Senate Elections thread

[the makeout hobo]

Originally Posted by partier9

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.

I'd say its at very worse slightly lean democrat. Sununu might win, but the numbers aren't in his favor. Especially if Obama proves himself to have coattails.

[partier9]

Originally Posted by the makeout hobo

I'd say its at very worse slightly lean democrat. Sununu might win, but the numbers aren't in his favor. Especially if Obama proves himself to have coattails.

The shaheens were die hard clinton supporters, her husband made the comment in NH about Obama and drugs i think it was. If obama unifies the democrats than it won't matter, but if the party isn't unified than it might hurt them.

[the makeout hobo]

Originally Posted by partier9

The shaheens were die hard clinton supporters, her husband made the comment in NH about Obama and drugs i think it was. If obama unifies the democrats than it won't matter, but if the party isn't unified than it might hurt them.

It looks like Clinton is hitting the Unity Train hard. SHe's throwing everything behind helping Obama get elected, by the look of it. I wouldn't be too worried.

[Navy Pride]

Originally Posted by the makeout hobo

It looks like Clinton is hitting the Unity Train hard. SHe's throwing everything behind helping Obama get elected, by the look of it. I wouldn't be too worried.

I would never turn my back on the Clintons..........You might find a knife in it........

[DarkWizard12]

Originally Posted by Navy Pride

I would never turn my back on the Clintons..........You might find a knife in it........

If Obama chooses Clinton as his VP, he should be afraid for his life.

[galenrox]

Originally Posted by Skip

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).

I can't find any videos of the campaign ads he was running, but knowing Leach refused to run television ads (as he deemed it a sign of a lack of integrity, as he would have to spend more time fundraising than legislating if he was going to have the money necessary to do so) he ran ads that never mentioned his record, Leach's record, anything either has or even intended to ever do, or anything specific either intends to do (except Loebsack promising Universal Health Care - obviously a promise someone seeking a freshman seat in the house of representatives can expect to fulfill...). Every ad was a bunch of common multi-cultural Johnson County-type Iowans sitting around a table and one will say "You know, Jim Leach is a good man, but he's lost touch with common Iowans". "Yeah, he's definitely gone Washington" and then somewhere they throw "Universal health care" into every single ad. It didn't present a single reason for someone to vote for either, not even suggesting at a justifiable reason to vote for either (except, of course, those too ignorant to realize freshman congressmen have about the same power over legislation as my dog), he just played on pure knee-jerk emotion.

And Vilsack, his "principles" tended to be dictated by his further political ambitions (the views of whoever might get him the next step higher), so yeah, you're right that he didn't care much about what Iowans thought.

[galenrox]

Turns out there's another race to watch with a potential Republican pick up. In New Jersey incumbent Democrat Frank Lautenberg is facing Republican Dick Zimmer. There has only been one poll, from June 4th, with Lautenberg, who turned 84 earlier this year, leading Zimmer by only 1, 45-44.

[the makeout hobo]

Originally Posted by galenrox

Turns out there's another race to watch with a potential Republican pick up. In New Jersey incumbent Democrat Frank Lautenberg is facing Republican Dick Zimmer. There has only been one poll, from June 4th, with Lautenberg, who turned 84 earlier this year, leading Zimmer by only 1, 45-44.

Who did the polling?

[galenrox]

Originally Posted by the makeout hobo

Who did the polling?

Rasmussen with a sample of 500 likely voters.

[the makeout hobo]

Originally Posted by galenrox

Rasmussen with a sample of 500 likely voters.

Really? Small sample size, but other than that, a fairly reputable poll. I'd be worried if I was Lautenburg, at least until new polling comes out.