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repub governor letting it happen
And do what? Every time we try to get some sort of realistic voter registration and ID, it gets shot down by either the 9th circus or the supreme court. If you have any real ideas, we're all ears. /rant off
Vote from the roof tops. Or hedge rows. Or whatever.And do what? Every time we try to get some sort of realistic voter registration and ID, it gets shot down by either the 9th circus or the supreme court. If you have any real ideas, we're all ears. /rant off
Yep, second seat stolen since last Tuesday.
Who was the first? Why are people in these states just letting this go?
You got a point there. Its not a loss since Flake was such a RINO. Sure would have been nice to see another R pick up the seat. It was a huge battle here. I wonder what the amount of spending was combined on both sides cause I was damn sick and tired of the non stop ads. I sure find it odd that they finally counted all the early vote ballots and they swung heavily Democratic yet the news was saying a week ago that the majority of early ballots (46% R, 28%D, 26% if I recall correctly) were turned in by registered republicans.Even exchange, one Flake for another it appears!!
Liberals are like roaches. They move into an area, fuck it up and move on to greener pastures. Repeat cycle in new area.
At least when John Kyle's seat go up for auction, the governor will likely appoint another republican... but it isn't the consolation I was looking for. Seriously, our newest senator openly protested against our military in a pink dress and called AZ the methlab of democracy. Makes me proud. FFS...
appointed by "who" in the state?
The race was still too close to call when McSally conceded, with the division trending larger against her
There is some speculation that this deal was Republican inspired. McCain's replacement, Jon Kyl, has commented previously that he has no intent to retain the seat beyond December, and has commented on McSally's suitability as his replacement. As things stand, it's an open secret that Gov. Ducey is leaning heavily toward an appointment in such a direction.
It's not what most of us Republican voters intended, and it yields a Senate seat to what many of us voters consider a fatally flawed candidate, but Republican Senate gains, and the prospect of a long and drawn out, seriously hostile recount process gets averted. We don't like what happened, but sometimes the best thing is to know when we're beaten and count our remaining blessings; something the Democrats have yet to figure out.
Personally, I think that Sinema's extreme character will weigh heavily on the Democrats, and that her likely self destruction will lead to a single term legacy. She's in, but probably as an extremist liberal disappointment, even to her own party. She will likely serve as an example of just how inappropriate it an be when pandering to the extremely diverse.
In the end, I think her 'victory' will cost the Democrats even more seats in future elections when the more moderate Democrats take back their party, especially in this unique moment when her electoral victory will now remain forever in doubt.
Greg
She might, but she may also point a new way for extremists to gain seats in less extreme constituencies. Here campaign was a fabric of lies and deception, painting her as the moderate she never was, and never intended to be. Backed enormously by dark money, it proved a successful strategy.
The thing here is that they can fool some of the people some of the time, but for the unbrainwashed, it has a limited effectiveness. Recognize that they did not penetrate the either the Republican voting base or the traditional Democratic base. All they really did was to energize some (and not that many) new voters, at a huge cost per vote. That's a path to diminishing returns that only worked because her campaign invested so hugely in the primaries, eliminating moderate Democratic alternatives, and depriving loyal Democratic voters of a more reasonable candidate.
Also, there was a green candidate who took 2% of the vote, a far larger segment than the actual dividing percentage.
I'm doubtful that a similar context will occur very often, or that the strategy will be cost effective to the donors. In point of fact, all that money helped, but I don't think it assured any outcome that could be worth repetition.
And..., Bloomberg and Soros are not going to live forever.
Greg
I firmly believe all this shit is a dry run to see what they can get away with. So in 2020 the will be in a position to do it where needed to ensure victory.
If you look, Texas is getting a little purple too thanks to the influx of new people.
Figure it out fellas, if Tx goes the presidential elections are done. NY, Cal, Ill, Tx, the entire NE down to NJ, PA and you’re pretty much done. There just aren’t that many “trumps’ in the GOP to stir up the vote.