I think both of those fears are unrealistic. Whichever Party is in control will realize that the next election is only 2 yrs away, & would not do anything so out of the mainstream, if it would be wildly unpopular, that it would assure their loss of majority status. Banning abortions, based on the Roe v. Wade ruling, would face immediate challenges everywhere as being unconstitutional. I would expect it would be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court, where not even a Trump-loaded Court, could I see, as overturning Roe to, "outright," ban abortion. Since the individual states make their own abortion rules, I don't know what a Republican Congress could possibly do, unless their majority was so great that that they could AMEND THE CONSTITUTION without any bipartisan support. Yes, in that circumstance, I would see your concern as warranted. But that is nothing like the possible bare majority we are looking at here. For that matter, I would doubt there has ever been a 2/3 majority by either party, and definitely not in both chambers of Congress, so your consternation seems ill-founded. As to the other example you list, "extreme, complete gun control," would face the same Constitutional roadblock as outright banning of abortions. Would Democrats pass some, constitutional gun control measures, specifically things that have been discussed for years and have consistent, overwhelming popular support? Of that I am certain; and I would guess that this-- giving 70, or 80, or 90% of Americans legislation which they want-- is the extreme radical agenda you so greatly fear that, in comparison, partisan gridlock, preventing effective governance in any other sphere of America's fortunes, is a price you deem well worth paying.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...lts&pgtype=Interactive®ion=ReporterUpdates CNN has maps, you hover the pointer above the circles for outstanding votes and it tells you the projected total for each candidate. Looking at ALL areas with outstanding votes, it seems almost certain that BOTH Warnock and Ossoff will win, and by more than the recount threshold, and more than the 17,000 outstanding overseas and military votes. Seems like Mitch McConnell will lose his majority Senate leader position.
Kornacki estimates 20K in DeKalb - Reporting TBD ? in Fulton - Reporting TBD - A lot of dropbox votes 3K in Chatham - Not counting tonite (??) - All Mail in Most of the remaining outstanding, in even red counties, is mail in... Looking good... On that news, I may call it...
Dems should pick up a differential of 16,000 more in DeKalb, 9,200 more in Fulton, and 1,000 more in Chatham. Republicans are expected to pick up only 1,000 more in remaining rural counties. That is, Dems are positioned to earn another 25,000 in advantage when the count is over. So this would get Warnock to win by 60,000 votes, and Ossoff by 23,000. There are 17,000 overseas and military ballots, to be counted on Friday, but it would seem like the Dems would be ahead by more than that. And also, in the General Elections, Biden won the combined overseas and military ballots. Seems like military trends Republican but other overseas, like Department of State workers and cosmopolitan expats, lean heavily Dem. But even if they split, so these 17,000 won't move the needle. At this point the NYT gives >95% odds of both Dems winning the election! So, seems like I was wrong when I predicted the opposite!
97% reporting. Perdue is still ahead. Not sure why anyone wants the Democrats in complete controll. That will be a train wreck for sure.
Not enough to overturn the blue counties, and GOP can't rely on the military vote as much as they used to. Also, that 17k is the max amount that can arrive, so will likely be lower.
It would still take a vote, but hard to imagine it wouldn't with the Harris TB vote... Lawrence O'Donnell just opined that one brave Republican could cross the aisle to vote for Chuck and avoid the TB vote... Lawrence O'Donnell is insane...
And Before Trump there was a R senate, R house. Now thanks to Trump all 3 have switched. Not sure Trump was what the Republican Party needed.
Yo ladies and gentlemen! I suggest we all wait until the Rotund Diva bellows her tunes making this official. That could be 11:00AM tomorrow.
Took this screen shoot around 10:25pm AZ time. Things can change through. But looking at this, at least one dem from GA is going to the senate. the other its is separated by 2k
