mrbiggsly Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Neither will beat McConnell but Booker is less of an establishment shill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 49 minutes ago, mrbiggsly said: Neither will beat McConnell but Booker is less of an establishment shill Pretty much, and booker is a younger progressive so seeing candidates like him win is a great thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, thewhyteboar said: Also: Keep this in mind, and spread this word far and wide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 58 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Keep this in mind, and spread this word far and wide Can't wait until election day and Fox and co. say something like "95% of precincts are reporting in and Trump is the clear winner...should the rest of the ballots even be handled?" even though only 20% of the vote is in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 A lot of states that are loading up on mail in voting need to change their laws, NY isn't even allowed to start the mail vote count till 7 days after, and they mailed the applications to every eligible voter in the state this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 15 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: A lot of states that are loading up on mail in voting need to change their laws, NY isn't even allowed to start the mail vote count till 7 days after, and they mailed the applications to every eligible voter in the state this year. I'd rather see something like: Have in-person voting allowed for seven days straight, final day is election day Have mail voting allowed, but final day is seven days before, and they are counted on election day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 29 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: A lot of states that are loading up on mail in voting need to change their laws, NY isn't even allowed to start the mail vote count till 7 days after, and they mailed the applications to every eligible voter in the state this year. They can't start counting the mail-in ballots until November 10???!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 14 minutes ago, Jason said: They can't start counting the mail-in ballots until November 10???!!! This is how Trump is going to hammer down on "fraud." He's going to say that he won some states even with potentially the majority of the vote still uncounted, and then he will raise questions about "mysterious" boxes of votes being counted when he actually loses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Makes sense when as long as the ballot is post marked by election day it's fine to count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 52 minutes ago, Jason said: They can't start counting the mail-in ballots until November 10???!!! Yup. I mean they could change the law by then but i doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jason said: Something to do with verifying the ballots or something, lol, I think they just forgot this law was in effect cause mail in voting in NY was barely a thing because you needed a reason so it never really changed outcomes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Recent polls are good for Democrats in Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia. They already have leads in Maine and Colorado, which would all be good for taking the Senate with a slim majority. Polls are good for Republicans in Alabama. Arizona's interesting because Kelly is doing better as a Democrat there than Biden. That kind of thing would be good for him on election day because no Democrat won their Senate seat in 2016 without Hillary also winning the state, and split-ticket voters are currently rarer than 10 or 20 years ago. Friendly and constant reminder: these polls are a snapshot, not a prediction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: Recent polls are good for Democrasts in Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia. They already have leads in Maine and Colorado, which would all be good for taking the Senate with a slim majority. Polls are good for Republicans in Alabama. Arizona's interesting because Kelly is doing better as a Democrat there than Biden. That kind of thing would be good for him on election day because no Democrat won their Senate seat in 2016 without Hillary also winning the state, and split-ticket voters are currently rarer than 10 or 20 years ago. Friendly and constant reminder: these polls are a snapshot, not a prediction. Well Kelly is running against someone the state already told to fuck off, and he's a God damned astronaut. So it's not that weird he's out running Biden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 More votes are coming in from Kentucky. There are plenty of McGrath-favorable areas left, so while Booker is leading McGrath 48.1% - 42% as of this post, expect it to tighten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Damn. Too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 So McGrath gets to lose by 10% to Mitch then. Sad to see, her campaign was collapsing and nearly lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Fayette Co is Lexington. Great sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 45% - 43%, McGrath is leading Not a ton of votes are left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Rand is up in 2 years, right? Let's try it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 McGrath is such a fucking turd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Pro trump Democrat get fucked lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Pro trump Democrat get fucked lol I think you would have to at least pretend to be to have a chance in kentucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Eat 👏The 👏Rich👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Not when your pro trump message is "I'll do a better job for trump than the senate majority leader of his party" like he hasn't been doing trumps bidding since day 1, and is personally responsible for trumps biggest wins, that is the supreme court and packing the judiciary If you make the case that Mitch has