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StarMagician posted:Ok, I stand corrected. This would have been a much better issue for her to make the centerpiece of her campaign. It's not like she's making open carry her main platform or anything. She's spent most of her campaign pushing education (probably because she realizes that, for now, abortion is a loser).
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Badger of Basra posted:It's not like she's making open carry her main platform or anything. She's spent most of her campaign pushing education (probably because she realizes that, for now, abortion is a loser). I saw an ad for the loving Attorney-General that was entirely: "I stopped the left from preventing a moment of silence in classrooms every morning in our glorious christian state, also I know your family is deeply christian, and I just want to let you know, as a Republican, you're the only people who matter" Pieces of poo poo.
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Feb 13, 2014 14:49
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A non-internal poll now has Allison Grimes down by a point to McConnell. http://www.wenzelstrategies.com/blog/polls/ However - "One in five likely voters in Kentucky do not yet know enough about Grimes to have formed an opinion about her." They will soon know several unpleasant things Grimes rhymes with, of course.
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Feb 13, 2014 21:37
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Wenzel Strategies is a hack shop that, in additional to "polling", produces movies for Newt Gingrich. Don't pay attention to anything they put out. It's somehow worse than ARG.
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Why would a GOP hack shop put up a pro-Grimes poll? Is it some kind of internal GOP grudge?
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The X-man cometh posted:Why would a GOP hack shop put up a pro-Grimes poll? Is it some kind of internal GOP grudge? Maybe that's their pro-McConnell poll.
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The X-man cometh posted:A non-internal poll now has Allison Grimes down by a point to McConnell.
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Feb 13, 2014 22:42
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I guess Gary Miller isn't sticking around to get creamed in his D+5 district. I wonder which two candidates'll come out on top in the primary to replace him?
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Feb 13, 2014 23:53
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Yay, gently caress off Miller. You won your seat through sheer jungle primary luck. The Democratic Party seems like its being more disciplined with our district this time around, though the guy they're throwing their weight behind sounds kinda blue doggish, so I'm actually not too excited. Lycus fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Feb 14, 2014 |
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Feb 14, 2014 00:44
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The X-man cometh posted:Why would a GOP hack shop put up a pro-Grimes poll? Is it some kind of internal GOP grudge? You're giving them too much credit. The reason to ignore Wenzel is not because they're orchestrating a grand conspiracy, it's because they are not competent.
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Feb 14, 2014 00:56
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Lycus posted:Yay, gently caress off Miller. You won your seat through sheer jungle primary luck. Huh. Is the CA Dems' logic "IE=put in a blue dog"?
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Feb 14, 2014 01:10
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Nonsense posted:I saw an ad for the loving Attorney-General that was entirely: "I stopped the left from preventing a moment of silence in classrooms every morning in our glorious christian state, also I know your family is deeply christian, and I just want to let you know, as a Republican, you're the only people who matter" The attorney general and lieutenant governor races have been completely crazy, there are some great pull quotes if the national media were interested. Also something to not about Davis "selling out" on abortion: there were a lot more objectionable things in that bill than just the 20 week ban, which was probably the least controversial part. Much more serious were the restrictions on doctors and providers that would shut down most of the abortion clinics in the state.
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:Huh. Is the CA Dems' logic "IE=put in a blue dog"?
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Joementum posted:You're giving them too much credit. The reason to ignore Wenzel is not because they're orchestrating a grand conspiracy, it's because they are not competent. Well the other strategy is say, she is close, give us money please.
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:Huh. Is the CA Dems' logic "IE=put in a blue dog"? They might also have luck with a methamphetamine addict in a giant lifted truck.
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Gregor Samsa posted:They might also have luck with a methamphetamine addict in a giant lifted truck. Might?
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Feb 14, 2014 18:32
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When do we find out if Yertle keeps his seat?
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:When do we find out if Yertle keeps his seat? November.
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Deteriorata posted:November. Or if he loses his primary to Bevin: May 20.
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Ballz posted:Or if he loses his primary to Bevin: May 20. Is there actually a chance of this happening? Everyone in D&D has been talking about Grimes.
