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Chadderbox posted:Speaking as someone who has lived in Arizona for a long time, Sarah Palin may have a base of support but she would turn out Democrats at a level that the establishment wouldn't be very comfortable with. Not gonna happen. Not to mention an alarming number of more moderate Republicans who are horrified by the thought of her holding public office again.
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poo poo. How competent is the California GOP? Harris might as well run--she's never going to get that SCOTUS appointment everyone thinks she should get.
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:If it's anything, after the full results were in it's turned out that the GOP hasn't unseated an incumbent Democratic congressman since 1994. Kashkari was also a complete assclown of a candidate and went down in a landslide, even with very reduced turnout (though Brown did significantly better amongst white Californians than Obama did two years ago). So they're even less competent than the MA GOP, who at least just got a Republican governor elected (thanks, Martha Coakley!) I just realized--I think 2016 will be the first time in like 8 years where Massachusetts has not had a Senate seat up for grabs (unless you're not counting this year when Ed Markey won in a walk).
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Dec 8, 2014 22:44
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Nonsense posted:Romney will be President some day, thus Hagan should run again. There is not really a tinge of "loser", it is a political myth. Romney's lost twice on a national stage and once on the state level. Hagan lost a close election in a Republican year with monumentally lovely turnout. There's a difference there.
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Badger of Basra posted:Examples to refute the loser myth: two people who lost again after having lost once. Bqhatevwr, dude.
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Nth Doctor posted:Is he off to the Vermonty part of Massaschusetts now? No, he's pretty much exhausted the opportunities for places that will tolerate his poo poo. Vermont's too liberal, Connecticut won't fall for the barn coat act (they're not as "live free of taxes" as New Hampshire), and Maine and Rhode Island have already got two established Senators. I guess he'll have to look elsewhere 
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Jan 6, 2015 22:53
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Joementum posted:Barbara Boxer will not be running for re-election. Why did I think we already knew this? Did she announce it late last year? Either way, it'll either be Gavin Newsom or Eric Garcetti.
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notthegoatseguy posted:I really don't think it is baggage. People just don't care about carpetbagging, at least on the level of US Senate. They do when it's Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
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Jan 10, 2015 23:07
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Franco Potente posted:
Oh God. Isn't Stutzman the loon who said "WE MUST GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE SHUTDOWN, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT" or something to that effect?
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Joementum posted:Harry Reid will retire after this term, making Nevada a likely Republican gain in 2016. Son of a bitch. Guess he saw the writing on the wall. Plus, this makes Chuck loving Schumer Majority/Minority Leader, a choice that's arguably worse than Reid ever was.
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Joementum posted:Reid also endorsed former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and spoke with her this morning, so that's your likely NV Dem Sen candidate. Anyone know anything about her? Does she have a shot at winning (say Sandoval gets Mike Castle'd)?
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Joementum posted:The AP story about Rubio's Presidential announcement says that his team is telling the RNC to recruit someone to fill his Senate seat, so it looks like he won't run for both spots. What a chance for the Florida Democratic Party to redeem themse-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA sorry, I just couldn't keep that going. However, for the sake of argument, say that a miracle happens and the Dems don't nominate the political corpse of Charlie Crist or Alex "Oops, I hosed It Up Again" Sink. Is Rubio's seat winnable? Fritz Coldcockin has issued a correction as of 16:22 on Apr 13, 2015 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:The FL Dems have pretty weak candidates. In all honestly it's been like 25 years since the FL Dems had anyone win a statewide election who wasn't Bill Nelson. In a presidential year you would think the Dems would have a good opportunity, but I think it's an uphill battle. We're getting Wasserman-Schultz, aren't we?
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Joementum posted:Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ1) will challenge John McCain for Senate. Is this a vanity exercise, or does Kirkpatrick actually have any kind of legitimate shot at beating that old bag of poo poo?
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She sounds like she has balls--a rare quality in a Democrat in a Republican district. The DSCC could definitely do worse than supporting her candidacy.
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Franco Potente posted:
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Joementum posted:Rep. Joe Heck is running for NV Senate, probably the best non-Sandoval candidate the Republicans could recruit. How does Cortez poll against him?
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Franco Potente posted:As if Trump wasn't feast enough for this electoral cycle, Alan Grayson is running for FL Sen. The state party would be wise to get well shut of him, that's for sure.
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Jul 9, 2015 18:10
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De Nomolos posted:Grayson looks like every big dumb guy I went to HS with that wanted to be a bully but was too stupid to even manage that. Plus he's corrupt as poo poo, a lousy campaigner, and DU supports him, so there's three reasons to not back him.
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De Nomolos posted:I'm not sure what's wrong with her aside from experience? She'd have a better chance and honestly, who are you going to find better except Rendell? Why isn't he running? In a year where Hillary Clinton will most likely be the Democratic nominee for President, why wouldn't Rendell want to take a crack at the Senate race? He'll most likely never get a better shot.
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Looking forward to Trump calling someone a smelly poopyface on the debate stage.
