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Weekly Open Thread: What Races Are You Interested In?

by: James L.

Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 7:17 PM EDT


Time to put down the manga and pick up the ganja.
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FL-15 Bill Posey
The FDP must be stepping things up, I keep getting blasts about Posey. The district incorporates the southeast end of the I-4 corridor, so I can picture the value in stepping things up in the region other than Posey's general vulnerability. The only challenger I've heard of is Heather Beaven, and I'm curious who else might be up.
NJ: Gov
As in, time to throw in the towel, or do we wait a week past labor day?

UGH.

Give it until Labor day...
though I doubt anything will change.
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would we have had a better chance
running a different Democrat if Corzine had stepped down? I don't know the current state of our bench in NJ.
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Probably
NJ is an expensive state, but it starts at "likely D."
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Two Democrats could have locked it down easily:
State Senate President Dick Codey and Newark Mayor Cory Booker.
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yup but the state machine
wasn't going to let them run, just like they forced Codey not run for this incompetent egomaniac to begin with.

Call no man happy until he is dead-Aeschylus
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NJ
Needs to realize that the party machine is obsolete. Move into the 21st century already!

19, Male, Independent, CA-12
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Nothing like a big loss
To disrupt the machine and allow better candidates to seep through.

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MN-06!
Cannot wait for three months from now when Clark is killing it fundraising wise.  I dont think Ive ever been so excited for a candidate!  I cant wait to harass my cousin from St. Cloud about voting for her.  She voted Kerry but volunteered on the Bachmann campaign in 06 because she was great on nursing or something...  (Im sure my cousin met her, said Im going to school to be a nurse and then got an ear full of bullshit.)  I didnt bother in 08 to harass everyone for Tink at our last family camping trip but I most certainly will be this year, especially since she represents so many of them in the state senate as is.  (My family is entirely from the St. Cloud area, my parents met in high school so almost my entire extended family lives in CD6.)

God I hope she turns Bachmann into a Musgrave.  I cant help but have a grin over this race, or maybe that's just my buzz  ;)

Clark's senate website is really piss poor and I wanted to email and give her some encouragement, she better lock that shit up as a Congressional candidate.

wow, I didnt mean to make my first sentences
make me sound like a third grader who doesnt understand compound sentences.  I have a college degree, I promise!
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Well
she has to beat two well funded and talented candidates out for the DFL endorsement first. But IMO she's got the best shot of anyone who has run against Bachmann yet.  
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Man I totally agree
I spent a whole bunch of time last night scouring her VoteSmart page, trying to compile a post on her record so people will hopefully get excited about her entrance in this race. But then, it's not like I can post it until she actually gets her site going and starts accepting donations! How dang long does it take to set up an ActBlue account? I'm starting to know what the Fred Thompson fanatics felt like waiting for him to jump in the race :P

I hope I can be forgiven the urgency, 'cause whenever I read other sites, people seem to say "Bachmann's doing something crazy? Guess I better send a few more bucks to Tink." I sort of wanna jump in slo-mo going "N-N-O-O-O-O-O".

I think part of the reason that I'm so excited is that I can't help but think that maybe if we get rid of Bachmann and Paulsen (since they're both on the endangered list), Minnesota Dems will focus on getting rid of my do-nothing Rep. John Kline. Hey, a girl can dream, right?  

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Although
if we take out Bachmann and Paulsen, Kline will probably be given a much safer district so as to shore up the others (especially Bachmann.)  8/0 would be really fun though!  (And totally possible.)

What city you live in?  Maybe you'll end up with a new Rep anyway come redistricting and get put into a suburban seat if you aren't from the hinterlands of the south metro.

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Inver Grove Heights
So, yeah, somewhere in the South Metro, but close enough to St. Paul that I hope I can escape the curse of the 'burbs.
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Andgarden
Did FBI raid your house too?
heh
no.
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Are you miffed that they passed you by?

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CA-10 all I can think about at the moment
Man I wish I lived in this district, but I'm still pretty hopeful about Anthony Woods' chances for pulling off an upset over that schmuck Garamendi and the lackluster Buchanan and DeSaulnier in CA-10's special election.

Beyond that, I want David "Diaper" Vitter out of the Senate, and if Charlie Melancon can do it, I will forgive him for being a jerk about healthcare.

