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Mary Landrieu loses to Bill Cassidy in Louisiana Senate Runoff Election

Best news I've heard all day.
 
I didn't even realize the runoff was done.
 
Thanks for posting TD. I heard aboug it this morning and meant to check, then it slipped my mind.
 
Yeah...to bad her own Party threw her under the bus.
 
Yeah...to bad her own Party threw her under the bus.

more like threw her under the oil pipe!

she was always one of the dimmer bulbs in the senate. she made Bean Ball Bunning look like a Rhodes Scholar candidate
 
There is this odd thing I have seen in the election coverage that is in this one too. The media keeps saying the dems faired so badly because the GOP nationalized the election. That is all the democrats ever try to do, so I do not get where they see this as some pro-GOP gambit all of the sudden. The DNC couldn't give two cents about local/state issues.
 
There is this odd thing I have seen in the election coverage that is in this one too. The media keeps saying the dems faired so badly because the GOP nationalized the election. That is all the democrats ever try to do, so I do not get where they see this as some pro-GOP gambit all of the sudden. The DNC couldn't give two cents about local/state issues.

The thing is the RNC pretty much stayed out of the midterms.

The GOP didn't really have to do a damn thing, just sit back and let all of Obama's policies decide the midterm elections.
 
She got her ass handed to her. 59%-41%
 
The thing is the RNC pretty much stayed out of the midterms.

The GOP didn't really have to do a damn thing, just sit back and let all of Obama's policies decide the midterm elections.

Well if spending almost $2B constitutes pretty much staying out of the midterms then you are correct.
 
Well if spending almost $2B constitutes pretty much staying out of the midterms then you are correct.

You do know who the RNC and DNC are don't you ? If you didn't I doubt you would be a politico and would be participating on the DP.

Party Fundraising

>" With the rise of outside groups, the national party structures have been undermined to a certain degree. Super PACs and politically-active nonprofits give big donors many more ways to support their preferred party and candidates. That may be one reason why both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committees are projected to spend less than they did four years ago. The DNC has spent $114.8 million so far, lagging behind the RNC’s $125 million, and CRP projects it will spend $155.3 million to the RNC’s projected $169.1 million. In 2010, the DNC spent $228.3 million and the RNC, $215.7 million — significantly more than this time around. For the Democrats, that’s a significant decline from 2010, when the DNC spent $228.3 million. Similarly, the RNC spent $215.7 million in 2010.
The same is not true, though, of the other left-leaning party committees, including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Possibly because of President Obama’s vigorous fundraising for those groups, they are projected by CRP to spend a total of $427 million by Election Day. That is the single area where Democrats are projected to have a significant advantage. Republican equivalents — the National Republican Congressional Committee and National Republican Senatorial Committee — are projected to spent $330.9 million."<

Election to Cost Nearly $4 Billion, CRP Projects, Topping Previous Midterms | OpenSecrets Blog
 
There is this odd thing I have seen in the election coverage that is in this one too. The media keeps saying the dems faired so badly because the GOP nationalized the election. That is all the democrats ever try to do, so I do not get where they see this as some pro-GOP gambit all of the sudden. The DNC couldn't give two cents about local/state issues.

Obama nationalized the election making it clear his policies would be on the ballot, thus the Republican landslide.

Senators like Landreau, pawns to Obama, are now out of a job.
 
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064063752 said:
Obama nationalized the election making it clear his policies would be on the ballot, thus the Republican landslide.

Senators like Landreau, pawns to Obama, are now out of a job.

she's a dim dullard who got where she was based on her father-a former NO mayor.
 
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064063752 said:
Obama nationalized the election making it clear his policies would be on the ballot, thus the Republican landslide.

Senators like Landreau, pawns to Obama, are now out of a job.

Seemed like the exact opposite to me. Obama basically stayed out of the race because many of the idiots running thought being affiliated with him would be bad due to his approval rating. How quickly they forget who elected them.
 
Seemed like the exact opposite to me. Obama basically stayed out of the race because many of the idiots running thought being affiliated with him would be bad due to his approval rating. How quickly they forget who elected them.

They were damned if they did and damned if they didn't.

They couldn't run on Obama's record and they didn't have any other record to run on. I'd say it's their own fault for placing their eggs in his basket.
 
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064063752 said:
Obama nationalized the election making it clear his policies would be on the ballot, thus the Republican landslide.

Senators like Landreau, pawns to Obama, are now out of a job.

The DNC tried not to run a national campaign. It was like Freaky Friday, but on Tuesday. The two parties switched strategies from past elections.
 
They were damned if they did and damned if they didn't.

They couldn't run on Obama's record and they didn't have any other record to run on. I'd say it's their own fault for placing their eggs in his basket.

Possibly, but he's not historically unpopular for a president at the end of his 2nd term (I don't think at least). Seems like the last thing you want to do is mix up your message when running in a tight race.

In my state, Kay Hagan ran a terrible race. Both sides were ridiculously negative the entire time. Kay Hagan at no time stuck up for herself or Obama, but rather only attacked her opponent. That's a dumb idea, and it didn't work.

Maybe she shouldn't have won no matter what - but I doubt it. It was a close race, and she ran a ****ty campaign.
 
You do know who the RNC and DNC are don't you ? If you didn't I doubt you would be a politico and would be participating on the DP.

Party Fundraising

>" With the rise of outside groups, the national party structures have been undermined to a certain degree. Super PACs and politically-active nonprofits give big donors many more ways to support their preferred party and candidates. That may be one reason why both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committees are projected to spend less than they did four years ago. The DNC has spent $114.8 million so far, lagging behind the RNC’s $125 million, and CRP projects it will spend $155.3 million to the RNC’s projected $169.1 million. In 2010, the DNC spent $228.3 million and the RNC, $215.7 million — significantly more than this time around. For the Democrats, that’s a significant decline from 2010, when the DNC spent $228.3 million. Similarly, the RNC spent $215.7 million in 2010.
The same is not true, though, of the other left-leaning party committees, including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Possibly because of President Obama’s vigorous fundraising for those groups, they are projected by CRP to spend a total of $427 million by Election Day. That is the single area where Democrats are projected to have a significant advantage. Republican equivalents — the National Republican Congressional Committee and National Republican Senatorial Committee — are projected to spent $330.9 million."<

Election to Cost Nearly $4 Billion, CRP Projects, Topping Previous Midterms | OpenSecrets Blog

So youur response is to provide a link to an article that shows I am correct? Thanks but I knew I was correct when I said it the first time. (Here is a hint: Look at the title of your article)
 
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