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Swonga posted:Ashley Judd's only chance is if cult for liberty and the tea party remnant join together to rouse sleeping Jim Bunning, dreaming in his city beneath the sea, to consume Mitch McConnell and threaten the Commonwealth with eternal madness. She would still probably lose to that hate demon. Kentuckians always did prefer non-Euclidean geometries. The only chance we would have at that point is—Iä!—Undead Adolph Rupp.
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De Nomolos posted:If Lynn Swann can get crushed as badly in Pennsylvania as he did running for governor in 2006, being an iconic player from a team half the state would die for, then the sports thing may not hold up after all.
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Chokes McGee posted:The only chance we would have at that point is—Iä!—Undead Adolph Rupp. Running on the dixiecrat ticket?
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Chokes McGee posted:The only chance we would have at that point is—Iä!—Undead Adolph Rupp. I never realized how obvious it was before, but she probably takes the sub when she "winters" in Scotland, surfaces in Loch Ness and sells off all the flax scrip she picked up in Kentucky.
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Honestly, her best chance seems to be that a lot of Kentuckians are in an incumbent-punishing mood. Am I hopelessly naive, or would an ad campaign reminding everyone that Mitch McConnell has spent the last four years vocally trying to sabotage America not help?
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Dr Christmas posted:Am I hopelessly naive, or would an ad campaign reminding everyone that Mitch McConnell has spent the last four years vocally trying to sabotage America not help? I think that depends on how many of his current constituents approve of exactly that sort of petulant obstructionism, and I don't know enough about Kentucky to say one way or the other.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:I think that depends on how many of his current constituents approve of exactly that sort of petulant obstructionism, and I don't know enough about Kentucky to say one way or the other. When in doubt, assume the worst.
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Chokes McGee posted:When in doubt, assume the worst. Oh I do; assuming the worst is my default position, but from time to time I do like to give people at least a modicum of chance not to live up to my least expectations. And, since this element of the thread has gone for a bit now and I've not heard an unbroken chorus of "everyone in this state is a screaming tea bagger who cheers whenever a minority child is deprived of subsided school lunches," I'd like to think there's a chance, however slight, that at least not everyone in Kentucky approves of the GOPs now four-year-long and going temper tantrum. I'd like to think that.
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Good news for Rick Perry: he can probably keep being Governor of Texas for as long as he wants, even though he retired in January of 2012. Also, since I'm linking to the Tribune, I'll mention that I finished reading Jay Root's book on his time as an embedded reporter during the Perry Presidential campaign. It's titled Oops!, because what else could it possibly be called? It's a fun Boys on the Bus style read. No deep revelations, but "deep" is not a word that can really be used in connection with the Perry campaign.
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I don't know if "embedded" can ever be used the same way again unironically after Broadwell-Petraeus.
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ufarn posted:I don't know if "embedded" can ever be used the same way again unironically after Broadwell-Petraeus.  At least no one tried to make a ______Gate name out of it, that has some hosed up subtextual connotations to it here
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Joementum posted:Good news for Rick Perry: he can probably keep being Governor of Texas for as long as he wants, even though he retired in January of 2012. I interpret this as very promising news for the Democratic candidate. Come on, Rick Perry has to be tonnes weaker than a new unknown Republican.
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So does the way the sequester is falling on Republicans make 2014 look a little brighter? I'm stretching for a silver lining here.
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It would if Republicans were getting most of the blame for the sequester, but now that it's in place, polls are showing that Americans blame both sides roughly equally.
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Joementum posted:It would if Republicans were getting most of the blame for the sequester, but now that it's in place, polls are showing that Americans blame both sides roughly equally. Your corporate media at work, ladies and gentlemen.
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Joementum posted:It would if Republicans were getting most of the blame for the sequester, but now that it's in place, polls are showing that Americans blame both sides roughly equally. 
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Mar 6, 2013 16:26
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Don't know if it makes a difference that it was an online poll, though.
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Alter Ego posted:Don't know if it makes a difference that it was an online poll, though. Online polls are actually getting significantly better. In the 2012 election, IPSOS/Reuters did quite well and beat out all the robopollers.
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Carl Levin's retiring. Michigan is now a potential Republican pickup.
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This'll be a very interesting race, especially with Amash making noises on the Republican side. Conyers is the most prominent Democrat in the state (not counting Dingell who's way too old).
