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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on October 09, 2009, 08:26:39 AM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6733978
Oh my.
theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-09-09 08:49 AM
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The gubernatorial race in Virginia is really making me nervous
McConnell has widened his lead in the polls over Deeds 55 to 44%. I'm hoping like hell this isn't an example of what's in store for us elsewhere in the country --- McConnell is a RW nutbag and I thought Dems finally had a pretty solid hold on Virginia. Is this a case of a weak Dem candidate or more ominously, sign of a conservative backlash? This implications are really worrying me. How are other races looking in your areas of the country, DUers? Is there some good news to report?
imdjh (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-09-09 08:55 AM
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1. Which one is taller and has blue eyes?
Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-09-09 08:59 AM
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2. Probably a little of both.
It's an off year election, and like it or not, the most typical voters during those are not Democratic ones. Further, Creigh Deeds seems like an extremely weak candidate. He's failing miserably at getting NoVa on board. I know way more about what McDonnell will do than what Deeds will, which is also a problem. While I think Deeds' attack ads are effective, he needs at least some talking about what he'll do for the state or he'll sink. I don't necessarily think this is a bellweather kind of election, but it's not good.
imdjh (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-09-09 09:13 AM
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3. I know it sounds petty, but that how marketing is. The man should have changed his name years ago.
If he intended to run for public office, he should have changed his name to "Bob" when he first decided to run for dog catcher. You don't name restaurants words that people can't spell phonetically, and you don't run for public officer as Siobhan Ryan, you change your name to Joan.
vadawg (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-09-09 09:16 AM
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4. deeds isnt coming across as someone who will work for virginia
all his TV coverage seems to be negative which i think worked in the beginning but now people are asking what he has planned, and now the mcDonnell attack ad comes out with deeds saying that he will raise taxes and it makes deeds look weak. My union supported deeds from the start of his campaign but the members and some of the officers of the union are out working for McDonnell as hes now seen as the frontrunner and people like to support a winner.
Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-09-09 09:20 AM
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5. Deeds is just not an exciting candidate. MacAuliffe knocked out Moran who I think would have won in a walk over McDonnell. Thanks Terry!
I agree that Deeds needs his own message aside from negatives on MacDonnell. There's still time and hopefully Northern Virginia will save us from McDonnell.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6733978
Oh my.
Did they not see what happened in Albuquerque?? Thats a DUmmieville and they now have a GOP city council majority and a GOP Mayor. Thanks O!
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My vote will be going to McDonnell in this election.
I do love how the OP could not even get his name right.
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My vote will be going to McDonnell in this election.
I do love how the OP could not even get his name right.
Have you noticed that since mid-summer, AdBot has been pushing McDonnell?
It's shown up on about half the primitive bonfires.
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I think O is going to be helping a lot of Republicans win elections, some of them in unlikely places... like Albuquerque.
After 2010, if the GOP wins BIG, they should give O an award for it.
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I think O is going to be helping a lot of Republicans win elections, some of them in unlikely places... like Albuquerque.
After 2010, if the GOP wins BIG, they should give O an award for it.
Hey now, you might just be on to something there. They said the award is to encourage the works he has going now rather than anything he's actually done yet. :rotf:
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Have you noticed that since mid-summer, AdBot has been pushing McDonnell?
It's shown up on about half the primitive bonfires.
I thought it was quite amusing.
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After 2010, if the GOP wins BIG, they should give O an award for it.
Like, "Firearms Salesman of the Year for 2008"? :lmao:
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I think O is going to be helping a lot of Republicans win elections, some of them in unlikely places... like Albuquerque.
After 2010, if the GOP wins BIG, they should give O an award for it.
Ya know what the best part of any monumential gains the GOP makes in 2010 is going to be? The Obamessiah probably won't shift his stances to accommodate the new Congress he has to work with (according to Dick Morris). What will be the outcome of that? A severe thumping in 2012, with over 60 GOP US Senators on January 3rd of 2013.
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Ya know what the best part of any monumential gains the GOP makes in 2010 is going to be? The Obamessiah probably won't shift his stances to accommodate the new Congress he has to work with (according to Dick Morris). What will be the outcome of that? A severe thumping in 2012, with over 60 GOP US Senators on January 3rd of 2013.
President Palin can award him the Presidential Medal of Stupidity
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The conservative backlash is going to be a tsunami.
You can't tell 100% lies during the campaign and expect to keep your office...unless you are in a big city.
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The conservative backlash is going to be a tsunami.
You can't tell 100% lies during the campaign and expect to keep your office...unless you are in a big city.
Like Chicago?
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they should be jittery.
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they should be jittery.
Probably more from chemical withdrawal than from nerviness....
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Probably more from chemical withdrawal than from nerviness....
But just over a 50-50 split.
