Two fucking days later and they realize it was a BLUE WAVE.

[boston bean]

Screw off Carville and Tapper two idiots who stated over and over it wasn’t a blue wave. Changing the narrative by spouting falsehoods.

Allowing trump cover through lies that he didn’t have such a bad night.

Damn!!

[spooky3]

1. Ari Melber did a great segment with lots of data supporting

the Blue Wave characterization. If you get a chance to catch a rerun or online clip it is worth a look.

[dem4decades]

5. Ari did a great job. He's the one guy I watch religiously.

[DemocracyMouse]

53. May I interject? Here's another proof of a huge blue wave:

One hour ago I was talking to a political science major at Princeton and she was looking at lists of election data online. She said, essentially, that Dem enthusiasm was through the roof compared to that of the Republicans. Here’s what she found (this is based on a cursory glance and deserves a proper crunching):

Republicans winning with over 70% of the vote in a Red district: 12%
Democrats receiving over 70% of the vote in a blue district: 71%

Dems had, in effect, seven times the enthusiasm.

(Again, that’s based on a quick glance at the numbers.)

[spooky3]

55. An anecdote supporting that--I'm in a very blue district and not only did

our rep get re-elected by >70%, we had record % turnout for a non-Presidential year--highest since the 1960s IIRC. And I'm in VA where we elect Governors in odd years (such as 2017), so there are even more years to beat than typical. We are among the states judged "difficult" to vote in because we don't have early voting other than absentee, etc. We had a few local issues but nothing out of the ordinary, so it would have been easy to understand if people stayed home.

So I think this means, if not enthusiasm--People wanted to send a message to Trump and his enablers.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. He has been tweeting clips and his graph that I finally got!

Link to tweet

TEXT
TheBeat w/Ari Melber
✔
@TheBeatWithAri

Midterm elections were the largest gain for Democrats in 40 years.

"More than any other election, since the Democratic wave against Nixon" - @AriMelber
502
6:56 PM - Nov 8, 2018

[spooky3]

14. Thanks!

[dem4decades]

57. It would have been 60 seats without gerrymandering.

[uponit7771]

28. +1

[Hav]

2. Yep

Early Wednesday, I thought the Repubs would end up with 55 seats. Despite winning the House, that would have still made it a very mixed result.
Then Montana switched, now Arizona is looking good and who knows, maybe there is some chance for Florida. Having only one net loss is totally different. If that comes true, the Repubs won one seat in the Senate on a map stacked against the Dems and they lost the House. That is after they celebrated their big win.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. Check this link out!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211392815

[David__77]

3. I think a lot of people were concerned.

As I looked at that 538 odds model for the house on election night, I was quite anxious. The apparent losses in Florida coupled with loss in Indiana was something I found unsettling until more house wins came in.

[zonkers]

6. Thank you. Agree. The media runs this country.

[Me.]

7. Add Michael Moore To That List

Nancy was right, he was wrong

I don't see him on nearly every show now

[Cha]

11. Haha.. Moore didn't

do a very good job. Just the opposite in fact.

[Me.]

12. What A Phoney Baloney

[Cha]

19. WORSE!

[Me.]

26. ...

[LakeArenal]

38. He is a has-been celebrity activist

Much like Sarandon... Say anything to seem relevant.

[Cha]

45. ..

[Rebl2]

37. I think

he has become one of those that likes to hear himself talk.

[Cha]

43. Definitely and the M$M like

what he has to say.

[iluvtennis]

58. +++ agree. Moore was such a Debbie Downer in late days of election that I tuned him out.

[Cha]

63. What is his

agenda?!

[iluvtennis]

64. Not sure Cha. I just don't like it when Dems go on TV and speak negatively about other Dems

We need to stick together in unity in this current hostile Trumpian environment.

[Cha]

65. Exactly! We do this together.. No Dissing Dems!

his negative on Dems doc didn't do well, either.. YAY!

[John Fante]

77. MM can piss off. He thinks only Michelle Obama

can beat Trump, and since we know she's not not running, that's his roundabout way of saying Trump is a lock:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/7/michael-moore-we-will-lose-2020-cory-booker-kamala/

😡

[betsuni]

17. Moore now predicts that Democrats can't win against Trump in 2020 if they run a politician.

Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2018, 10:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Has to be a "beloved American" like Michelle Obama or that Scully guy. Because Trump is "so much smarter" than we are, a genius.

