2017 State-Level Elections: America's "Special" Children

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mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

I went to a forum tonight for the NJ Governor's primary that all the candidates showed up for other than Kim Guardano. It's unbelievable to me that the party would nominate someone like Murphy who is a true goldman sachs mediocrity after what we went through with Corzine. Murphy is ahead by a mile and he talks the part but he also looks and talks like a used car salesman... I guess we just have to hope that he's our version of Mcauliffe?

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mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

axeil posted:

A T-Mac for NJ isn't that bad an outcome. I was pretty annoyed about him back in 2013 but he's been a remarkably effective governor and would easily win a 2nd term if VA politics weren't weird.

Your point on Corzine is an apt one though and something to be more concerned with given the NJ Democratic Party's past history though.

The NJ Democratic party is a cesspool of shittiness so it's much more likely that Murphy will govern as Andrew Cuomo 2.0 than McAuliffe. All you need to know about the party in this state is that they basically gifted the governorship to an ex Goldman Sachs professional fundraiser for the DNC. The guy is completely unimpressive other than his ability to self fund.

# ¿ May 2, 2017 14:26

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

axeil posted:

Guy still has to get through the primary right? Who are his opponents?

Also in NJ being ex-Goldman might be an asset rather than a liability when half of North Jersey is linked to the financial sector.

The guy who has the best chance of winning other than Murphy is John Wisniewski who is a state assemblyman that was involved in the Bridgegate investigation. He's pretty good and progressive. Is for Single Payer and pot legalization and 15 dollar wage. Give him money if you can.... http://wiz2017.com/

Murphy is way up in the polls but there is still over 50% undecided and Murphy literally the only one on TV right now.

# ¿ May 2, 2017 15:19

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

axeil posted:

Huh, interesting. VA has a similar level of undecided, but here, unlike up in NJ there doesn't really seem to be much to distinguish between the two candidates. I think most people would be happy with either one.

When's the primary? Ours is in June. Both candidates are going to be up in NOVA today for a debate so I'm hoping I can get to go and see their debate.

Primary is June 6. Murphy does give lip service to a lot of good policy but I don't think he'll govern that way and he just comes across as a used car salesman.

# ¿ May 2, 2017 15:38

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

FourLeaf posted:

https://twitter.com/zellieimani/status/859883659712647168

drat.

This guy rules. I was there. He brought the loving house down.

# ¿ May 5, 2017 16:03

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

I voted in NJ this AM and I was the only person at the polling place at 7:30...

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 15:26

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

If you live in VA you should at least be excited to vote for Mark Herring even if Northam is a big nothing.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 15:59

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

farraday posted:

https://twitter.com/srl/status/927885775403962368

This is great. McAlauffe did a lot of good.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 16:43

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Oracle posted:

And that's why you vote for the impure Dem. McAuliffe was a goddamn hold your nose vote for many because of his Clinton ties and he turned out to be the best goddamn governor Virginia could have asked for. Signed I don't remember how many thousands of voter restorations BY HAND because the Republicans were being douches and trying to keep (black) former felons from voting and said he couldn't just mass restore them. Remember that if Northam wins by less than 10k votes, it was likely because of McAuliffe's actions. YOUR VOTE loving MATTERS.

That is why voting for Phil Murphy today was an easy choice.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 16:51

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

axeil posted:

400,000 felons had their voting rights restored.

T-Mac did them all individually, by hand for months.

He's a goddamn hero.

Electoral justice should be NUMBER 1 on the list of any democratic elected official in any office. Including statehood for Washington DC and Puerto Rico. Any Democratic governor who doesn't do this should be primaried. Without it, no other agenda issues will get done.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 17:02

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Frank Lobiondo (23 year house GOPer from Atlantic City area of NJ) is retiring. That seat is going to be very much in play in 18.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 20:35

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/927975392538972160

This shitstain probably just signed his death warrant for 2018.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2017 20:54

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Again, White Men continue to be the worst.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 01:10

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

If he beats Hillary's margin that is a good sign for 18.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 01:30

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

I think the perception of a close race will have benefited Northam if he wins big like it looks like he will.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 01:47

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Oxxidation posted:

I get the feeling McAuliffe's mass felon-enfranchisement may have paid some dividends today.

