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Death to the Incumbent!! Your guide to the 2010 primaries

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Red Cloud said:
Because, as we all know, all Hispanics are exactly the same, and those who would potentially vote for Republicans, well, they aren't real Hispanics, now, are they?

Great rebuttal to Harry's idiocy: http://cubachi.com/2010/08/11/harry-reid-cant-believe-im-a-hispanic-republican/

Question for Rover and/or Kepler, since they'd probably know best - what's your Hispanic equivalent for "Uncle Tom?"
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I thought I was on your ignore list? Why ask me a question who's answer you won't see? :confused: :rolleyes: :D

Harry Reid is 100% correct which is an admittedly rare phenomenon. Whenever they need votes, conservatives automatically start looking for scapegoats. 6 years ago it was gays who were taking over and we needed to pass discriminatory laws to put them in their place. Now its Hispanic illegals overrunning the country that we need to elect Republicans to fight against. :rolleyes:

Funny, because George W Bush's plan for dealing with this problem seemed pretty reasonable to me. Who killed that again?
 
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The Sicatoka said:
Connecticut, Minnesota.
Minnesota, Connecticut.

Now that the introductions are over, why do you two have the facination with pro wresting folks gone politic? Geez Connecticut, haven't you heard the name "Jesse Ventura"?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5676532/linda_mcmahon_wins_gop_connecticut.html?cat=9
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Americans love to repeat the same mistakes over and over and over and over again.

I think they should stop teaching history altogether in the schools because no one is learning anything.
 
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Jesse was a better governor than T-Paw :D
 
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Rover said:
You know, maybe its just me, but I don't ever recall hearing in church that writing for dirty websites was okay with The Lord. :eek:
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Did you ever hear it wasn't ok? Hmm? :cool:
 
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Moving on, looks like:

CT: Blumenthal vs McMahon - Sen
Malloy vs Foley - Gov

GA: Deal vs Barnes - Gov

CO: Buck vs Bennet - Sen
Maes-Tancredo-Hickenlooper - Gov

MN: Dayton vs Emmer - Gov
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From my perspective, nothing changes in CT Senate race. Can't see McMahon getting to 50% despite her millions once WWE dirty laundry starts getting aired. Have no idea about governor's race.

Georgia despite Barnes name recognition as former Gov. I'd be surprised if he pulls this one off.

Colorado doesn't change too much either except that maybe Bennet will be better funded than his primary opponent. Gov race is now layup for Dems as cons split half the vote due to ill advised Tancredo independent bid.

No idea about Minny Gov race.

It appears that Buck and McMahon join the Fiorina/Paul/Angle group of outside the norm nominees looking to capture Tea Party excitement. Not sure of Buck's ability to self fund though (unlike Fiorina & McMahon).
 
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Rover said:
Moving on, looks like:

CT: Blumenthal vs McMahon - Sen
Malloy vs Foley - Gov

GA: Deal vs Barnes - Gov

CO: Buck vs Bennet - Sen
Maes-Tancredo-Hickenlooper - Gov

MN: Dayton vs Emmer - Gov
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From my perspective, nothing changes in CT Senate race. Can't see McMahon getting to 50% despite her millions once WWE dirty laundry starts getting aired. Have no idea about governor's race.

Georgia despite Barnes name recognition as former Gov. I'd be surprised if he pulls this one off.

Colorado doesn't change too much either except that maybe Bennet will be better funded than his primary opponent. Gov race is now layup for Dems as cons split half the vote due to ill advised Tancredo independent bid.

No idea about Minny Gov race.

It appears that Buck and McMahon join the Fiorina/Paul/Angle group of outside the norm nominees looking to capture Tea Party excitement. Not sure of Buck's ability to self fund though (unlike Fiorina & McMahon).
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Usually I'm not a big fan of 3rd party conservatives, but I don't blame Tancredo here. Two idiots running for the GOP nomination.

Dems should walk to victory in CT and MN Gov races.
 
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As an opponent to waste, I propose we cancel the MN governor's race and just hand it to Dayton. Save the taxpayers some cash.

:D
 
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/11/rubio-blasts-reid-asking-hispanics-republicans/

Harry Reid laying his claim to out nitwit Ms. Angle.

Especially enlightening: his claim that there's no difference between earlier immigration and the wave we're seeing now (other than skin tone). That whole bit about Ellis Island (and having your name changed from Vito Andolini to Vito Corleone) doesn't register in his cocoant.

At least we should give him credit for candor: in his mind and in the minds of many vote grubbers in his party, there IS no difference between legal and illegal immigration. Yup, got it.

Isn't this the boob who earlier remarked that Barack Obama didn't "speak with a Negro dialect."
 
