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Holy poo poo, is this real? https://twitter.com/AaronTheH/status/928097726050340864
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She looks somewhat young, since isn't that guy in like, his '70s? Could be she looks good for her age, is a stepsibling/halfsibling, or it's just a small photo. I'm assuming it's true until someone proves otherwise because it's hilarious though.  https://twitter.com/David4SenateCA/status/928142358364921856
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Checked Wikipedia, apparently he does have a sister named Paula Marshall (she's an actress, was Iris west in the 90's Flash tv show), and she's 20 years younger than him (53 vs 73). No telling if that's a real account or not, but I'm also going to believe.
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Petr posted:Holy poo poo, is this real? yes
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get hosed Bob Marshall enjoy losing your seat I've been wanting to say that for a decade goddamn tonight is good
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Do we have a complete Virginia postmortem by now, or will the recounts continue until morale improves? My initial ludicrous high wore off and I'm becoming concerned they're going to try and steal their majority back.
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Here's a post-mortem: https://twitter.com/EdWGillespie/status/187566550289625088
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Young Hegelian posted:I miss Virginia tonight. this and also every night
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Good night’s sleep and a Stromboli and a wife cuddle and waking up to Schrodinger’s House of Delegates. Gonna shred some paper voter data and dance all day. What a lovely world.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Good night’s sleep and a Stromboli and a wife cuddle and waking up to Schrodinger’s House of Delegates. Gonna shred some paper voter data and dance all day. drat right! Ya did good Fancy 
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axeil posted:https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/928119943081746432 Is it still a sweep without that then? It seems like the narrative here might be more "gently caress nazis" than "gently caress trump," and if so, it may be going to be harder to replicate this kind of sweep in other, non-nazi-infested states in 2018.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Is it still a sweep without that then? Without the Charlottesville margin it’s still a sweep. Without the nazi backlash? Thats a bit metaphysical given how hard Gillespie leaned into white grievance politics. gently caress Trump definitely led the NOVA turnout, although I think of few people might not recognize the difference between gently caress Trump and gently caress nazis. Your real question I think should be how portable NOVA’s turnout, with it’s deep ties to the federal government, is to other suburban areas.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Is it still a sweep without that then? Oh yeah, easy. Cville is hilariously blue but low in population compared with the urban crescent.
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Quorum posted:Oh yeah, easy. Cville is hilariously blue but low in population compared with the urban crescent. I think all of Albemarle(county surrounding Charlottesville)saw an upswing, but yeah still not a huge population center. If you want to examine the shift in suburbs I suggest using Henrico and Chesterfield around Richmond as your baseline. I think they may be more portable examples than the DC suburbs.
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In his Virginia home, Jim Gilmore waits, glancing at his phone. He is ready. But is Virginia ready for him?
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Endorph posted:Here's a post-mortem:
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Just going off of memory here: in the 2016 general, Albemarle Co. went for Clinton like 56/34, and neighboring Greene Co. went for Trump like 60-34. But Charlottesville itself went for Clinton 80-13. So Cville is really blue, moreso than other VA cities large and small. That said, purely as a matter of anecdotal evidence: I saw far fewer signs, stickers, etc. for Hillary than I did for Trump. I can't think of a single time someone expressed to me in person that they were excited to be voting for her the way people did for Obama. I know some people who were mad at Bernie for doing insane, beyond-the-pale things like raising his voice or interrupting her in a debate, but I think they were more on guard against sexism than part of Hillary's weird online fan club.
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Halloween Jack posted:That said, purely as a matter of anecdotal evidence: I saw far fewer signs, stickers, etc. for Hillary than I did for Trump. Big philosophical touchstone in our group is that Yard Signs Don’t Vote. We tend to put our money into volunteers and GOTV instead, since what we lack in money comparatively, we make up for in human power. So we don’t mind the signs. 2016 is looking like the end this country needed it to be. Youth turnout through the roof last night, a massively restocked bench that’s gonna grow into some amazing state/federal candidates in the near/medium term, and a road map.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Big philosophical touchstone in our group is that Yard Signs Don’t Vote. We tend to put our money into volunteers and GOTV instead, since what we lack in money comparatively, we make up for in human power. So we don’t mind the signs. Yeah I'm really jazzed to see where Fairfax ends up.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Big philosophical touchstone in our group is that Yard Signs Don’t Vote. We tend to put our money into volunteers and GOTV instead, since what we lack in money comparatively, we make up for in human power. So we don’t mind the signs.  There were easily 6 times the number of Gillespie signs as there were Northam signs outside of the polling place where I was poll greeting all day yesterday, but there wasn't a single volunteer to be seen.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Is it still a sweep without that then? NJ voted against Trump in even larger numbers, though we had Christie as additional motivation.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Big philosophical touchstone in our group is that Yard Signs Don’t Vote. We tend to put our money into volunteers and GOTV instead, since what we lack in money comparatively, we make up for in human power. So we don’t mind the signs. The only good Gillespie yard signs did in my neighborhood is let people know who not to go to on Halloween. They're more likely to give lovely knockoff candy. The GOTV presence in my neighborhood was insane. Over the weekend alone we had the Northam team, the local DNC and some sort of Young Democrats group knocking on our door. Even if I told them I was already voting D, they had maps ready to make sure I know where my voting station was and asked me what kind of ID I was planning on using to make sure we were prepared. All very nice and helpful people. Just keep doing that and I'll donate whatever I can to unseat Comstock.
