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The other big winner is Mike Pence> He came on board when most Republicans (me included) thought Trump to be toxic. He certainly gives confidence as a counterbalance to the mercurial Trump. And who knows if the Donald's attention span doesn't want to consider a 2nd term. Pence can say here was there all along if things go well.....

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Originally posted by Opus Dei:
ZenDriver, how ya doin' this fine morning? Texas was never in play. The Midwest/Mid-Atlantic defied polls, pleas and pundits. Florida came through.

If you could take away the South Florida jews and New England transplants with all their Yankee money, not a single person in FL would have voted for her. I haven't seen a SINGLE Hillary sign or sticker in Central or Northern FL, and not a single person I've spoken too was voting for her. Thank God we ended up coming through, 29 electoral votes is a big swing!

I agree! I saw 2 Hillary signs in Fort Lauderdale and an honest 1000 Trump signs.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
and will need at least 15 Ds to confirm a SCOTUS appointment. In this polarized environment, those will be hard accomplishments.

It only requires a simple majority to confirm a SCOTUS nominee. However they can filibuster, which would require 60 votes to end. If it does end 53-47, the republicans would need 7 dems to overcome filibuster. The other option is the 'nuclear option' where the majority suspends the rules and only requires a simple majority to consent to the appointment.[/QUOTE]

Oh hell, I was hoping there would be a long line headed north. This is the I-5 border crossing headed into British Columbia this afternoon:

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:

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Originally posted by flashguy:
and will need at least 15 Ds to confirm a SCOTUS appointment. In this polarized environment, those will be hard accomplishments.

It only requires a simple majority to confirm a SCOTUS nominee. However they can filibuster, which would require 60 votes to end. If it does end 53-47, the republicans would need 7 dems to overcome filibuster. The other option is the 'nuclear option' where the majority suspends the rules and only requires a simple majority to consent to the appointment.

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Originally posted by LBAR15:
Has anyone seen Glenn Beck? He must be on suicide watch today.

I had forgotten about him, indeed he must be totally catatonic by now....

and I thought electing Trump was going to crater the economy? at least, that is what all the polls indicated...

He grabbed Hillary by her Pennsylvania.

It looks like New Hampshire was the tightest race, followed by Michigan. It was weird seeing Michigan become the focus of the election in the last couple days.

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Originally posted by sig229-SAS:

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Originally posted by LBAR15:
Has anyone seen Glenn Beck? He must be on suicide watch today.

I had forgotten about him, indeed he must be totally catatonic by now....

Believe it or not, the buffoon is now pledging support for Trump saying "I am reaching out today. I will call him today."

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I don't think Trump will bother to take that phone call.

All of the cockroaches are crawling out to kiss ass now.

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From CNN.com's lead story...

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Obama's legacy nightmare

From CNN exit polls

Democrat voters Nov 2016
38% men
62% women

Republican voters Nov 2016
52% men
48% women


http://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls

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Originally posted by Jimineer:
I caught the first few minutes of Shepard Smith today. He talked about the polls, pundit predictions, the MSM, etc, etc. Then he added something like, 'boy are we a bunch of idiots', basically acknowledging they are out of touch and don't know crap. That's all I could stand to watch but I liked hearing him say that. At least he got that part right.

I dunno brother. I can't help but shake the feeling that every one of those summabitches knew exactly what info they were feeding us the entire time. And now they're acting innocent as if it were the pollsters fault. They thought they had us played.

I got up early yesterday morning and went to vote - was surprised at how quick it went - no lines - in and out.

I ignored the news all day, went out for dinner and didn't turn on any election coverage until about 930 last night

I watched Fox until about 1230 and Podesta came out and told everyone to go home and then waited for a bit to see if perhaps Pennsylvania or Michigan would be called.

Finally packed it in while he had 527 or so - the last thing I recall was them calling Maine and giving the bitch 3 out of 4 votes with one remaining.

Frankly I am not surprised about NH being so tough with all of the Massholes and New York roaches that have moved in and totally corrupted what was once a beautiful state. Ayotte I hope wins.

It was nice to wake up this morning and find out Trump won. My sig line has been there since the 2014 elections and its probably about time to find a new one.

I thank everyone that voted for Trump, and while I wish I could be 'magnanimous' to the losers, I really cant. I truly want to do to them over the next four years what they did to us for the last eight.

The big winner last night was the country - we will get someone that will do a fine job of nominating the next US Supreme Court justices and hope that a few of the remaining liberal ones kick off pretty quickly.

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They thought they had us played

I agree. Part of it is to stretch things out to keep viewers watching the tube.

That open source NY Times forecast data was an hour or two ahead of what was being reported. They knew what was going to happen and they acted out parts to put on the show.

These people aren't there to give you the news, they are there to keep your attention and drive their numbers up for advertisers.

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Originally posted by sdy:
From CNN exit polls

Democrat voters Nov 2016
38% men
62% women

Republican voters Nov 2016
52% men
48% women


http://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls

It appears the anti woman issue is in thier party not ours.

I have been seeing many more American flags proudly displayed at homes around the neighbor hood today. My home had been one of the few where it was flown outside of usual flag flying days.