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Stephen Colbert's Sister Could Stun Republicans and Win a House Seat.....
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No. She did not appoint Sanford to the Senate. She appointed the African American Congressman for whose Congressional seat Sanford is now running.
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Yeah, what do those Republicans know that say “Majorities are elected to do things, and if they become dysfunctional, the American people will change what the majority is,”.
I am glad you have finally realized the precarious Position those Democrats are in.....including that Joke you call a President.
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I am glad you have finally realized the precarious Position those Democrats are in.....including that Joke you call a President.
Ha! You have a peculiar notion of what precarious means ~
"Only 19 percent of Americans approved of the job Republican leaders did on the issue, while 48 percent said they approved of Obama’s handling of the negotiations, according to a Pew Research Center poll.
A poll by conservative-leaning Rasmussen — taken Dec. 30, at the height of the fiscal-cliff drama — showed Democrats with an 11-point lead over Republicans in the generic congressional ballot. Though the gap has narrowed this month, Rasmussen found deep dissatisfaction among GOP voters with the party’s congressional leadership: Sixty-three percent of Republican voters think it is out of touch with the base."
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Ha! You have a peculiar notion of what precarious means ~
"Only 19 percent of Americans approved of the job Republican leaders did on the issue, while 48 percent said they approved of Obama’s handling of the negotiations, according to a Pew Research Center poll.
A poll by conservative-leaning Rasmussen — taken Dec. 30, at the height of the fiscal-cliff drama — showed Democrats with an 11-point lead over Republicans in the generic congressional ballot. Though the gap has narrowed this month, Rasmussen found deep dissatisfaction among GOP voters with the party’s congressional leadership: Sixty-three percent of Republican voters think it is out of touch with the base."
Yeah.....I do when there are 30 Republican States and we just need 5 more for 2/3rds of the Country. While Holding the House, with A Democratic led Senate that have 20 Seats up for Re-election for this Midterm. Wherein the Democrats wont be taking the House. But have a major battle and difficulties just to try and hold the Senate.
Course the Polling I had thrown up in another thread also Showed that not only did the Republicans have a dismal rating but so to the Democratic Leadership. At 69% respectively.
Now Obama himself isn't polling so well. Which he just keeps on taking the hits. Usually happens to the Lame Ducks.
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Yeah I know.....it's a tuff a job. But somebody has to do it.
It is real clear that he cannot fight the good fight on the same ground that the Left does. So we are changing that up. Now there will be those that can and on all levels of the game. Including the Democrats favorite. The Low Down Dirty Shame.
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Shaddup and get back to work. :lol:
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Well Sanford just officially won the primary. It's looking like this could be another bungling of an otherwise safe GOP seat.
Democrats have had problems with candidate selection before, but the last few years have been excruciatingly bad for Republicans in terms of losing winnable seats due to poor candidates.
Democrats have had problems with candidate selection before, but the last few years have been excruciatingly bad for Republicans in terms of losing winnable seats due to poor candidates.
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Then again, as long as the party of "R" keeps putting up the likes of Akin, O'Donnell, Palin, Bachman, Mourdack, Angle, Buck, Cain on the ballot, of course a dead horse is going to appear preferable to the electorate.
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Sanford will win easily.
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I doubt there were too many people who voted for both of those people (one or the other, sure, but not both), and it'd be remarkable if someone who did posted here at DP.
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Sanford will win easily.
Sandfords is a career politican, whose tenure as govenor was marked by ethical scandels.
Sandfords can not win on his record.
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The district is all golf courses and military retirees. Sanford by at least 10 points.
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The district is all golf courses and military retirees. Sanford by at least 10 points.
I don't know. The district is only about +11 points Republican. Akin and Mourdock last year underperformed by 25 and 17 points last year. But their gaffes were different than Sanford's scandal. Plus it's a special election so turnout would be weird. A 10 point Sanford win wouldn't surprise me, but neither would a Colbert-Busch win.
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I meant a collective "You", as in "your party." Democrats will elect, and re-elect, the damnedest people.
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There's assholes on both sides, don't start a "holier than thou" scenario here acting like the Republicans don't have a few nuts...
By that logic I can say that YOU voted for Michelle Bachmann, by far the biggest looney toon in congress.
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I agree about both sides to a degree, but you can't compare Michelle Bachman to Al Sharpton or Marion Berry. One is diametrically opposed to your views, while the other two are tax cheats and glorfied drug-addicted mob bosses.
