BREAKING: DEMOCRATS KEEP CONTROL OF THE SENATE - Meidas Touch

[Rhiannon12866]

It is official. Democrats have kept control of the United States Senate.

[SheltieLover]

1. Yaaaaaay!

Ty, Rhi!,

[Rhiannon12866]

2. This is pretty incredible, as Alicia Menendez said on MSNBC, this defied history!

And this also means that my senator, Chuck Schumer, remains Majority Leader! (He won, BTW!)

[alwaysinasnit]

3. Do you think that maybe some Repubs in GA will consider it a waste of time, now that Dems

have assured their control over the Senate, to vote in the runoff election?

[Rhiannon12866]

4. There's a decent chance.

As was said on MSNBC, there may be fewer Republican votes since they came out for the Midterms and voted a straight Republican ticket, but may not bother with the runoff.

[alwaysinasnit]

5. I've got my fingers crossed.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. We had two primaries in my New York district.

One was for governor and the other was for the Democratic congressional candidate. I showed and voted in both, but turnout was so poor that the Democratic poll worker was reading a book when I showed up. Everyone at my polling place seemed glad to see me. And in both of those primaries, there was just a single vote.

[alwaysinasnit]

7. Oh jeez!

[Rhiannon12866]

8. That's one reason I'm thinking that a lot of Republicans may not bother with one vote

They think it won't matter. Democrats, on the other hand, have everything to gain - and certainly want to keep Warnock, we all do! I spoke to the husband of a friend of mine the other night and I learned that he worked on Raphael Warnock's initial campaign - though he's from here in New York!

[alwaysinasnit]

9. +1000

Kudos to all those unsung campaign workers. The best I can do is send a little bit more to the Rev.