The historic outcome applies to a number of individual races as the Republican Party is moving to recruit and expand the slate of women and minority and younger generation candidates. Republicans now will have in Congress;
— the first Republican black woman ever elected,
— the youngest woman — age 30 — ever elected,
— the youngest Hispanic — age 34 — in this Congress and
— an African-American from Texas in the House of Representatives for the first time since reconstruction.
While the majority of Hispanics in the House are Democrat, the Republican Hispanics increased by 2 and the Democrats decreased by 1.
We hope this is a new wave and new day for an expanded Republican representation, inclusiveness and constituency base.
On the Senate side, the Republicans have:
— several younger generation new members,
— two woman Senators from Iowa and West Virginia — for Iowa this is the first woman ever elected to Federal office!
— an incumbent a black Senator re-elected from South Carolina.
Of course, we have Hispanic Senators Cruz and Rubio. Other good news on Hispanic outreach / engagement: Texas Sen. Cronyn was reelected gaining 48 % of the Hispanic vs. 47% by his opponent.
The House will expand its Republican Majority by at least 12 seats and likely a 60 seat majority. This will leave the Democrats with a number they have not had since the 1920’s!
Results of the Governors’s races and the State Legislatures have been equally dramatic with some very surprising and blue State conversions to red like Illinois and Massachusetts as well as Maryland, maybe the most surprising of all. Maine, another Obama State re-elected its Republican governor.
State Offices:
—Republicans hold 70 % of all the State legislative bodies and
—have unified control of State government in 23 States while the Democrats have unified control in 7.
Republicans hold 31 of the Governor’s seats, the Democrats 17.
The Kansas Governor carried the Hispanic vote and Texas Governor elect carried 44%.
This massive shift has very significant consequences now and going forward, including for the 2016 Presidential election.
2. How did this shellacking and whacking impress our imperial ‘I can make up it up, deny it and revise it at will’ President ?
Not at all — nada — zip !!
He dismisses and scoffs at the election results. His grandiose and narcissistic Statist blind ideology allows him to rationalize his unprecedented threats to ignore the Constitution’s separation and balance of powers, the will of the people and this current tidal wave of election results and self-righteously justify his doing whatever he
wants regarding his impending massive executive order on immigration policy.
Reportedly this involves as many as 5 million undocumented aliens and its inevitable follow on after effects potentially could double that or more.
The reverberation of social, financial and governmental stresses and demands and discord would be difficult to calculate and anticipate.
It could elicit yet further massive illegal immigration just as his prior executive orders have already done.
Meanwhile nothing has been done or mentioned or apparently of any concern to Obama to shut the virtual open door, ‘walk right in / come right across' policy.
This sets the stage for a for a divisive, wrenching, emotional charged Constitutional crisis the likes of which this country has never seen before.
Despite the warnings and the red flags, this President does not give a damn as he continues his arrogant, anti-democratic, shameless, taunting and shockingly unPresidential demeanor to take us right off the cliff.
What’s to be done — what problems will ensue — what further unintended consequences will emerge ?
Wake up, America! — time for everyone to Take A Stand — call, email your Representatives and Senators and also the White House while you’re at it.
House of Representatives:
phone # U. S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
also: http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/mcapdir.aspx
website: proceedings, live viewing, archives: www.house.gov
Senate:
phone #’: U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121
also:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
website: proceedings, live viewing, archives: www.senate.gov
White House: phone # for comments: (202) 456-1111
website: www.whitehouse.gov
3. Wait !… maybe there is some inkling of a movement afoot to create a mounting counteracting force beyond what the House and Senate may do by withholding funding or blocking or delaying implementation of Obama’s immigration threats.
Let’s call the New York Times 'the canary in the coal mine’ regarding the press’s passion for enabling and excuse making for Obama’s incompetent, incoherent, waffling, hyper politicized, over reaching and veracity-challenged policies culminating now in his all out frontal assault on the Constitution — the consequence of which would leave
us a boat load of ‘hope and change’ converted into a real life banana republic dictatorship.
If this goes forth the Obama legacy of shame will be ‘RIP for the Rule of Law’ and for the Constitutional principles, the democratic process and traditions of this country.
Here are titles of 4 Op-Ed and Reporter pieces the last couple days from the New York Times:
‘For Obama, Executive Order on Immigration Would Be a Turnaround,’
’The Great Immigration Betrayal’,
‘Delusions of the Democrats’ and
‘Failure Hasn’t Taught Obama a Thing’.
Can’t wait for the next round of new awakenings but….”NYT, where the hell have you been ???!!!”
4. ‘Is it too late for Consipiracy Theories' Dept.: What on earth happened with the off the uniformly off the wall erroneous election polling ??!!
Many were 15 or more points off nearly all were at least 4 or 5 points off —every single one in the SAME direction — underreporting Republican support and overreporting Democrat support.
The last day of poll summaries in the NY Times showed Kansas Republican Senator DOWN by 4 and he won by 10. The only one on the radar that the Republicans lost was NH — and that was not considered in play 3 months earlier.
VA was never even mentioned and the massively underfunded and unrecognized Republican challenger — Ed Gillespie — lost by a hair and it took a week to confirm that.
If you are interested, below is a link to: “Election Results Looked Nothing Like Polls — What Gives?”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/07/pollsters-miss-predictionsin-key-races/
Take A Stand -- make your voice heard!
Jerry Missel
Public Relations Officer
Woonsocket Republican City Committee