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Joementum posted:Safe Democrat (no race): 34 Why are Alaska and Arkansas counted as tossups?
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Warcabbit posted:If I'm remembering properly... it wasn't on the staff level. She's still not going to be expelled unless she's convicted of something because it pretty much never happens AND republicans control the House.
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Mar 26, 2013 05:06
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Willa Rogers posted:A Democratic strategist lays out the challenges that the party faces in 2014: So are we just going to have wave elections every two years now?
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May 11, 2013 04:03
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Plastic Megaphone posted:I work at a newspaper in Cheyenne, and this seems to be the sentiment of most of the office as well. There seems to be a schism forming between the more moderate GOP old guard and the batshit elements like our superintendent of public instruction, an elected official who apparently did such a bad job that the GOP legislature voted to strip her of all of her duties and appoint someone else to do the job. Is there a reason she's giving besides just wanting a senate seat? Like, is she saying Enzi's not conservative enough?
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Jul 17, 2013 04:00
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radical meme posted:I've said this before, but the absolute worst, in terms of of just shitbird tactics, is the way they went after college students. Refusing to accept an out of state driver's license as an ID is just insane. Does this violate full faith and credit?
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Aug 1, 2013 04:19
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BdB is currently at 39.6% (!!!) with 82% of precincts reporting. If it goes to a run-off, it'll be him against Thompson. Something I thought was interesting is that according to http://project.wnyc.org/election2013/ he's winning all ethnicities except Asian (who are going for Liu). That is, if you go by majority districts.
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Sep 11, 2013 04:07
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gfanikf posted:He's an exploitative rear end in a top hat who likes to use race and racial matters to enrich himself. Would you say he's a "race hustler"?
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Sep 13, 2013 20:02
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What happened to Capuano?
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Sep 20, 2013 06:32
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Platonicsolid posted:Texas has the least powerful Governorship in the country, so I'd think an ambitious person would be more interested in other offices. I'd think a Senate run. Cruz is up in 2018, so Castro has two (he hopes) successful and popular terms as mayor under his belt, and a year to go on the campaign trail full time. You'd be surprised how powerful the governor becomes when he has 13 years to name someone to literally every appointed position in the state.
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Sep 27, 2013 00:17
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In case there was any doubt, Wendy Davis declared her campaign for governor tonight. http://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/03/wendy-davis-finally-jumps-governors-race/ There should be video of her announcement up soon.
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Oct 4, 2013 00:16
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The sufficient amount is whatever it takes to get a successful education system. Our goal should be educating kids, not having low budgets.
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Oct 28, 2013 06:44
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computer parts posted:Rick Perry has made a very impressive machine here in Texas. I think by definition parties who are in states they don't control would be less organized though because good organization can make up for a lot of other deficiencies. Yeah but is that a Republican Party machine or a Rick Perry's Friends and Cronies machine?
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Dec 4, 2013 20:50
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StarMagician posted:Ok, I stand corrected. This would have been a much better issue for her to make the centerpiece of her campaign. It's not like she's making open carry her main platform or anything. She's spent most of her campaign pushing education (probably because she realizes that, for now, abortion is a loser).
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Feb 13, 2014 08:59
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Nonsense posted:I saw an ad for the loving Attorney-General that was entirely: "I stopped the left from preventing a moment of silence in classrooms every morning in our glorious christian state, also I know your family is deeply christian, and I just want to let you know, as a Republican, you're the only people who matter" The attorney general and lieutenant governor races have been completely crazy, there are some great pull quotes if the national media were interested. Also something to not about Davis "selling out" on abortion: there were a lot more objectionable things in that bill than just the 20 week ban, which was probably the least controversial part. Much more serious were the restrictions on doctors and providers that would shut down most of the abortion clinics in the state.
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Feb 14, 2014 01:14
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De Nomolos posted:Yeah, I probably wouldn't want Texas to fill up with douchebags who wear Google Glass unironically, cars with pink mustaches, and house flippers either. Too late, they're already in Austin.
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Feb 22, 2014 02:10
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ReindeerF posted:San Antonio, you have one year to tear down everything that isn't built out of cedar timbers and limestone and re-build it that way. Exemptions can be made for twee architecture like The Quarry that make clever use of old historical or geological or industrial sites. After this year, the Californians will hang a faux-weathered metal lone star in a circle near the entrance of your home if it passes inspection. Otherwise you're required to move to Houston or Dallas. To be fair, Dallas is just a different kind of horrible. At least they're more upfront about it. Also, the Californians will be setting up special neighborhoods for nonwhites and poor people, you will be advised which side of the interstate you are allowed to live on.
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Feb 23, 2014 21:09
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Mecca-Benghazi posted:Speaking of Texas, in case you haven't heard, it looks like the runoff for US Senate will be on May 27, between Alameel and Rogers. Also, Alameel is a former Republican donor. The Texas Democratic Party is a joke.
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Mar 6, 2014 08:51
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I know neither will stand a chance against Cornyn but for the love of god show up to the runoff guys, don't let Kesha Rogers get a chance at being elected to national office.
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OAquinas posted:Florida's state government is truly hosed for at least a full generation if not perpetuity. There is no state Dem party to speak of and the gerrymandering is terrible even with the "anti-gerrymander" amendment passed. Statewide elections may go blue, but that's it. This sounds like a hell of a lot of states right now.
