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How many House seats did we loose (Original Post) bigdarryl Nov 2014 OP
A few, not a really big deal in the House. elleng Nov 2014 #1
with 50 outstanding, we are down 9. nt kelly1mm Nov 2014 #2
It looks like one in Texas. TexasTowelie Nov 2014 #3
all obama's fault politicman Nov 2014 #4
Looking like it is going to be AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #5
Down a dozen with a few left to go. FBaggins Nov 2014 #6

TexasTowelie

(112,128 posts)
3. It looks like one in Texas.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:27 AM
Nov 2014

Pete Gallego (DINO--District #23) is behind Will Hurd 50%-47% with about 85% of precincts counted. The rest of the Texas House seats went to incumbents. Yes that means two more years of Louis Gohmert.

 

politicman

(710 posts)
4. all obama's fault
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:27 AM
Nov 2014

Lets state the truth.

This result is entirely the fault of no one but Obama.

Obama repaired the economy, but he repaired it for the Wall Street types and the rich, not for the normal folks. Obama had the chance to return the country to the 99%, instead he chose to give the 1% all the benefits of a recovering economy.

Obama's failure to go after any of the 1% for their corruption that led to the 2008 depression and also to let the reserve bank provide 6 years of QE to enrich the Wall Street types is the perfect example of the above sentence.

Many people on here bleat about how Obama has repaired the economy, but lets be honest with ourselves, too many people in the country live pay check to pay check whilst at the same time they see the 1%ers grabbing more and more of the share of the pie for themselves precisely because Obama's policies have made it easier for them to do so.

So all your Obama defenders (and I used to be one) should wake up to yourselves, Obama has disappointed on so many levels, with so many broken promises, and so many times do the very things that he said he would not do when he caimpaigned both times in his presidential runs.

 

AnalystInParadise

(1,832 posts)
5. Looking like it is going to be
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 02:52 AM
Nov 2014

in the 12-16 seat range when all are counted. Biggest Republican delegation in American history FFS................Tonight sucks

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