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GalacticAcid posted:We have our first scandal in the PA race. Obviously she doesn't consider her brother to be family. That's tough but I want to vote for someone with the guts to say that in public while running for office
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The X-man cometh posted:Illinois' Democratic party is hopelessly dysfunctional and run by an evil genius. It's pretty cool he's got the record for longest statehouse leader tenure in American history mastershakeman has issued a correction as of 12:34 on Jun 4, 2016 |
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Cliff Racer posted:Some are actually really good at doing their job. Kentucky, Montana etc. in what would be thought of as red states but also the orgs on all three of the west coast states seem pretty good at maintaining their powerbase, if nothing else. See: Bevin, Matt
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Geoff Peterson posted:Look for the ones that have been terrible for more than a decade. The recession and the tea party wave caught a lot of people with their pants down, and nobody has really figured out a coherent way to handle the shift. Note that this isn't just the Democrats-they claimed Cantor's scalp and have been picking off establishment GOP picks for years. Its really interesting how the Republican party of Nevada rebuilt itself. It went from being hostiley taken over by Paulites (and a shadow org being formed to handle the 2012 elections in that state so they wouldn't have to deal with the official state party) to winning every row office in 2014 despite some damaged candidates along with a congressional seat they really had no business being successful in.
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Chokes McGee posted:See: Bevin, Matt That's more on Jack Conway being terrible. Massachusetts Dems couldn't help equally terrible Martha Coakley in a strong blue state.
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The X-man cometh posted:equally terrible Martha Coakley in a strong blue state. I will never understand how a wildly popular AG could be such a poo poo-rear end candidate for literally every other state office.
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Alter Ego posted:I will never understand how a wildly popular AG could be such a poo poo-rear end candidate for literally every other state office. When the Attorney General is an elected office, it tends to be one that a lot of people don't bother to vote for, and so you don't have to be a great candidate compared to normal positions. People will probably just straight up vote for you on basis of your party alongside other candidates if they bother to vote at all. And there's also not nearly as much campaigning, usually.
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fishmech posted:When the Attorney General is an elected office, it tends to be one that a lot of people don't bother to vote for, and so you don't have to be a great candidate compared to normal positions. People will probably just straight up vote for you on basis of your party alongside other candidates if they bother to vote at all. And there's also not nearly as much campaigning, usually. Well thats certainly not true where I live. What actually happened was that Conway was a pretty good candidate but ran in a polarized race in a state that favored the other party. Not all good candidates win (and not all bad candidates lose.)
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GalacticAcid posted:We have our first scandal in the PA race. I read about this the same day I saw Donald Trump making GBS threads on a Mexican American judge presiding over a fraud case against the republican nominee for president of the United States. Katie McGinty could push an old woman in a wheelchair down a flight of stairs and we'd all still be numb to it after whatever 500th crazy thing Trump did yesterday. It's a good year for down ticket races to air out their dirty laundry.
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Kirk wants to win. https://twitter.com/ericawerner/status/740267503444627456
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mastershakeman posted:Kirk wants to win. 
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mastershakeman posted:Kirk wants to win.
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FlamingLiberal posted:He's in an impossible situation now....either support Trump and get destroyed come November, or don't support Trump and risk the party's ire in November Well considering the state republican party consists of 2 dudes in kenilworth (him & rauner) he doesn't have much to risk
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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/omar-mateen-s-father-apologizes-after-orlando-pulse-massacre-n590821quote:Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Florida, whose district includes the area of the massacre, suggested to reporters that "more likely than not" the shooting spree at the nightclub was ideologically motivated.
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thethreeman posted:http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/omar-mateen-s-father-apologizes-after-orlando-pulse-massacre-n590821 No
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It's pretty clear that words coming out of his mouth can't hurt Grayson. The bigger concern for him is that Rubio is hinting that these events are making him reconsider leaving the Senate. He has until June 25th to file.
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Joementum posted:It's pretty clear that words coming out of his mouth can't hurt Grayson. The bigger concern for him is that Rubio is hinting that these events are making him reconsider leaving the Senate. He has until June 25th to file. Isn't Rubio suffering from some severe vote disapproval following his primary run? If he does opt to run again, will his negatives be enough to deny his re-election or is it going to be a jungle bus where all his opponents divide the pie and he ekes it out on sheer luck? Would be great to watch him run again and then straight up lose.
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Little Marco is really going to use 50 corpses for a political boost?
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mcmagic posted:Little Marco is really going to use 50 corpses for a political boost? I mean he might try like Romney did with Benghazi. It will probably work just as well as it did for Romney though.
