The channels aren’t gonna call this but the twitter world HAS….
Joe Biden has to be dancing around the room….
Chuck Schumer has to be euphoric!
Mitch McConnell has to be cursing Donald Trump out….
The ladies over at MSNBC are laughing….
And Georgia is turning from Red to Purple…
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Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
Warnock’s victory is pretty clearly going to wind up outside of Georgia’s 0.5% recount threshold. #GASEN
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Rev Warnock …..
He’ll be the second Black Senator from the South…
He’ll have to run again in 2 years….
He’ll be running when Stacy Abrams will be running for Governor…
And she’ll get props for her job here in Ga tonight….
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Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
I’ve seen enough. Jon Ossoff (D) defeats Sen. David Perdue (R) in GA’s other Senate runoff. #GASEN
Democrats win control of the Senate.
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Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
Replying to
@Redistrict
It’s not yet assured Ossoff’s victory will end up outside GA’s 0.5% recount threshold, but it’s likely. #GASEN
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Warnock is up by 35,000+ and there are thousands of Dem votes are still to be reported….
Warnock has NO auto recount ….
John King CNN….
Only less then about 10,000 GOP votes probably not counted….
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Nate Cohn
@Nate_Cohn
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Here’s what’s left in the Ossoff race, according to our estimates
92,000 total….Ossoff +5.4
Election Day….2,000
Mail-In………57,000
Early Vote……19,000
Come over to HERE DSD….
Daily Kos Elections
@DKElections
Replying to
@DKElections
Now Perdue up 1,100. Story remains the same: Almost all that’s out is very blue turf, so he’ll have tough time holding it.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
@RevDrBarber
We must not only look at the Black vote & the white vote in Georgia but also the poor & low-wealth vote and particularly where white voters have joined Black voters to vote for candidates that would fight for them to have higher wages, health care, etc.
One can look at the recent political history of Georgia and be pretty sure that Warnock got just about every white Democrat vote possible.
The same does not seem to be able to be said of Ossoff and African-American Democrats.
Maybe some people might have thought he was too young for the job
I had predicted that Warnock had a slightly better chance to win than Ossoff, but not just because of the voting habits of black voters. I thought that Loeffler came across as more extreme than Purdue, less southern, and I thought that Ossoff ran a less effective campaign than Warnock.
I agree Zreebs but think Kelly may have also lost the votes of diehard Collins voters who voted Perdue but not for her. They may have thought they were setting up Collins for a comeback against the Reverend on the two year term.
If Ossoff hangs on for a victory,then my prediction of yesterday was wrong.
I will be glad to be wrong!
You predicted a toss up, so I would not consider you wrong.
Loeffler went from a moderate GOPer to a Trumper…..
It didn’t work….
In what ways was Loeffler a moderate?
Loeffler described herself as the most conservative member of the Senate. That is not usually something a “moderate” would say – especially when you consider how radical the Republicans in the Senate are.
….For Ms. Loeffler, a political newcomer, the journey has meant breaking with old allies, picking new fights and struggling to explain away a life before politics when she occasionally gave money to Democrats, like former Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, and rubbed elbows with Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who ran for Georgia governor in 2018. ….
NY Times….
She made a hard Right turn when she got to be a politician…..
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
It’s only like the 12th most important lesson from this election cycle, but parties should be more careful about who they appoint to the Senate when there’s a vacancy. Appointing McSally after she’d just lost wasn’t wise. Same with Loeffler, who’d never won an election before.
She was the “establishment” choice when picked to fill the vacancy while the Trumpists preferred Doug Collins.
Because of Collins, she made the choice to become as Trumpy as possible. Ultimately, her downfall. Karma.
In the crowded 2014 GOP primary in Georgia, David Perdue was the one non-office holder and considered the most “moderate” of all the candidates.
So they had BOTH as actual moderates?
Again….
Turning to Trump screwed ALL of the Republicans in Georgia…
ALL of them...
It is not uncommon for business people (especially CEOs) to contribute to both parties. Doing so is just being astute from a business perspective. I agree that conservatives likely held that against Loeffler, but that doesn’t mean she was not exceedingly conservative.
