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The Fixer: This is nevertheless a terrible attack and should be condemned vigorously.
Absolutely. Not sure what the site trolls think they are accomplishing here.
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BrentinCO: Grover Cleveland is now the answer to the question: Which earliest US President has living grandchildren?
And to make it even more interesting, he is actually active on twitter at @gmcleveland
A person who was President in the 1880s has a grandson active on twitter.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
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| April 11, 2025 09:11am |
Oh my. He was O.C. ver 1.0 original. He planned to be in the Senate (thus the name FMOUSS).
His two favorite Senators were Jesse Helms and Ted Kennedy. He stated he had a heart attack at age 13 and to recover he took up smoking. He would add in country musicians into various races and claimed to be in touch with them personally. etc. etc.
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Campari_007: I viscerally despise Elon Musk. This is the first person who's been involved in politics with real power that I have an active hatred for. Even Trump doesn't bring it out in me the way Musk does. Let's put it this way, I don't believe in bullying but I think Musk deserves to be humiliated and bullied repeatedly because he's a disgusting human being.
Someone needs a better coping mechanism.
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For an open seat special election this is actually a surprisingly comfortable margin.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
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| March 11, 2025 12:42pm |
Running a high profile nationwide quixotic campaign in a district that is a vote sink for the other party has basically become a cottage industry.
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| February 12, 2025 01:43pm |
Zuckatron:
If only I was born two decades before...... sigh
I see you were born on Dec 9,2008. That was the date the Feds busted Blago for trying to sell Obama's Senate seat and I do recall this site was a flurry of activity that day. Makes me feel ancient.
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BrentinCO: Don't know anything about the poster, but Tiffany Henyard has been in various headlines as a corrupt, horrible mayor. She has used city funds for personal items, the residents want her to resign. Always drama. Lots of drama. Not surprised there was a fight involving her at a City Council meeting.
But looking at the next time there is an election - seems like her days are numbered.
Agreed. Most people understand when a tweet is posted that the content of the tweet is the reason for the posting rather than the tweet creator.
There are always a couple of people on political message boards that when they realize they are on the wrong side of the discussion either deflect or invoke Godwin's law. Thankfully only a few on this site. Best to skip over them and keep contributing interesting content.
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Contrary to previous information it appears that Justice is delaying the start of his Senate term to finish out his term as Governor.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
| December 11, 2024 09:37am |
Is soon 6 years? Six years in the political world is pretty long.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
| November 20, 2024 11:39am |
It will be interesting to see if she follows the Gillibrand model or the Sinema model.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
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| November 15, 2024 09:58am |
I did not know this.
In January West Virginia will have 4 different governors in 10 days--
On Jan 3 Gov Jim Justice (R) will leave office to be sworn in as a US Senator.
Current LG/Senate President Craig Blair (R), who lost re-election, will be governor from Jan 3-8.
The winner of GOP caucus race between Sens. Tom Takubo, Randy Smith & Eric Tarr will replace Blair as Senate President/Acting Governor from Jan 8-13.
Newly elected Patrick Morrisey (R) then gets sworn in on Jan 13
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
| November 11, 2024 07:57pm |
Campari_007: If the Republicans nominate someone who isn't an absolute nutbar they should be able to win this district. Perez has also established a moderate profile.
Agreed but that is a Grand Canyon sized "if".
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
| November 11, 2024 02:07pm |
Jason: Democrats are going to have to target red states over the next several cycles. They don't have any other choice.
Looking ahead to potential 2026 competitive Senate Races--
GOP held seats and Presidential result:
Maine: D +7
North Carolina: R +3
Ohio Special: R +11
Iowa: R +13
Texas: R +14
Alaska: R +15
Kansas: R +16
Dem-held seats ranked by 2024 result:
Georgia: R +2
Michigan: R +1
New Hampshire: D +3
Minnesota: D +4
New Jersey: D +5
Virginia: D +5
New Mexico: D +6
Maine will be the big target and probably the Ohio special. GOP will be on defense but mostly on friendly territory.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
| November 10, 2024 03:23pm |
Jason: Happy birthday 🎂
Zuckatron: Happy birthday!
BrentinCO: HB Mr Politics. Hope its a great year.
Thank you all. It has been a good couple of weeks.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
| November 07, 2024 05:48pm |
Looking ahead to potential 2026 competitive Senate Races--
GOP held seats and Presidential result:
Maine: D +7
North Carolina: R +3
Ohio Special: R +11
Iowa: R +13
Texas: R +14
Alaska: R +15
Kansas: R +16
Dem-held seats ranked by 2024 result:
Georgia: R +2
Michigan: R +1
New Hampshire: D +3
Minnesota: D +4
New Jersey: D +5
Virginia: D +5
New Mexico: D +6
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| October 25, 2024 01:12pm |
BrentinCO: Anybody else have the feeling that if the GOP doesn't hold the House that Johnson is done?
Johnson's grip on power is just for convenience at this point and incredibly weak. Probably go back to the Scalise / Emmer duo for R leadership.
I cannot imagine how he survives.
In addition to what you said above, the Lame Duck session is going to deal with "must pass" legislation that up until now has been ignored. The base is never happy about how that goes down.
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BrentinCO:
Very real possibility of the House, Senate, and Presidency all flipping parties. In addition to the oddity of a two non-consecutive term presidency. Strange times.
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| October 22, 2024 03:13pm |
Imagine if 20+ or so years ago someone had said there will be a GOTV rally in Detroit led by a white rapper and a black former president.......
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BrentinCO: I've done a 180 on Vivek. While he may not be the most prolific of endorsers (in terms of picking winners), I've come to respect his ability to communicate the conservative message in a way that is both respectful and effective.
He has won over a lot of Republicans due to his excellent communication skills. Maybe there was a method to his endorsement madness that actually may help to win a plurality in an Ohio Republican Primary.
He is an excellent communicator and has won many over but he has zero actual accomplishments.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
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| October 14, 2024 10:54am |
Jason: Batch of supposedly leaked Republican internal polls: [Link]
The Notes section of each race makes me think these may be legitimate internal polls.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
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| October 02, 2024 10:15am |
Happy Belated! Here is to the next 100!
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
| September 18, 2024 05:38pm |
BrentinCO: Given that they recently have backed the Democrat for President - this can only be interpreted as a tacit endorsement for Trump, especially given internal polls that were released.
That. And a case of the Union leadership not wanting to unnecessarily anger the rank and file.
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| September 16, 2024 12:01pm |
Chronicler: This money is actually making the US military more lethal than it was when Biden took office.
Also the war is forcing the rest of NATO to step up their funding of NATO which has been long deficient.
LSjustbloggin: Here's a question election pollsters aren't even asking voters, do you believe that permanent single party rule is good for democracy ?.
Because polls need funding and no one in their right mind would write a check to fund that poll. A poll like that can be created on social media for free and then discarded.
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| R:250 | Mr. Politics ( 190.17 points)
| September 16, 2024 11:56am |
LSjustbloggin: Harris is not going to win Iowa. Selzer is not reliable.
You are correct that Harris is not going to win Iowa, but Selzer is very reliable. If Trump only carries Iowa by 4 or 5 he has no chance nationally.
LSjustbloggin: Pollsters think only a couple hundred people is the majority of people.
That is essentially the whole purpose of polling and random sampling.
Patrick: Has there been an election since 2016 that pollsters generally didn't ultimately underpoll Democrats?
GOP beat polling across the board in 2020.
LSjustbloggin:
Is it really a good thing that the rural states has since lost political power at the federal level ?.
The Senate and the E.C. protects against a lot of that.
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