Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy trounced Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana’s Senate runoff Saturday, picking up one last seat for Republicans in a 2014 midterm election season that saw commanding gains for the GOP.
When the Associated Press called the race, Cassidy led Landrieu by nearly 30 points with 1 percent of precincts reporting. Cassidy’s victory will give Republicans 54 seats in the Senate, with Democrats controlling 46.
Mary Landrieu's seat has been in Democratic hands for 132 years. http://t.co/wA8KqPWxje
— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 7, 2014
This will get King Husseins goat.
Yet more sanity, from none other than John Roberts, actually (who used to be, er, Canadian, beginning his broadcasting career as J.D. Roberts on MuchMusic).
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/06/la-senate-race/
Hey, John, when do we get to hear Garth Brooks’s “Calling Baton Rouge”, again?
or he might double down and really bring on the stupid.
that’s my bet, and I think there could be some demos that vote with the GOP to veto proof some items. They may try that are an a$$ saving move.
Would the ratio be fillibuster proof?
The reckoning is coming
Yes, you can tell the Louisiana voters were sending a message to the Dems…after losing a seat held for ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO YEARS!
http://online.wsj.com/articles/democratic-sen-mary-landrieu-ousted-in-louisiana-election-by-republican-rep-bill-cassidy-1417919551
“In other Louisiana results, former Democratic Gov. Edwin Edwards lost a House race intended to revive his political career after he served eight years in federal prison on racketeering charges. Mr. Edwards fell to Republican Garret Graves, a former adviser to Gov. Bobby Jindal . Mr. Cassidy vacated the seat to run for Senate.
Republicans will hold at least 246 House seats come January, according to election results Saturday, giving the GOP a majority that matches the party’s post-World War II high during Democratic President Harry S. Truman’s administration.”
Hey, when your running a known criminal for racketeering and putting them up for election in Congress, it say something about the quality of candidates in the party.
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group ‘True North’
lev, did they not change the filibuster rule this year or last to 50 plus 1 to carry any vote? I am sure I read that. of course with the dems in control they will happily sway back and forth. the GOP will have to force them to use the rule they created this jan.
I am yet to be convinced that the GOP will get it right. Political expediency vs philosophical commitment. The Tea Party had valid points.
Whomever represents the GOP next go around will like like a baby compared to Hilary. Also highly likely to come from the South.
Oldguy,
They were tinkering with it, though don’t know how far they got.
Reid was all upset about Cruz doing filibuster, he may have changed his plan seeing, as is common phrase, the writing on the wall.