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Feb 14, 2014 18:50
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Besides presumably the ability to win over the Tea Partiers, what does Bevin have going for him? I ask because McConnell, as Minority Leader, has tons of connections and money. Is there anyone (of importance) in Bevin's corner? Or is the whole thing Quixotic and the best we can hope for is that McConnell says some dumb poo poo to placate the Tea Party.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Is there actually a chance of this happening? Nope.
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Feb 14, 2014 18:53
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Speaking of McConnell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EIMkxNhClQ
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Feb 14, 2014 22:29
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ReidRansom posted:Speaking of McConnell, Enslaving our children! Save us, burly skinhead with a shotgun!
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Hold on, there's a guy trying to out-crazy Steve Stockman in the field of primary challengers to John Cornyn? 
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Texas, there's always more and it's always crazier.
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Besides presumably the ability to win over the Tea Partiers, what does Bevin have going for him? Problem is, the polls aren't good for Bevin, either. Favorability ratings from that SurveyUSA (who are generally pretty good) poll: Grimes: 26/27, not great Bevin: 10/17, not promising McConnell: 27/50,  Grimes has a 4-point lead on McConnell and a 5-point lead on Bevin as well, so nothing too inspiring there. Expect Grimes numbers to drop a bit once the primary is over and the Republicans are down to one choice. I guess if you're being really generous, you could argue Bevin has more uncommitted voters in which to present himself as a Generic Republican, as opposed to the already highly disliked McConnell. But given that poll also shows a 26-point lead for McConnell over Bevin in the primary, it's probably irrelevant anyway.
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Feb 14, 2014 23:34
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ReidRansom posted:Speaking of McConnell, There's no way you can convince me this guy hasn't watched Alpha House.
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Feb 15, 2014 00:50
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ReidRansom posted:Speaking of McConnell, GMC? Texas is Ford country!
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Sir Tonk posted:GMC? Texas is Ford country! Honestly he should've just had a picture of Calvin peeing on a turtle while Guy Clark's Fools For Each Other plays in the background. Would've gotten the same point across.
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Feb 15, 2014 03:32
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A dog with a better developed palate than a human? I find this ad hard to believe. Or he's training the dog to eat McConnell.
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Feb 15, 2014 04:03
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If the guy weren't such an obvious goober I might think he was referencing McConnell's classic hunting dog ad, but he's nowhere near that clever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4-4EPc2xvU
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The Landstander posted:He's recently been trying to make an electability argument based on McConnell's lovely poll numbers. Damnit. Every time someone talks about her I get that drat rhyming song stuck in my head. Every loving time.
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Caros posted:Damnit. Every time someone talks about her I get that drat rhyming song stuck in my head. Every loving time. That was McConnell's plan all along. How would you like six years of Senator Grimes in the news every day? Vote Yertle again in 2014!
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A rather large issue facing the Republican party isn't just the tea party split, but also other the people that vote for libertarian candidates, even when it is obvious that they will not win. for example, Republicans would have won Florida in 2012 if everyone who voted for the Libertarian candidate voted for the Republican one (who is often the closest major candidate in terms of policy to the Libertarian)
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jfc123 posted:Republicans would have won Florida in 2012 if everyone who voted for the Libertarian candidate voted for the Republican one (who is often the closest major candidate in terms of policy to the Libertarian) Nope, there's a 74,309 vote difference between Obama and Romney in Florida, Gary Johnson received 44,726 votes in Florida.(and libeterians may skew Republican but many of them would otherwise vote Democrat, and many left or right just wouldn't vote for a Democrat or Republican period). The Republican party's problem is not the fraction of a percent that votes Libertarian anymore than the Democrats problem(in an alternate universe where Romney squeaks out a win in FL) is the ~25,000 people who voted for small leftist parties
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jfc123 posted:A rather large issue facing the Republican party isn't just the tea party split, but also other the people that vote for libertarian candidates, even when it is obvious that they will not win. for example, Republicans would have won Florida in 2012 if everyone who voted for the Libertarian candidate voted for the Republican one (who is often the closest major candidate in terms of policy to the Libertarian) Don't do it! Don't start this derail! noooooooo
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NEXT ISSUE: what up w/ Michigan? http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2014/senate/mi/michigan_senate_land_vs_peters-3820.html I thought Land was a weak choice. Whys Peters falling behind?
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