the rolling non-presidential elections of 2008 thread

I'll wait til yer ready, prolly around Halloween: "We need 60 senators to stop President McCain!"

http://www.sewergator.com/images/simpgator.jpg

Is there a good central clearing-house type site for info on contested house/senate races?

I don't know one.

Que, Grandpa S is now too lazy a ref even for you

not with posts like your second one popping up all the time

"all the time"

There will be a fairly large number of Republicans retiring this year, compared to what is usual. Apparently, they don't have much of an appetite for being on the minority end of the stick. The biggest question of all is whether the Dems can put together a 60 seat majority (or working coalition) in the Senate. Too soon to tell much, yet.

Here in Oregon our lone republican senator, Gordon Smith, is somewhat vulnerable, depending on the spillover onto Smith of anger about Bush. Smith has tried to put a bit more distance between himself and Bush, but it may be too little, too late. Won't know much until the Dem primary and we see who's running against Smith.

Every single congressional representative in my state as well as Sen. Pryor is running unopposed this year.

So y'all enjoy voting for Congress for me.

42 Dem congressional candidates have signed a commitment "to back the 'Responsible Plan' movement to end the war in Iraq, guard against similarly wrongheaded wars, restore Constitutional principles and reform the media."

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&pid=303650

http://www.responsibleplan.com/plan

old people

If it's not love
Then it's WWII veterans
That will bring us together

is 2008 the last ride for the VFW?

“There is an attitude that, ‘I better watch out for myself, because nobody else is going to do it,’” the member said. “There are all these different factions out there, everyone is sniping at each other, and we have no real plan. We have a lot of people fighting to be the captain of the lifeboat instead of everybody pulling together.”

...And in a closed-door session at the Capitol, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told members that the NRCC doesn’t have enough cash to “save them” in November if they don’t raise enough money or run strong campaigns themselves...

“The Republican loss in the special election for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District last Saturday should be a sharp wake-up call for Republicans,” Gingrich wrote. “Either congressional Republicans are going to chart a bold course of real change or they are going to suffer decisive losses this November.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10138.html

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/193960.php

so who's gonna run for Vito's seat?

So yay Mississippi or something.

The NRCC pumped a shit ton of money into this big loss. Childers isn't what you'd call a liberal, but it's still a finger in the Repub eye.

I've heard $1.3M and even $2M as the Republican bill. Sounds like Childers campaign was mostly grassroots.

More on the money:

The $1.27 million that the NRCC spent in the heavily Republican district amounted to nearly 20 percent of the committee’s entire cash-on-hand. The committee has now spent more than $3 million to defend three conservative House seats, losing all three of them, and it is ill-equipped financially to compete fully in an ever-widening playing field for November.

20 percent! Good job, guys. Now if Fossella up and resigns...

Judging from the volume of direct-mail campaign crap and number of commercials I've seen for both sides, definitely. (xp) For every one piece of mail from the Childers campaign, there was one from the DNCC, one from the Davis campaign, and nine or ten attack pieces from the RNCC.

Interestingly, door-to-door canvassing doesn't happen in this town for state or national races. The only live campaigning to ever come to my doorstep has been for local candidates.

TPM: GOP's prospects for Congressional elections in November 2008

official email received today from the Dem running against Pat Robert here in Kansas:

In an effort to share the story of average Kansans, we need your testimonials on where Pat Roberts went wrong and how he let you and your family down. This is your chance to share your motivations. Getting our country back on the right track is going to take a lot of work and step number one here in Kansas is removing Pat Roberts from office.

Katie from Topeka tells us,
"Pat Roberts hasPat Roberts has done nothing to bring down the cost of presciption drugs"

John from Dodge City shared this,
"Pat Roberts...is an asshole"

and you wonder why Roberts is up +28

The 'fun with Vince Fossella's seat' race

Vito

Whoops, too true. Anyway.

were there any successful primary challenges to House incumbents?

Honestly, there are no opposed races where I live. We're not a solid red, but definitely pink. It's been no fun around here, democratically speaking.

Doesn't Ark. generally vote Dem at sub-presidential levels?