Kansan by birth, Californian by choice, and Gay by the grace of God.

Woods was impressive on Bill Maher last night.

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Iowa HD 90, IA-Gov
We're going to need boots on the ground in southeast Iowa before the September 1 special election in Iowa House district 90. This will give us the first hint of how well the GOP message of "cut spending and discriminate against gays" will play in the Iowa statehouse races next year.
forgot the IA-Gov links
More good news for Governor Chet Culver: CNBC ranked Iowa the fourth-best state for doing business, and the money raised by Culver's I-JOBS infrastructure bonding initiative is starting to flow to cities and towns. All 99 counties will get at least some road funds out of the infrastructure bonding money.

Iowa Republicans have been screaming bloody murder about "Debt Culver" and his irresponsible borrowing, even though Iowa was able to borrow at very favorable rates because of our AAA bond rating. Also, Iowa's per capita public debt load remains relatively low--even counting the $850 million I-JOBS program, we only rank 46th in terms of public debt per capita.

Culver's focus on promoting passenger rail in Iowa appears likely to pay off too.

IowaPolitics.com sponsored a forum for five possible Republican gubernatorial candidates this week.

Meanwhile, the Des Moines Register's Kathie Obradovich (who replaced David Yepsen as political columnist) says central Iowa business Republicans are still hunting for a gubernatorial candidate. They are conducting focus groups before the mystery candidate announces. It's long been known that the GOP business elite didn't think Bob Vander Plaats or Chris Rants could beat Culver, but there was some speculation that they might unite behind the young Christian Fong of Cedar Rapids. Fong's campaign announced raising $100,000 in three weeks (checks in hand, not pledges), probably because his backers include Ed Failor, Jr. of Iowans for Tax Relief.  

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AZ-Sen. How's McSane Doing?
It's been 8 months since the election, and McCain is already set up to run for reelection next year, instead of retiring as I predicted. While there has been chatter about running a primary opponent against him, this is not turning into an Arlen Specter like situation for John McCain.

The best hope is whoever is the Democratic candidate, he or she will be able to prevent John McCain from winning the ridiculous landslides he's received from the electorate before. If McCain's vote goes under 60% this time around, I'll be happy.

The real race is in 2012, when Jon Kyl is up for reelection. Or even 2016, when McCain is 80 and Janet Napolitano only has a year left in Homeland Security (providing she stays on after 2012 with the Administration).

There's chatter on the interwebs that a decent Dem candidate is interested and may emerge shortly
But I haven't seen a name attached to the chatter, at least a name above tier-3 quality, so take that with the requisite grain of salt.

The rumors about JD Hayworth considering challenging McCain haven't die, though. Also, don't underestimate how much movement conservatives in AZ loathe McCain. I'm willing to concede that we're likely not defeating McCain on our own, but I hope we do get at least a decent candidate in the race just in case Simcox or Hayworth do manage to pull off the primary. Simcox only raised $57K last quarter, though, which probably isn't going to be enough for him to be viable.

22, Democrat, AZ-01
Peace. Love. Gabby.

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I believe some of the chatter
Because Stu Starky dropped out of the race this week.  Stu Starky is the energetic eighth-grade teacher who gamely runs for Senate when the Dems can't find anyone else, to preserve the ballot line against crazy people (last time he chased off a League of the South candidate).

So if he's not running, he's obviously clearing the field for someone with a bigger name.

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Yeah but if the bigger name
Is someone on the Tucson City Council, does it even count?

I kinda wondered if Starky was dropping out to run for a race that he actually had a small shot of winning, ie the open Senate seat in LD-11 (Arcadia, Most of Camelback Mountain, Paradise Valley). He ran there in 2002 against Barbara Leff the last time it was open and lost badly, but that seat appears to be Dem-trending. I'm slowly but surely working on a diary about the AZ State Leg in 2010 but I've already calculated 2008 Presidential performance, and McCain only won it 53-46.

22, Democrat, AZ-01
Peace. Love. Gabby.

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Actually
I think Rodney Glassman might make an excellent candidate.

