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Just some dude, it matters about as much as Alvin Greene Isaac Send a noteboard - 14/03/2012 05:59:19 PM
Very weird for a guy to win the Democratic primary without any local party leaders ever having seen him. On the other hand, Jean Schmidt LOST the GOP primary, so I already consider that seat a win. :| Something about a life-long civilian calling a decorated Vietnam vet a coward never sat well with me (or the House, which has a rule prohibiting members personally attacking each other on the floor; she had to petition them to expunge the Congressional Record to avoid censure.)


Well I don't know if I'd call Murtha a coward, but I don't think highly of the man and I don't approve of someone hiding behind the protection of the chamber for what were contemptible remarks, but I'm not going to get into that and 'tangent' comes to mind. Wenstrup has a good image and will almost certainly win the district, and Smith didn't exactly pull off some surprise victory over a solid candidate, Wulsin's been a perennial candidate and lost 3 or 4 times now, she's never held public office and is just run as a sacrificial lamb anyway. She didn't run in 2010 in favor of some guy I'd never heard of who got mauled by Schmidt, and presumably she got tapped to run again in hopes of a less embarrassing run, these hard red and blue districts, you either run a miracle worker, a person with more passion then common sense, or a person who doesn't mind getting trounced in favor of the status bump of being a nominee. I don't know jack about this Smith guy, but he's probably from one of the counties in the district that's either pretty small in the district or so hard Red the Dem Chair just appoints their BoE members as sinecure office nappers related to someone. It got redistricted too so it would only take a little laziness for all the county chairs to have assumed he was someone else's selection for sacrificial lamb.
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can *any* republican pose a challenge to obama in november? - 14/03/2012 04:06:59 AM 1191 Views
Yes, absolutely..... - 14/03/2012 04:12:30 AM 643 Views
"anybody but obama" is not a winning strategy - 14/03/2012 02:28:23 PM 619 Views
It can definitely work.....don't compare 2012 to 2004. - 14/03/2012 02:44:39 PM 490 Views
this is why it will be 2004 all over again if romney is nominated - 16/03/2012 02:22:26 PM 530 Views
It sure as Hell is, as long as the candidate is moderate - 14/03/2012 03:04:10 PM 735 Views
Did you vote for Obama in 2008? - 14/03/2012 03:47:55 PM 489 Views
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Second me on that. *NM* - 15/03/2012 09:25:39 PM 252 Views
Strongly qualifying your statement really weakens the "anyone". *NM* - 14/03/2012 10:14:45 PM 348 Views
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Spoken like a true Obama partisan - 16/03/2012 04:18:21 PM 543 Views
It's actually not about credibility. - 16/03/2012 09:57:41 PM 598 Views
Re: It's actually not about credibility. - 17/03/2012 01:10:52 PM 915 Views
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FL and/or OH and VA. - 14/03/2012 04:55:04 PM 733 Views
Yes, Romney. - 14/03/2012 10:59:26 AM 637 Views
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If you will pardon an impertinent question: Why? - 14/03/2012 03:26:01 PM 595 Views
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Re: That's true- despite how divisive the primaries seem, the GOP will unite behind the winner - 14/03/2012 03:59:25 PM 597 Views
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By the way, did we ever find out wtf William Smith is? - 14/03/2012 04:33:26 PM 655 Views
Just some dude, it matters about as much as Alvin Greene - 14/03/2012 05:59:19 PM 594 Views
The answer to the question is yes. *NM* - 14/03/2012 02:24:51 PM 418 Views
I was thinking no, and here's my rationale: - 14/03/2012 03:41:21 PM 555 Views
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I need a shower.... - 14/03/2012 05:05:51 PM 688 Views
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Yes and no - 14/03/2012 06:23:47 PM 753 Views
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Conservative cookies nomz. But I think you missed my main point... - 14/03/2012 07:09:24 PM 518 Views
And the cookies are not a lie... at last night's meeting, we had Thin Mints - 15/03/2012 09:51:30 PM 633 Views
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Re: Yeah, I just meant perception - 16/03/2012 03:32:07 AM 553 Views
Maybe I am - 16/03/2012 11:57:04 PM 577 Views
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One day Republicans and internet trolls alike will learn not to say weird shit to people like me. - 15/03/2012 12:30:17 AM 705 Views
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me too *NM* - 15/03/2012 11:58:52 PM 225 Views
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