The Official Election Results Victory Thread!!

• QuakerOats

  I Wear Pants;542870 wrote:Coons is not a communist.

  
  I'm not sure what other descriptor would be closer ....
• I Wear Pants

  How is he a communist?
• like_that

  

  HitsRus;542866 wrote:...and Strickland even having a shot tonite makes me question the intelligence and sanity of Ohioans. I mean, what do you have to do (or not do) to get thrown out on your ass? Wasn't do- nothing Taft bad enough? What has this governor done to deserve 4 more years? Insanity is sometimes defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. It appears half the state should be put away in an asylum.

  
  +1
• ou1980

  HALF WAY THROUGH....4900 OF 9910 REPORTING
  
  R John Kasich 49% 1,021,718
  
  D Ted Strickland* 47% 965,486
• BoatShoes

  QuakerOats;542836 wrote:Marco Rubio bringing tears to the eye with his victory speech ---- wow, what a human being >> what a potential national leader!!

  
  Ironic.
• QuakerOats

  Kasich up 50 - 46 with 51% in ......... PA governor goes R --- nice pick up !
• I Wear Pants

  I Wear Pants;542873 wrote:How is he a communist?

  I noticed you haven't answered this Quaker.
• ou1980

  5219/9910 Reporting
  
  R John Kasich 50% 1,063,916
  
  D Ted Strickland* 46% 994,876
• BGFalcons82

  

  HitsRus;542866 wrote:...and Strickland even having a shot tonite makes me question the intelligence and sanity of Ohioans. I mean, what do you have to do (or not do) to get thrown out on your ass? Wasn't do- nothing Taft bad enough? What has this governor done to deserve 4 more years? Insanity is sometimes defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. It appears half the state should be put away in an asylum.

  
  Kasich is up 49-46 now. You want to talk insanity? Look at California who will elect Jerry Brown, who is beholden to any and all unions....which are directly responsible for their $500 BILLIION deficit. They may indeed slide into the Pacific within the next year or two. Obama won't be able to bail them out now.
• chicago510

  

  Thank god that I will never say the words Speaker Pelosi again.
• I Wear Pants

  chicago510;542899 wrote:Thank god that I will never say the words Speaker Pelosi again.

  QFT
• I Wear Pants

  BGFalcons82;542896 wrote:Kasich is up 49-46 now. You want to talk insanity? Look at California who will elect Jerry Brown, who is beholden to any and all unions....which are directly responsible for their $500 BILLIION deficit. They may indeed slide into the Pacific within the next year or two. Obama won't be able to bail them out now.

  So what happens if California gets in trouble under your leadership? We let them sink? Because I don't believe that'd be very helpful.
• tk421

  

  I Wear Pants;542906 wrote:So what happens if California gets in trouble under your leadership? We let them sink? Because I don't believe that'd be very helpful.

  
  Not our problem. Let them sink. What, we bail out California and then all 49 other states line up for the handouts or is California somehow special?
• QuakerOats

  Kasich has won --- remaining vote coming from western ohio
• I Wear Pants

  I don't have a good answer for that.
  
  I just know that California "sinking" as I said wouldn't be beneficial to any of us or the nation. Neither does bailing everyone out. It's an issue that I have conflicting thoughts on. On one hand I believe the states can and should stand by themselves but on the other hand I realize that California having a massive crisis could definitely infect other states.
• BGFalcons82

  

  I Wear Pants;542906 wrote:So what happens if California gets in trouble under your leadership? We let them sink? Because I don't believe that'd be very helpful.

  
  Cali is failing BECAUSE of unions. overspending, and other Democratic spending spending spending. Subsidizing failure = more failure. Just like GM...they have to learn what is failing in order to fix it. Keeping their hand on the red-hot stove burner when they should be pulling back is sure to burn their hand beyond all recognition.
  
  The point is they are insane to believe more of the same will fix them from the ones that got them into their mess. They are expecting different results with the same players. DOH!!
• ou1980

  Not so fast........
  
  5905/9910
  
  R John Kasich 49% 1,183,736
  
  D Ted Strickland* 47% 1,116,545
• Cleveland Buck

  

  I Wear Pants;542906 wrote:So what happens if California gets in trouble under your leadership? We let them sink? Because I don't believe that'd be very helpful.

  
  For people that have no way to travel out of the state you could send a federal bus to pick them up and drop them off in Arizona.
• ou1980

  Kilroy getting crush by 15 points...
• LJ

  

  Yost winning Auditor race 51/44
• I Wear Pants

  BGFalcons82;542916 wrote:Cali is failing BECAUSE of unions. overspending, and other Democratic spending spending spending. Subsidizing failure = more failure. Just like GM...they have to learn what is failing in order to fix it. Keeping their hand on the red-hot stove burner when they should be pulling back is sure to burn their hand beyond all recognition.
  
  The point is they are insane to believe more of the same will fix them from the ones that got them into their mess. They are expecting different results with the same players. DOH!!

  I'm not a fan of most unions. Anymore they stand to stiffle business.
• QuakerOats

  ou1980;542919 wrote:Not so fast........
  
  5905/9910
  
  R John Kasich 49% 1,183,736
  
  D Ted Strickland* 47% 1,116,545

  
  Its over ---- the remaining vote is in western ohio -- kasich territory
• I Wear Pants

  I Wear Pants;542873 wrote:How is he a communist?

  Third time is a charm?
• ou1980

  6112/9910 Reporting
  
  R John Kasich 49% 1,214,323
  
  
  D Ted Strickland* 47% 1,147,482
• QuakerOats

  ccrunner609;542926 wrote:MSNBC just call Michelle Bachman a moron and they are making fun of her.
  
  What a great news source.

  
  Sad - desperation.
  
  Portman in a rout and all R's running statewide winning ....... wow