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20 Things That Went Right On Election Day
Nov 8, 2012

20 Things That Went Right On Election Day

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1. Republicans retained control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
2. Voters in Alabama, Montana, and Wyoming all passed measures limiting Obamacare.
3. Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz, one of the conservative movement’s brightest rising stars, overcame establishment GOP opposition to clinch a U.S. Senate victory in Texas.
4. Corruptocrat Beltway barnacle Rep. Pete Stark was finally kicked out of office in California.
5. Despite entrenched teachers’ union opposition, a charter school initiative in Washington state triumphed.
6. Despite entrenched Big Labor support, a radical collective bargaining power grab in Michigan failed.
7. Oklahoma voters said no to government race-based preferences in college admissions, public contracting, and government hiring.
8. Montana voters said no to boundless benefits for illegal aliens.
9. Washington state approved taxpayer-empowering limitations on its state legislature’s ability to raise taxes.
10. For the first time since Reconstruction, the GOP won control of the Arkansas state house.
11. Voters rejected tax hike ballot measures in Arizona, South Dakota, and Missouri.
12. Louisiana voted to protect gun rights.
13. Kentucky voted to protect hunting and fishing rights.
14. Parental notification for minors’ abortion prevailed in Montana.
15. North Carolina Republicans claimed the governor’s office, congressional gains, and control of the state’s general assembly.
16. Paul Ryan will return to Congress after winning re-election and continue to carry the torch for entitlement reform and budget discipline.
17. Conservatives won big victories in the Kansas state legislature.
18. Republicans won historic supermajorities in Tennessee.
19.Across the country, Republicans reached a post-2000 record number of gubernatorial victories.
20. Conservatives who were devastated by the national election results demonstrated how to lose with dignity and grace. There will be finger-pointing and recriminations and soul-searching, but committed activists can’t and won’t lose heart. We’ll regroup, recover, and keep fighting for our country.

This list was originally posted by Michelle Malkin on her site>> 

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  • http://www.facebook.com/susan.lenarz1 Susan Jasper Lenarz

    At last someone has something positive to say about that fiasco that occurred on 11/6/12.

  • littlepat

    Thanks, I needed that. I had all my hopes pinned on a Republican victory. When it didn’t happen my heart sank. I’m too old to keep fighting this battle. At least I live in a red state. North Dakota with it’s 3% unemployment and State government surplus is about as good as you can get. Sure wish the Country had gone to the right. God only knows what is going to happen now.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000523068025 Barb Smith

      I live in the progressive state of Washington, so we don’t have a chance. I wish we had our own state in Eastern Washington!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000523068025 Barb Smith

    I haven’t heard about the Gov race in Washington state yet. I was hpoing we would get Rob McKenna so maybe the east side of the state would get something for a chang. We pretty much get left ot. King county & a couple of other counties always get what they want. I am hoping they haven’t counted all the ballots yet & they are mostly from the east side.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/42FTHAF27QFRMWPUAH3OTI3WTE JanN

    Second thanks … I needed that as well. I live in liberal-land California and after reading that article, I now have ideas about where I wish to live when I move out of California. I SO WANTED MITT ROMNEY TO WIN and I cried when he lost. He was too good for this country apparently.

  • peggyc41

    I feel bad the United States will probably never have a true gentleman as president again. I really felt Mitt Romney was the right person to be president at this time in history. I feel sad that we will never have him as our President. This article helped to acknowledge that ALL was not lost. Just the best part….

  • Carol, CA

    Getting rid of Pete Stark is good, but we’re still stuck with Feinstein and Pelosi. We might have had a chance if they had been removed. George Miller is another that needs removal, but since they Gerrymandered us right out of his district——in fact we were put into Solano Co. right along with Martinez, the Conta Costa Co. seat. What a crock this all it