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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:I would still say it's a dumb, bad idea. It's only dumb if it doesn't benefit the party doing it. It's crafty.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I'm not a supporter of off-year elections; heck, I think there's way too many elected positions in the US, it's needlessly confusing and makes it harder for people to take the process seriously. But just wishing it away won't help, and I'm guessing if it was possible to remove them, Democrats would already do it. On the other hand, rolling on an always-active voter engagement policy may have beneficial long-term benefits anyway. Step one is getting DSW out of the DNC. Dems def need to come up with an action plan for undoing Republican gains at the state and local level though, because these morons are ruining the country.
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Sorry, Kentucky  Hope your new governor doesn't gently caress things up too much before he gets voted out.
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Well, it's not much of a surprise to me but the HERO act is failing by a wide margin in Houston 
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hangedman1984 posted:Guys, I just found out my roommate voted for the fark guy
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UCS Hellmaker posted:We may not get legal weed but at least we will have a ban on gerrymandering it looks like. The state legislature is notorious for how bad the districts are drawn so this should be a huge help. It's been a big thing in every state so far at least. One silver lining It's too bad lots of people who support legal weed seem to have decided to vote for issue 2. Because that law totally won't be used to create an arbitrary roadblock to push any future weed law into off election years.
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quote:@ZekeJMiller: Jeb Bush apologizes to France for 3-day workweek dig https://t.co/hLguBJTB1Q via @TIMEPolitics RIP Jeb
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Step one is getting DSW out of the DNC. I hear ya. That level gets seriously overlooked in favor of the more nation/state-wide elections, mainly the former.
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Josh Lyman posted:Poison him I gave her an extremely disappointed look
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Rhesus Pieces posted:RIP Jeb quote:“I now know that the average French workweek is actually greater than the German workweek,” Bush continued. “So, my God, I totally insulted an entire country—our first ally—that helped us become free as a nation! And I apologize. That did a huge disservice to France. It didn’t really get to the magnitude of the problem: Three day work week.” If you don't work yourself to death, then you are not a true American!
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The problem with Dean was his 50-state strategy ended up getting a shitton of Blue Dogs elected and blew up what should've been a supermajority for Obama's first two years with faux-Democrat anti-abortion fucksticks. Ergo, it was viewed as a failure. What wasn't taken into account was how it was holding the line for governor's mansions and whatnot. Whoops!
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Joementum posted:Not looking good for that in Ohio tonight in early returns. That bipartisan redistricting commission looks pretty popular right now (71-29%). Have similar proposals received similar margins from voters? Arizona had it on the ballot right?
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There were a fair amount of dudes posting about voting straight -D. That's a good start. Even Walt Minnicks better than the majority of Republican poo poo fucks who run.
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beshear up 2800 votes for the AG spot, 99% of precincts reporting gonna come down to Muhlenberg
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Chokes McGee posted:The problem with Dean was his 50-state strategy ended up getting a shitton of Blue Dogs elected and blew up what should've been a supermajority for Obama's first two years with faux-Democrat anti-abortion fucksticks. Ergo, it was viewed as a failure. It was viewed as a failure by whom? Tim Kaine/DWS? I mean, poo poo, the Blue Dogs sucked, but Obama at least managed to get legislation (as watered down as it was) passed his first two years.
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PupsOfWar posted:beshear up 2800 votes for the AG spot, 99% of precincts reporting that's not a good thing, is it?
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Optimus Subprime posted:How easy will it be for this new KY governor to roll back the medicaid expansion? It was never approved by the state legislature and was always exclusively an executive order, which means he could do it on a drunken whim if he felt like.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:that's not a good thing, is it? well, given current turnout there will only be 6,000 or so votes there, so they could break pretty heavily for westerfield and still produce a beshear win
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PupsOfWar posted:well, given current turnout there will only be 6,000 or so votes there, so they could break pretty heavily for bevin and still produce a beshear win Good, I hope Beshear wins so Dave Weigel will shut the gently caress up tonight.
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Suckthemonkey posted:It was viewed as a failure by whom? Tim Kaine/DWS? I mean, poo poo, the Blue Dogs sucked, but Obama at least managed to get legislation (as watered down as it was) passed his first two years. People who wanted a true liberal and not a blue dog. Or the ones who didn't vote for them again later.
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hangedman1984 posted:Guys, I just found out my roommate voted for the fark guy
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hangedman1984 posted:Guys, I just found out my roommate voted for the fark guy I recommend going the passive aggressive route. Pawn his stuff.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:It was never approved by the state legislature and was always exclusively an executive order, which means he could do it on a drunken whim if he felt like. Drunken whim you say? 
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Joe Ganim (D) has been elected Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, beating Mary Jane Foster (D, but "unaffiliated" on the ballot) and city councilman Enrique Torres (R). Ganim previously held the mayor's office from 1991-2003. From 2003-2010 he went to prison for embezzling funds from Bridgeport.
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Joementum posted:Joe Ganim (D) has been elected Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, beating Mary Jane Foster (D, but "unaffiliated" on the ballot) and city councilman Enrique Torres (R). Nice!
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Joementum posted:Joe Ganim (D) has been elected Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, beating Mary Jane Foster (D, but "unaffiliated" on the ballot) and city councilman Enrique Torres (R). Hey, at least they know exactly what they're getting. 
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Joementum posted:Joe Ganim (D) has been elected Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, beating Mary Jane Foster (D, but "unaffiliated" on the ballot) and city councilman Enrique Torres (R). Lets be honest. Bridgeport can't be more hosed.
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AP called it for Beshear. He and Grimes were the only KY Dems to win tonight.
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Joementum posted:Joe Ganim (D) has been elected Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, beating Mary Jane Foster (D, but "unaffiliated" on the ballot) and city councilman Enrique Torres (R). Now that's a politician.
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Joementum posted:Oh, it wasn't just "embezzlement". My mistake. His campaign slogan: "this time you're all getting a cut!"
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Ganim 2016: What Are The Chances I'd Do It Twice?
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:john bel edwards went down in defeat right The runoff is on November 21.
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Andy Beshear might make a decent candidate for governor or senate down the line, once people get nostalgic for the good ol' days of his dad's administration. The Republicans probably had the same thought, which would be why the Republican Attorney Generals' Association bothered to spend money on this race, which they don't normally do.
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Joementum posted:Joe Ganim (D) has been elected Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, beating Mary Jane Foster (D, but "unaffiliated" on the ballot) and city councilman Enrique Torres (R). I don't get why he's so popular, its not like Bridgeport stopped being any less lovely under his watch. A local paper was doing a story on Toni Harps overwhelming reelection win in New Haven, and when interviewing Republicans on their complaints at least one said there weren't enough white employees at city hall
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Amused to Death posted:I don't get why he's so popular, its not like Bridgeport stopped being any less lovely under his watch. Can we get a link?
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PUGGERNAUT posted:Sorry, Kentucky *Looks at Kansas and Wisconsin, tugs collar*
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foobardog posted:I think the fact that the Presidential race is sometimes more about electing America's Father shouldn't be overlooked. It's completely part of the idea behind the type of candidate you'd like to have a beer with and Obamarama. that's really weird to me, why would anyone want to drink with their parents
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My local town voted to fix our sewers, but not fix our school's roof. Thanks old fucks! See you at the next meeting where you again complain about how no one is moving here.
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