Vox
@voxdotcom
In his election night speech, Raphael Warnock underlined the historic nature of his win:
“82-year-old hands that used to pick somebody else’s cotton went to the polls and picked her youngest son to be a United States senator.”
Brian Schatz
@brianschatz
Tomorrow is an extremely inconvenient time for a failed coup attempt.
It Appears Democrats Have Won Control of the Senate
As of this post, there is still no official projection in either U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia, but the New York Times’s needle is very confident that both Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff will win.
It’s not official but it’s very hard to see a path for either Republican short of a major tabulation error.
That would mean the U.S. Senate will be comprised of 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris breaking any ties.
It’s an unbelievably dramatic end to the 2020 election cycle.
Nonetheless, still a very narrowly divided Senate.
Senators like Romney, Manchin, Collins, and Murkowski will have increased importance.
Manchin has already pledged that he will oppose getting rid of the filibuster or attempting to pack the Court.
Maybe add Mark Kelly to that list as well.
Biden is NOT gonna support any radical things in the Senate….
Democrats are gonna be looking over their shoulders at 2010 and 2020 beatdown House votes….
We’re talking about Joe Biden….
He’ll HAVE TO cool the Left’s heels….
But Schumer is NOT McConnell….
But some things still need 60 US Senate votes and McConnell will still be Majority leader for 2 weeks….
That will make some unhappy…
But I guess I will be getting that $2000 check now.
Ok guys….
CG?
I’m STILL as happy as I was November 5th!….
Later!
Trump just keeps seeing things go AWAY from him….
If Sally Yates gets picked for AG, you need to shut down the blog for a week and go to Vegas.
Bye
Trump screwed every Republican in America, not just Georgia.
They have the White House, House, and Senate *all* due to Trump, and Trump alone.
This will lead to policies that these Republicans (including people like me) are not going to like. (and Biden, whom I voted for, broke a promise and has not one single person in his Administration who was a Republican even before Trump) Unlike most others though, I knew this about Trump on Day 1 and never yielded from that position. I voted against him twice, supported his Impeachment and conviction, and wished for him to resign, right from the start.
So, a lot of *other* Republicans need to look in the mirror and decide if they even want to help get out of the mess they helped create.
Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
Look guys, I’ve seen enough. Both Raphael Warnock (D) and Jon Ossoff (D) will win by margins comfortably exceeding GA’s 0.5% recount threshold. #GASEN
Ossoff is now 17,000 up over Perdue….
Over 10,000 outstanding mostly Democrats ballots are outstanding….
Warnock has been called by the AP and the media….
I am so happy that Jimmy Carter is with us to see this result and sad John Lewis isn’t.
Lewis had a direct and strong connection to both candidates and this night is a direct result of his and Georgia’s next Governor work.
What an incredible evening, I also want to thank both Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell for their efforts in making this a reality.
Tomorrow’s shit show attempt by the Republican Party to deny the rightful winner of the Presidency will much easier to watch with this result. They will do terrible lasting damage to their brand tomorrow and I’ll enjoy the spectacle.
It will be a wonderful birthday present.
Happy birthday Keith!
Happy Birthday Keith!!
Happy Birthday!
I don’t think Romney will be a swing vote as much as Manchin, Kelly, King, Murkowski or Collins. I wonder why CG listed him first? I respect Romney more than I did two years ago, but I don’t see him as key of a player as the others I mentioned.
This win will enable Biden to get most of his nominees and likely a Supreme Court justice to replace Breyer – who I suspect will retire this year. Not sure what else Biden will get passed, other than some COVID-19 legislation and budget matters that basicly keep the country running.
Happy Birthday Keith!
Damn Good Present indeed
Ossoff is 16,000 votes up OVER Perdue….
Could have a recount but ya don’t lose 16 thousand votes in recounts although someone said last night Trump gained a thousand or so someplace in a recount….
Warnocks’ margin is over 70,000 votes…
Ossoff’s margin is over 35,000 vote…
Neither is in auto recount territory…
Good solid wins in Purple Georgia