Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

Trump should be leading, not lying.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

All hail the time of the bunny!

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

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I don’t know if this will help Doug Applegate win, but at least it will greatly perturb Darrell Issa… San Diegans?

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  1. 1.

    Mary G

    I still believe you can stick a fork in Darrell, because he’s done, but it’s going to be razor close.

  6. 6.

    Waiting for Snow

    Since I’m near the top of an open thread…

    Hi. Hello. Lurker here from the People’s Republic of Massachusetts.

    I just wanted to say I’ve been reading all of you for awhile now. A couple of years anyway. And I wanted to personally thank all the regulars (and irregulars as the case may be) for keeping me sane through this election. Regardless of what happens tomorrow, I wanted to let everyone here know.

    I’ll just re-engage lurker mode now…

  8. 8.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Jon FavreauVerified account
    ‏@ jonfavs
    Chyron on the NBC Nightly News the night before the election:

    CLINTON AVOIDS EMAIL ISSUE ON FINAL DAY

    Great work, guys. Well done.

    Brian Beutler ‏@ brianbeutler 44m44 minutes ago
    @ jonfavs in fairness, I’m sure they also had a “TRUMP AVOIDS SERIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT, RACISM, TAX RETURNS ISSUES ON FINAL DAY” chyron.

  9. 9.

    inventor

    I live in the far north end of CA 49th. I don’t know if Colonel Applegate will win, but if he doesn’t he will get closer than any Democrat ever has.

  17. 17.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    Krown City King
    ‏@GavHull

    The Presidency should be alternated between Barack and Michelle Obama every 4 years, until we can figure out what the hell Is going on.

  21. 21.

    NotMax

    (Not intended to be a downer.)

    Reminder that Four Days in November on TCM at 4:30 a.m. Eastern time. Especially for those who weren’t around at the time, an immersive documentary record.

  23. 23.

    gf120581

    Kind of amazing to think that as bad a situation as the CA GOP has these days, it is likely to be even worse after tomorrow night. They could lose several more House seats, not just Issa.

  24. 24.

    Corner Stone

    This is a Smackdown of WWE proportion. Just the “damn, man!” factor is Defcon 1 level already.

  25. 25.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    that line about his campaign taking away his twitter toy must make the Shitgibbon’s thumbs twitch

  27. 27.

    lamh36

    @chelseahandler 30s31 seconds ago
    Stevie Wonder said that “voting for Trump is like asking me to drive.” I’d rather have Stevie as my Uber driver than Trump as president.

  35. 35.

    LesGS

    Hey, Scott Peters! My (D) rep in the district just south of Issa’s. Not as liberal as I would like but I voted for him gladly. He was the rep who used his Periscope account to boost the (D) reps’ gun control protest on the House floor, which CSPAN could then broadcast after Ryan made them turn their cameras off.

  38. 38.

    PsiFighter37

    Why did PBO not do this in 2010 or 2014?

    Ugh, if only he had fought for Democrats all around harder…

  39. 39.

    hovercraft

    @Baud:
    Ditto, it’s a black guy who thinks he’s in church.
    Go to a black church any Sunday and you’ll hear that all the way through. That is what we cal the Amen chorus.

  40. 40.

    Corner Stone

    @Baud: It’s the same three dudes yelling “Talk about it!” “That’s right!” “Tell it!”
    Over and over and over again.
    They seem to have finally realized it’s annoying BS and have stopped.

  43. 43.

    Kathleen

    @Iowa Old Lady: Love PBO’s digs at “both sides are to blame”, a well deserved slam of the media. Hovercraft will have to tell us tomorrow how Mornin’ Joke whinged about his hurt fee fees.

  44. 44.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @PsiFighter37: Why did PBO not do this in 2010 or 2014?

    He did in 2010. Massive rallies in WI, MI and OH.

    ETA: and his popularity is a lot higher now, and, like Bill who was so effective in 2012 (not so much in 2014) he’s not running for anything this time.

  45. 45.

    sigaba

    @PsiFighter37:

    Why did PBO not do this in 2010 or 2014?

    Because all the Democrats who needed him were begging him to stay away. Every Dem who was running in any district worse that D+2 treated him like kryptonite. “Oh god, if he appears in town the Republicans will put him in an ad with me and then It’ll be all over!”

  47. 47.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    @PsiFighter37:

    I’m sorry, I don’t know where you were, but he was out there all the time imploring Dems to vote. The candidates running, ran away from him!

  52. 52.

    Mary G

    I keep thinking of Hamilton making his crazy six-hour speech in that building in the background 230 plus years ago. Now a black man and a woman will have stood in Washington’s place.

  54. 54.

    David ?▶️?Blue Wall?▶️? Koch

    This guy speaking – he really good and kind of charismatic. With any luck, if the chips go right and he hangs onto the friends he makes, this Irish guy Brock O’Bama one day can wind up being the President of the United States. He’s got it.

  59. 59.

    Shana

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: He also did it in 2009 to try to get Deeds elected in Virginia as governor instead of McDonnell (ack). My daughter worked on that campaign and I went to an event where I got to shake his hand.

  61. 61.

    Gelfling 545

    @PsiFighter37: As I recall, they were avoiding him. Didn’t want Kenyan dictator socialist germs or something. Then they were surprised his “base” didn’t turn out for them.

  72. 72.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I think they do it cause it works, but I always hate to hear pols give out websites and phone numbers.

  73. 73.