Yep - the Ark. delegation is 5-1 democrat, incl. 2 dem senators + a dem governor. the incumbent Dem senator is going uncontested, i believe.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1172891,CST-NWS-SNEED19.article

kevin from the real world got beat

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/senate-polling-update-920.html

Although the Democrats have gained ground in a handful of key races, their chances of picking up a working, 60-seat majority in the 111th Congress have diminished.

Are there any sites for House race polling data? There's some zero-substance 20-something youth minister jerkwad running in this district who seems to be picking up speed and I'm wondering if maybe I should stay registered here after all.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/09/26/democrats_have_a_chance_at_60_senate_seats.html

This was predictable, I suppose, but it's remarkable to see how strong a relationship there is between today's failed vote on the bailout and the competitive nature of different House races.

Among 38 incumbent congressmen in races rated as "toss-up" or "lean" by Swing State Project, just 8 voted for the bailout as opposed to 30 against: a batting average of .211.

By comparison, the vote among congressmen who don't have as much to worry about was essentially even: 197 for, 198 against.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/swing-district-congressmen-doomed.html

Rasmussen's 9/30 poll has the Wicker-Musgrove Senate race (Miss.) narrowing to 2 pts, which is weird, because I haven't seen a single Musgrove ad this year, print or broadcast. Wicker is hammering away with almost 100% negative ads.

a lot of the contested races are trending Dem as people are paying more attention/due to the economy - 538 has raised the number of seats with greater than 50% chance of flipping to 7, and the chance of getting to 60 seats to 20% (doubled). and kos just got a poll showing Saxby up just 1 pt in GA.

Gay marriage = cocaine use. If you believe the one guy.

and the chance of getting to 60 seats to 20% (doubled).

Certainly more than my feeble mind could have imagined a year ago.

I wonder if Silver's status as the Bill James of politics will come sooner than James' status as the Bill James of baseball.

Speaking of which, Silver is on Colbert in a few minutes.

fox poll: who won the debate?

mccain 86%

obama 12%

undecided 1%

oh wrong thread

very good anti-Rossi feature from The Stranger for all the WA heads out there

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=684699&c=hp

I'll wait til yer ready, prolly around Halloween: "We need 60 senators to stop President McCain!"

― Dr Morbius, Friday, March 21, 2008 1:50 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

It's not Halloween yet, Kingfish. We still have time to panic.

wau this ad

The remarkable saga of Senator Norm Coleman's suits:

http://www.martinforsenate.com/features_jimfolks.jpg
hey guyz if anybody with a couple bucks who cares about good government wants to help us out down in georgia by getting rid of the max cleland-hating asshole saxby chambliss plz give $$$$ to jim martin who is currently polling 44-45 against

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/8/124643/431/442/624006

http://www.martinforsenate.com/home.html

This race still hasn't gotten national attention. Orange to Blue was designed for races just like this one, where a little money and buzz could go a long way toward helping a second-tier or third-tier campaign graduate to the big time. Saxby Chambliss has raised nearly $11 million, and still has over $4 million on hand. Jim Martin, as of the last report in July, had raised just a little over $1 million, and had just $56,237 on hand.

Guys, we can make a difference in this one. With little money, but with a lot of gumption, energy, and a truly progressive message, Jim Martin has closed to a dead-heat in this race. He is pro-choice, pro-gay rights (supports ENDA and LLEA), a consumer advocate, committed civil libertarian (with ACLU awards for his efforts), opposes FISA telecom immunity, opposes the war in Iraq, is a strong environmentalist, a strong labor guy, a strong supporter of affirmative action, and so on. He is also a Vietnam vet, so perhaps he's destined for a Chambliss Special, but we can get his back. This is the kind of Democrat we can't even get in some Blue states, yet running on an explicitly progressive agenda, has a chance to represent the great state of Georgia while ousting the odious Chambliss at the same time.

Saxby Chambliss first ran for the Senate in 2002 and won a close race, defeating the Democratic incumbent, Max Cleland, 53 percent to 46 percent. His House career would have likely been over even if he hadn't run for the Senate; his home in Moultrie had been redrawn into the neighboring 1st District, represented by fellow Republican Jack Kingston.

His campaign used the refrain of national defense and security, but drew criticism for television ads that paired images of Cleland and Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, and for questioning the commitment to homeland security of his opponent, a triple amputee and decorated Vietnam veteran.

Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona said of one ad, "It's worse than disgraceful, it's reprehensible;" Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska said the ads were "beyond offensive to me."

