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Ossoff just pulled ahead even more by like 8k votes. This is looking to go out of recount range by the time all votes are counted  edit: 
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Now that I think about it, Bernie Sanders could single handedly demand a 2K check vote or M4A vote by withholding his support for speaker. The power of a single senator has never been greater. But then, he'd actually have to be willing to hand over majority leader to Mitch, and I don't think he's got the chutzpah.
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Jan 6, 2021 08:21
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TulliusCicero posted:It took an Abrams to finish what a Sherman started gently caress yeah this is an awesome post. 
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Jan 6, 2021 08:29
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Jan 6, 2021 08:47
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As a Georgia voter, here is my message to all the crestfallen Republicans throughout the nation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ykAXB3JFy4
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Jan 6, 2021 09:00
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Now that I think about it, Bernie Sanders could single handedly demand a 2K check vote or M4A vote by withholding his support for speaker. The power of a single senator has never been greater. Yeah, probably not. On the other hand, he is going to still be chair of the budget committee, presumably. So he’ll still have a pretty big platform to push for these things. I really hope he makes the most of it, and doesn’t just play nice.
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Jan 6, 2021 09:07
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Proud of my state. We actually didn't let the nation down this time.
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Jan 6, 2021 09:13
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blossommirage posted:Proud of my state. We actually didn't let the nation down this time.
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Jan 6, 2021 09:17
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TulliusCicero posted:It took an Abrams to finish what a Sherman started What did Stacey Abrams do exactly? I keep seeing this be repeated but I don't understand what she actually did.
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Jan 6, 2021 10:03
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punk rebel ecks posted:What did Stacey Abrams do exactly? I keep seeing this be repeated but I don't understand what she actually did. Pursued lawsuits over the last few years that have partially reformed our historically awful election oversight and voter purging/suppression problems she also GOTV really god drat hard
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Jan 6, 2021 10:08
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punk rebel ecks posted:What did Stacey Abrams do exactly? I keep seeing this be repeated but I don't understand what she actually did. After losing or "losing" to Kemp in the last Gubernatorial cycle (depending on how you look at it), she launched a grassroots movement in Georgia targeting poorer, blacker, and other under-represented communities to: get rid of outdated election tech, have the people become more active in their communities to encourage more engaged local governance, and to actively help change registrations to stop disenfranchisement (roll purges etc). Also going strongly against the GA bill that listed crimes against cops as hate crimes. And received and then disbursed a bunch of money in the states that were won by slim margins, including the two races that may have been won tonight. She didn't McGrath it, she spent a TON of money in this cycle. e: on top of just doing a bunch of good stuff - she's an excellent, very shrewd politician who really seems to understand how the levers of power work. Unfortunately she ran in GA in UltraShame fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Jan 6, 2021 |
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https://twitter.com/edcitoo/status/1346670953112203267?s=20
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Jan 6, 2021 10:14
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Potato Salad posted:Pursued lawsuits over the last few years that have partially reformed our historically awful election oversight and voter purging/suppression problems She definitely emailed me every few days for a donation. Glad to see them finally paying off for once!
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Jan 6, 2021 10:16
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TulliusCicero posted:It took an Abrams to finish what a Sherman started The grassroots effort to upend Georgia's political compass has been a sight to behold. It got buried a bit on election night because Georgia wasn't the deciding state, but it sure won't go unnoticed after tonight. Well done Georgia.
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Jan 6, 2021 12:11
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I moved from New York to Georgia less than a year ago and never in my wildest dreams did I think our votes would matter this much. Feels good 
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Jan 6, 2021 12:27
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Ok Comboomer posted:That just means it’s Av sized.  You folks are awesome This has been a very lovely holiday season for me personally, so this election was a boon
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Jan 6, 2021 12:39
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nachos posted:I moved from New York to Georgia less than a year ago and never in my wildest dreams did I think our votes would matter this much. Feels good Welcome to the state!
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Jan 6, 2021 12:50
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Yeah, you're probably right. Would be loving hilarious though. Or, chaos option, R's see the way the wind is blowing and cross over to the winning team. Senate Majority Leader McConnell (D-KY)
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Jan 6, 2021 13:34
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nachos posted:I moved from New York to Georgia less than a year ago and never in my wildest dreams did I think our votes would matter this much. Feels good It should feel good. You made a big difference. Congrats!
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Jan 6, 2021 13:45
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nachos posted:I moved from New York to Georgia less than a year ago and never in my wildest dreams did I think our votes would matter this much. Feels good As a North Carolinian, I’m very jealous. I never thought Georgia would go blue before us. But I guess that’s what happens when you get good candidates like Warnock and we get wastes of oxygen like Cunningham. Here’s hoping for Jeff Jackson in ‘22.
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Jan 6, 2021 13:50
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I don’t think anyone in either party will flip but I think the most likely if it were to happen is Romney becoming an Independent and caucusing with the Democrats
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Jan 6, 2021 13:51
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I now accept that GA is on track to being a purple state. All it took was the Herculean effort from Abrams, a literal blatant criminal president, and literal blatant criminal senators to make people in the state of GA get blue results in statewide elections. I’m excited to see the turtle flipped. Most of all I am excited to be disappointed for the next two years by dems instead of furious/horrified by repubs.
