooo easy to criticize and pick things apart, point out flaws, ...but now they are expected to actually do something... Cut spending, reduce taxes, and reduce the debt??? Its impossible to do all three at the same time without serious pain for the public. Lets see how popular they are in two years.
It starts with the most moderate and modest of cuts, say an even 1% per year across the board. Just a willingness to show restraint will bring the trillions sitting on the sidelines back into the economy. That alone will drop unemployment a few tenths if not a whole point.
Clinton left WH, the country had $230B surplus and paying off debt. That time national debt was $5.3T. Today it is 13.7T. When Obama took the office, it was 10.626T.
Name you cuts. Right now... Defense and wars --- 1Trillions/year, Social Security 710B, Medicare - $456B Medicaid $327B, Interest -$414B. Federal tax receipts for 2009 is $2.1 T.
Oh quiet with the Clinton stuff. It was both the republicans and democrats working together that got that surplus done. Lets not forget he did NAFTA too.
One thing the democrats will need to do is convince the republicans that the tax cut for the rich needs to expire so they can do another stimulus and prevent the bleeding of more gov't jobs like police officers and teachers.
There will have to be new taxes - there is nothing to cut.
I am happy that the Democrats held the senate and Patty Murray won (hopefully), I do object to the corporate money coming into Washington State trying to buy the Senate election. We will see just what will happen now that the Republicans will have to actually do something besides obstruct progress.