In 2006, under mounting pressure, Chambliss was among several Senate Republicans who returned monetary gifts from convicted fraudster Jack Abramoff.

Chambliss was criticized for remarks he made in Valdosta, Georgia, where he said that they should "turn the sheriff loose and arrest every Muslim that crosses the state line." Chambliss later apologized for the remarks.

Chambliss is the primary sponsor in the United States Senate for the tax-reform proposal The Fair Tax Act (S. 1025), attracting more cosponsors than any other fundamental tax reform bill introduced.

now now, none here will argue that saxby chambliss is a cunt who deserves to be tossed out on his single-term ass

that anti-e. dole ad......daamn

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/senate-projections-109.html

Norm Coleman says he does not wish to be a negative man. Aw.

oh shit ethan I didn't realize the GA senate race was that close. That's amazing.

do what u can crut

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/101008/ele_342247649.shtml

Thursday's debate took place in front of a highly partisan crowd in the GOP stronghold of Middle Georgia.

Chambliss supporters waved "Saxby" signs and offered up a sustained "boos" when Martin mentioned Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

"Bomb Obama," one woman hollered.

Outside the cavernous arena, fairgoers munched on funnel cake and pork butt on a stick.

I sat down and figured out all the judges and school board members and shit tonight. It's always fun reading their little self-provided bios to see the stuff that the schizophrenics and crackpots write.

It's kind of hard to select a judge sometimes, since they don't seek endorsements and they can't make their politics obvious (although I suppose if I were civically responsible I'd be involved enough to know which are the good ones). Sometimes you have to poke around on their websites until you find shit that makes you realize "fuck this guy":

"9. Are you pro-life?
I am still not exactly sure how clearly I can answer questions like this without violating the restrictions on
information for judicial races. I can say my wife Debbie and I have four children and each time I saw the
ultra-sound it sure looked like our child to me."

http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/photos/VG31664.jpg

This guy is running for Hennepin County Soil and water supervisor:

"Most important issue: I strongly agree that a marriage should be only between a man and a woman. I am not in fvor of same sex marriages. I strongly agree that all MN residence should have affordable health insurance. even if it means new or added cost to businesses. I strongly agree that we dont need anymore increase in taxes, we are all ready being taxed to death. I strongly agree that an increase of funding should be put towards educating our children in grade k - 12. I strongly agree funding should be allocated toward natural resources conservation."
http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/photos/VG32036.jpg

You know, just in case any gay people were planning on getting married in a Minneapolis storm drain.

Interesting. The Judicial candidates here are all "ENDORSED BY X, Y, Z, A, B, C & D". The two candidates in the big judicial race in my county, even though they can't identify as Democrat or Republican, habe been kind enough to color-code their signs red and blue for easy identification of their politics.

websites are color-coded, too:

http://www.joewilsonforjudge.com/
http://www.georgeappelforjudge.com/

a disturbing trend i'm noticing in louisiana politics is a series of republican ads trying to make their opponents look bad by pointing out how much they agree with obama, characterizing his views and voting record as radical/irrespnosible/evil/etc.
like this john kennedy guy (who only recently left the democratic party to become a republican) is trying to demonize landrieu by saying that her voting record is aligned with obama's 81% of the time. do people really give a shit?

also, LOL at our representative runoff being between "cool cash" bill jefferson and Helena Moreno, who only recently left her post as a local news anchor.

I checked again and I was wrong; some judges are endorsed here too, just not by parties, like where you are. I didn't notice any color coding though!

...not by parties, same as where you are, I should have said

Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.) is finding himself in an October sex scandal, about two years after his GOP predecessor Mark Foley was forced to step down in the wake of his own personal indiscretions.

ABC News is reporting that Mahoney agreed to pay a $121,000 settlement to a former mistress who worked on his Congressional and campaign staff since his 2006 campaign.

The story also reveals that Mahoney promised her a job at the consulting firm that handles his campaign’s media production.

Some of the juicy bits excerpted from the ABC story:

-- A spokesperson for Emanuel, said he confronted Mahoney "upon hearing a rumor" about an affair in 2007 and "told him he was in public life and had a responsibility to act accordingly." Emanuel's spokesperson said he had not had any further contacts with Mahoney on the subject and did not know the woman involved worked on Mahoney's Congressional staff until informed by ABC News.

