Tide shifts, Democrat elected to House!

Ice Dancer said:
So you don't think a democrat stronghold that was "hotly contested" by a republican going to another democrat (was dem Wexler's seat) is actually a further warning to dems???
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I would not call it a Democratic stronghold, in 2000 it went overwhelmingly for Patrick Buchanon.
 
Jarod said:
I would not call it a Democratic stronghold, in 2000 it went overwhelmingly for Patrick Buchanon.
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According to Mott that distric is 65% democrat...isn't that a "stronghold"? Just because a popular candidate wins in 2000 does not an argument make.

You contended the "tide was turning"... a 65% democrat district is no tide tunring ESPECIALLY since you also proclaimed it a "hotly contested race". That means the dem struggled to win with a 65% registered lead...now come on Jarod, does that not mean the tide is against the democrat????
 
you guys kill me. you are already calling election results! remember the Stop Hillary Express? you were even wrong on who your opponent would be! When Obama won the nomination Hannity's express went down the memory hole. Remember, it's the Dem's turn to do an October Surprise. If you believe the propaganda, Obama has already lost. LOL. You guys are such tools.
 
Ice Dancer said:
According to Mott that distric is 65% democrat...isn't that a "stronghold"? Just because a popular candidate wins in 2000 does not an argument make.

You contended the "tide was turning"... a 65% democrat district is no tide tunring ESPECIALLY since you also proclaimed it a "hotly contested race". That means the dem struggled to win with a 65% registered lead...now come on Jarod, does that not mean the tide is against the democrat????
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The Democrat won the election by a 62 - 35 margin. It may have been a "hotly contested" race but it wasn't a close one.
 
Ice Dancer said:
According to Mott that distric is 65% democrat...isn't that a "stronghold"? Just because a popular candidate wins in 2000 does not an argument make.

You contended the "tide was turning"... a 65% democrat district is no tide tunring ESPECIALLY since you also proclaimed it a "hotly contested race". That means the dem struggled to win with a 65% registered lead...now come on Jarod, does that not mean the tide is against the democrat????
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Pat Buchanon was a popular canidate in 2000?
 
NigelTufnel said:
The Democrat won the election by a 62 - 35 margin. It may have been a "hotly contested" race but it wasn't a close one.
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WOOOOOOSH


Seriously??? I agree!!!! I was obviously putting the stupidity of Jarod in the proverbial corner and you jump in with the obvious "eye-roll".

The tide ain't turning if the deck is so obviously stacked against any non-democrat contender. Kind of like DUH!
 
Don't get your hopes up. The Democrats are still likely to lose a lot and are probably going to lose the house. If the election were held today I would put my money on a Republican house in 2010 without blinking an eye.
 
Ooooh, look. Another special election was held. And another Democrat won:

PHILADELPHIA — An aide to the late Democratic Rep. John Murtha won a special election to fill the final months of his boss's term — a nationally watched contest considered a potential bellwether for this fall's midterm election.

In a tight race to the end, Mark Critz brushed back a strong challenge from Tim Burns, a Republican businessman. The GOP had hoped to capture the seat Murtha held for 36 years by playing off growing opposition to congressional Democrats, tea party-driven discontent and unhappiness with President Barack Obama's health care law.

The two national parties made the race about more than simply who fills the last seven months of Murtha's term, auditioning themes that might sway voters in the fall. Each poured more than $1 million into the campaign, most of it negative.

For Democrats, the test was whether they could hold on to a blue-collar district where they have a 2-to-1 registration advantage but that voted for Republican John McCain in 2008. The GOP used the race to gauge the effectiveness of portraying Obama's health care overhaul as a disaster and his energy-climate change bill as a jobs destroyer.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h0QPHwZrzVHgM5XqBMdUN02K7BBgD9FPMMEO0
 
I'm not sure how much any of these elections really mean, but if the Republican Tea Party does NOT have a huge November, given the state of the economy, it would be an extraordinarily bad sign for them....
 
sorry, I'm just having trouble seeing that the election of a person who campaigned against cap and trade, against the healthcare changes, against spending, against gun control, and against abortion is a sign of support for the left just because he has a D behind his name.....
 
PostmodernProphet said:
sorry, I'm just having trouble seeing that the election of a person who campaigned against cap and trade, against the healthcare changes, against spending, against gun control, and against abortion is a sign of support for the left just because he has a D behind his name.....
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I didn't say it was a "sign of support for the left." I said that the Democrat won and that Democrats winning is good news for Democrats. And it is. The Democrats fielded an appropriate candidate for the district and won. I'm not understanding why you are having difficulty comprehending this.

Please also note that the Republicans dumped a lot of money into this campaign and tried to run an anti-Obama/Pelosi/Reid strategy and it failed miserably. Again. It is not a good sign for Republicans that they cannot win in a district that went to McCain in 08 on an anti-Obama/Reid/Pelosi strategy.
 
LMAO...only nigel would see this as a win and brown's Massachusetts win as not a big deal

the guy holds virtually the same views as murtha whom the democratic 2/3's of all registered voters have voted into office over and over...wow...shocker...the guy also ran on republican party platforms....shocker that he beat out the republican

only our dear nigel can see victory in something so meaningless and this is only for a 7 month seat period
 
Yurt said:
LMAO...only nigel would see this as a win and brown's Massachusetts win as not a big deal
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First, a win is a win is a win is a win. This is a win. Second, I don't think I ever claimed that Brown's win was not a big deal.


Yurt said:
the guy holds virtually the same views as murtha whom the democratic 2/3's of all registered voters have voted into office over and over...wow...shocker...the guy also ran on republican party platforms....shocker that he beat out the republican
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It's not really a shocker, but it is quite telling that the NRCC's campaign strategy does not work at all. If a Republican cannot win in this district that voted in 2008 for Obama based on a anti-Pelosi/Reid/Obama strategy, there aren't going to be too many swing districts where that strategy will work against a decent candidate running on local issues.

Yurt said:
only our dear nigel can see victory in something so meaningless and this is only for a 7 month seat period
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Yeah, only Nigel. You may want to take you head out of the sand and see what people are saying about the race (or on the Republican side, what they were saying before they lost) instead of this spouting this ignorant shit.
 
lol...this has nothing to do with rnc campaign tactics....just because mccain won on an anti obama/pelosi/reid means nothing...as to the house election which has gone dem for long, long time...if the guy ran on an obama, pelosi, reid platform, you would have a point....however, the truth to non partisan eyes is that he did not run on an obama/pelosi/reid platform, not even close....

so it means nothing that he won, nothing
 
NigelTufnel said:
Yes, it is. You can pretend it's no big deal if you want. I don't mind.
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We are perfectly content with you not minding and frankly have been all along.

You think you are far more important to us than you ever were and ever will be.

We don't mind that you don't mind...


One single, solitary bit in fact... :cof1:
 
Yurt said:
lol...this has nothing to do with rnc campaign tactics....just because mccain won on an anti obama/pelosi/reid means nothing...as to the house election which has gone dem for long, long time...if the guy ran on an obama, pelosi, reid platform, you would have a point....however, the truth to non partisan eyes is that he did not run on an obama/pelosi/reid platform, not even close....

so it means nothing that he won, nothing
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I'll assume you're just being obtuse to get a rise out of me because the other option is that your in danger of drowning on your own spit.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
sorry, I'm just having trouble seeing that the election of a person who campaigned against cap and trade, against the healthcare changes, against spending, against gun control, and against abortion is a sign of support for the left just because he has a D behind his name.....
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you often look stupid like that, R's and D's frequently vote as blocks and dems are less likely to have litmus test you klansman er repukes have.
 
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