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farraday posted:Virginia let *you* down? Excuse me but I have heard tell you’ve refered to us as a State and you think Plymouth was a better colony than Jamestown! I say good day! As long as you manage to elect the less offensive white guy for governor you can be whatever you want to be. 
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Nov 7, 2017 23:01
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Nov 7, 2017 23:38
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axeil posted:oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god Y'all are hosed. 
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Nov 7, 2017 23:42
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Oh do shut up. I'm getting 2016 flashbacks right now, the smugness draining into horror at the realization that We'd Been Had.
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Oxxidation posted:THE DOOM NEEDLE IS CALIBRATED I have been staring at this thread with  on my face for half an hour refreshing and this made me laugh so hard I dropped my laptop.
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Quorum posted:By the way, this page is the one you want if you want a cool map. Also featuring the Doom Needle! All hail the Doom Needle! Do I have to refresh or will it change on its own?
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Nov 8, 2017 00:08
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Nov 8, 2017 00:30
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I feel like the takeaway from the Northam campaign ought to be "don't let Republican attacks get under your skin so much that you say stupid poo poo a week out." He should've walked into today's election with a ten point lead.
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Nov 8, 2017 01:11
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:A Dem is not going to win Virginia by 10 points right now no matter how awesome they are. Maybe in 6 years. Alright I'll cop to exaggerating but this fucker had a seven point lead at one point. 
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Nov 8, 2017 01:12
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Seven Hundred Bee posted:interestingly northam is running AHEAD of fairfax This isn't surprising, if more people are concerned with governor than LG.
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Nov 8, 2017 01:29
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XyrlocShammypants posted:Chuck Todd Wow, phrasing. Um. Yeah, phrasing...
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Nov 8, 2017 02:30
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If the Dems actually take over the House of Delegates there's going to be a flurry of garbage bills from the lame ducks tomorrow.
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Nov 8, 2017 02:37
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9FImc2LOr8 On the ground footage of Virginia Democrats.
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Nov 8, 2017 02:44
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mcmagic posted:The Trumpist Scum that Danica Roam beat tonight refused to shake her hand, to debate her and to call her by her proper gender.  https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/928071900840038400 https://twitter.com/latinovictoryus/status/928069568802775041 
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Paracaidas posted:~*gently caress Josh Barro*~ "If global warming is real, why does it still snow" but for politics.
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https://twitter.com/christinawilkie...%3D4495%23pti17 https://twitter.com/BonJoviBonIver/status/928084718930636800 I need a doctor this erection is going to last longer than four hours send help pls
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Nov 8, 2017 03:28
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axeil posted:Good news! The next Governor of Virginia is a doctor! oh my god I'm crying I'm laughing so hard I need more alcohol ahahahahaha
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So do Democrats for sure get to challenge the district mapping before they go up for reelection or only if they take the House of Delegates?
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Nov 8, 2017 04:09
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axeil posted:They at bare minimum have veto power over them. I'm not sure I understand. Somebody was asking in USPOL about whether or not the Dem gains would survive gerrymandering.
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I'm so glad this guy won, there was some seriously nasty racist campaigning against him. 
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FizFashizzle posted:DSA candidate came in last for asheville city council. Can't win 'em all.
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Youth Decay posted:Basically reiterated that diversity is what makes America great and that all will be welcome in Virginia. Weak. We won't forget, Northam. Lucky he only gets one term.
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B B posted:One of my buddies just chatted me that this interaction happened on MSNBC: :  god drat
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FizFashizzle posted:This wasn't said as a burn. And yet it's still one of the greatest political burns I've read in years. You haven't seen this? This and the attacks against the Sikh guy have been floating around for weeks now, they're loving vicious and awful.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:And worked great (in getting them elected)!  punched my v-card at camp posted:Helena, MT just elected the state's first black mayor, in part because of the lovely old mayor's strong support of keeping the town's confederate memorial. loving Montana has Confederate monuments too? Jesus Christ.
