Never happened before.  This is a first.

He said this before the election happened in his Crystal Ball, I think.

"Five days out, let's rephrase the question this way: when's the last time a major political party has failed to capture a single House seat, Senate seat, or governorship of the opposing party in a federal election year?

We bet it's never happened before, and it certainly hasn't happened in the post-World War II era. After all, even when a party suffers miserable net losses, it usually picks up at least several consolation prizes in the form of open seat pickups or an against-the-tide incumbent defeat."

So, Sabato bets it hasn't ever happend before, and says it definitely hasn't happened since before World War II.

http://www.centerfor...

Despite conventional wisdon that Democrats in Georgia have been permanently crushed by the Red Tide, the Barrow and Marshall victories, certified yesterday (awaiting recount decision of little expected impact), demonstrate that there is life for Dems amongst the voters.  Both of these races were targeted heavily by Repubs, and both were the venues of Bush visits the week before the election.

I am in GA-12 and was here for Bush's visit.  There was as much coverage of the protesters (a real oddity here) as Bush.  The talk then was that Max Burns would win big, and there is now a sense of bewilderment amongst Repubs.

Georgia has the political feel of Virginia just before the Mark Warner campaign for Governor.

Georgia needs an RK branch office. Or at least a series of seminars. 

 

And I might just stay a while and help the search. 

The footnote can now be removed from the main story.  Max Burns (R) will not ask for recount in GA-12 and has conceded to Rep. John Barrow (D).

to a 40 seat pickup in the House.

Of the gop winners, I had hopes in Heather Wilson going down.

Blame it on Ohio as the gop held onto 3 seats. That is reason enough to cheer for

MICHIGAN

in this Saturday's Game of the Century

Go Blue!

Go Blue! How many Ohio St freshmen does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None, that's a sophomore-level class  ;)

2 OSU grads go to a bar to celebrate. The bartender queries as the reason. The grads exclaim that they just finished putting together a jig saw puzzle in 1 year and the box was labeled 4-6 years!

Then there is the story of the botched tailgate party in Columbus. When they ran out of ice, nobody had the recipe to replace it…….

Michigan will lose.  Period.  I just put up a list of insults for Michigan on my blog. 

"Drive, drive on down the field..."

GO BUCKEYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and she agrees with your assessment of Michigan, though you might have a wee disagreement about other schools in the conference. LOL

Please watch this clip which captures the very essence of humanity, the constant struggle of good versus evil.

http://www.youtube.c...

We must not stand by and allow evil to triumph. Stay strong and stay vigilant you Men of Michigan. Go Blue!

Charles F. Stanton
Yes, It's Great, To Be A Michigan Wolverine!

YOU go watch THIS video of OSU kicking Michigan's ass in 04.

It's better and a hell of a lot more impressive.

My Meeechigan clip contains the powerful music from Carmena Burana. Your clip in support of the poisonous nuts is some street dreg music.

That captures it all.

Hell, I'm just glad George Bush is getting his ass to Vietnam - even if he is 26 years late. 

He and his official website are *31* yrs too late... Bet the Vietnamese will be overjoyed to see how up to date he is :)

http://thinkprogress...

Par for the course. Remember how he didn't know there were Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq before he went and waded in?

we will lose both of those georgia seats during the next tough year. the two only managed to eek out a victory in a very good year for dems. look for both to switch parties at some point to save their jobs.

the Senate seat in Connecticut that went from D to I.  But the Republicans picked up nothing, and for that I'm extremely happy.