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The 2018 midterm elections!

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WeAreNDHockey said:
But then the right doesn't even need an explanation. trump or one of his minions say something and the people on the right believe it.
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Of course you're right. Buckley started and Rush officially ushered in the end of the constructive role of conservatism. The enemy of 'America' was no longer the Russians, drugs, poverty, racism, etc. It became the other half of America. And it found a receptive audience due to some inherent idiosyncrasy among conservatives - in a similar manner to the minority of Muslim conservative extremists drawn to hateful mosques. And the negativity has expanded from there.

But as anyone outside of the right...we have to be able to discuss and debate core societal problems/solutions or in the end or we're no better than them and this country truly is lost.
 
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Handyman said:
Yeah I tried having rational conversations with him back when Kepler was all about defending him. You can only beat your head against a wall so much.
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In Kep's defense he was a little fuked up last year after he joined the Bernie cult and had a lot of trouble distinguishing between friend and foe. Hopefully the 6 months he's spent in the puzzle house this year has cleared up his mind considerably. ;)
 
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Handyman said:
Yeah I tried having rational conversations with him back when Kepler was all about defending him. You can only beat your head against a wall so much.

Oh and just to be fair it isnt joe's beliefs. I used to attack Foxton the same way and he was a flaming lib. I have had fights with rufus and he and I almost always agree on politics. It isnt the politics it is how they choose to discuss it.

But your use of latin was cute :D
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You are correct in so much that resorting to ad hominem is not your usual modus operandi (that's darn near all the Latin I know). However, since you did reply as such so soon after Joe posted it, I couldn't resist (if the puck's in the crease with no goalie, you hit it). To you, I apologize. To others, Joe's point stands and I quote the following from The Big Chill:
Michael: I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex.

Sam Weber: Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex.

Michael: Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?
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It looks like MN's CD2 is going to flip from R to D, assuming no big changes take place in this race over the next month.

A new round of polling in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, a battleground in the fight for control of the U.S. House of Representatives in these midterms, shows what most observers of the race already knew: Rep. Jason Lewis is facing a very strong challenge from DFL candidate Angie Craig in what has long been considered a “toss-up” race.

But this week’s poll from the New York Times and Siena College — a live survey that was still under way on Tuesday — suggests this race may no longer be a toss-up: With responses from more than 400 voters in CD2, the poll found Craig with a 14-point advantage over Lewis, 52 percent to 38 percent. Ten percent of voters were undecided.

If that result holds, Craig’s lead would be greater than the poll’s 10-point margin of error, a standard that, in the eyes of most pollsters, indicates a clear advantage for one candidate. Craig’s 14-point advantage would also be one of the biggest leads for any candidate among the 30 U.S. House races nationwide surveyed by the Times and Siena, a group that includes Minnesota’s 3rd and 8th Districts. (In CD3, the poll gave Democrat Dean Phillips a nine-point lead over GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen; in CD8, Democrat Joe Radinovich led Republican Pete Stauber by one point.)

The CD2 poll indicated a clear advantage for Craig across key voting blocs: Among voters 65 and older, Craig led Lewis 53 percent to 34 percent; among women, Craig led 56 percent to 34 percent; and among voters who identified as independent — a group that made up a third of those surveyed — Craig led 49 percent to 35 percent.
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I'm still trying to find out why I see so many yard signs for Washington County sheriff. Those outnumber all other races COMBINED by at least 10:1 everywhere in the entire county. I've never seen anything like it. There are neighborhoods where there are fewer yards without signs than yards with signs. And they're the only signs in the yard.
 
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Lewis sucked on the radio why anyone voted for him confused the heck out of me.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
I'm still trying to find out why I see so many yard signs for Washington County sheriff. Those outnumber all other races COMBINED by at least 10:1 everywhere in the entire county. I've never seen anything like it. There are neighborhoods where there are fewer yards without signs than yards with signs. And they're the only signs in the yard.
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I've noticed that too. Some people have signs for both candidates. I have no idea who to vote for.
 
St. Clown said:
Yeah, I'm seeing much the same during my driving around Dakota Cnty.
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There’s also a shame factor. It would be really embarrassing to put out a sign you’re voting for an R, Lewis no less
 
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I'm hearing the enthusiasm gap has been closed for the upcoming midterm. The Kavanaugh thing is working in favor of Republicans at least in how the election enthusiasm is going.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
I'm hearing the enthusiasm gap has been closed for the upcoming midterm. The Kavanaugh thing is working in favor of Republicans at least in how the election enthusiasm is going.
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I'm not worried about enthusiasm I'm worried about voted and every indication is good news.
 
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St. Clown said:
It looks like MN's CD2 is going to flip from R to D, assuming no big changes take place in this race over the next month.[/URL]
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Craig has had a decent lead over Lewis for some time among pundits although polls have been close. This poll is a massive move from all previous polls - about a ten point swing. Wonder if the Kavanaugh deal was a seachange in Lakeville.
 
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sagard said:
It's anecdotal but Craig has at least a 4-1 advantage in yard signs in Eagan.
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What's amazing is that anyone in that district thought that Jason Lewis would represent them at all. Or, is every district just about tribalism? Maybe that's it. Maybe everything is just tribal.
 
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Cramer in ND finds he has a lead over Heitkamp , decides to try to copy Todd Akin's 2012 campaign for an additional challenge.


FTFA "What if something like what Dr. Ford describes happened - it's tragic, it's unfortunate, it's terrible, it should never happen in our society," he began. "But what if [there is] 36 years of a record where there's nothing like that again, but instead there's a record of a perfect gentleman, an intellect, a guy who's been a stellar judge... even if it's all true, does it disqualify him?"
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ScoobyDoo said:
What's amazing is that anyone in that district thought that Jason Lewis would represent them at all. Or, is every district just about tribalism? Maybe that's it. Maybe everything is just tribal.
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Take a trip through Lakeville, Apple Valley and southwestern Eagan. You will find a lot of middling houses, a great many not-quite-McMansion homes, and then some truly expensive properties. What you also tend to not see in great abundance is low income housing. It's prime GOP territory, though has been sliding away from being such since a few years before Congressman Kline left office.
 
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St. Clown said:
Take a trip through Lakeville, Apple Valley and southwestern Eagan. You will find a lot of middling houses, a great many not-quite-McMansion homes, and then some truly expensive properties. What you also tend to not see in great abundance is low income housing. It's prime GOP territory, though has been sliding away from being such since a few years before Congressman Kline left office.
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Been through there many times. I guess I don't understand why poorer white people are fascinated with Republicanism. Never have understood it.
 
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