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/11/democrats_breathe_sigh_of_relief_after_virginia_victory.htmlquote:Steyer, the Democratic Party’s biggest donor, had made a point to be in attendance, hours after his grassroots organization, NextGen, had set up a petting zoo on Virginia Tech’s campus to lure students to the polls. He told me he was “a little bit relieved, and a little bit defiant.” The relief was that Northam pulled it off, though Steyer defiantly believes that Democrats should push even harder. As the leader of another prominent progressive organization in attendance told me, “it’s fantastic that Northam won despite how uninspiring his campaign was.”
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For those who are down on the new NJ governor. https://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/11/07/phil_murphy_wins_race_for_new_jersey_governor.html quote:Murphy started with some formidable advantages in deep-blue New Jersey, including nearly a million more registered Democrats in the state, and an incumbent governor in Christie with a historically low approval rating. Murphy offered relatively little in the way of specific policy proposals, aside from a promise to raise taxes on the wealthy and push for a new state bank, which allowed him to parlay his two decades at Goldman Sachs into something like a public good. But he enjoyed the support of the state’s powerful public-sector unions, who were eager to elect a Democrat after eight years of battling Christie. Even he seems to see which way the winds are blowing. A healthy skepticism is warranted, and we should spend the next few years calling his office and the offices of all the Democrats that create bills to get these promises kept, but things seem to be looking up.
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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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Handsome Ralph posted:Yeah I'm really jazzed to see where Fairfax ends up. President Fairfax 2024? 
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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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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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Hey man, don't sweat it. Even if you don't take the majority, you overperformed and have another shot in two years. You done good kid. 
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Flip Yr Wig posted:I found nothing more incredibly awkward than phonebanking in NoVa and talking to trade families with hardcore accents and neither of us understanding each other. Definitely felt like I was not helping things. And, again, that was with a phone list targeting Northern Virginia. It doesn't even need to be that stark. I'm a college-aged mixed race Latino man who passes as white, and the areas I most often canvass in locally tend to be poorer black and Latino communities (I don't speak Spanish, unfortunately) who are distrustful of outsiders for good reason. Many people don't want to talk to me, because I'm some dude with a collared shirt and a clipboard, who knows what agency I work for? Left-wing movements desperately need to be built locally from the bottom up, but that requires finding people to start the movement.
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axeil posted:YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Good job Virginia goons! Can they actually do that? Hold a vote when someone goes to the bathroom, that is?
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Hey guys! Get excited! In 2018, there will be credible challengers to Paul Ryan on the ballot! Randy Bryce (IronStache) is an ironworker, labor activist, Army veteran, Caledonia resident (suburb of Racine, Wisconsin) who is the favorite to win the Democratic primary. He was just endorsed by Bernie Sanders today. I like him, he's from my hometown, he's got mad Twitter game, and best of all, he's running on a good platform. Randy Bryce's issue page posted:Instead of fighting for a Single Payer Health Care system that will ensure that all of us can be healthy and receive treatment, Speaker Ryan is working on taking health care away from up to 32 million Americans, while giving huge tax cuts to billionaires and millionaires. His opponent in the primary is Cathy Myers (CathyMyersWI), a resident of Janesville, which is Paul Ryan's hometown. She is a member of the Janesville School Board, and a local activist for helping alcoholics and those addicted to drugs. She seems like a nice lady, though she has a lower media profile than Bryce. Her issues page is in a format that is harder to quote, but please take a look. Overall these candidates are running on fairly similar platforms, and either one of them would be good candidates I would be happy with. Bryce likely has a better chance to actually beat Ryan, and is more likely to win the primary as things are currently going, but still, this is not an establishment/outsider kind of primary like the VA Gov was. Anyone who is from Wisconsin or otherwise interested, get excited! Both of these people are cool and have a chance to unseat our garbage Speaker of the House.  Edit: I made this post to tell people to vote in the primary, specifically. Go vote in the primary! Lightning Knight fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Nov 14, 2017 |
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farraday posted:Dem pick up in OK senate, will go to recount. Any info on who won, what kind of campaign they ran, and where they stand on the issues?
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farraday posted:http://www.ally4ok.com/ Wow, neat. Thanks! She seems cool and good, I hope she does well. 
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