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Nov 8, 2017 16:14
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Locally, my small town of 5000 squarely in a suburban Trump district elected its first democrat as mayor in 20 years The stink really does go all the way down the line
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Nothing crazy in Houston, city voted to lift an old alcohol sales ban in a very small part of the city, and we're borrowing money to fix parks and libraries post-Harvey I guess
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Nocartax posted:In his Virginia home, Jim Gilmore waits, glancing at his phone. He is ready. But is Virginia ready for him? You are the best gimmick account.
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Y'ALL This is my district and the neighboring one: https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/928107180741529600 The Republican (Gaines) in 117 was practically a shoo-in. He's from a prominent local family, raised a ton of money, and had the endorsement of our mayor. His signs were everywhere, and his connections in local & university politics (college town) were really significant. I think I saw two or three Gonzales signs, and that's it. This is nuts. I'm in 119, and we all expected a run-off. There were three compelling Republicans and one Democrat (Wallace) who only even decided to run a few weeks ago. He still blew them all out of the water.
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Handsome Ralph posted:Yeah I'm really jazzed to see where Fairfax ends up. President Fairfax 2024? 
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Lightning Knight posted:President Fairfax 2024? I don't like this, but only because it presumes Democrats lose 2020. 
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Good night’s sleep and a Stromboli and a wife cuddle and waking up to Schrodinger’s House of Delegates. Gonna shred some paper voter data and dance all day. And the secret to the Dem's success last night is revealed. Time to take you to REAL America and show you what we do to liars and cheats! Boys, take'em to VA-06.
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So Le Page is saying he won't implement medicaid expansion
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skeleton warrior posted:You are the best gimmick account. It was between this and a Lincoln Chafee gimmick. I couldn’t come up with a good username but could think of some decent Rhode Island and Providence Plantations political jokes.
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https://twitter.com/njdotcom/status/928259347678863360 Phil Murphy is a spazz.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Y'ALL Looks like they failed to make gaines.
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B B posted:I don't like this, but only because it presumes Democrats lose 2020. You're right, and I got my years wrong. It would be more like Fairfax 2028 or 2032 depending on how things go, which gives him enough time to run for a term as Virginia Governor. quote:So Le Page is saying he won't implement medicaid expansion This seems Bad, what can voters and Democratic politicians in Maine do about this?
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Lightning Knight posted:You're right, and I got my years wrong. It would be more like Fairfax 2028 or 2032 depending on how things go, which gives him enough time to run for a term as Virginia Governor. Vote him the gently caress out in 2018 and have that rear end in a top hat Eliot Cutler thrown into the Atlantic if he tries to run as the Americans Elect candidate again.
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Lightning Knight posted:You're right, and I got my years wrong. It would be more like Fairfax 2028 or 2032 depending on how things go, which gives him enough time to run for a term as Virginia Governor. Impeach LePage. They tried last year and only fell about 20 votes short. Sending a giant middle finger to the voters is a whole different ball of wax.
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Alter Ego posted:Vote him the gently caress out in 2018 and have that rear end in a top hat Eliot Cutler thrown into the Atlantic if he tries to run as the Americans Elect candidate again. Isn't Le Page the psycho governor? Also https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/928268933748142080 
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B B posted:I don't like this, but only because it presumes Democrats lose 2020. Do we have any interesting dem candidates yet? Is Roem eligible? How about that Sikh guy, he seems cool. Let's have a low drama infrastructure-focused president. The 2024 ad campaign writes itself. "The republicans have been wasting their breath complaining about my turban/pronouns as well as the national debt, conveniently forgetting that the last two republican presidents expanded that debt to pay for needless wars and tax cuts on the rich. Meanwhile, I've spent four years advocating for repair -- roads, bridges, dams, and taxes. My name is [name] and I'll see you next year."
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