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Weekly Open Thread: What Races Are You Interested In?
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Cause apparently there’s going to be another election….in the mind of Norm Coleman at least.
I’m not ruling it out because, if these stupid judges could be persuaded to hold this thing up for this long, they could do anything.
I want to hear more about the future Toomey-Specter showdown and some of the other Democrats (besides Joe Torsella) that are considering jumping in the race now that they know Specter will have to veer to the right.
I’m a bit worried about this one. Republicans are almost guaranteed a top-tier candidate running with their deep bench. Orange County (Orlando being the big city in that county) Mayor Rich Crotty looks to be the guy, and he has near universal name recognition and is quite popular. Ya, the district is trending our way, but Crotty would give Grayson a very tough fight.
FYI, the Orange County Mayor prior to Crotty was Mel Martinez, so obviusly the post is a stepping stone.
Does MT have term limits for Governor? I ask because, should Scweitzer want to run in 2016, he’ll need something to fill 2012-2016.
Is the Pennsylvania establishment settling with Torsella or is someone else getting ready to take on this race?
In 2008 freshman Dem John Adler got elected 52-48. Obama won this district 52-47. A 2-point swing in the national mood could cost us this seat. Also this district could easily be made safer after the 2010 redistricting. In 2008 John Adler was by far the superior candidate, a state Senator running against a nobody, and he still only won 52-48. We can’t take this seat for granted in 2010.
Apart from the blurbs reported on electoral-vote.com?
CQ has posted its Obama-R districts (where Rep House members and Obama both won). It’s an interesting list, and also the first attempt I saw by CQ to detail Obama’s winning % in each House race. I’d imagine their #s are comparable to the ones on this site:
CQ has posted its Obama-R districts (where Rep House members and Obama both won). It’s an interesting list, and also the first attempt I saw by CQ to detail Obama’s winning % in each House race. I’d imagine their #s are comparable to the ones on this site:
Beth Krom goes up with her interim website and invites folks to her first fund-raiser on March 22nd.
The current Congressman, has been a national laughingstock for his comments about Atlas Shrugged finally coming true, but Beth Krom’s opening email also includes one amazing fact about John Campbell.
In four years as Mayor, I was never once contacted by Congressman Campbell to express interest in, or offer assistance on our community priorities. He never attended a single city event, nor did he ever contact me to commend the city on any of our achievements. If the largest city in the 48th District is not being served, what hope is there for the other cities in the district?
What can you say about the arrogance of a Congressman who never once shows up or talks to the Mayor of the largest city in the district? At least Rohrabacher occasionally shows up at stuff to rant about immigrants and deny the science of climate change.
You gotta love Orange County Democrats. Obama carried the 48th Congressional District by over 2500 votes, and now you have the most popular elected official in the largest city in the district running head-on against one of the worst ideologues.
If this isn’t the top of the 2010 ideological shift rating, I don’t know what will be.
McCain was up when the polls gave him a small lead after the Republican convention. It isn’t predictive by any stretch of the imagination.
Chris Bowers has set his sights on Eric Massa for his rationale against the Foreclosure bill;
Whether you agree with Chris or not…who could he possibly primary Massa with, what Republicans could run against him, and will this end up being all that damaging to him.
My guesses are;
1.) Nobody
2.) State Senators Catharine Young and George Winner, State Assemblymen James Bacalles, Tom O’Mara, or Brian Kolb
3.) probably not.
Really? I thought Schwartz was leaning towards running for governor.
always a good obscure quote from a great song.
i’m intrigued by the “specter might switch” rumors. obviously for the short term, it would be a stake in the GOP’s heart. with franken’s seat – there’s that magic little number.
but in ’10 do we tell good democrats to sit back because this 80 year old guy who votes maybe 50% with us wants to run again. it is not ideal.
Cause apparently there’s going to be another election….in the mind of Norm Coleman at least.
I’m not ruling it out because, if these stupid judges could be persuaded to hold this thing up for this long, they could do anything.
I want to hear more about the future Toomey-Specter showdown and some of the other Democrats (besides Joe Torsella) that are considering jumping in the race now that they know Specter will have to veer to the right.
I’m a bit worried about this one. Republicans are almost guaranteed a top-tier candidate running with their deep bench. Orange County (Orlando being the big city in that county) Mayor Rich Crotty looks to be the guy, and he has near universal name recognition and is quite popular. Ya, the district is trending our way, but Crotty would give Grayson a very tough fight.
FYI, the Orange County Mayor prior to Crotty was Mel Martinez, so obviusly the post is a stepping stone.
Does MT have term limits for Governor? I ask because, should Scweitzer want to run in 2016, he’ll need something to fill 2012-2016.
Is the Pennsylvania establishment settling with Torsella or is someone else getting ready to take on this race?
In 2008 freshman Dem John Adler got elected 52-48. Obama won this district 52-47. A 2-point swing in the national mood could cost us this seat. Also this district could easily be made safer after the 2010 redistricting. In 2008 John Adler was by far the superior candidate, a state Senator running against a nobody, and he still only won 52-48. We can’t take this seat for granted in 2010.
PPP (2/28-3/1):
Apart from the blurbs reported on electoral-vote.com?
CQ has posted its Obama-R districts (where Rep House members and Obama both won). It’s an interesting list, and also the first attempt I saw by CQ to detail Obama’s winning % in each House race. I’d imagine their #s are comparable to the ones on this site:
http://www.cqpolitics.com/cq-a…
CQ has posted its Obama-R districts (where Rep House members and Obama both won). It’s an interesting list, and also the first attempt I saw by CQ to detail Obama’s winning % in each House race. I’d imagine their #s are comparable to the ones on this site:
http://www.cqpolitics.com/cq-a…
Beth Krom goes up with her interim website and invites folks to her first fund-raiser on March 22nd.
The current Congressman, has been a national laughingstock for his comments about Atlas Shrugged finally coming true, but Beth Krom’s opening email also includes one amazing fact about John Campbell.
What can you say about the arrogance of a Congressman who never once shows up or talks to the Mayor of the largest city in the district? At least Rohrabacher occasionally shows up at stuff to rant about immigrants and deny the science of climate change.
(Crossposted from Orange County Progressive)
You gotta love Orange County Democrats. Obama carried the 48th Congressional District by over 2500 votes, and now you have the most popular elected official in the largest city in the district running head-on against one of the worst ideologues.
If this isn’t the top of the 2010 ideological shift rating, I don’t know what will be.
McCain was up when the polls gave him a small lead after the Republican convention. It isn’t predictive by any stretch of the imagination.
Chris Bowers has set his sights on Eric Massa for his rationale against the Foreclosure bill;
http://www.openleft.com/showDi…
Whether you agree with Chris or not…who could he possibly primary Massa with, what Republicans could run against him, and will this end up being all that damaging to him.
My guesses are;
1.) Nobody
2.) State Senators Catharine Young and George Winner, State Assemblymen James Bacalles, Tom O’Mara, or Brian Kolb
3.) probably not.
Really? I thought Schwartz was leaning towards running for governor.
always a good obscure quote from a great song.
i’m intrigued by the “specter might switch” rumors. obviously for the short term, it would be a stake in the GOP’s heart. with franken’s seat – there’s that magic little number.
but in ’10 do we tell good democrats to sit back because this 80 year old guy who votes maybe 50% with us wants to run again. it is not ideal.