1. Beyond Congress: GOP tsunami rips through states
At last, there is hope for true moral repair in our beloved country—
Democrats left at lowest point in nearly 100 years
Voters “are aligning their votes with their values and they’re voting for candidates who are simply not their own complexion”. ~Senator-elect Tim Scott
Jerome R. Corsi
NEW YORK – The GOP “wave” Tuesday was not limited to Congress alone.
“This was a wave election victory for Republicans in state legislatures across the country, leaving Democrats at their lowest point in state legislatures in nearly a century,” Morgan Cullen, senior policy specialist at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Colorado, told WND.
“Even though the GOP was already at a high-water point in state legislative control, last night was a big night for Republicans in that the 2014 midterm election saw the GOP make important additional gains in legislative control.”
Voters Tuesday were deciding 6,049 state legislative seats in 46 states, nearly 82 percent of all seats.
State legislatures typically are the place where both Republicans and Democrats groom future candidates to run for governor, as well as for Congress.
Cullen noted Republicans have gained a net total of 332 seats in state legislatures nationwide out of the 649 seats up for election, with some outstanding races still too close to call.
Moreover, the GOP added majority control of 10 state legislative chambers, including the Colorado Senate, the Maine Senate, the Maine House, the Nevada Assembly, the Nevada Senate, the New Hampshire House, the New York Senate, the New Mexico House, the Washington Senate and the West Virginia House. The West Virginia Senate is now deadlocked and two chambers still undecided are the Colorado House and the Washington House.
In addition, Democrats lost their super-majorities in the California Senate, the Vermont House and the Maryland House of Delegates.
Republicans now control 67 state chambers while the Democrats control 28. Prior to Tuesday, Republicans had a 57-41 advantage.
Republicans have complete state control – both chambers and the governor’s mansion – in 23 states, compared to six states for the Democrats.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/11/gop-wave-more-massive-than-anyone-realized/#w8DJIQbFh23OABXA.99
It’s about Character …
2. Tim Scott: People Are Voting Based on Values, Not Race
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) argued that voters “are aligning their votes with their values and they’re voting for candidates who are simply not their own complexion” in an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “OutFront” on CNN.
Scott talked about his experience last night becoming the first African-American elected to the US Senate since Reconstruction, saying “I’m blessed to have a grandfather that is 94 years old. He’s seen a different America growing up than I have, and here is a fella who was a youngster picking cotton and in his lifetime he’s seen his grandson get elected to Congress and now the Senate. For me, looking at him last night, watching me give a speech was one of the most remarkable experiences of my life.”
He added, “Well I think, if you look around the country and you look at some of the most successful campaigns, you talk about [Rep.] Mia Love from Utah, the first African-American female [Republican] winning in the history of Congress. You look at [Rep.] Will Hurd in Texas or the new Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, Mr. Rutherford. Here is what we see happening throughout the country, is that people are aligning their votes with their values and they’re voting for candidates who are simply not of their own complexion.”
Scott also addressed the issue of mistreatment faced by African-American Republicans, he stated “one of the challenges I do see in the future is this culture of low expectations that are driven by some folks who seem to profit from keeping some folks down and unfortunately sometimes it’s your peers.
3. Mia Love: ‘I Wasn’t Elected Because of the Color of My Skin’
Character, not Race…
Liberals will be saying all kinds of things about her, but we know that truth. Conservatism is what matters.
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Congressman elect Mia Love celebrated her surprise victory in Idaho as the first black Republican woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.
But during an interview with CNN this morning, Love was quick to explain that she was not elected because of her race or gender.
“I wasn’t elected because of the color of my skin. I wasn’t elected because of my gender,” she said during the interview. “I was elected because of the solutions that I put at the table because I promised I would run a positive issues-oriented campaign and that’s what resonated.”
According to the Associated Press, Love earned 50 percent of the vote against her Democratic opponent Doug Owens who earned nearly 47 percent.
Love said it was clear that Utah citizens were “not interested in dividing Americans based on race or gender,” but electing people who had integrity.
Read more at http://conservativebyte.com/2014/11/mia-love-wasnt-elected-color-skin/
4. GOP wave could turn spigot on Keystone XL pipeline
Posted on November 5, 2014 by Cowboy Byte
The Republican wave Tuesday could bring a gusher of oil down from Canada, as GOP gains in the Senate appeared to give backers of the Keystone XL pipeline a filibuster-proof majority.
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The long-delayed final phase of the tube, envisioned as bringing oil from Alberta’s tar sands and North Dakota’s Bakken formation oil fields to Gulf Coast refineries, moved a major step forward as Republicans took control of the Senate. While Canadian oil is already piped into the U.S. via the existing, circuitous portion of the pipeline, the final phase would create a nearly straight shot from Alberta to Houston.
“I think you’re going to see us bring up energy legislation right away and Keystone will be one of the first things we pass,” Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said late Tuesday.
Read more at http://cowboybyte.com/34588/gop-wave-turn-spigot-keystone-xl-pipeline/
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