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GreyPowerVan posted:I'm assuming his opponent wasn't literally a member of the Taliban, right Well, no, but he was a pretty vocal Tea Partier. Still, Grayson could have made his case much more effectively by just pointing out the crazy.
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I would have preferred Democrat Charlie Crist as Governor/Senator than Rubio and Scott. I know, I'm a heretic.
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Feather posted:She lost the gubernatorial race because: a) she apparently didn't think it was necessary to actually, y'know, campaign Question: Have Alex Sink and Martha Coakley ever been seen in the same room together?
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Aug 26, 2015 16:37
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GalacticAcid posted:Disinter Claude Pepper and endorse him. I can't vote for a sexagenarian who practices celibacy! Fritz Coldcockin has issued a correction as of 21:58 on Aug 26, 2015 |
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Aug 26, 2015 21:53
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The Nastier Nate posted:Earlier in the year, when I assumed Pat Toomey would be facing off against Joe Sestak next year, I figured Toomey would be able to win with a slightly bigger margin than 2010, which was something like a 2% difference. If McGinty gets even decent coattails from Hillary then probably, yeah.
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Seeing Scott Brown fail--again--in 2014 was one of the most satisfying things ever. With the exception of Obama's reelection and Karl Rove pooping his pants live on air, of course.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Considering who they just elected Governor, and the whole Kim Davis fiasco, he's facing an uphill battle They elected Bevin because of a 30% turnout rate; plus, isn't Jack Conway like universally hated?
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Yeah, people hate Bevin too, though. A lot of it was that the campaign became so negative almost nobody except the homophobes showed up. Like Conway won Louisville by a waaayyy lower margin than he should have, and he also refused to ever do retail politics because he was convinced it was all about money. I honestly wonder how it would go if a candidate ran a Bernie Sanders-style economic populist campaign in a state like Kentucky. We've already seen people respond to that on a national level--and the appeal actually crosses party lines in some cases. Talk about health care and income inequality--emphasize that the game is rigged to screw people who work for a living. People would respond to that. I think if Gray's going to win, that's how he'll do it. Act like a liberal, not just a Democrat. Don't make the race about getting rid of Rand Paul and replacing him with a Democrat, because that'll just trigger the tribalism reflex voters in Kentucky have. Make it about a guy who doesn't give a poo poo about the state vs. a guy who genuinely wants to do good by the people who elected him.
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This needs to happen. Mostly because a guy named Hogg can't be Senator next to a woman who castrated them for a living. Also, there is a preponderance of people running for that seat with last names ending in "-sack".
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Riptor posted:someone posted in USPOL that Blunt in MO is loving his race up royally by apparently having lied about his draft status during the vietnam war. Would be interesting if that turns to a Dem pickup Is there even anyone to run against him? Nixon's pretty unpopular in Missouri right now if I recall correctly.
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Mitt Romney posted:If the GOP blocks the nomination I would say that these Senators re-election prospects shrink: Kirk and Johnson are p. much gone. Other than that, I don't know. Depends on the strength of McGinty's campaign in PA and whether the NH Dems can find someone to beat Ayotte. Missouri is an awful state and will re-elect Blunt regardless of what he does, and Rob Portman is either going to get reelected or end up on the Republican ticket for VP this year. Sandoval not running in NV means that that seat remains a tossup for Democrats instead of a likely R, and Catherine Cortez-Masto has Harry Reid's blessing, so she should at least be well-funded. Fritz Coldcockin has issued a correction as of 14:58 on Feb 15, 2016 |
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Pinterest Mom posted:Claire no Oh my God. I lost my mom to this poo poo a few months ago...I can only imagine what she's going through.
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Mitt Romney posted:I'm guessing the Clintons would not support Fiengold. http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=1&vote=00005 They'd campaign for him, but they wouldn't support him for the Leader post because Chuck Schumer is their homeboy.
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Pinterest Mom posted:whoops Holy loving poo poo. Ironic, I suppose, that she is missing both her legs, since Max Cleland was too and he got smeared the same way.
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FlamingLiberal posted:That race was so depressing. Then again it was merely a preview of the 2004 presidential race. I think that iconic picture of that horrible woman at the RNC wearing that smarmy Purple Heart bandaid really summed it up.
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My Imaginary GF posted:Come on, thats pretty drat funny. Like, you would not loving believe how many great jokes one can make at Duckworth's expense. Yeah, it's real fuckin' hilarious.
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Kirk just said he'd meet with Garland Kirk is losing his seat anyway, so this is his last-ditch attempt to stop Duckworth from taking it.
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Holy loving poo poo. What on earth makes you think it's appropriate to say this  If he doesn't retract it, McGinty/whoever will kneecap him with it for the rest of the election season. Refusing to consider the sitting President's SCOTUS nominee because it happens to be the last year of his term.
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Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) has called for hearings on the Garland nomination. Seems that it's more than just the moderates who think that the Senate should be doing their jobs. Either that, or he's reading the same polls we are and going "if we don't do this we'll be in the minority again in November".
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