“It was very surgical and corporate. They had their model, this is how they’re going to do it. Their thing was, ‘We don’t have to
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NPI’s pollster on why Pat McCrory lost and what it means in Trump’s America
Pushing back hard on McCrory worked. The seeds of his final defeat today were very much planted in the summer of 2013. And it’s a
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Pat McCrory finally concedes defeat to Roy Cooper; North Carolina will have Democratic governor
“Republican Governor Pat McCrory announced Monday that he’s conceded the election to Democrat Roy Cooper, the state’s attorney general, and will support transition efforts,” The Charlotte Observer reports.
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Rural Democrats: Party ignored us, suffered the consequences
“Strategists say candidates need to emphasize broadband internet for all, consider advertising in rural newspapers, radio,” reports Alex Roarty.
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign to participate in Wisconsin presidential recount
[N]ow that a recount is underway, we believe we have an obligation to the more than 64 million Americans who cast ballots for Hillary Clinton
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A Minority President
George Lakoff on why the polls failed, and what the majority can do.
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A letter of thanks to King and Snohomish counties for ST3
Addressing King and Snohomish voters, who supported Sound Transit 3, Tacoma News Tribune columnist Matt Driscoll writes on behalf of people in Pierce County to say thanks for “saving our transportation bacon”.
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Progressive ballot measures won big on Tuesday — and not just in Washington
“Frustrated by a do-nothing Congress, voters took policy matters into their own hands on Tuesday by passing state ballot proposals to legalize marijuana, approve new transportation projects, raise state minimum wages and strengthen gun control laws. That these progressive measures won is an indication that voters are moving left on many issues, despite Donald Trump’s victory,” the New York Times notes.
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And now, for some good news: Maricopa County voters have ousted Joe Arpaio
Goodbye, Joe Arpaio. The racist, right-wing, immigrant-vilifying bully, who has occupied the office of Maricopa County Sheriff for more than two decades, has finally been ousted from power, with voters in central Arizona denying his big for a sixth term. Democratic challenger Paul Penzone has declared victory and Arpaio, one of Donald Trump’s more prominent boosters, has conceded.
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News as entertainment set stage for Trump win
Television doesn’t know the difference between fact and fiction, and over time, viewers have also inevitably conflated the two in their minds. — David Wiegand:
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Oregon Republican Party claims responsibility for robocalls about inactive voters
“County clerks around Oregon are being ‘overwhelmed’ by calls from concerned voters who have received automated robocalls erroneously telling them that their voter registration may be inactive and that their ballot may not be counted,” reports The Register-Guard of Eugene, Oregon. Oregon Republicans have admitted they’re behind the calls; Democrats are demanding the Republicans cease their voter suppression activities immediately and disclose who they’ve already called.
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Powerful video: Khizr Khan addresses crowd before Hillary Clinton rally
Raw video: Khizr Khan addresses crowd before Hillary Clinton rally
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FBI more out of control than we knew
“It would seem that basically everyone at the FBI is leaking their sides of various internal disputes and turf wars, largely tied to various investigations of the Clintons or attempts to start investigations of the Clintons. That alone paints a picture of Director James Comey as having totally lost control of the organization,” writes Josh Marshall.
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Top Trump operative: “We have three major voter suppression operations under way”
We have three major voter suppression operations under way. — A top Trump operative, admitting to Bloomberg that Trump is trying to keep Democratic voters
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Hillary Clinton’s full remarks at the 2016 Al Smith Dinner
Hillary Clinton’s full remarks at the 2016 Al Smith Dinner “Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came together in New York City to ‘roast’ each other
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Majority of Stranger’s Election Control Board: We believe you should vote NO on Initiative 732
Ansel Herz, Sydney Brownstone, Ana Sofia Knauf and Heidi Groover — four of the seven members of this year Stranger Election Control Board — took to Slog yesterday to explain why they strongly oppose CarbonWA’s I-732. In their powerful commentary, they revealed their votes were overridden by the publisher of The Stranger.
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Fiscal foolishness
“Over all, Chris Wallace was better than I expected. But he was pretty bad on fiscal issues,” writes Paul Krugman.
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Obama to Republicans: You built Trump
They stood by while this happened, and Donald Trump as he’s prone to do, he didn’t build the building himself — he just slapped his
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Warren Buffett just released his own tax data to hammer Trump
Billionaire and Hillary Clinton supporter Warren Buffet today released data from his own federal income tax returns to put pressure on Trump to release his. “I have been audited by the IRS multiple times and am currently being audited. I have no problem in releasing my tax information while under audit. Neither would Mr. Trump — at least he would have no legal problem,” Buffet said, in a dig at Trump. Trump’s campaign declined to respond to Buffet’s statement for obvious reasons.
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Donald Trump vows retaliation as Republicans abandon him
The Republican Party is caught in a theater fire; people are just running to different exits as fast as they can. — Steven Law, a
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October unsurprise: Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005
“Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation caught on a hot microphone, saying that ‘when you’re a star, they let you do it,’ according to a video obtained by The Washington Post.” David A. Fahrenthold reports.
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