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Apr 27, 2014 09:08
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pathetic little tramp posted:Oh dear, I'm looking at some of the papers he's written as a professor of economics. Where the gently caress did he get a PhD from?
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Jun 11, 2014 19:35
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uncurable mlady posted:Anyone want to bet that Huffpo, before the end of this year, will run a story about some dumb thing Brat says with the title as "BRAT WORST/WURST"? If they don't then they ought to be shut down.
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Jun 11, 2014 20:08
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Subterfrugal posted:Senator John Walsh, D-MT wasn't going to hold Max Baucus' old seat. Today, the Goddamn Plane Crashed Into the Mountain as it came to light that his "Master's thesis" is almost entirely plagiarized. It's probably a good thing he did too. If this is the kind of stuff that gets you a Master's from the Army War College then we're hosed.
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Jul 25, 2014 06:20
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ReindeerF posted:The entertaining part is that he blamed the plagiarism on PTSD. Like someone would slam a door and he'd feel compelled to copy entire sections of his thesis from well-known authors. Or after he saw some toothpaste.
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Jul 25, 2014 07:34
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Joementum posted:All eyes now turn to John Bohlinger, the pro-life, former Republican (he switched parties in 2013), former Lt. Gov. under Schweitzer who challenged Walsh in this year's Democratic primary. I don't think anyone associated with a state Democratic party can be that competent.
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Aug 8, 2014 00:11
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Remember when he tried to primary Gillibrand? That was hilarious.
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Aug 9, 2014 21:18
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Vox is doing 538 way better than 538 is, I think. Where else can I read an article about Beyoncé's VMA performance one day and class war the next?
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Sep 3, 2014 20:56
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Deteriorata posted:Kansas' experiment in Republican governance seems to be going well. They're just reverting to their socialist roots.
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Sep 3, 2014 23:40
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Prosopagnosiac posted:Speaking of that, I was listening to NPR and they had a guy going on about Obama possibly making an executive order regarding immigration (like Reagan!) but they seemed to agree that it was highly unlikely he'd do it before the midterms. Anyone have some info on that? He was supposed to do something after the recess but it's been postponed because of course it has.
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Sep 5, 2014 20:21
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Gorilla Desperado posted:Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but isn't there some seemingly-centrist-but-not-really white male judge that's been speculated about in case the White House needs to sneak a SCOTUS nominee past a Repug Senate? I know, Republicans are crazy and yes there's a lot of them who will want to go full metal block on anybody, but there's a couple currently sitting I could see going with such a tactic. Cass Sunstein, maybe?
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Sep 8, 2014 23:09
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Amused to Death posted:What the gently caress MIGF has been saying that for a while, no one else has.
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Sep 16, 2014 21:53
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Deteriorata posted:It's entirely possible. Getting a legislature to pass a bill to fund its creation and maintenance would be the sticking point. If Texas can do it (for early voting at least), anyone can.
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Sep 18, 2014 04:55
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It would help anywhere where the voters are not lame prudes.
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Sep 21, 2014 22:50
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Warcabbit posted:Okay, that's a good one. What retro political shirt would you be proud to wear? I Like Ike? All The Way With JFK? Ahem, the slogan is All the Way with LBJ and they sell tons of stuff with that on it at the LBJ Library.
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Sep 23, 2014 21:45
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My Imaginary GF posted:One caveat, I don't separate progressivism and conservatism: I view the two as the same. What does this even mean? EXAKT Science posted:Voters are dense as gently caress. To be fair, it's absolutely ridiculous that Virginia has major elections every single year.
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Oct 2, 2014 02:33
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Nintendo Kid posted:How so? Plenty of states have that, and there's plenty more that don't but will have local elections or ballot questions up in off years which really drives down voter attention. It's dumb because we have too many elections here. We should have elections at most every 2 years, and just put all the city and county and bond stuff on the same day as the state and federal stuff. My city just moved from having its council elections in the spring to having them on election day in November, so I'm hoping that turnout gets above the 3% from last time.
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Oct 2, 2014 04:07
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I really never would have thought that Silver's site would be awful and Klein's would be really good.
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Oct 6, 2014 20:48
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De Nomolos posted:Hell yeah, Virginia's gonna get another Democrat or two whether you like it or not. T-Mac has full veto power over this and the Senate can't override it. Are they not going to appeal to SCOTUS?
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Oct 8, 2014 00:46
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PDP-1 posted:FL update for today: Why are they releasing the actual numbers? I thought that was generally not done since it might influence voter behavior.
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Oct 29, 2014 06:38
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oswald ownenstein posted:And legalized abortions aren't going anywhere. Except maybe late term, and frankly I'm fine with that. I find it hilarious that you say this as a Texas resident and a Patrick voter. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Oct 31, 2014 22:04
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FOXDIE posted:Okay wait, HuffPost Live just gave AR to Cotton, but now it's showing Pryor up by 54-44, but it's still confirming it as a victory for GOP? It's based on exit polls
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Sex Hobbit posted:IL gubernatorial race: Rauner has a more than comfortable lead so unless us reasonable folks in and near Cook County can pull this off, looks like I'll be stuffing myself with booze and Halloween candy. Isn't there only like 10% in?
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