{"id":10566,"date":"2012-09-30T13:10:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T20:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=10566"},"modified":"2012-09-30T13:10:41","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T20:10:41","slug":"and-to-the-no-chance-senate-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2012\/09\/30\/and-to-the-no-chance-senate-races\/","title":{"rendered":"and to The No Chance Senate races"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota<\/a><\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 The surest sign of a politician who is on their way to losing is that they start attacking the polls.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0In a news release titled, “Daddy’s poll,” Osskopp, the Republican U.S. Senate nominee’s campaign manager, attacked the Strib’s recent Minnesota Poll that showed Bills 29 points behind.<\/em>
\n“If ever there was evidence of bias, this is it. A 13 point Democrat advantage in party ID isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t credible to even the most partisan analyst,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Osskopp.<\/em>
\nI know, it’s almost like that other poll that showed a 10-point Democrat advantage! Oh wait\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201d that was Bills’ own poll?<\/em>
\nAnd what about that poll showing a +14 Dem advantage … that Bills\u00c2\u00a0touts on his own website!<\/em><\/p>\n

Kurt Bills, I note, is featured in the latest Reason Magazine article about “Libertarians Running”.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s in the “Long shot” category.\u00c2\u00a0 Or better to say “No Shot”.<\/p>\n

We’re getting into a curious realm in the supposed “War on Women” with Kurt Bills, in tandem with the more viable Todd Akin in Missouri.\u00c2\u00a0 “Don’t forget, Amy’s Dad was a columnist for the Star Tribune for 3 decades. It’s no coincidence that they are pulling for Daddy’s little girl<\/em>.”\u00c2\u00a0 Yeah<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tennessee<\/a><\/strong>… and on in the region.
\nWhile Tennessee Democrats have disowned and vowed not to support nominee Mark Clayton of Whites Creek in the U.S. Senate race \u00e2\u20ac\u201d due to his views on gays and his association with an anti-gay group \u00e2\u20ac\u201d their Alabama counterparts took an even more drastic step with one of their candidates.<\/em>
\nThe Democratic Party there disqualified its nominee for chief justice of the state Supreme Court because of comments he made online about the Republican nominee, accusing him of having \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dementia\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and being \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a devil worshipper.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Party officials felt the comments were improper for a judicial nominee. It just so happened the Democratic nominee in question, Harry Lyon, also had a long history of entering and losing Alabama political races.<\/em>
\nShouldn’t the Alabama Democrats just be happy that the candidate has neutralized that “God” issue down there in the bible belt?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, here’s an interesting choice for the Democratic Party of Tennessee<\/a>.
\nEleven people have signed up to have their names counted as write-in candidates for the U.S. Senate, but the state Democratic Party has not endorsed one as an alternative to their disavowed nominee, Mark Clayton<\/a>. […]<\/em>
\nThe 11 candidates who met the deadline for doing so include two losers in the Aug. 2 Democratic U.S. Senate primary, Nashvillians Larry Crim and Gary Gene Davis, and one loser in the Republican primary, Fred R. Anderson of Maryville.<\/em>
\nCon Flip!\u00c2\u00a0 I would say vote for the Green Party candidate, except this message irks me in its unreality.<\/p>\n

Please consider our campaign for US Senate. www.martinpleasant.com Corker barely won last time!
\n<\/em>Yeah, and he’ll win in a landslide this time.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Rhode Island<\/strong><\/a> Barry Hinkley comes out for crude Big Government, ala looming defense cuts coming with where the deficit cutting deal sunset came in — the “if we can’t pull this off, there will be cuts in defense spending”.<\/p>\n

Naturally you flag this quote<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Remember when Republican Senate candidate Barry Hinckley\u00c2\u00a0courted out-of-state political donors by saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Although many of you who live out of state cannot vote for me \u00e2\u20ac\u201c remember, I can vote for you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? Well, it seems as if one out-of-state group has taken him up on the offer.<\/em><\/div>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Hinckley was\u00c2\u00a0endorsed by the Freedomworks PAC\u00c2\u00a0on Tuesday, which on\u00c2\u00a0its website describes itself as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153leading the fight for lower taxes, less government, and more freedom.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Marlyand<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 Should the Independent be in the debate?
\nJust a day after a poll showed him with more than 20 percent of the vote, an independent U.S. Senate candidate in Maryland wants to be included in upcoming debates between the major party nominees.<\/em>
\nIn asking to be part of the debates, independent Rob Sobhani is citing a Gonzales research poll that shows he is almost even with Republican nominee Dan Bongino. Sobhani, who announced his candidacy earlier this month and is running television ads, received 21 percent of the vote in the poll, to Bongino’s 22 percent. <\/em>
\nIncumbent Democrat Ben Cardin was well ahead of both men at 50 percent. The campaigns for Cardin and Bongino are working on the details for debates, and a spokeswoman for Bongino’s campaign says planning has involved campaigns that went through the primary election process.
\n<\/em>Maybe we can just simplify the matter and limit the debate to Cardin.
\n<\/em>Well, this should boost Bongino.
\nRumsfeld backs Bongino<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Delaware<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Funny<\/a>.
\nThe campaign spokesman for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Wade sent out an email to a list of press contacts this morning (maybe by mistake) outlining his plans to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153gain traction\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the final weeks before election day.
\nHis plan: More press releases \u00e2\u20ac\u201d five a week should do it.<\/p>\n


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