-- The affair between Mahoney and Allen began, according to the current and former staffers, in 2006 when Mahoney was campaigning for Congress against Foley, promising "a world that is safer, more moral."

At the time, Mahoney's campaign ads featured a picture of him with his wife, Terry, with the line, "Restoring America's Values Begins at Home."

-- The staffers say Mahoney first met Allen at a campaign stop and later arranged for her to work as a volunteer on the campaign. Allen also appeared in a Mahoney campaign television commercial, criticizing his opponent.

Friends of Allen told ABC News that Allen sought to break off the affair when she learned Mahoney was allegedly involved in other extra-marital relationships at the same time.

Her friends say she told them Mahoney threatened that ending the relationship could cost her the job.

"You work at my pleasure," Congressman Mahoney told Allen on a January 20, 2008 telephone call that was recorded and played for Mahoney staffers. ABC News was provided a copy.

This brewing scandal clearly benefits Mahoney's Republican challenger, Tom Rooney. Rooney already was running competitively against Mahoney before the scandal broke, but now it's hard to see how Mahoney survives.

Rooney spokesman Jeff Ostermayer declined to comment on the ABC story.

House is irrelevant this time btw

Hahah, gotta love Florida.

what is it with democrats being such cooze hounds

MAHONEY: You're fired. It's correct. It's what I believe. You're fired. Do you hear me? Don't tell me whether it's correct or not.

ALLEN: Tell me why else I'm fired.

MAHONEY: There is no why else.

ALLEN: Yeah there is.

MAHONEY: No--just you're fired because I said that you y'know ... not the judge and the jury. Ok? You're fired. D'you hear me? Call what's her name in Anchorage, Alaska if you want to keep on thinkin' like y'know that I'm not being fair or somehow this is a negotiation. This, this is not a negotiation. Ok? Y'know, you're not in a position to negotiate with me on this. Ok? My position. Ok? You work at my pleasure. Do you understand what that means?

ALLEN: What does it mean?

MAHONEY: It means that you work at my pleasure. If you're doing the job that I think that you should do, you get to keep your job. Whenever I don't feel like you're doing your job, then you lose your job. And guess what? The only person that matters is--guess who? Me. Do you understand that? Now this is how life really is. This is how it works.

ALLEN: Really? You know that--

MAHONEY: You don't have a job.

ALLEN: --you're upset about something else.

MAHONEY: No I'm not I'm not upset about something else. I'm upset because we continue to have this discussion and you continue to try to push it someplace where it's not supposed to be. I was furious at you because I couldn't find you. Right? And your job was--

ALLEN: I excused myself and walked three feet out the door. I was exactly where I was supposed to be.

MAHONEY: You were not waiting for me when I got back. That's what your job is. You weren't there.

ALLEN: I was exactly where I was supposed to be.

MAHONEY: No you were not. You're fired. You're fired. Call whatsher name up and do it. You're fired. I don't want to talk about it any more. I'm not negotiating with you anymore. You're done. Ok? So call Cherry tomorrow and if you don't, you you won't get your last paycheck. Ok? And let me tell you something else. If I find out you say anything else, you won't get your last paycheck.

ALLEN: Like what? What do you think I'm going to say?

MAHONEY: I don't give a ****, ok? But if you say anything, you won't get your last paycheck.

ALLEN: I'm owed also my expenses. As well as money out of my pocket at church today.

MAHONEY: I'll take care of all of that when you do your job. OK? You want to keep negotiating?

ALLEN: I thought I didn't have a job. What job am I supposed to do to get my expenses?

MAHONEY: Just fill out your expense report and I'll pay you off, pay all your expenses. And you're done. Ok? You can't call me. You're don't understand me. Ok? You keep pissin' me off because every time I get you on the phone you keep telling me I'm wrong.

ALLEN: You are wrong.

MAHONEY: Oh I'm wrong. Guess what? You don't have a job. Ok? You're right and you don't have a job. Guess what? How does that make you feel?

ALLEN: I was exactly where I was supposed to be.

MAHONEY: No you weren't.

ALLEN: And I did a very good job. I did everything I was supposed to do.

MAHONEY: You did a **** job and you're fired.