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bronconick said:
In Michigan, apparently the right wing guys I was complaining about managed to split their votes to a point where a middle of the road guys in Rick Snyder won the republican primary. Whoops. He'll face a lefty in Virg Bernero. Probably a better chance for the Republicans this way, since DeVos four years ago should have taught them that running Pete Hoekstra, who finished 2nd, another western Michigan dutch conservative, would have gotten them killed in the east again.
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I have this sinking feeling that Snyder is not all he's cracked up to be. Especially considering that he essentially bought the nomination with TV time and a spiffy campaign website, and refused to attend any of the primary debates. It makes me wonder if the guy can do anything without a script. Nevertheless, you're definitely right that Snyder was their only hope. DeVos was a loser, and I can't imagine Hoekstra is any different. Cox was detestable and therefore unelectable.

I guess we'll see how it goes in the general, once Bernero and his union buds come out swinging. There won't be any hovering over the battlefield for him now.
 
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Potentially huge upset coming in from Alaska. With around 75% of the vote counted, Joe Miller leads incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski 52%-48%.
 
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WeWantMore said:
Potentially huge upset coming in from Alaska. With around 75% of the vote counted, Joe Miller leads incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski 52%-48%.
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Too bad voters didn't kick McCain to the curb
 
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walrus said:
Too bad voters didn't kick McCain to the curb
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Definitely. Though if the results in Alaska hold- and that's a big if- I'll be quite pleased with getting rid of the pro-abortion, pro-Obamacare Murkowski.


98% votes counted now, and Miller is up 51%-49%.

Though I think I remember reading that Alaska won't finish counting absentees until sometime around the 3rd of September, so might be waiting a while.

Edit: Found the article.
The final results of the race won’t be known for over a week. The Alaska Division of Elections said over 16,000 absentee ballots were requested and as of Monday night 7,600 had been returned. The first count of absentees will be next Tuesday and there will be two subsequent counts as the absentee votes trickle in on Sept. 3 and on Sept. 8.
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The funniest thing about last night is it proves once and for all how absolutely useless polling has become nowadays. I'm not saying that with a "Dems will do better than recent polling" angle, but just in general.

Nobody had this Murkowski race on the radar. The last polls had her up by 30% or something. Similarly, every poll but one had McCollum surging in Florida. There's too many polls, and too many of them are screwing with the likely voter models to have any meaning anymore. How could they be this wrong so close to the election?

Now before somebody chalks this up to underestimating insurgent strength, I'd also note both the PA special election to fill Murtha's seat (off by about 10% in aggregate) and the Dem Senate primary in Arkansas (challenger supposedly surging but lost).

Regarding the races, it would have been nice to see McCain lose because he's a shell of his former "mavericky" self. Really no less an opportunist than Specter who paid the price earlier this year.

Don't know much about the difference between the two candidates in Alaska, but one thing that fascinates me is how well "no federal dollars accepted" candidates will fare in right wing states that are big on the federal dole. Alaska and Kentucky both fit that mold. I'm also curious if the incumbent will support the party nominee. Florida is going to have that issue (while McCollum isn't an incumbent of course) of a nasty primary causing some people to stay home. A similar effect will most likely help doom Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas if she wasn't doomed already.
 
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While I agree with your larger point, Alaska has to be **** hard to poll don't you think?
 
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I'm not a total McCain backer. I voted against him for president and would do so again today.

Who is a fan? Pretty much nobody. Why? Not because he's a 'flipflopper'...but because he's not their kind of politician. I actually think he's decent strictly because he's a moderate.

The country is in congressional gridlock where politics rules the day. Solutions to the country's problems are not the focus but rather embarassing the other party. What the country needs most are moderates who treat the other side with respect and have a cooperative approach to fixing our problems with multiple points of view. McCain has a much better shot at that than Hayworth and oh maybe 70% of congress.
 
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WeWantMore said:
While I agree with your larger point, Alaska has to be **** hard to poll don't you think?
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Sure, harder than most places of course. However, you would think they'd at least be in the ballpark (say around 10% off). They weren't even in the same hemisphere on this one.
 
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5mn_Major said:
Who is a fan? Pretty much nobody. Why? Not because he's a 'flipflopper'...but because he's not their kind of politician. I actually think he's decent strictly because he's a moderate.
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If you want a real moderate to fawn over, look at Snowe or Collins up in Maine. At least they're consistent.
 
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WeWantMore said:
If you want a real moderate to fawn over, look at Snowe or Collins up in Maine. At least they're consistent.
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In McCain's defense, the Mainers are safe. You could argue that McCain is cooperative, also, as long as he's not worried about voters. When he *is* worried, though, all bets are off.
 
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