Look -- without Napolitano, we're not going to beat McCain unless he or national circumstances play mightily into our hands.  Even Goddard couldn't do it, and he's wildly popular.  So what we need is a hardworking candidate who's a fundraising juggernaut and can tie McCain down to his state, and can even beat him in a national landslide or if McCain does something stupid.  Glassman is that guy, just as Jim Pederson was that guy against Kyl in 2006.  Plus, it sets Glassman up nicely to succeed Giffords in AZ-08, freeing up Giffords to run for statewide office without necessarily costing us that House seat.

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McCain is so popular in AZ
even after his presidential campaign? Why is that? Any Arizonans or other keen observers of Arizona state politics here to explain?

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"
--  Will Rogers  
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Why not?
He won Arizona handily, and the state Democratic party sort of imploded this last cycle.  Arizonans are very proud of McCain, except some on the far right who hate his guts.

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I don't know if I'd call
a roughly 8.5% spread handily.

How did the state party implode?

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Resources were horribly misdirected for state legislative races
After a great cycle in 2006, we were poised to take the State House; instead we lost seats in both chambers.  We did manage to pick up two of three Corporation Commission seats because the state party got its act together and created a slate of popular former candidates; however, the party mishandled the slate and ended up with a weak candidate for the third slot, who then lost to the Republican.  Winning that third seat would have singlehandedly allowed the state to re-regulate energy, something we probably won't get to do now for a long time.

Activists were so angry at the state party that they elected some nobody as State Chair early this year over Terry Goddard's handpicked candidate.  The nobody freaked out when he realized he'd actually have to do the job, and he resigned two weeks later, but hopefully he gave the state party enough of a scare that they'll get their act together in future.  Other than those two Corporation Commission seats, Rodney Glassman taking a Republican Tucson City Council seat is really the ONLY thing good that happened for the state party last cycle.  And Rodney did that on his own.  (Yes, Kirkpatrick got elected in AZ-01, but only with a terrible opponent and a lot of help from the national party.)

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Glassman's certainly better than no one
But I was hoping someone with slightly more gravitas would step up. I'd probably volunteer on his campaign a bit if I'm still living here come next summer, but unless McCain totally implodes he probably doesn't have much of a chance. I don't know how much he'd be able to fundraise with top-tier Governor, AG, and possibly SOS and SPI races sucking the oxygen out of the room. Pederson had more connections and more personal wealth, and Kyl had a much stronger air of vulnerability around him.

I do agree that this race would be a way for Glassman to get to the front of the pack in the potential 2012 AZ-08 open-seat race. I was making a list of elected Dems who may be interested in the seat if it's open and I was surprised by how long it was. Unless he embarrasses himself somehow, running for Senate would give him a chance to set himself apart from, say, State Rep. Steve Farley or Tucson City Councilwoman Karin Uhlich.

22, Democrat, AZ-01
Peace. Love. Gabby.

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Gabrielle Giffords
I think that Giffords might have a chance at beating a campaign. I would love to see that race polled McCain vs. Giffords. Janet Napolitano was already beating McCain in a couple Rasmussen polls.
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I'm betting
Giffords will either take on Kyl in 2012 or go for a (presumably) open seat in 2014.
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Open seat in 2016


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That's what I'm thinking
If Giffords wanted to run this cycle, she would have needed to start 6 months ago. Like it or not, 60% of the state lives in Maricopa County, and I doubt she has terribly high name rec up there. I don't think she's going to derail a promising political career by jumping into a race like this too late. The only reason she may consider changing course is if it's clear she'd have a primary from Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon, who also may be interested in the taking on Kyl. She'd probably have the fundraising advantage and she's arguably just a smarter politician, but he'd have a geographic advantage that might make her hesitate.


22, Democrat, AZ-01
Peace. Love. Gabby.
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MN-Gov
There will be news by next week in this race that I can't disclose yet, but it's exiting stuff.

And pray tell
How did you acquire undisclosed information?

26, Male, Democrat, TX-26
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If I told you
it wouldn't be undisclosed anymore would it?
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You only said the info was undisclosed
Not the methods on how you acquired it.  ;)

26, Male, Democrat, TX-26
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My money is on
Margaret Anderson Kelliher (here on out known as MAK so everyone mentally mark that down) making it official.