    Corner Stone

    And HRC shoots the double bird rods and ends with a massive “Fuck Donald Trump!”
    Holy Shit! And I am spent.

  74. 74.

    Jacel

    @Adam L Silverman: Can a case be made to the TV networks that the Republican debates in 2015/2016 included so many candidate that the party already exhausted its debate quota for the coming eight years?

  81. 81.

    Spider-Dan

    The LA Times is apparently a bunch of hacks.

    After every one of their polls for months has shown Trump with YUGE leads, here is their prediction on the eve of the election:

    Clinton 352, Trump 186

    That’s right: the same organization that CURRENTLY has Trump leading by 4.8 points has him… losing AZ.

    Guys, months and months of being laughably wrong doesn’t count if we give out a real result the day before!

  83. 83.

    sigaba

    @Spider-Dan: To the LAT’s credit, they’ve torn their national tracking poll apart a couple times and are totally open about their methodology, which is very strange and heterodox. It was an experiment and they admit it yielded bizarre conclusions.

    If Trump gets under 200 EVs I will be quite happy.

  84. 84.

    Mnemosyne

    @Mary G:

    “Bright young man!”
    “Yo, who the eff is this?”

    I can’t be totally sure how Hamilton would have felt about a woman president (he wasn’t much of a feminist), but there are several writings of his saying that Africans were just as smart as Europeans and he helped Haiti write their original constitution, so he would have been all in for Barack H. Obama.

  85. 85.

    sigaba

    @Mnemosyne:

    “Bright young man!”
    “Yo, who the eff is this?”

    You know the theory is that Hamilton made his proposal intentionally a little crazy, because he and Madison were coordinating behind the scenes and they thought they could make the Virginia Plan look reasonable by comparison.

  87. 87.

    Spider-Dan

    @sigaba: It’s a shameless push poll. It’s openly partisan hackery designed to skew the narrative.

    The fact that they came out literally THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION and said, “Oh, gee, maybe our sampling is a bit skewed,” is showing their hand. If they were honest and sincere, they would have went down with the ship. Instead, they shout for months that Trump is dominating, then at the last minute, add a late-breaking update that Based On Some Recent Information, Hillary is now going to win in a laugher.

    Total lack of journalistic integrity.

  91. 91.

    Jay Noble

    @GregB: Barnabas is actually kinda close I think :-)

    The lady I’m picturing was somewhat bitchy and wore pearls she kept wrapping around her fingers

  94. 94.

    Spider-Dan

    @sigaba: My problem is not with their polling methodology.

    My problem is with them ignoring their obviously absurd poll results when it comes time to put their name to a prediction. If they actually believe Trump is up by 4.8 points, they should have him sweeping all the swing states; instead, they have him losing OH and AZ.

    Clearly, even the LAT does not believe the nonsensical garbage formula being used to calculate their own poll. So if you don’t think your own poll formula is trustworthy, why continue to publish it?

  96. 96.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    @Jay Noble:

    LOL. You’re welcome. It’s my odd, minor superpower, which, unfortunately, I have never been able to monetize or even harness for the good of humankind. Also manifests in identification of voice-over talent in ads.

    Glad I was able to scratch the itch.

  97. 97.

    Jeffro

    Back from the Kaine/Biden rally here in Fairfax…whole lotta energy out there for a big win tomorrow, folks! Mark Warner is a pretty good speaker and Biden was just on. fire. “C’mon, we’re America, man!” LOL Got to see him afterwards and shake hands, what a pip.

    Kaine gave a really on-point speech about values, insights on Hillary, and what makes American strong – easily under 15 min. My understanding is, he’s crashing in Richmond tonight so he can vote in the a.m., then head on up to NYC for the results to come in.

    I’d like to wish the GOP luck running against TK in 2024, they’re going to need it.

  98. 98.

    sigaba

    @Spider-Dan: This is their tacit admission that they have no faith in their experiment. I have a level of respect for this, considering they aren’t wetting their pants on Twitter every few hours about their decision, unlike Nate Silver.

    @Omnes Omnibus: I report, you decide. (Sorry I just finished re-reading Assassination Vacation.)

  99. 99.

    The Moar You Know

    San Diegan here. That video would have been MUCH more helpful a week or two ago. Just saying.

  100. 100.

    Spider-Dan

    @sigaba: Again, the fact that their tacit admission comes one day before the election is what stinks. If it didn’t come months ago, it should have waited until Wednesday. This is their attempt to eat their cake and have it too.

  102. 102.

    AxelFoley

    @PsiFighter37:

    Why did PBO not do this in 2010 or 2014?

    Ugh, if only he had fought for Democrats all around harder…

    Are you fucking kidding me? He DID do this in 2010 & 2014–for the Dems who DIDN’T run away from him. Most Dems ran away from Obama, and we lost the House and Senate as a result.

    Fuck that noise. Place blame on the cowardly Dems who didn’t have their President’s back.

  103. 103.

    Procopius

    @PsiFighter37: I think he didn’t do this in 2010 and 2014 because the DNC discouraged it and he still had some fcks left to give from his big bag of fcks. I wish he had recognized reality and gone into NMFTG mode back in 2010. We all would have had a lot more fun the last six years.

  104. 104.

    Procopius

    @Gelfling 545: Truman explained it at some Dem convention or gathering or something. Given a choice between a Republican and a Democrat trying to pretend to be “conservative,” Republican voters are going to go for the real Republican every time. They know the real thing when they see it.

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