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Jan 6, 2021 13:56
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Mons Hubris posted:I don’t think anyone in either party will flip but I think the most likely if it were to happen is Romney becoming an Independent and caucusing with the Democrats That'd be fun. Obviously it wouldn't say good things about the Democrats if Mr. I Like Firing Binders Full of 47% Etch-A-Sketches of a Dog on a Car is now on their side, but nothing we didn't already know.
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Jan 6, 2021 13:57
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Osoff declaring victory before its been called
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Jan 6, 2021 14:08
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TulliusCicero posted:It took an Abrams to finish what a Sherman started Hahaha holy poo poo. So happy Warnock won and showed that grifting demon Rapunzel the door. Pulling hard for Ossoff.
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Jan 6, 2021 14:15
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holy poo poo did we win like actually????
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Jan 6, 2021 14:16
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Mons Hubris posted:I don’t think anyone in either party will flip but I think the most likely if it were to happen is Romney becoming an Independent and caucusing with the Democrats I might be totally off, but I don't think Utah voters would tolerate Romney leaving the party no matter how Mormon he is.
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Jan 6, 2021 14:24
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The best you could expect from Romney is that he won't oppose some cabinet + federal judiciary appointments, expecting anything more than that is crazy talk.
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Jan 6, 2021 14:29
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https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1346725313758298112?s=19 Nate stop. I can only take so much
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Jan 6, 2021 14:30
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It is extremely Chatham County for us to just call it a night and have a nap, wrap things up in the morning.
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Jan 6, 2021 14:44
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So I'm not sure which thread is the best for this question... Up until today, I noticed a lot of resentment against Ossoff for being a pretty lackluster candidate and maybe someone who just got the nomination because the DNC liked him. I don't know the whole story on the primary, though. Did he muscle someone else out who might have been a better senator? I got the impression that he was basically in the position he was because he was willing to run in a special election that no one expected to be close and no one else wanted to run int and then he did better than expected. I can understand not being thrilled with him, but to a certain extent I wonder who else was actually eager to show up.
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Jan 6, 2021 15:01
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Potato Salad posted:Pursued lawsuits over the last few years that have partially reformed our historically awful election oversight and voter purging/suppression problems Like ludicrously, crazy hard. 98% of eligible Georgians are registered to vote. She also pioneered (with several other people) a new kind of GOTV operation that happens in person but is way more active than just door knocking and includes basically talking to people about how to vote effectively and offering tools like a ride to the polls, finding your (early or not) polling place, and how to track your mail in ballot. They then follow up to help again, even if it's with really hard stuff like curing a mail in ballot. And it works really well.
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Jan 6, 2021 15:05
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What happens to Romney etc is that the Lincoln Project takes it’s mask off and begins running much less fashy billionaire lovers against these idiot 4chan shitposters who fell into Congress and against vulnerable seats in the blue majority alike. That’s why Paul Ryan re-emerged with an editorial the other day. They’re building a group of boring arch-conservatives from vulnerable states in case they have to launch a “Lincoln Party” or whatever. And the GOP goes back to what it was before they saw their base get rock-hard from Sarah Palin smearing the news and hype the partisan divide as civil war causing stuff. Praising billionaires and war crimes without trying to openly stoke hate group violence within their own community.
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Craptacular! posted:What happens to Romney etc is that the Lincoln Project takes it’s mask off and begins running much less fashy billionaire lovers against these idiot 4chan shitposters who fell into Congress and against vulnerable seats in the blue majority alike. That’s why Paul Ryan re-emerged with an editorial the other day. They’re building a group of boring arch-conservatives from vulnerable states in case they have to launch a “Lincoln Party” or whatever. Yeah probably but I’m not sure the GOP can go back to what it was before Palin now.
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Jan 6, 2021 15:11
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Centurium posted:Like ludicrously, crazy hard. 98% of eligible Georgians are registered to vote. Will this mean that Stacey will gain more influence in the Democratic Party to strengthen their vote in other states too?
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Mons Hubris posted:Yeah probably but I’m not sure the GOP can go back to what it was before Palin now. Depends on what happens now that Trump’s mutants are disengaged from politics again. Some of those people are the eternal base of the party and just go along with whatever is served up, but are there enough of them left?
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Trump is hosed Mitch GOP will blame him He's going to be under investigation as soon as he's out of office He has now angered the GOP that could have obstructed for him The GOP is headed for civil war 
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nachos posted:I moved from New York to Georgia less than a year ago and never in my wildest dreams did I think our votes would matter this much. Feels good We’ve been here about 8 years and never thought our votes would matter outside local elections. I helped a man that was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years vote both for Biden and then in this runoff, man finally got to vote for the first time ever and it mattered twice. Feels good to feel good, even if momentarily.
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Eric Cantonese posted:So I'm not sure which thread is the best for this question... A big issue is that running in an election is a grueling campaign that, usually, ends with national humiliation. Ossof was going up against an incumbent senator in what was considered a red state where he had maybe a 5% chance of squeaking it out. He'd built up name recognition and a fundraising apparatus from his special election run, which discouraged other Democrats from going for the same race, and there was also a separate senate race against a much weaker incumbent that was considered slightly more winnable. Irony is he's in a better position than Warnock now because he has a full six year term while Warnock needs to win a new term in '22, and because of obscure rules of how the senate calculates seniority he is now possibly the senior senator from Georgia.
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