ALLEN: And you're firing me for other reasons and you're not man enough to say it. Why don't you say it? Why don't you say it and be a man for once?

Anyway, feisty Norm is feisty:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/10/10/PH2008101002445.jpg

http://fruitfly.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/norm-coleman.jpg

What the shit.

I mean, if he had stayed a member of St. Vitus, think how far he could have gone instead.

Meantime:

Darren White and Erik Paulsen were prized Republican recruits, House candidates poised to be the new face of the GOP on Capitol Hill.

But as the two head into the homestretch of their campaigns, GOP operatives say they’ll probably have to win — or lose — on their own. The money national Republicans earmarked for White in New Mexico and for Paulsen in Minnesota will likely go instead to protect GOP incumbents who once looked like locks for reelection.

GOP Reps. John B. Shadegg of Arizona, Lee Terry of Nebraska, Henry Brown Jr. of South Carolina and Dan Lungren of California are all fighting for their political lives, a reversal of fortunes that has caught even the most astute campaign observers by surprise.

It’s an omen and an echo. Just a few weeks before voters went to the polls in 2006, veteran Republicans Gil Gutknecht in Minnesota, Jim Leach in Iowa and Jim Ryun in Kansas suddenly found themselves in tough reelection fights. By the time the party saw what was happening, it was already too late. Unknown challengers booted the lawmakers from office in a landslide election that gave Democrats control of both the House and the Senate.

If 2008 looks like 2006, a new wave of veteran Republicans will be out on the streets, and the colleagues they leave behind could find themselves with the smallest minority since the post-Watergate era.

Shadegg's a darling of folks like RedState, so this is amusing to read.

wow wow wow, Rasmussen 10/15 has it Wicker 47, Musgrove 46.

Bachmann: 'y u braek hart?'

But when you can’t win on the issues, you steal the election with a couple of lies and $1 million worth of mud. And the media reports and Democrat responses to my interview on “Hardball” have been echoing the outright lies of the liberal blogs. Is it really any wonder people are so cynical about politics?

I...I weep.

That Mahoney-Allen transcript reads like Mamet:

ALLEN: ... You work at my pleasure. Do you understand what that means?

ALLEN: What does it mean?

MAHONEY: It means that you work at my pleasure.

that didn't get nearly the attention it deserved

MAHONEY: No you were not. You're fired. You're fired. Call whatsher name up and do it. You're fired. I don't want to talk about it any more. I'm not negotiating with you anymore. You're done. Ok? So call Cherry tomorrow and if you don't, you you won't get your last paycheck. Ok? And let me tell you something else. If I find out you say anything else, you won't get your last paycheck.

ALLEN: Like what? What do you think I'm going to say?

MAHONEY: I don't give a ****, ok? But if you say anything, you won't get your last paycheck.

ALLEN: I'm owed also my expenses. As well as money out of my pocket at church today.

MAHONEY: I'll take care of all of that when you do your job. OK? You want to keep negotiating?

ALLEN: I thought I didn't have a job. What job am I supposed to do to get my expenses?

MAHONEY: Just fill out your expense report and I'll pay you off, pay all your expenses. And you're done. Ok? You can't call me. You're don't understand me. Ok? You keep pissin' me off because every time I get you on the phone you keep telling me I'm wrong.

ALLEN: You are wrong.

MAHONEY: Oh I'm wrong. Guess what? You don't have a job.

national dems you dont have to live in a red state with 2 douchebag GOP senators like me so plz donate to jim martin-------

Question: Do you have a position on FISA and government wiretapping?

Jim Martin: The threat of terrorism is real and the government should take all necessary measures to protect us. While I support the overall aims of the recent FISA bill, the inclusion of a provision granting amnesty to telecom providers who permitted the government to listen in on the conversations of Americans without a warrant troubles me. Because I do not believe that the government should craft policy that permits law breaking, I would not have supported the FISA bill that included telecom immunity.

^^^look at this fucking candidate

donate here

https://services.myngp.com/ngponlineservices/contribution.aspx?X=NqjXO81IXYZntPaqXypreP1LqSo0CHUy

What the shit

OTM

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/the_scorecard/2008/10/nrcc_abandons_bachmann.html

Tinkenberg up 47 to 44:
http://kstp.com/article/stories/S630881.shtml?cat=1

She'll probably have a job waiting for her at fox news, though. :(

Bachmann panics:

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has taped an advertisement apologizing for her televised comments calling Barack Obama anti-American, according to a Republican source familiar with her campaign’s decision.