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Mar 7, 2013 23:25
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Joementum posted:This'll be a very interesting race, especially with Amash making noises on the Republican side. Conyers? He's an octogenarian as well. The only name I've heard mentioned as a potential replacement is Rep. Gary Peters.
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Oops! I didn't realize he was that old. With Levin out of the race, I imagine this'll become a lot more attractive for Republican candidates instead of one of them being forced to be the sacrificial lamb. Snyder won't be term limited out of office until 2018, so he'll have to decide if he wants to try for a second term as Governor or run in this race.
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Joementum posted:Oops! I didn't realize he was that old. With Levin out of the race, I imagine this'll become a lot more attractive for Republican candidates instead of one of them being forced to be the sacrificial lamb. Snyder won't be term limited out of office until 2018, so he'll have to decide if he wants to try for a second term as Governor or run in this race. The Democratic nominee is very likely to be Gary Peters and the Republican bench blows; there's an argument Amash is actually their best candidate.
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Good point! And I forgot how pathetic the Hoekstra attempt was this year. He lost by 20 points, which is more than can simply be accounted to Yellow Girl. Another interesting question is if a Levin retirement opens the door further to filibuster reform in 2015, especially given the events of the last month. Of course, that's easily a moot point for the Democrats in 2015.
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Joementum posted:This'll be a very interesting race, especially with Amash making noises on the Republican side. Snyder is deeply unpopular around the state, that won't help any republican trying to run for the seat. The michigan GOP is one of the most extreme state parties in the country.
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Called it on page one, y'all.Nth Doctor posted:I'm a bit worried about Carl Levin (D-MI) retiring. I had the pleasure of meeting him over the summer and he was incredibly warm and personable. My only problem is we still haven't gotten a copy of the photo we took with him for N+1th Doctor's baby book.
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mcmagic posted:Snyder is deeply unpopular around the state, that won't help any republican trying to run for the seat. The michigan GOP is one of the most extreme state parties in the country. I just posted the results of a PPP poll in the Michigan RTW thread. Two of the three Democrats they used in the poll against Snyder did better than he did, and they're not interested in running for Governor. I think Peters will go for Senate though.
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As a Michigan resident who went to college on the west side of the state, I hope beyond all hope that both Pete Hoekstra and Justin Amash run for the Senate. It's going to be comedy gold with those guys out there, trying to out-jackass one another. It's a true battle of the titans.
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Any chance that his embarrassment in the presidential race could see him losing to a Democratic challenger? Joementum posted:It would if Republicans were getting most of the blame for the sequester, but now that it's in place, polls are showing that Americans blame both sides roughly equally. On the bright side, it seems that the people who blame Democrats solely are in the extreme minority. So it isn't all bad? Hopefully the Democratic machine is in high gear for 2014.
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Wildlife Analysis posted:Any chance that his embarrassment in the presidential race could see him losing to a Democratic challenger? Perry's machine basically runs the state because any available appointments, he made quickly, and they're all his cronys.
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Nonsense posted:Perry's machine basically runs the state because any available appointments, he made quickly, and they're all his cronys. Oh, I realize that Perry is your prototypical corrupt politician. I am just wondering if being a national embarrassment might damage his stock enough to give a challenger a chance.
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Wildlife Analysis posted:Oh, I realize that Perry is your prototypical corrupt politician. I am just wondering if being a national embarrassment might damage his stock enough to give a challenger a chance.
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Good news from Minnesota, Norm Coleman is not going to run for US Senate in 2014. We're still waiting to hear if Lizard People will reprise their 2008 campaign.
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Apparently Scott Romney, Mitt's older brother, is considering a run for Senate in Michigan.
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Joementum posted:Apparently Scott Romney, Mitt's older brother, is considering a run for Senate in Michigan. It's like BSG where they find out their newfangled fighters get all hosed up so they go fly the older model. And those blow up just fine anyway.
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Joementum posted:Apparently Scott Romney, Mitt's older brother, is considering a run for Senate in Michigan. So much for the Dems worrying about losing that seat.
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mcmagic posted:So much for the Dems worrying about losing that seat. To really follow tradition, Ann needs to lose that race. 
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Joementum posted:Apparently Scott Romney, Mitt's older brother, is considering a run for Senate in Michigan. What is his position on Michigan tree height?
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