I LOVE THE PICS

but; we can't take this stuff lightly; this is the "kitchen sink" being thrown in here; DARTH is not going into ms-01 monday to enjoy the weather;plus, i am still curious about all those polls being commisioned(with none being released publicly)  

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by: jackdawkins @ Fri May 09, 2008 at 12:34:14 PM UTC

What's Wrong With You People?

I'm assuming that staffers refer primarily to young people. So my question is is youth participation in politics an exclusively restriction entitled only to the Democratic Party?

I'm from Canada, and my party's had some bad luck with our version of special elections as of late, so we had to send staffers from our capital to help out. At least it shows that we're putting up a fight even if we do lose.

So is that it? The Democrats are the only ones who have exclusively entitlements to the energy of young people? And the Republicans will always be a party of old men? Those old men are either going to retire or die out, so that's not possible.  

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by: Gatenmaru @ Fri May 09, 2008 at 12:41:14 PM UTC

It's a joke, and a good one at that.

These guys have come short on the money front.  They have been commissioning poll after poll (when they could spend the money on something else) and their new solution is to send young staffers to the region to GOTV.  And, more hilariously, they call them "Young Guns" - after a movie, with Emilio Esteves, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, etc. etc.  These guys have a big ego to try and hold that mantle.  

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by: JeremiahTheMessiah @ Fri May 09, 2008 at 13:33:54 PM UTC

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I think we're mocking them

For the ridiculous way they refer to themselves ("Young Guns"), and for their absurdly late deployment. And the "Young Guns" label applies to members of Congress, who aren't exactly college-age activists.

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by: DavidNYC @ Fri May 09, 2008 at 16:48:42 PM UTC

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Blazing Saddles?!?!?!?!?

Come on-- that's not a pro-Republican movie. On the contrary; Blazing Saddles is a prognostication of the success of this year's Obama/Schweitzer ticket!  (crossing fingers!)

Back to the topic at hand . . . Gatenmaru, the Republican Young Guns is a group of congressmen, not an organization of youth voters.  They are called the Young Guns because they are relatively young members of Congress, and their purpose is to help energize the NRCC and bring supposedly new, fresh ideas to the election strategy of this year.  Their purpose has nothing to do with turning out the youth vote.

And, yes, the Democrats do have a large swath of the youth vote, and for good reason-- with the economy in turmoil, young people have a very real sense of how far this country has gone down the tubes already.  The future looks bleak unless we turn things around . . . and turning things around is going to require some strong progressive legislation.  So, yes, the Democratic party can and should rightfully lay claim to the majority of the youth vote!

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by: The Caped Composer @ Fri May 09, 2008 at 13:31:30 PM UTC

Republicans finally found someone to run against Dan Maffei

Former Onondaga County Legislature Chairman [Dale] Sweetland emerged as the party's top candidate of weeks of negotiations between the district's four county committees.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmsp...

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by: JeremiahTheMessiah @ Fri May 09, 2008 at 16:21:22 PM UTC

Maybe the Small Fish

would be a more appropriate term.

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by: NBachers @ Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:30:21 AM UTC