I think his crystal ball is broken.

[Cha]

24. BS "couldn't see a blue wave" either..

And, yet the BIG BLUE WAVE is here and he goes right on acting like it's not.

I think you're right.

ETA.. oh Sorry, I was talking about BS.. realized this was about Michael Moore.

[betsuni]

34. Oh, sorry, I will edit to make it clear.

[Cha]

42. lol..

I'm so excited tonight like we all are!

I'm now going out to a BLUE WAVE celebratory dinner!

[betsuni]

44. Lucky you!

Have fun.

[Cha]

61. Thank You, betsuni..

we did! Thai curry

[Me.]

50. Are They Different?

[Cha]

62. ..

yeah, you can see how it was easy to do.

[bdamomma]

29. I heard him say that

too.

Obama was a "beloved American" and a politician and he was voted in twice.

Aren't we in this mess cause people voted on a con man??? and would you go to a baker for surgery??? Makes no sense.

[betsuni]

39. Doesn't make sense, I agree.

It's the opposite. People will want someone who knows what they're doing.

[Me.]

31. Shattered

like someone else I could name he's trying desperately to maintain his relevance

[GulfCoast66]

41. Lots of talking heads and politicians trying to catch the big blue bus

That has left their time behind.

So many talking points from 3 days ago look stupid now.

Largest Democratic pickup in 40 year even with gerrymandering.

[amuse bouche]

54. MM was just on Lawrence O's show

He is thrilled with the outcome and called it a Blue Wave

He is a fabulous ally. I hate seeing Dems put him down. Same with Bill Maher

[hostalover]

70. Finally! A positive post about Michael Moore to which I can respond! I also

saw him on Laurence's show last night and he was fantastic! Positively giddy about the election results. Definitely a blue wave in his opinion! Thanks for your words!

[shanny]

76. I hate it too.

To me it smacks of authoritarianism (generally the provenance of the Other Side) when we slam somebody who doesn't think Ds are perfect.

[Cha]

8. Fucking media****** TOOLS!

It was a Giant BLUE WAVE that SWEPT across our Country!


Must have had their heads up the ass when all the red seats were FLIPPING to BLUE

[zonkers]

9. Sadly, depsite the hard #'s , the effect of their early false calls will still mute any popular

notion a blue wave, even though that is what it is.

[USALiberal]

10. Is is partially our fault for listening to predictions so early in the night. nt

[malaise]

22. Some of us followed 538 and called it for Dems

quite early. We saw posts on DU telling us to ignore 538. Turns out they were excellent.

[USALiberal]

25. Well, not really. At one point Nate had chance Dems win house in the 36% range......

It bounced all over early.

He admitted it in a blog post that early returns were impacting his algorithm.

[jcgoldie]

27. Yeah

The 538 liveblog percentages were fucking nerve wracking ... if dish network didn't have some BS dispute with HBO I probably would have flipped to a movie!

[USALiberal]

30. LOL, me too! I was freaking out. Learned a lesson though! nt

[BluegrassDem]

32. JCGoldie, that's so hilarious as I was pissed HBO was off my DISH too for the same reason!!

I was getting so down early in the evening and I just wanted to watch a movie and be done with it!

[mcar]

15. All the doom and gloom early on

when everyone knew so many states didn't close until later in the evening. What a joke!

[betsuni]

40. It got so gloomy I stopped watching coverage when I saw that "Galaxy Quest" was on TV.

Cheered me up immediately. There's an automatic negativity switch about everything to do with Democrats, I swear.

[GulfCoast66]

16. When we did not convincingly win Florida and Georgia

Two very difficult states for us the narrative began.

By the time we started racking up wins that narrative stuck made worse because so many people went to bed before the West came in.

But the numbers are undeniable.

[SunSeeker]

18. I was a blue wave by any measure.

[Wintryjade]

20. Carville was a huge factor on dumpy a bucket of ice water on all us, election night.

[LovingA2andMI]

36. Carville was on his...

DLC crap, again "Dems need to run candidates in the Center - all over". NO....Dems need to run Centrist Candidates WHERE NEEDED - like Arizona, West Virginia, Montana, Alabama (Yes, Alabama), Tennessee (Next Time) and South Carolina to take out Tim Scott in 2020.