Bachmann campaign spokeswoman Michelle Marston said the campaign will be airing a new advertisement this afternoon, but declined to comment specifically on whether Bachmann would be apologizing in the spot.

“You’ll just have to wait and see,” Marston said.

The move comes as polling, both public and internal, shows Bachmann rapidly losing ground in her reelection bid. A University of Minnesota poll released today shows Bachmann trailing her Democratic opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg, 45 percent to 43 percent. Those numbers are consistent with an automated SurveyUSA poll showing Bachmann trailing Tinklenberg 47 percent to 44 percent.

Tinklenberg has been referencing Bachmann’s comments in his own advertising this week. His latest ad, airing across the district, replays her controversial “Hardball” gaffe.

"I'm sorry, I was a dumbass. Please vote for me!"

who are the fucking tards planning on voting for Ted Stevens? wtf do you have to do in Alaska to be unelectable?

Easy, say you won't give anyone any money.

What are everyone's top-3 non-presidential races that they're following? For me:

1. CA Prop. 1A, bullet train
2. US Senate, Wicker vs. Musgrove (Miss.)
3. US Senate, Franken vs. Coleman

I think all the RYM threads on ILM have made me all list-crazy.

Hmm...

1. CA Prop 8, gay marriage
2. CA-46, Rohrabacher v. Cook (my local race)
3. Probably the Bachmann race

1. WA Gov. Gregoire vs. Rossi
2. US Senate Begich vs. Stevens
3. CA Prop 8

bruce lunsford v. mitch mcconnell
jim martin v. chambliss

anyone who doesnt say franken is lying

1. seattle light rail prop 1
2. WA gov gregoire vs. rossi
3. CA gay marriage

My congressional district (KS-02) is one the DCCC has been targeting for months, and it's really showing now: watching the NFL and the World Series these last two days, I've seen at least 50 Boyda ads, and none for her opponent, Jenkins. In fact I haven't seen any ads for the Republican this cycle, save yard signs.

The Boyda ads are hilarious though. The main one they're running is a western Kansas sheriff saying that Boyda has kept "dangerous Mexican trucks" off our streets. This is probably some dog whistle that I don't get, and it's a little weird b/c she's a Dem. If I find a youtube of the ad I'll post it.

Well, there's this bit with Lou Dobbs, which might say it all:

1. Franken. Hometownism might be a factor but I look forward to a national politician who can tell the world what kind of dweeb Tom Friedman might have been in high school. Norm Coleman has no business farting into Paul Wellstone's old chair.

2. Bachmann raus! My dad's old district, and I wish he'd lived to see this because he hated her God-bothering guts.

3. Stevens. I haven't become a Mudflats obsessive but with this guy in the picture no wonder Sarah Palin was able to run in Alaska as the relatively un-corrupt gubernatorial candidate.

anyone who doesnt say franken is lying

Lying liars, you mean.

I haven't become a Mudflats obsessive

It's worth checking into a couple of times a day, I've found.

Franken hasn't been funny since he retired Stuart Smalley, so maybe a career change will reanimate his talent. The fucking Clintonite hack.

jeez, Ted can't even use the old Chicago slogan "Never Been Convicted."

how are Joe Garcia and the other Miami-area Dem candidates for the House doing?

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081027/porter

Neck in neck. My good friend, who's Joe Garcia's deputy press secretary, was relaxed this weekend.

The other Diaz-Balart also faces stiff competition from one of the most crooked pols in recent South Florida history. Thankfully, neither race affects me.

Call what's her name in Anchorage, Alaska if you want to keep on thinkin' like y'know that I'm not being fair or somehow this is a negotiation.

Will this work against Closet Mitch?

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2008/11/dems-gay-bait-sen-mitch-mcconnell.html

sux about durbin's daughter, RIP

Let's kick it up folks.

Hagan, Warner, Shaheen, both Udalls in...

Sounds like Democrats are going to control the NY State Senate

We're going to have a recount on Franken v Coleman

Oh, good - my absentee ballot, it matters!