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Stephen Colbert may have opted not to pursue a serious political campaign, but another Colbert, his sister, is embarking on one of her own. And though it's still too soon to predict the final outcome, early signs indicate that she has a surprisingly good chance of pulling off a huge upset and capturing what was once a solidly Republican seat.
On Tuesday, a Public Policy Polling survey showed Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a virtual tie with likely challenger Mark Sanford in the special election to fill South Carolina's vacant House seat. Busch led Sanford 47 percent to 45 percent, just within the poll's 2.9 percent margin of error.
The poll also found Busch tied, at 43 percent, with Curtis Bostic, her other potential foe for the May special election. Bostic and Sanford will go head-to-head in a Republican primary run-off next week, a contest Sanford is heavily favored to win, despite having left the governor's office in disgrace after his bizarre extramarital affair came to light four years ago.
That Busch is performing so well may come as a bit of a surprise. The seat in question, representing South Carolina's 1st District, is reliably red. It hasn't been held by a Democrat in more than 30 years, and Tim Scott (R) last November won re-election there with 62 percent of the vote — double what his Democratic challenger received. (In December, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) appointed Scott to fill a vacant Senate seat, prompting the special election.).....snip~
Stephen Colbert's sister could stun Republicans and win a House seat - The Week
So does anybody think Colbert's sister can win this House Seat? Do we have any from SC that is up on this situation?
Why did the Southern Cons allow this Putz to run for the House Seat? This is what I have brought up in the past about Southern Cons trying to make moves without checking with others. Why would you even Risk this House seat over this Douchebag?
What did we tells ya? The Rest of us that lean Right autta come down there and smacks ya upside the head.
Ya'll best not lose that seat. Otherwise we gonna have to make ya an offer ya can'ts refuse.
The republicans have a knack of nominating some pretty dumb candidates, last year the GOP gave away Indiana and Missouri to the Democrats in states they should have won with over 60% of the vote. Then in Montana and North Dakota, the Republicans nominate senate candidates that weren't liked there either. The GOP has no one to blame but themselves if they lose this seat and the others I mentioned, not counting Nevada and Delaware in 2010 with extreme no chance to win candidates.
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That's true.....which is something many have been talking about. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, are just the beginning of more people of character stepping in, that are smart, intelligent, about principles and values. We have some very bright and successful women that are rising thru the ranks. I think we will see more vetted by ourselves and with reminders about getting out in front of the camera and playing the Media's game.
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Stephen Colbert may have opted not to pursue a serious political campaign, but another Colbert, his sister, is embarking on one of her own. And though it's still too soon to predict the final outcome, early signs indicate that she has a surprisingly good chance of pulling off a huge upset and capturing what was once a solidly Republican seat.
On Tuesday, a Public Policy Polling survey showed Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a virtual tie with likely challenger Mark Sanford in the special election to fill South Carolina's vacant House seat. Busch led Sanford 47 percent to 45 percent, just within the poll's 2.9 percent margin of error.
The poll also found Busch tied, at 43 percent, with Curtis Bostic, her other potential foe for the May special election. Bostic and Sanford will go head-to-head in a Republican primary run-off next week, a contest Sanford is heavily favored to win, despite having left the governor's office in disgrace after his bizarre extramarital affair came to light four years ago.
That Busch is performing so well may come as a bit of a surprise. The seat in question, representing South Carolina's 1st District, is reliably red. It hasn't been held by a Democrat in more than 30 years, and Tim Scott (R) last November won re-election there with 62 percent of the vote — double what his Democratic challenger received. (In December, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) appointed Scott to fill a vacant Senate seat, prompting the special election.).....snip~
Stephen Colbert's sister could stun Republicans and win a House seat - The Week
So does anybody think Colbert's sister can win this House Seat? Do we have any from SC that is up on this situation?
Why did the Southern Cons allow this Putz to run for the House Seat? This is what I have brought up in the past about Southern Cons trying to make moves without checking with others. Why would you even Risk this House seat over this Douchebag?
What did we tells ya? The Rest of us that lean Right autta come down there and smacks ya upside the head.
Ya'll best not lose that seat. Otherwise we gonna have to make ya an offer ya can'ts refuse.
She should win, that sleaze ball Sanford shouldn't get the time of day from the Republican voters.