Weekly Open Thread: Netroots Nation Edition

Since James, Crisitunity and I are all at Netroots Nation, we’re taking a little bit of a break for the rest of the week and getting started early on the weekly open thread. Jeff is still manning the helm, and of course, if anything big breaks, we’ll hit it. But for now, have fun.

253 thoughts on “Weekly Open Thread: Netroots Nation Edition”

  3. Curious for people’s opinions.  Mine are some of the following though I forget races from time to time.

    FL-Gov: To me this could really helps Dems move towards evening out Florida at the House level and the statehouses as well.  Plus it gives our 2016 Prez nominee a potential gangbusters VP nom in Sink wins in 2010 and 2014.

    TX-GOV: Same as above to be quite honest.  Also, those of you who know know I’m an idealist who truly believe in “Campaigns and candidates matter”.  If Martha Coakley can lose in Massachusetts as a bad candidate/campaign, then Bill White can win in Texas with a good campaign/candidacy.

    NH-SEN: Sadly, I think Ayotte gets entrenched in NH FOREVER if she wins, jsut liekt he ladies in Maine.  I don’t want that.

    PA-SEN: I live in PA so this matters, and I also think its a bellweather race.  

    VA-05:  I think I got the number right, whatever it is its Periello’s district.  I like guys who vote either their conscience or their voters will.  Periello is the rare bird who does the former very well.  I know not if he represents his districts views (this election will probably tell us, huh :-)), but he has done what he said he would and to me that’s nice to see.  He’s principled.

    VT-GOV: I know I’m crazy on this one.  And I know Leahy is only 70, but god forbid if he resigns or has health issues of some kind, this would net a Republican appointment and offer a Republican pickup opportunity if a Republican is Gov and Leahy steps down.

    What are yours?

  4. If you could pick any candidate to win in the 2010 elections who would it be? The only thing is it can’t be someone from the state you live in now or any state you have ever lived in. I can’t pick Brad Ellsworth or Baron Hill because I live in Indiana and I also can’t pick Jack Conway because I lived in Louisville for a bit. It can be anyone; Senator, Congressman, Governor, state rep, county executive whatever. For me I would probably chose Robin Carnahan as she is progressive and from a swing state, if we could win an open seat in a McCain state in a bad year that would be great. Plus I really like her and feel she would be a terrific Senator.  

  6. at the Netroots Nation this morning, the Elaine Marshall campaign said an internal poll showed them beating Burr by two points. It’s supposed to be released this afternoon.

    I think it’s highly likely Burr is winning though, but not by a big margin.

  7. West Virginia Republicans beat their heads against a wall. This is the reason Capito did not enter; she didn’t want to be teabagged by rich businessman and then enter a short general election campaign against Manchin with no resources.  

  11. $28m in 40 districts.

    Alabama Rep. Bobby Bright; Arizona Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, Harry Mitchell, and Gabrielle Giffords; California Rep. Jerry McNerney; Colorado Rep. Betsy Markey; Florida Reps. Allen Boyd and Suzanne Kosmas; Iowa Rep. Leonard Boswell; Illinois Reps. Debbie Halvorson and Bill Foster; Indiana Rep. Joe Donnelly; Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton; Michigan Rep. Mark Schauer, Mississippi Rep. Travis Childers; North Carolina Rep. Larry Kissell; North Dakota Rep. Earl Pomeroy; New Mexico Rep. Harry Teague; Nevada Rep. Dina Titus; New York Reps. Bill Owens and Michael Arcuri; Ohio Reps. Steve Driehaus, Mary Jo Kilroy and John Boccieri; Pennsylvania Reps. Kathy Dahlkemper, Chris Carney, Paul Kanjorski and Mark Critz; South Carolina Rep. John Spratt; South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin; Texas Reps. Chet Edwards and Ciro Rodriguez; Virginia Reps. Tom Perriello, Glenn Nye and Gerry Connolly; and Wisconsin Rep. Steve Kagen.

    http://www.politico.com/news/s…

  15. Nathan Deal 49% (R), Roy Barnes 43% (D) – GA GOV

    Karen Handel 45% (R), Roy Barnes 44% (D) – GA GOV

    28% think Barnes is extreme – GA-GOV

    Marco Rubio 35% (R), Charlie Crist 33% (I), Kendrick Meek 20% (D) – FL-SEN

    And Cuomo leads by large margins in NY-GOV

  17. Ken Hechler’s entry into WV-Sen makes me wonder about other nonagenarian (or older!) political candidates.  Here are the ones I can think of:

    Ken Hechler (WV-Sen, 2010), 95

    Granny D (NH-Sen, 2004), 94

    Strom Thurmond (SC-Sen, 1996), 93

    Any others you can think of?  Who is the oldest political candidate in US history?

  18. http://www.politico.com/news/s…

    If Burris is nominated by Democrats, and Republican also decide not to nominate Kirk and run someone else, I would bet on Andy McKenna, Republican will likely have two more Senate seats before January (DE special). IDK if it would be better to run in both for the candidate or not. Sure, it gives them the ability to raise twice the money. That could hurt Alexi though, as that would probably make the fundraising gap between him and Kirk bigger. However, it could also confuse voters. Many might only vote in the special, and leave the regular election blank, hurting the candidates in what will be a very close race.  

  19. After Ken Buck’s high heel comment, I think a Palin endorsement of Norton is even more likely than before. Reasons:

    1. Jane Norton is a pro-life woman running against a man. Usually in these matchups, Palin endorses the woman.

    2. Palin has been very loyal. Norton was the McCain campaigns biggest surrogate in CO. She has been loyal to people who helped her and McCain out (Fiorina, McCain,) another sign of loyalty: Marco Rubio, obvious candidate for a Palin endorsement, right? Well, Palin has yet to endorse him, even after Crist left the party. Why? Crist was a big help to McCain in the primary and general, and Crist was a Republican governor. Palin has been very loyal to the RGA. RGA asked her to endorse Martinez, Palin endorsed. They asked her to endorse Haley, Palin endorsed Asked for a Fallin endorsement, she endorsed Fallin. I’m not sure if they had anything to do with the Handel endorsement, but I wouldn’t be surprised. Also, the RGA appears to favor Rita Meyer in WY. I wouldn’t be surprised if they asked Palin to endorse her to. Her loyalty is the main reason I see her endorsing Norton, with Buck’s sexist comments a little boost.  

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