My mom is FUMING that I voted for Franken because 'these comedians are getting out of hand'. I mean, she's seriously pissed off while I'm all c'mon, Mom, he is literally our homeboy also LOL suck it, Ventura voter!

so the Miami Repub House guys all won. No return beisbol trip for me, i guess. :(

pretty thrilled about Dole defeat. whatta bitch.

which senate elections are still undecided at this point - Alaska, Minnesota, where else...?

Georgia

oregon, but pretty sure the dem will get that based on counties still coming in

is Alaska really 'undecided'? until clangy door slams on Ted?

margin is only 3-4000 with 40,000 absentee ballots to count

i thought ted had won pretty much

Merkley (D) takes Smith (R)'s seat in Oregon

ted had bigger early returns but, per usual, Anchorage was the last to weigh in. Now it's razor thin. Total toss up now

so the Arkansas measure that passed bans ALL UNMARRIEDS from adoption or foster parenting, not just sodomites. Take that, living-in-sinners.

Anchorage may be 40% of Alaska's population, but more than 60% of those absentee ballots would have to be pro-Begich in order for Begich to win, and that's highly unlikely for many reasons.

In the long run, a Stevens win may be "better" for Alaska Dems, since it will highly like throw Sarah "Throw Ted Under The Bus" Palin into that exciting political hockey rink up there in Juneau.

ARHGARHGARHGARHGARRRGHHG

volunteering at jim martin's office tomorrow

i have a couple friends going down to ga to help out

lol @ dude w women for obama sign

that's highly unlikely for many reasons

such as?

holy shit the voiceover in this ad

FUCK SAXBY CHAMBLISS WITH A GODDAMN BROOMSTICK

This channel must approve comments before posting. What a joke! This is indicative of a totalitarian society. If they don't believe in freedom of speech on You Tube why should you send any Republican to the Senate! P.S. I voted for Jim Martin last week and it felt so good!

lol pic at 0:15

fuck youuuuuu

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lmao @ "qweaf"

Christian Bale as Batman is against Jim Martin!

Perriello beats Goode

http://images2.dailykos.com/images/user/1237/Cuckoo_clock.gif

nice gif

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9_3T6q88QF4

last 10 seconds = "bad touch"

http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2008/11/atlanta-rapper-ludacris-campaigning-for.html

go go jim martin

i voted jim martin today. he didnt have enough money to run as big of a smear campaign as saxby chambliss. but as far as dirty politics goes, this was dirtier than the presidential election.

that fucking son of a bitch. georgia, you suck at this

goddammit.

Worst human being in the Senate is really saying something, but I think he takes it.

FUSIYTF*&(EGTFGSD

jim martin isn't gone. i campaigned for this man. i met his wife. he will still have a role.

FUCK U SAXBY I AM NOT KIDDING

some douche on hannity & colmes just pronounced it "de-call-b"

fuck you hannity

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/jeb_bush_ponders_florida_senat.php

well fuck.

don't have any right to complain since i didn't help, but, sorry georgia.

but this does mean the recount up here is a little less pressing, in a way.

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/12/chambliss_wins.html

^Martin loss may hurt Franken

Mel Martinez isn't seeking re-election.

i don't get that post at all. what difference does it make to the recount, except emotionally? the ballots are what they are regardless what happened in GA

58 or 59 is far better than I expected.

I'm really fucking pissed though mainly because Chambliss is a creepy horrible motherfucker.

(I said exactly the same on another thread, but it can't be said enough.)

things to watch
-chambliss grabbing his (grand?)daughter's chest
-the pure excitement when the family says 'happy thanksgiving'

do laws about equal time not apply in run-offs or something? i swear to god i saw 100 million more jim martin attack ads (as in, attacks on) up to today than vice versa.

58 or 59 is far better than I expected.

Yeah, me too.

I hope Saxby gets hit by a truck, though.

i thought this was the most odious, but it's hard to narrow it down

Or falls into a pit of grizzly bears at a zoo and is ripped apart. xp

I probably spend too much time on violent death scenarios for people I don't like. But still, hopefully the Candyman will get him.

meanwhile: http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/SenateRecount.asp

OoOoOoOoOo...

When Franken wins the recount, we will have more proof that either
A) Republicans are so dumb they can't count
B) Republicans are lying cheats
C) Both A and B