[GulfCoast66]

46. AKA the 50 state strategy.

[Wintryjade]

49. I see. Thanks.

[LiberalFighter]

79. What is centrist in one state or district is not the same in another.

I contend that the centrist keeps shifting left in many districts and states and the country. We need to use that to our advantage.

[tandem5]

21. Tonight is our election night!

[Duppers]

23. Yes...but...

I'm still pissed as hell that people will have to call Marsha Blackburn senator. Goodgod, the idiocy.

[SCantiGOP]

33. George W said

His loss of 31 seats was “a thumpin’“, while Trump calls a bigger loss a win.

[c-rational]

35. And what about the caravan.

[workinclasszero]

47. On to 2020!!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

52. Where did you see this, workingclasszero ?

Is this purchase-able ? If so, where ? I want one. Hell, I'll but it on a t-shirt !

[workinclasszero]

66. I did a google search on blue wave 2020. This image of a pin popped up. Pretty sure it's buyable

Sorry I don’t have a link but try a google search like I did and you should find it.

[xxqqqzme]

75. found something

https://www.etsy.com/listing/654758525/proud-blue-wave-supporter?gpla=1&gao=1&utm_campaign=shopping_us_PinDependant_sfc_osa&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_custom1=0&utm_content=13583252&gclid=CjwKCAiA_ZTfBRBjEiwAN6YG4TISDLGox9V_8fycHWWO7-MApIcuIHiRYBWadrDcJpN8HHxA9mtfUBoCN2wQAvD_BwE

[Beartracks]

74. Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaa... Wipeout!!

[C Moon]

48. And that whole CNN video bit was another sleight of hand.

[elmac]

51. I didn't expect we would pick up this many seats

but I believed we would take the house. I felt the energy, I knew we could do it, I just didn't want to get my hopes up.

[BigmanPigman]

56. Michael Moore was just on Lawrence O'Donnell and he said

it IS a huge blue wave and this is bigger than when the Tea Party took over and we need to celebrate IT!

[hostalover]

71. I saw that interview. Michael Moore was very impressive. He is thrilled with the election results!

[BigmanPigman]

72. It is the biggest blue wave since Nixon and he is right...

We WON and should be happy and relieved. The Sessions/Mueller issue made our joy short lived. The fake Perez is the most hated man in the world at this point. Thank goodness we won...if we hadn't the Mueller investigation would be history. WE WON!

[hostalover]

73. Absolutely!

[Firebrand Gary]

59. Carville, who wrote "40 More Years" after President Obama's win

Mainly the book was based on how the Democratic Party would be in charge for the next 40 years. I saw his interview on MSNBC where he said that Beto needed to be a "winner" if he wanted to run for POTUS.

With all due respect to Mr. Carville, I thank him for his service and commitment to the party. It's time he steps aside and let the new generation take over-which means that I respectfully ask that he, along with any person in the party who's attempting to influence future strategy; step aside.

Beto demonstrated an uncanny ability to drive up numbers in RURAL areas, which is what we're going to need in the future. His "loss" which seeing how corrupt and morally bankrupt the GOP is; well let's say that I'm not sure Beto lost Texas, especially after looking at what's happening in Georgia and Florida.

Beto's "loss" was anything but, and Republicans know it.

As for someone running for POTUS after losing a Senate election, it's been done before.

1858 Abraham Lincoln lost a US Senate Election in Illinois, TWO YEARS LATER he became the 16th President of the United States!

[TheRealNorth]

60. No shit

Between 8 and 9 PM CST I was afraid this was 2016 all over again.

But then we started crushing the statewide races here in MN, took House seats MN-02 and MN-03, crushed the State House, taking 17 seats and flipping the State House https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2018/11/where-the-dfl-made-its-gains-to-take-control-of-the-minnesota-house/

The cherry on the top was Scotty Walker going down. His presidential ambitions are down the tube. His only hope may be to latch on to someone else as a VP candidate.

[zonkers]

67. Trump is right. Fake News.

[John Fante]

78. Sorry Trumper, it's a blue wave, and it will carry over

into 2020, just like 2006 carried over into 2008.

Trump will be sent packing.

[lillypaddle]

68. Better late than never?

Guess what, assholes, IT WAS A BLUE WAVE!

[kimbutgar]

69. And you know on the Sunday talk shows they will have only repukes on discussing how the

Repukes can win again in 2020.