2014 US Election Open Thread

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SuperLuigi said:
I sure hope :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Indiana is enjoying pro-gay “marriage” Obama-Joe Donnelly and that Missouri is pleased with McCaskill’s pro-choice record and all the wind turbines. And then there is North Dakota’s Heitkamp and WV’s Joe Manchin. Hey, they could jump ship and join the War on Coal. Now, the first three will be around another four years and I do believe Manchin is up in 2016.
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Wasn’t there some speculation that the Republicans were trying to woo Manchin into caucausing with them?
 
Crossbones said:
Did the Republicans in your state run on that? Because they didn’t run on that in my state.
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They did in mine. The Democrats, on the other hand ,ran on claims that the Republicans were going to ban contraception and put gynecologist in jail .
 
estesbob said:
They did in mine. The Democrats, on the other hand ,ran on claims that the Republicans were going to ban contraception and put gynecologist in jail .
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That’s good. Colorado, right?

What do you expect the Republican Congress to prioritize?
 
meltzerboy said:
Not introducing legislation for their own programs on healthcare, immigration, education, and the economy?
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I am sure they will do that also. I am also sure Obama will obstruct much in the same manner Harry Reid has for the last 4 years.
 
estesbob said:
They did in mine. The Democrats, on the other hand ,ran on claims that the Republicans were going to ban contraception and put gynecologist in jail .
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I can only imagine the mentality of the people who believed that.
 
GEddie said:
That stuff has got to be staged!
Else we’d have lost the country long ago.
ICXC NIKA
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Sorry! Interview your friends. Common knowledge questions such as VP, Senators and Congressman. You will be shocked to learn how little most of them know. 🤷
 
SuperLuigi said:
I think Karl Rove said it best: “the GOP lost potential pick-ups in 2010 and in 2012 because they didn’t have good candidates. In 2014 we got involved in the primary process to get good candidates”.

Even Ben Carson was campaigning for Cassidy, but even so, a whopping 14% of LA voters cast their ballots for Maness.

Fact is in 2010 we didn’t have good candidates. I really knew less now than I do then about this, and I can see why for instance Sharon Angle never stood much a chance against Harry Reid. I mean, we’re talking about the Senate Majority Leader running for office in his home state. In 2012, well, don’t even get me started on Akin, who I think took the race for granted and Richard Murdoch, who’s 11th hour gaffee would break the top 10 of even Biden’s list.

Of course, if the voters were actually intelligent and/or mature enough to see through this, but alas.

Indiana is enjoying pro-gay “marriage” Obama-Joe Donnelly and that Missouri is pleased with McCaskill’s pro-choice record and all the wind turbines. And then there is North Dakota’s Heitkamp and WV’s Joe Manchin. Hey, they could jump ship and join the War on Coal. Now, the first three will be around another four years and I do believe Manchin is up in 2016.

SO… how’s that been working out?

I guess we found out Tuesday night!
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These “intelligent” and “mature” voters of whom you speak voted for GOP weaklings who have refused to take a stand on anything. They have voted to fund every bit of the unread, destructive Obama"care" fiasco. The debt is $18T, the unfunded liabilities exceen $100T. These savvy types gave us 6 more years of Thad Cochran, who slurred and joked about doing “funny things” to animals, and stole his primary nomination.
Yeah, our kids have a bright future thanks to the smart, pragmatic folks who vote for Republicans who stand for nothing! 👍
 
meltzerboy said:
Not introducing legislation for their own programs on healthcare, immigration, education, and the economy?
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They’ve already done that over and over in the House, but Harry Reid hasn’t brought up the bills in order to protect vulnerable democrats and to some extent the White House.
 
RACJ said:
These “intelligent” and “mature” voters of whom you speak voted for GOP weaklings who have refused to take a stand on anything. They have voted to fund every bit of the unread, destructive Obama"care" fiasco. The debt is $18T, the unfunded liabilities exceen $100T. These savvy types gave us 6 more years of Thad Cochran, who slurred and joked about doing “funny things” to animals, and stole his primary nomination.
Yeah, our kids have a bright future thanks to the smart, pragmatic folks who vote for Republicans who stand for nothing! 👍
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I’m sorry, but I’ve got more important things to worry about that a politician making a sick joke, like the lives of the unborn. But at least the prior comment mentioned the primary process. Those who can’t even vote in the primary process have no leg to stand on when the general election rolls around and they aren’t happy with the candidates and give the “I’ll vote third party/write-in Optimus Prime speech” in a vent of anger.

And I’m not going to call American voters in general smart just yet. I think Charles Krauthammer said it best that “this was a repudiation of Obamaism, not an endorsement of the GOP.”
 
mary_bobo said:
I can only imagine the mentality of the people who believed that.
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Belief is not required. Only a charged emotional response at the right time to get people to the polls, maybe swallow a couple of aspirin, and pull the lever for the DNC because one is on the doll because somehow, someway in fantasy land, the republicans would make it worse. No facts, no credibility to the claim, they would just because.

That is why we have President Barack H. Obama and VP Joesph R. Biden in the White House.

It’s called excuse-making. It’s transparent, lame and erodes freedom. :yup:
 
GEddie said:
That stuff has got to be staged!

Else we’d have lost the country long ago.

ICXC NIKA
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They interview dozens of people and then show the dumbest three or four.

IT’s called ‘staking the deck’ in some places.
 
SuperLuigi said:
I think Karl Rove said it best: “the GOP lost potential pick-ups in 2010 and in 2012 because they didn’t have good candidates. In 2014 we got involved in the primary process to get good candidates”.
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‘Not good candidates’ = 'people the RNC refused to provide funding to.

When Rove says ‘we got involved’ he means the national party is picking the candidates now and not the local state party rank and file.

IS that what members of the GOP really want, a party that run from the top down?
SuperLuigi said:
I guess we found out Tuesday night!
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What are you talking about? There was no election Tuesday night that meant anything! Just watch MSNBC and CNN to hear why that is so! 😃
 
DeniseNY said:
Seriously, NeedsMercy, I hope you’re near your fainting couch because you seem to need it.

And for you to lecture anyone else about name calling and finger pointing? Hyprocrisy… does it ring a bell to you?
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Not sure what you’re talking about here…I was pointing the finger at all of us; liberals, conservatives, moderates and independents alike. Are you calling me a hypocrite for some reason? Don’t be coy, say what you mean.
 
Check out this Washington Post article about prospects in 2016 regarding the Senate:
To win back the Senate majority in two years time will, likely, require Democrats to net four (if they hold the White House in 2016) or five (if they don’t) seats.
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washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/11/07/why-republicans-senate-majority-could-be-very-short-lived/

Republicans may end up with 55 Senate seats by the time the ballot counting in Alaska done, and if Bill Cassidy wins in Louisiana.

Sean Trende’s analyses found:
On the other hand, if Republicans get to 54 seats, their chances of retaining control are very good, and given the horrific playing field for Democrats in 2018, they would be extremely unlikely to lose it that year.
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realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/23/why_2014_senate_races_mean_so_much_for_2016_121323.html#ixzz3IZnDAJ5K
 
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