Populista is from Minneapolis and so is she.  She said that if you are running for Governor, a candidate should be officially in by the end of the summer as that seems kind of the last chance to be in, which was a slam at the two mayors who wont be announcing til after they win their respective races in November.  And someone I know just recently got hired as her field coordinator.

Although, this could be wrong because it was rumored that she was waiting til August and is using July to lay the groundwork.  Hell, I hope I am wrong, we all already know MAK is jumping in, Id rather it be something we dont know yet!

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Nope
no official candidate announcements. Nothing MAK related.

Would be very interested in knowing who that field person is. I'm as out of the MAK loop as anyone. I'd guess mid-August for her, but I know nothing about that.

And I'm achually from a St Paul suburb :)

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Oh
Which one?
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Would rather not disclose that in a public forum
but I'm in the SD54 area.
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Secret secrets are no fun
Secret secrets hurt someone.

Yeah, I just went third grade on you. Whatcha gonna do now, huh?

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Secret secrets, you won't have them
if your a tattle tale :)
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best song ever, by meaning
Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying.

Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying.

Temptation's page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover
That you'd just be
One more person crying.

So don't fear if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.

As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred.

Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Made everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred.

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.

An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's only people's games that you got to dodge
And it's alright, Ma, I can make it.

Advertising signs that con you
Into thinking you're the one
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you.

You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you.

A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
Insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not fergit
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to.

Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.

For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Cultivate their flowers to be
Nothing more than something
They invest in.

While some on principles baptized
To strict party platform ties
Social clubs in drag disguise
Outsiders they can freely criticize
Tell nothing except who to idolize
And then say God bless him.

While one who sings with his tongue on fire
Gargles in the rat race choir
Bent out of shape from society's pliers
Cares not to come up any higher
But rather get you down in the hole
That he's in.

But I mean no harm nor put fault
On anyone that lives in a vault
But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.

Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony.

While them that defend what they cannot see
With a killer's pride, security
It blows the minds most bitterly
For them that think death's honesty
Won't fall upon them naturally
Life sometimes
Must get lonely.

My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards
False gods, I scuff
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
Kick my legs to crash it off
Say okay, I have had enough
What else can you show me?

And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only.

Call no man happy until he is dead-Aeschylus

"put down the manga"?
What manga have you been reading?

/me, despite watching a few animé shows, still shows little interest in manga for some reason

party: Democratic, ideology: moderate, district: CT-01

None at all, actually
I never picked it up in the first place, mon!
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Pray tell
What is the difference between anime and manga?
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Manga
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That's not a Power Ranger in the Ohio AG Republican primary, is it?
From yesterday (Thursday, 23 July 2009)'s Politics1 news summary:

OHIO. Former US Senator Mike DeWine (R) announced Wednesday that he will run for Attorney General next year. DeWine - a former two-term US Senator - lost a bid for a reelection in 2006 by a 56-44 margin. DeWine will face Delaware County Prosecutor David Yost in the GOP primary. The winner of the GOP contest will face incumbent Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) in the general election.

Wait...that's not this guy, is it?

party: Democratic, ideology: moderate, district: CT-01

I doubt it
Billy's been keeping a low profile. I've really wanted to know what he did after PR ended. Seems not much.

I know Trini died, Kimberly acts in several tv series, and Zach, Jason and Tommy have been doing minor acting and staying friendly with the Power Rangers fan community with Tommy returning for a full season of a new series a few years back.

. . .
OH WHAT? Like none of you loved this show when you were little. The toys were awesome.

26, Male, Democrat, TX-26

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I always hated it,
except for the original movie with Ivan Ooze, lol.

Call no man happy until he is dead-Aeschylus
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I was the biggest fan ever
Oh those were the days.
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Same here! I miss those days.


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So do I
I remember a time when the Disney Channel used to have good animated shows, not the tweenie garbage they have now. When Fox used to make good movies instead of churning out mutilated junk and harboring psychos like Billo, Glenn, and Sean. When one could watch Transformers (or Beast Wars) without having to see giant robotic genitals, dog sex, or borderline soft-core porn.

Dang! I'm not even 24 and I already feel old.

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ME TOO!
Ill always remember the day I learned of Power Rangers.