been bad for Kentucky, as he is hated across the state, you stand a better chance of winning. It would have been a complete longshot no matter who won but there are messages that would work in Kentucky, as I've been told and seen written by Kentuckians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Just now, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Not when your pro trump message is "I'll do a better job for trump than the senate majority leader of his party" like he hasn't been doing trumps bidding since day 1, and is personally responsible for trumps biggest wins, that is the supreme court and packing the judiciary If you make the case that Mitch has been bad for Kentucky, as he is hated across the state, you stand a better chance of winning. It would have been a complete longshot no matter who won but there are messages that would work in Kentucky, as I've been told and seen written by Kentuckians. being a veteran > everything else doe, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Jason said: being a veteran > everything else doe, right? You've got a job in the national democratic party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Good governance is important, at every level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 There was a Medicaid expansion provision on the ballot in Oklahoma and it looks like it's passed by about 1% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 Hickenlooper will face Cory Gardner in the Colorado Senate race. Here's an incumbent who lost in Colorado and was beaten by someone insane: Quote Rep. Scott Tipton ousted in Colorado GOP primary The fifth-term congressman lost to Lauren Boebert, the owner of a restaurant where servers open-carry and who is supportive of the "QAnon" conspiracy theory. Quote The district leans Republican and has moved further to the right in the Trump era. The president won the district by 12 points in 2016; Mitt Romney won it by 6 in 2012. But it has not hosted particularly competitive House races in recent years. Tipton won in 2018 by 8 points. Democrats plan to contest the seat. Diane Mitsch Bush, the 2018 nominee, easily won the Democratic primary. She had over $350,000 in the bank as of mid-June. Boebert had less than $14,000. Tipton was endorsed by Trump. 8 points doesn't actually seem overwhelming, though that WAS a big Dem year. If 2020 is a big Dem year, this will be one to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Some Susan Collins news. Susan Collins signals she won't campaign against Biden - “I do not campaign against my colleagues in the Senate,” Collins told the Times. Jennifer Finney Boylan, a contributing Opinion writer, is a professor of English at Barnard College, writes NYT op-ed titled, "Mainers Are ‘Disappointed,’ Too, Susan Collins" Quote In a poll released in January, 52 percent of registered voters in Maine said they disapproved of her. Fewer than half (42 percent) approved. She was the least popular senator in the country, even more loathed than Mitch McConnell. Which is saying something. It wasn’t always this way. In 2015, her statewide approval rating was 78 percent — the highest of any Republican senator. That made her the nation’s second-most-popular senator among constituents; the first was Bernie Sanders. Quote And yet, at so many moments of truth over the past four years, Senator Collins has voted to enable the man whom she described as incapable of change or growth. His actions leave her concerned. And dismayed. And disappointed. Then she votes to empower him. In 2017, Mr. Trump ended health care subsidies to low- and middle-class Americans under the Affordable Care Act. Senator Collins’s reaction? She was “very disappointed in the president’s actions.” In February, she said she was “disappointed the Senate voted against calling impeachment witnesses.” But not so disappointed that she wouldn’t vote to acquit the president a few days later. She told her constituents not to worry. Her sense, post-impeachment, was that Mr. Trump has learned “a pretty big lesson.” On what possible planet has Mr. Trump learned his lesson? Ms. Collins later said that her comment “may not be correct” and that his behavior is — oh no, what’s this? — “problematic.” Oh well. I've never seen Collins in this kind of competitive race. I followed a bunch of Congressional races as many of you did in 2008. In a year when Democrats won eight Senate seats, 21 House seats by an overall popular vote margin of over 10% won the White house in a near electoral landslide and over seven points and came out of the elections with complete control of 27 state legislatures, Collins breezed to reelection in an overwhelmingly Democrat state, winning 61.3% to 38.6%. And then she won by a little under 40 points in 2014. The only close election she had in that seat was her first in 1996 when she won an open seat. Another interesting note, at least to me, is how much has changed in the past 10 or 12 years in New England. New Hampshire remains competitive even when Democrats win, but when I began paying attention to all this around 06, Republicans held both Senate seats in New Hampshire and Maine, a seat in Rhode Island, and there was a former Republican-turned-independent in Vermont (though when he left the party, he caucused with Democrats). Besides the shocking win by Scott Brown in Massachusetts in 2010, it's flipped so heavily. We already saw the change on the national level, but a lot of these states seem to have a lag between national changes and state changes since state parties can still maintain their own identity outside of what the national party is doing. So even though we've viewed New England as a Democratic stronghold, it took a while for the House and Senate to show that, too. If Collins loses, there are no Republican Senators in New England for at least a couple of years, which hasn't been the case in.... ever? I honestly dunno. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 16 hours ago, SaysWho? said: OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO @ Tuscaloosa - that's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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