Every Democratic governor should do this.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 01:56

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

https://twitter.com/TimAlberta/status/928062862299451392

Barbra Comstock is a dead trumpist walking.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 01:58

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/928064094346924038

Winning feels good.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 02:01

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

AHAHAH the NJ race has been called 1 minute after the polls have closed.

Well no one expected this to be close in NJ.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 02:01

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

axeil posted:

Nate Silver 8:01 PM

The exit poll in New Jersey shows Murphy ahead by about 18 points, which is larger than most pre-election polls showed.

The race was 18-25 all summer. It narrowed a little but that seems to have been noise.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 02:04

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Tonight is the first actual blood drawn in the battle against Trumpism.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 02:12

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Perez is on MSNBC taking a victory lap that he had nothing to do with. Meh.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 02:20

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Todd wonders what this means for Doug Jones in Alabama. I do too.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 02:31

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

farraday posted:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/928074747316928513?s=17

Drink! (Ginger Ale for you fancy)

This is some low energy poo poo.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 02:45

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

axeil posted:

David Wasserman 8:42 PM

This just in: Democrat Chris Hurst has unseated Republican Delegate Joseph Yost in Blacksburg�s District 12. Hurst is a former news anchor whose girlfriend, reporter Alison Parker, was killed on live television in 2015. He ran with the support of gun control groups. By my count, this brings Democrats� pickups to 12 seats. They need five more for control of the House of Delegates.

Oh wow I didn't know that's who Hurst was.

Chris Hurst could be a senator some day. Impressive guy. He's like 30 or 31.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 02:47

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

The Trumpist Scum that Danica Roam beat tonight refused to shake her hand, to debate her and to call her by her proper gender.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 02:52

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Are these idiots really going to cut away from Northam or Murphy's speeches to see orange fuckface bloviate in Korea?

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 03:01

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

axeil posted:

Mark Herring won his AG race in 2013 by less than 500 votes.

He ended up being the one to put a stop to Trump's Muslim ban since the DC-area airports are all in Virginia.

Your vote always matters.

https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/928080765937647617

10 point win is in range

Dem trend of massively outperforming Clinton continues. Aabama is next.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 03:08

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Larry Krasner won the DA race in Philly. He's AWESOME.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 03:19

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

TheScott2K posted:

This is a Good Mattering. The Great Mattering will not happen before November 6, 2018.

Doug Jones winning would loving matter.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 03:27

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Get this orange gently caress off my TV.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 03:35

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Phil Murphy is such an awkward guy heh.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 04:19

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

gowb posted:

Can someone actually corroborate this or is it nonsenseo

It was from CNN.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 04:20

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Immigration protesters at Northam's victory speech. Good.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 04:25

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Mind_Taker posted:

Those voter breakdowns lead me to believe that the GOP is going to throw all of their resources into voter suppression in 2018 and 2020. White people are still awful.

They were already going to do that.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 04:28

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Ein Sexmonster posted:

Well to be precise they have been doing this for decades.

Well yeah. Dems have to be thinking about countering this every time they gain any political power.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 04:32

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Youth Decay posted:

Basically reiterated that diversity is what makes America great and that all will be welcome in Virginia.

Good tone but it's all about what he does now. The reason that bad democrats are better than any republican is that he needs democratic support. That is the way to push them left.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 04:44

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Koyaanisgoatse posted:

If the elections this time next year go like this then I'll feel hopeful for the first time in a while

Doug Jones. Doug Jones. Doug Jones.

https://dougjonesforsenate.com/

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 04:49

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Ego-bot posted:

Remember that Cory Stewart (the guy Gillespie modeled his campaign on) is running against Tim Kaine next year. I hope he's freaking the gently caress out over these results.

He has no chance.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 04:58

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mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/928103730238705670

RNC Re-Ups for Dear Leader.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2017 05:00

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