One day, I realized that my friend at day care in the morning before school was always late all of a sudden and I was like, why you come so late now?  I stay home and watch Power Rangers.  He told me about it and I made my parents go to work late the next day.  I then recorded every episode on a vhs and watched them when I got home, everyday.  My parents then had to start using their time to call around and figure out when toy stores would get the next shipment of Power Ranger toys because those would be gone in an hour.  When McDonald's came out with the insanely sweet toys that you had to buy extra, we went on vacation during that and got left wit h the grandparents for a week.  My parents had to tell my grandpa that he had to take us to McDonalds at some point in the next week because I'd tweak if I didnt get all 6.

Needless to say, Power Rangers was a huge part of my life.  And then came Pokemon.

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Andrew, I Must Know
How were you able to rewrite my early childhood for me on this forum without ever having met me?

Also, my DS is dying (start up. stay on problems) and with it is going my Pocket Monsters. :-(

26, Male, Democrat, TX-26

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Aww. Well, I await the day that they make a Pokémon MMORPG.
The game's setting is practically begging for an MMORPG.

So far that's the only MMORPG I've said I might ever play (though I've been tempted by things like Kingdom of Loathing, but I really don't have the time unfortunately).

Also, yep, both Pokémon and Power Rangers were part of my childhood.  There was a period of time where I started disliking them, for reasons that I don't even remember, though in recent years I did watch a few episodes again, mainly for the lulz.

party: Democratic, ideology: moderate, district: CT-01

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Yeah, I don't think that's him either.
Wikipedia says he lives in Roseville, California, and I don't see why he'd get a law degree, move to Ohio, and go into public service for the heck of it.

I mean, the entertainment industry economy in Cali ain't that bad yet, is it?

party: Democratic, ideology: moderate, district: CT-01

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Not me
I was banned from watching that show from my mom because "it was violent" and she was affraid I would join the military when I grew up.

A cat can have kittens in an oven but that doesn't make them biscuits.
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also,
The Gradaute, been thinking of that movie, love this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Call no man happy until he is dead-Aeschylus

Regarding Rick Perry...
Initially I had this guy written off as politically dead when we first started hearing that Kay Hutchison herself was going to challenge him, a guy who only won re-election with 39% in 2006.  Early polls confirmed my impressions of the coming primary, but then...something happened.  He's pulled ahead and every poll that comes out shows him putting even more distance between himself and Hutchison and now people are even wondering if she will go through with it and risk a humiliating loss.

Perry has successfully become a national spokesperson for the Republican Party, he's well on his way to a landslide re-election...anyone else getting 2012 vibes from him?  With the rapidly dwindling GOP field, I wouldn't be surprised to see him start taking steps towards running for president.

Which is a terrifying thought to all rational human beings, of course.  And I doubt America would be ready to send another Texas governor to the White House after our last experience.  However, it would really solidify the differences between the two parties of our country.  One on side you have guys like Perry, and then on the other...you have everyone else.

he's not going to win the general in a landslide
the different this time is voters might not have another outlet. Last time they could vote for kinky friedman or Strayhorn if they wanted another option from Perry. Strayhorn knew she couldbn't beat him, the base is the only people that like him. Hutchinson would be better off running as an independent.

Call no man happy until he is dead-Aeschylus
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2012 Vibes?
Not so much. More like Chief Cheerleader for Palin 2012 and wants to be her VP nominee. He knows it's too soon to have a Texan at the top of the GOP ticket in 2012.

26, Male, Democrat, TX-26
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Well, if he wins the general...
He certainly belongs in the conversation. Honestly, he'd probably be a good "offensive to no one" (in the Republican Primaries) candidate. He can create some sunlight between him and the snake-handler wing while not alienating them, keep the business wing happy, and run with more charisma than Romney or Pawlenty (which isn't hard...)

He'd get crushed in the general. "George Bush's Lt. Governor" and "had nice things to say about secession" are silver bullets, and would be fired from a machine gun. Not to mention that he's pretty dumb and hateful.

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I'm interested in seeing if John Barrow gets a primary challenger.
The guy takes shit loads of money from big energy and votes against the energy bill and then takes shit loads from big healthcare and stalls the healthcare bill.

Follow the elections in Georgia at the 2010 Georgia Race Tracker.
wait until redistricting
Put him in a safer district and then primary him. If he gets primaried now then the seat goes Republican.

