lmao....

#fridaynightlights lives to see another day....

I thought the D was suing someone or everyone or everything etc...

Still not tired.

Started off with a 2/3rds majority. Keep a majority by a coin flip. No worries, I'm sure there are a couple of Republican Delagates who'd like an appointment to state government. We will have that majority in short order. BTW, that's how the Republicans flipped the legislature last time, so its fair for us to do the same thing.

I figured that thing would be tied up in litigation until March

(01-04-2018 01:04 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I figured that thing would be tied up in litigation until March

It might be tied up soon enough. Another race, where the GOP candidate hung on by 72 votes was in a district where 138 voters in the district had the race left off their ballots. They may have to rerun that race.

(01-04-2018 12:41 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Started off with a 2/3rds majority. Keep a majority by a coin flip. No worries, I'm sure there are a couple of Republican Delagates who'd like an appointment to state government. We will have that majority in short order. BTW, that's how the Republicans flipped the legislature last time, so its fair for us to do the same thing.

Us?

I thought you were the nonpartisan voice of reason.

Well it could have gone either way. Luck ultimately decided the race. In the future what are the feelings of others about this process? Should the legislatures in states that have this or a similar means of determining winners in a tie revisit this? Should there be a special election to break the tie? It would be an expensive solution and turnout would likely be low. Just wondering what other's thought.

(01-04-2018 01:29 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  Well it could have gone either way. Luck ultimately decided the race. In the future what are the feelings of others about this process? Should the legislatures in states that have this or a similar means of determining winners in a tie revisit this? Should there be a special election to break the tie? It would be an expensive solution and turnout would likely be low. Just wondering what other's thought.

Bring back the pistol duel. The loser obviously wouldn't win.

Just goes to show... the Donald is still very popular in the Commonwealth of Virginia. #winning

Larry Sabato: VA Dems got a 55-45% majority in all House of Delegates contests combined in Nov. '17. 10% majority=landslide. They will get either 49% or 50% of the actual seats. And Rs will get Speaker's job and all committee chairs, regardless. This is not democracy*

Well, being as we aren't a Democracy, what's the problem?

Preparing for another Machapocalypse................

If the situations were reversed how would you feel. That it’s 50/50 is absolutely amazing.

(01-04-2018 02:54 PM)Paul M Wrote:  Well, being as we aren't a Democracy, what's the problem?

Please, not that silliness again. We are a republic AND a representative democracy.

It may not be very democratic. But again, being we're a representative democracy REPUBLIC, what's the problem.

(01-04-2018 03:17 PM)Paul M Wrote:  It may not be very democratic. But again, being we're a representative democracy REPUBLIC, what's the problem.

What is the refusal to recognize the term Democracy or Representative Democracy? I see people playing this silly word game fairly often. It is a false dichotomy.

If we lived in a democracy we'd be under the Hillary regime.

People in urban areas are under-represented.

(01-04-2018 01:05 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 01:04 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I figured that thing would be tied up in litigation until March

It might be tied up soon enough. Another race, where the GOP candidate hung on by 72 votes was in a district where 138 voters in the district had the race left off their ballots. They may have to rerun that race.

Rerun an election? Doubtful.