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I just had to rub this in a little. :evillaugh:
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/politics/state_ap_creigh_deeds_down_in_polls_20092610
Democrat Deeds down by double-digits
Updated: Monday, 26 Oct 2009, 6:59 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 26 Oct 2009, 6:09 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Washington Post poll shows Republican Bob McDonnell with a lead of 11 percentage points over his Democratic rival entering the final week of their race for governor in Virginia.
The statewide poll released Monday of 1,206 likely voters showed 55 percent favoring McDonnell to 44 percent who support state Sen. Creigh (Cree) Deeds.
The results are outside the sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Also, final pre-election campaign finance reports show McDonnell raised $4 million the first three weeks of October to Deeds' $3.1 million .
That left McDonnell with about $1.8 million on hand to finish the race and about half that much for Deeds.
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http://www.sadtrombone.com/
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We'll be voting for McDonnell :-)
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We'll be voting for McDonnell :-)
Looks like a straight R ticket here as well.
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I can't wait for the Misery Index at DU to really get a hold. It will be so much fun to watch. They've had such a short vacation from the pit of election dispair. It will please me no end to witness the reversal of the self-righteous assurity all the Little Goons felt this time last year.
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Virginia is HUGE. NJ would be HUGER.
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Virginia would be nice, but NJ would be a huge kick in the nuts.
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Virginia would be nice, but NJ would be a huge kick in the nuts.
I'll be having a live thread Tuesday night, November 3, regarding the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, along with that congressional race in New York.
That is, if you'll let me, kind sir.
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Tuesday is my day off. I'll be there with a beer in both hands.
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Tuesday is my day off. I'll be there with a beer in both hands.
You know of any other races of importance next Tuesday?
This is an off-year election, and not nearly as big as the 2013 off-year election will be. In fact, this is pretty much the most minimal any elections ever get.
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Other than NY-23, I don't know of any other elections happening right now. Where's Carl and BSS? They should know this stuff.
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Other than NY-23, I don't know of any other elections happening right now. Where's Carl and BSS? They should know this stuff.
There's a Congressional seat up in California too, but Garamendi will probably get it.
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You know of any other races of importance next Tuesday?
This is an off-year election, and not nearly as big as the 2013 off-year election will be. In fact, this is pretty much the most minimal any elections ever get.
California 10th district, Republican named Harmer trying to unseat an incumbant Dem I think
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Virginia would be nice, but NJ would be a huge kick in the nuts.
It would happen too, if not for the idiot third party Perot wanna be! Less than 44% are voting DImWit. The Repub is definitely Dem light and a RINO, but would be a helluva lot better than Cortisone! Not only that, but it would put all the Blue Dogs on notice. Healthcare "reform" would die in a heart tick if they plan on keeping their jobs!
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It would happen too, if not for the idiot third party Perot wanna be! Less than 44% are voting DImWit. The Repub is definitely Dem light and a RINO, but would be a helluva lot better than Cortisone! Not only that, but it would put all the Blue Dogs on notice. Healthcare "reform" would die in a heart tick if they plan on keeping their jobs!
The 3rd party candidate is NOT a conservative, promising tax cuts is a gimmick... I think its a Green Party guy
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There's a Congressional seat up in California too, but Garamendi will probably get it.
Isn't Dingy Harry's seat up for re-election this year too? I keep seeing stuff on Drudge that says he's behind.
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Like, "Firearms Salesman of the Year for 2008"? :lmao:
And for 2009 and 2010 and to infinity and beyonddddddddd
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And for 2009 and 2010 and to infinity and beyonddddddddd
Bar-ok, Space Ranger!
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Isn't Dingy Harry's seat up for re-election this year too? I keep seeing stuff on Drudge that says he's behind.
Naah, that's for 2010.
As I sit now, typing this, I say that the Republicans . . . conservative Republicans, anyway . . . pick up NJ, VA, and NY-23.
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Will the drug arrest of a Corzine staffer be enough to swing the election?
On a lighter note, what is the over/under on Rove being blamed for the NJ police arresting the staffer and the Rep withdrawing from the NY-23 race on DU? :-)
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On a lighter note, what is the over/under on Rove being blamed for the NJ police arresting the staffer and the Rep withdrawing from the NY-23 race on DU? :-)
Well, I just posted this in Breaking News:
Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Sat Oct-31-09 01:44 PM
8. Karl Rove's big goal was to have the most extreme elements in each party win
That way, nothing could really get done. I am certain Rove is still up to his old tricks.
Coach spilled the beans to his squeeze.
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Naah, that's for 2010.
As I sit now, typing this, I say that the Republicans . . . conservative Republicans, anyway . . . pick up NJ, VA, and NY-23.
What about California-10??
If we lose that one to the incumbant, the media will highlight it for sure.
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President Palin can award him the Presidential Medal of Stupidity
He can award it to himself....
He earned it.... :loser:
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I didn't read the title quite right, and, pertaining to DUmmies of course, it still made sense.
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Coach spilled the beans to his squeeze.
That is temporary squeeze, sir.
Good only until Gloria Swanson comes back to Skins's island.