Senate Elections thread

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Originally Posted by Navy Pride

I wonder how much effect the poor approval rating of the democratic controlled congress will have on the 2008 congressional elections......I tink the last time I saw a poll they were at 13% the lowest in history.........It just may be a wild card in the whole scenario.....

What is that old saying? "Kick the bums out."

And that's why the Democrats look to pick up seven or eight seats in the Senate?

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By the way there's an interesting situation in Iowa. Incumbent Tom Harkin isn't going to have any trouble keeping his seat, but the GOP primary was crazy on Tuesday. There were three candidates: New guy Christopher Reed, idiot Steve Rathje (who refused to debate because he can't form a coherent sentence), and the experienced George Eichhorn (clearly the best choice and best chance to win in November).

Reed: 25,159 (35.29%)
Eichhorn: 24,756 (34.71%)
Rathje: Can't find a # but had 30%

And 35% is the nominating threshold too.. pretty crazy.

The GOP is also hapless in my district, take a look at their primary results for the House:

Dr. Miller-Meeks: 7,360
Teahen: 7,251

Needless to say both Teahen and Eichhorn are looking for recounts, although Teahen is being much more of an *** about it.

[galenrox]

Originally Posted by Skip

And that's why the Democrats look to pick up seven or eight seats in the Senate?

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By the way there's an interesting situation in Iowa. Incumbent Tom Harkin isn't going to have any trouble keeping his seat, but the GOP primary was crazy on Tuesday. There were three candidates: New guy Christopher Reed, idiot Steve Rathje (who refused to debate because he can't form a coherent sentence), and the experienced George Eichhorn (clearly the best choice and best chance to win in November).

Reed: 25,159 (35.29%)
Eichhorn: 24,756 (34.71%)
Rathje: Can't find a # but had 30%

And 35% is the nominating threshold too.. pretty crazy.

The GOP is also hapless in my district, take a look at their primary results for the House:

Dr. Miller-Meeks: 7,360
Teahen: 7,251

Needless to say both Teahen and Eichhorn are looking for recounts, although Teahen is being much more of an *** about it.

The Iowa Republican party has been a joke for a while. That governor before Vilsack, I heard stories about him taking his son water skiing on the corn fields after the '93 flood, running Jim "I'm a Sellout" Nussle in 2006, Chuck Grassley is the only thing going for them.

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Originally Posted by galenrox

The Iowa Republican party has been a joke for a while. That governor before Vilsack, I heard stories about him taking his son water skiing on the corn fields after the '93 flood, running Jim "I'm a Sellout" Nussle in 2006, Chuck Grassley is the only thing going for them.

You got that right... I'm still ashamed to live in a state that continues to re-elect Steve King to the House...

[galenrox]

Originally Posted by Skip

You got that right... I'm still ashamed to live in a state that continues to re-elect Steve King to the House...

Eh, I was also embarrassed to live in a state that elected Dave Loebsack, Chet Culver, continually elected Jim Nussle, Tom Vilsack, all of them were/are steaming piles of ****. I don't think particularly highly of the body politic in Iowa, albeit it's still superior to the body politic in Chicago.

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Originally Posted by galenrox

Eh, I was also embarrassed to live in a state that elected Dave Loebsack, Chet Culver, continually elected Jim Nussle, Tom Vilsack, all of them were/are steaming piles of ****. I don't think particularly highly of the body politic in Iowa, albeit it's still superior to the body politic in Chicago.

I definitely see your point about Nussle. I also don't think too highly of Culver. But Vilsack and Loebsack are two politicians who I feel always do what they think is the right thing for their constituents. Regardless of their politics, isn't that all we can ask from politicians?

[galenrox]

Originally Posted by Skip

I definitely see your point about Nussle. I also don't think too highly of Culver. But Vilsack and Loebsack are two politicians who I feel always do what they think is the right thing for their constituents. Regardless of their politics, isn't that all we can ask from politicians?

Loebsack is a piece of ****, if I saw him dying of thirst on the side of the road I would pull over only to pour out a bottle of water so he knew that I made a conscious decision to let him die. The campaign he ran against Jim Leach was the skeeziest, bottom-feeding-ist, dirty ass playing to the lowest common denominator **** I have ever seen. My roommate is from Mt. Pleasant originally, Vilsack used to be his mayor, he was then the same as he was as governor, doing what he can to get to higher office without thinking twice about his current constituents. We're very lucky he's too stupid to be successful in getting any higher.

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Originally Posted by galenrox

Loebsack is a piece of ****, if I saw him dying of thirst on the side of the road I would pull over only to pour out a bottle of water so he knew that I made a conscious decision to let him die. The campaign he ran against Jim Leach was the skeeziest, bottom-feeding-ist, dirty ass playing to the lowest common denominator **** I have ever seen. My roommate is from Mt. Pleasant originally, Vilsack used to be his mayor, he was then the same as he was as governor, doing what he can to get to higher office without thinking twice about his current constituents. We're very lucky he's too stupid to be successful in getting any higher.

Do you have anything that I can look at regarding Loebsack's dirty campaign? I recognize that Jim Leach (who is a great person) ran an imamculate campaign which may have made Loebsack's look worse in comparison.

I thought Vilsack acted admirably in the office of governor and followed his principles rather than the polls of the day (see eminent domain bill veto).

[partier9]

Originally Posted by the makeout hobo

I just don't see anyone overtaking a 20 point lead, short of a macaca moment. I just don't see it happening. NH and VA are practically safe dem at this point.

NH is now where as dem as VA and it isn't as it appears. Are to Dem congressmen were only elected because two years ago everyone was pissed of at the Repuplicans. But Jeb Bradley our ex congressman for district one who lost 2 years ago to the Carol Shea Porter. Hes beating her in the poles right now and she is the biggest idiot ive ever seen in politics. Now Hodes will win the second district again. The Gov might resign because he has put us in a giant hole economic debt or somthing like, anyways not good. The only way he sees how to fix that is by raisning taxes, which in NH means you are going to die.

[the makeout hobo]

Originally Posted by partier9

NH is now where as dem as VA and it isn't as it appears. Are to Dem congressmen were only elected because two years ago everyone was pissed of at the Repuplicans. But Jeb Bradley our ex congressman for district one who lost 2 years ago to the Carol Shea Porter. Hes beating her in the poles right now and she is the biggest idiot ive ever seen in politics. Now Hodes will win the second district again. The Gov might resign because he has put us in a giant hole economic debt or somthing like, anyways not good. The only way he sees how to fix that is by raisning taxes, which in NH means you are going to die.

Firstly, please proof-read your posts. It makes it easier to read. Now considering that Shaheen is leading Sununu by 7%, she is currently favored to win. A lot can change, but things are looking good for her.

[partier9]

Originally Posted by the makeout hobo

Firstly, please proof-read your posts. It makes it easier to read. Now considering that Shaheen is leading Sununu by 7%, she is currently favored to win. A lot can change, but things are looking good for her.

sorry about that i had to leave and i didn't look over what i had typed.

If you look at the polls from the past few months you would see that Sununu is gaining ground.