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Gonna laugh if Jeb! decides to beat Rubio to the punch and file to run for that senate seat. Even his approval can't be as bad as liddle Marco's right now
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Hahahaha, Florida Man Grayson is trying to move to the Senate? Dang, I should have followed this thread. I guess a Democratic buffoon is better than a Republican.
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Jack of Hearts posted:Hahahaha, Florida Man Grayson is trying to move to the Senate? Dang, I should have followed this thread. I guess a Democratic buffoon is better than a Republican. How do you feel about Republicans turned Democrat? 'Cause Murphy is more likely to be the Democratic nominee.
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https://twitter.com/jacobfhsmith/status/742415921482989569 ty mormons
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I can understand Portman in OH but Toomey? He's a right wing lunatic in a blue state....
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PA is more schizophrenic than solid blue, particularly when it comes to the Senate unless you consider Santorum ancient history. At this point though it's probably more name recognition than anything. I assume it's the same poll that has McGinty's fav/unfav at like 28/28*. Which probably explains the boatload of ads from business groups. * edit: actually that's from TPM's poll tracker going off of a whole two data points, so  . It looks like that new poll has hers at 34/26 unfavorable to Toomey's 41/29. Probably too early to worry about anyway.edit edit: actually I don't have a clue what that tracker is based on, it says this PPP poll isn't included since it was an internet poll and there's only one other poll listed so what the gently caress. Polygynous has issued a correction as of 20:52 on Jun 13, 2016 |
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Karl Barks posted:feingold beating johnson by 10 is very satisfying The idea that a barely functional mentally handicapped adult like Ron Johnson could beat someone like Russ Feingold in an election is beyond mind blowing.
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Gyges posted:How do you feel about Republicans turned Democrat? 'Cause Murphy is more likely to be the Democratic nominee. Still probably a better person than Grayson at this point.
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Pat Toomey is very conservative, but he's also good at keeping his head down, doesn't say anything too controversial and occasional throws a bi-partisan bone out there for his blue-state constituents.
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mcmagic posted:The idea that a barely functional mentally handicapped adult like Ron Johnson could beat someone like Russ Feingold in an election is beyond mind blowing. Midterms are a hell of a drug.
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Cliff Racer posted:Well thats certainly not true where I live.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Conway was a terrible candidate. He made almost zero personal campaign appearances to voters, had almost no defined campaign positions, and relied almost completely on blanketing the airwaves with Bevin attack ads which only managed to increase Bevin's name recognition. He couldn't beat Nprthup when he was the Dem candidate for house in Louisville. The only reason he ever managed to be a politician was Beshear's long long coat tails. Could Beshear have beaten Rand paul this year?
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Mitt Romney posted:Could Beshear have beaten Rand paul this year? I am not from nor have I ever been to Kentucky but that seems like one of the few states where riding Trump's coat tails is a net positive rather than negative.
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Gyges posted:Midterms are a hell of a drug. The level of difference between those 2 men goes beyond "LOL Midterms." It's one of the more despicable election results that I can ever remember. It makes you lose faith in democracy as a system of government.
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So after claiming a bunch of times that he wouldn't run for re-election, Marco Rubio has now confirmed he is considering running... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bc4f48a4b72648dc8f5cb9e353b6ba4b/marco-rubio-suggests-hes-reconsidering-leaving-senate
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Mitt Romney posted:Could Beshear have beaten Rand paul this year? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on how much Beshear's hypothetical campaign is run by his own people and how much is run by the Kentucky Democratic Party. The more of the latter the less of a chance IMO. Beshear is pretty popular in the state, but Rand hits a lot of the old school 'Gubmint Bad, Business Good' mentality this state has, especially in the economically depressed regions.
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FlamingLiberal posted:So after claiming a bunch of times that he wouldn't run for re-election, Marco Rubio has now confirmed he is considering running... Guessing that moves the seat to lean GOP?
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Mitt Romney posted:Guessing that moves the seat to lean GOP? Lil Marco didn't do strong enough in the 2010 election to warrant much change in the race if he is in. Especially after the Republicans dropped him like a minority while voting for Trump.
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Well I personally was always of the opinion that Pat Murphy made the race lean Dem so if it doesn't change it to lean D it at least moves it over to pure toss up. edit: And I always found the "Marco hates the senate" stuff to be bullshit, he rose to power through the Florida state legislature and had to have been used to partisanship as a byproduct of his time there. edit: For those who don't pay attention to DKE, apparently two of the current major candidates, Rep. Jolly and Lt. Gov. Lopez-Cantera are both going to defer to Rubio if he runs again. Rubio would have the establishment solidly behind him with only, really, Beruff standing in his way in the primary. Cliff Racer has issued a correction as of 01:14 on Jun 16, 2016 |
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