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that's a lot of work, looks like we'll need some mexicans.

republicans want to work on immigration... if by immigration you mean sealing the united states up inside a giant concrete dome so no one else can get in...

Or you could with the democrats plan, executive order making million of illegals instantly legal.

It's just damned if you do it again.

Trying to control the entire economy of Europe, go go Weimar Republic again!

I do wonder if Reid will be able to keep that toxic waste dump out of his backyard now though...

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie is conceding to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) after a surprisingly close race against the sitting senator.

"I've called Mark Warner to congratulate him on his reelection," Gillespie said in a Friday press conference in Northern Virginia. "It would be wrong to put my fellow Virginians through a recount when in my head and in my heart, I know a change in the outcome is not possible."

Gillespie was viewed as a major underdog heading into Election Day against Warner, but led the senator through much of election night before Warner pulled ahead by roughly 17,000 votes. Virginia's official vote canvass concluded Friday afternoon.

"We surprised a lot of experts Tuesday night," he said.

The sunny GOP power broker remained upbeat during his concession speech, pointing out that he'd begun the race 29 points down in his internal polling and lost by a much smaller margin than public polling had predicted.

"I've loved every minute of it. Well this one, maybe not so much," he said.

Gillespie's strong showing against the popular Warner puts him in a good position to run for governor in 2017 should he decide to undertake a bid.

Gillespie stayed upbeat throughout the speech, thanking his staff and advisers one by one. But at the end, his voice cracked as he thanked his family.

"It would have been nice to be called senator but the best thing I've ever been called is dad," he said before hugging his family and some supporters on his way out the door.

Warner said later in a statement that Gillespie had indeed called him to concede, adding, "I commended him on a hard-fought campaign and wish him and his family well. I am sure Ed Gillespie will continue to contribute to the debate in Virginia and the nation."

“Representing Virginia has been the honor of my life, and I am gratified that the people of the Commonwealth have rehired me for a new term," Warner continued. "On Tuesday, Virginians sent an unmistakable message both to me and Congress as a whole: end the gridlock and get to work."

Gillespie's concession means Republicans are on pace to have 54 seats in the next Senate, assuming Alaska Republican Dan Sullivan's lead over Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) holds and Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) defeats Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) in a runoff, as seems likely.

I'm pretty sure that "control" is by default and not by actively trying. You're also forgetting Brussels there, Comrade Putin! What's funny is my grandfather had an ominous feeling and made his sentiments pretty damn clear about Southern EU nations joining the Euro.

Hindsight is 20/20, but Germany should have kept the DM, and I still can't shake the premonition of my grandfather.

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But oh well, more money for gas and oil companies! Less for our growing population! Schools, what are those?

Among the poor, the less educated they are the more likely they are to vote Republican.

Wealthier people vote republican. Education plays no part.

Wealthier people vote republican. Education plays no part.

Both your graph and demographics say different.

How so?

I love how landrieu receiving 42.something percent of the vote and cassidy receiving 40 is a "Likely" defeat for landrieu. But, obviously some people are going to be electioneered or are not going to vote again...so Cassidy may just win because voters are lazy *** and cause he put out so much money you might as well just give the office to him anyway. Kinda sickening when a senator can just be ousted out of office because she's actually been doing her job since 1997 by someone who just had a shitty "Im against Obama vicariously through landrieu" attack ad playing nonstop over the radio and non-stop through facebook.

But oh well, more money for gas and oil companies! Less for our growing population! Schools, what are those?

republicans want to work on immigration... if by immigration you mean sealing the united states up inside a giant concrete dome so no one else can get in...

I love how landrieu receiving 42.something percent of the vote and cassidy receiving 40 is a "Likely" defeat for landrieu. But, obviously some people are going to be electioneered or are not going to vote again...so Cassidy may just win because voters are lazy *** and cause he put out so much money you might as well just give the office to him anyway. Kinda sickening when a senator can just be ousted out of office because she's actually been doing her job since 1997 by someone who just had a shitty "Im against Obama vicariously through landrieu" attack ad playing nonstop over the radio and non-stop through facebook.

Cassidy also had another Republican who was running against both of them.

Combine the two Republican votes together and they make up ~57-58% of the vote.

See how people are saying that Cassidy will more than likely win?

Enuyasha is just another of those low information voters. But hey she used big words like "electioneered" and "vicariously" so what she said sounded credible. Its just horrible that an incumbent Democrat that has been sitting in office for well over a decade is losing her job.

99% In
Mary Landrieu D
Incumbent 42% 618,840
Wayne Ables D
1% 11,318
William Waymire D
0% 4,669
Vallian Senegal D
0% 3,831
Bill Cassidy R
41% 602,439
Rob Maness R
14% 202,413
Thomas Clements R
1% 14,158
Brannon McMorris
Libertarian 1% 13,024

Understand why now? Should we use bigger words?

I saw the coverage for it. Im not a low information voter, kthx though for the flagrant assumption. In those numbers maness didnt even receive the largest portion of the vote, therefore he wont be running in the runoff. Those "Larger than you thought" numbers dont matter seeing as how it only matters (In the state of Louisiana, i dont know about cherrypickers that want to throw together random numbers for a runoff to make an "Educated" guess) about the top two candidates. and at the end of the race Cassidy was at 40.2, so someone is either rounding numbers up or there isnt correct information going around. But you may just be right, some uninformed illiterate *** here may just aswell vote in cassidy just because he's not a democrat and he makes nice pretty mouth noises about being "Against Obama".

But other than that, theres no reason to believe that landrieu cant pull over 50% of the vote with voters probably either going to realize cassidy is an idiot that is spouting fountains of ***, or all of the republican voters are going to put their hand over their faces and press the button they know is the wrong one anyway just because it says Republican under and to the right of it.

Or all those other voters who got either "0%" of the vote voting for the lesser of two evils theyve known since 1997 over some random shouting at the top of his lungs that landrieu and obama are the same people.

More than likely itll be the middle way of the road, because popular stupidity rules this state anyway with it being the closest (Theres a color other than purple that is more red than blue, but it escapes me atm) to purple of a red state.

by the way im a he and i have a somewhat large vocabulary of words i know the meanings of and know how to use. So if you'd like to come up here to an intellectual level, that'd be nice.

Actually Math Rules..

democrats vote for Landrieu 42% + 1% + 0% + 0% + 1%

Republicans vote for Cassidy 41% +14% +1%

I even gave the democrat the libertarian vote /sigh

Do I need to add those numbers for you as well?

It's cute that you think a Republican that voted for a Republican is gonna think twice about voting for a different Republican..

Just so we are clear.. A democrat isn't a Republican, I feel all that needed to be said because I'm still not sure you understand.

Or did they just decide to declare themselves the winners anyway.

They should nominate a reasonable Democrat like Joe Manchin to lead the Senate minority. Harry Reid has done irreparable damage to the Senate and its role.