26, male, Dem, NJ-12
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I'd be surprised if Barrow and Marshall survive redistricting
Not that 2010 won't be tough enough for them.
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Barrow will Survive
They'll redo his district to be more of Savannah and less rural land. Use some of the rural stuff for the new congressional seat. Republicans get a safe new seat, Democrats get a seat that will probably elect a solidly liberal African American instead of Barrow. Everybody wins

26, Male, Democrat, TX-26
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Quick question
I'm surprised that the Georgia Republicans went so easy on both of them.
Seeing as our speaker of the House in Georgia would dismantle a Republican district every decade. I'm surprised they didn't do a delaymander

"One proposed map, seriously considered, would have drawn his home in Athens into the heavily Republican 10th District of seven-term incumbent Nathan Deal, while throwing the other half of Athens into the equally Republican 9th District of six-term incumbent Charlie Norwood."
Instead the Republicans let Barrow run in the newly configured 12th which was still democratic leaning
Leaves me wondering why the 12th was left being dem friendly by republican hands?

Male 21 Dem Ca's 1st  

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They tried. But they wanted to shore up the 3rd and 11th.
Which are 40% and 30% black. Also, they would have to endanger Kingston in the 1st to make the 12th less dem friendly. Though, I'm sure they will have something truly wicked planned for the next round.
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That's really a tough district
Barrow isn't great, but, for that district, I can live with him; I'm not interested in doing a reverse-Gilchrest.
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It's a blue district


Follow the elections in Georgia at the 2010 Georgia Race Tracker.
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It certainly is.
Obama won it 54-45, Gore won it 52-48 and Kerry only lost it by 1 point (50-49). That makes it a decidedly Democratic district, especially in the deep south. Barrow has had difficulty due to his own lackluster representation, not because the district is too conservative.  
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Deep South districts with the same amount of political lean as non-DeepSouth districts are still decidedly more conservative.


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yes but It's Georgia
In 2002 Republican wave that decimated democrats across the state
Barrow won with just 4 percentage points

Male 21 Dem Ca's 1st  
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2004, actually
Barrow won in 2004, beating Max Burns.
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Dave's Redistricting App
has New York up now
I'm going to go on a limb and say Dent (PA-15)
Had an inflated performance in 2008 because of the most recent batman movie.  
Batman movie?
Please explain. :-)

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--  Will Rogers  
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Harvey "Two Face" Dent
The District Attorney/Ending Villain of The Dark Knight.

26, Male, Democrat, TX-26
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Got it
n/t

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"
--  Will Rogers  
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Hahaha! Yes
Now that he's feeling the fluff and he doesn't have Bruce Wayne's fundraiser working for him, now's the time to strike with the money of the Callahan auto parts franchise!  
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MPLS Mayor
Not sure if this counts as a SSP race. But there are some really freaking funny candidates.

These are not Ron Paul crazies, it's a totally different level.  

Wow.
That was just amazing.
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Is it too late to file? Can I run on the Silly Party line, or nominate a squirrel?
A cat was once president of one of my undergraduate alma mater's dorms.

party: Democratic, ideology: moderate, district: CT-01
[ Parent ]
Bye bye Palin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

50, straight white male, Democrat(Dan Boren/Gene Taylor 2012!), AL-7(born in AL-5)
OT weird error
In trying to post my latest diary I get

Java.sql.SQLException: Incorrect string value: 'xCExBE.

It looks fine in preview, and it posted with no problem over at Daily Kos.

Any idea what's happening?

VA-05: Goode news
Virgil Goode will not run in 2010.

My guess is the Republicans will heavily recruit State Del. Rob Bell or State Sen. Robert Hurt.

Not-so-Goode News really.
I was hoping he'd run again.  It's going to be a fight to hold this district.
[ Parent ]
on the FEC website
it appears that Joe Pitts PA-16 has not filed with the FEC, neither has Rep. Cooper of TN-06, is that a sign that they will retire?
Any Terry Gilliam fans here?
Over the summer, I've been having a small Terry Gilliam film marathon. So far I've watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Time Bandits, and The Fisher King. I loved the latter four, and the first one was hilarious but a little too nuts for me.

Any other Gilliam fans residing in SSP?

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