Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Election night results--and likely results
I see on the news just now that, of the Republican challengers to US House of Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, one Nick Nolte is shown to have 51% of the vote with 10% reporting while Jacob Turk holds 37% of the vote.
If this holds--and there's every expectation and likelihood that it will, this means two things.
First, this means that Emanuel Cleaver will be re-elected to represent Kansas City Missouri in his district.
Second? It means Representative Cleaver's longtime challenger, that same Jacob Turk, will likely then, now and fovever give up on his trying to unseat Mr. Cleaver.
At least, that looks highly like exactly what will happen in both cases.
Stay tuned.
Other issues: It looks as though it is highly likely Jay Nixon will be returned to the governor's office as relatively unknown Dave Spence was elected to be his challenger. Unless he and the Republicans can and do spends loads of money in advertising, Mr. Nixon will be returned to office.
Finally, it looks really bad for Kansas as the far right wing Republicans were strengthened tonight while the moderates were fairly well trounced.
I feel nearly sick for Kansas.
Links: http://fox4kc.com/2012/08/06/fox-4-for-election-coverage-results/
http://midwestdemocracy.com/articles/spence-wins-right-to-challenge-nixon-for-missouri-governor/
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As a Christian (a pathetic one), I hate that religion now controls my party. These days, it doesn't matter if a person has any qualifications for office as long as he or she is against abortion. Or against gay marriage. It makes me sick. This is not what the Republican party is supposed to be about.
You're right, of course. It's very unfortunate. Regardless of the the political party, no religion should control any party yet it has and does across lots of America in the last several years.
The comparison of America, controlled by Right Wing Christians and that of, say, any country in the Middle East--Iraq or Iran or Saudi Arabia, for instance--seems appropriate. We think it's horrible if they do it yet we have it right here in our country and if anything, it's strengthening as the results from Kansas showed us.
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