2018 Midterm Election Thread

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#401
@Grand Vol this is not really on-topic, but I saw a poll showing the favorability of governors and Fallin was dead last. What's going on there?
 
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golfballs said:
Why
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Basically, she hasn't really lived up to the expectations of the voters (even though getting reelected) and has made some serious stupid mistakes this past year. The teacher walkout in April was a big one that put the hammer to her approval rating. Shutting down the Constitutional Carry bill was another. Not opening up the Turnpike Authority like she should have is another and letting them push for an imminent domain land seizure for a turnpike nobody wants pissed a lot of people off. Not going after new businesses while sucking up to the fossil fuel industry only by giving them a tax break a few years ago right as they were booming. Furthermore, nobody is real sure where the casino taxes are ending up.

She's wishy washy over a good many things. In short, she likes the position, but really isn't that good at making good decisions. Also, she's an (R) in a deeply red state and ran pretty much uncontested in 2014. Remember Yellow Dog Democrats? Think Red Dog Republican.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Basically, she hasn't really lived up to the expectations of the voters (even though getting reelected) and has made some serious stupid mistakes this past year. The teacher walkout in April was a big one that put the hammer to her approval rating. Shutting down the Constitutional Carry bill was another. Not opening up the Turnpike Authority like she should have is another and letting them push for an imminent domain land seizure for a turnpike nobody wants pissed a lot of people off. Not going after new businesses while sucking up to the fossil fuel industry only by giving them a tax break a few years ago right as they were booming. Furthermore, nobody is real sure where the casino taxes are ending up.

She's wishy washy over a good many things. In short, she likes the position, but really isn't that good at making good decisions. Also, she's an (R) in a deeply red state and ran pretty much uncontested in 2014. Remember Yellow Dog Democrats? Think Red Dog Republican.
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So generally ineffective/incompetent. Yeah I was curious how a R gov in a deep red state could get that far underwater.
 
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#408
Marsha Blackburn's chances keep getting dimmer and dimmer with the fact that she's gotten more NRA :cough: dark money : cough: than any Tennessee delegate, has specific close ties to the lawyer at the center of the NRA/Russia scandal, and her direct involvement in undermining the DEA in the opioid crisis. Now she's dodging questions about Russian agent Maria Butina and sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexander Torshin. The latest poll has her down 6% to Bredesen.

Tennesseans know the old truism: If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

The universal meaning is simple: Be careful of the company you keep.

Ask Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
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Sohn: NRA's Russia link has ties to Blackburn
 
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TennTom said:
Marsha Blackburn's chances keep getting dimmer and dimmer with the fact that she's gotten more NRA :cough: dark money : cough: than any Tennessee delegate, has specific close ties to the lawyer at the center of the NRA/Russia scandal, and her direct involvement in undermining the DEA in the opioid crisis. Now she's dodging questions about Russian agent Maria Butina and sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexander Torshin. The latest poll has her down 6% to Bredesen.



Sohn: NRA's Russia link has ties to Blackburn
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McCarthy would be proud
 
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TennTom said:
Marsha Blackburn's chances keep getting dimmer and dimmer with the fact that she's gotten more NRA :cough: dark money : cough: than any Tennessee delegate, has specific close ties to the lawyer at the center of the NRA/Russia scandal, and her direct involvement in undermining the DEA in the opioid crisis. Now she's dodging questions about Russian agent Maria Butina and sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexander Torshin. The latest poll has her down 6% to Bredesen.



Sohn: NRA's Russia link has ties to Blackburn
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They haven’t even had their first debate if Bredesen even agrees to one.
 
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NO THANKS GOV BREDESEN.

  • Former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen was "personally courted" by Senator Chuck Schumer to run for the Tennessee senate seat and has donated significant amounts of money to Hillary Clinton.
  • During Bredesen's tenure as governor of Tennessee, the unemployment rate increased from 5.1 percent to 9.5 percent and the number of unemployed Tennesseans increased by 98 percent.
  • When Bredesen was governor, taxes and fees in Tennessee skyrocketed to close to $1 billion; now Bredesen has criticized The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for providing "crumbs" even as thousands of workers in his state are reaping the benefits of the bill in the form of bonuses and pay raises.
  • Bredesen has claimed that Obamacare was "better" because more people have coverage; but in fact, in the years since its enactment, Tennesseans have faced crushing premiums, lost coverage, costly taxes, and fewer options on the state's insurance marketplace.
  • While governor, Bredesen defended a disastrous policy allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driving certificates, a policy which ended after federal investigations revealed applicants using fraud and bribery to obtain driving privileges.
  • Bredesen has supported limitations on Second Amendment rights, and stated we need to "get reasonable" about gun control.
 
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#419
#419
THE DONKEY IS GONE
The NEW Democratic Symbol - no more donkey.


This is truly funny....beats out the donkey!​

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The Democratic Party today announced that it is changing its symbol from the Donkey
to a Condom because it more accurately reflects the Party's political stance.

A condom
allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of
dicks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually being screwed!

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#420
evillawyer said:
Trump weighs big tax cut for rich: report

Real incomes declining, corporate elites getting rich of the tax cuts (average Joe ain't), and now this up for consideration. Are you guys just trying to ensure we take the house AND senate?

Trump weighs big tax cut for rich: report
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There's nothing more predictable than this boilerplate reaction Democrats have to every tax cut in the history of the world. Running against the economy with a class warfare argument is political suicide right now.
 
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#421
#421
Very early, in the special election of House of Representatives Ohio District 12, but Democrat Danny O'Connor is crushing Republican Troy Balderson for whom Trump held a rally. It's currently 63% to 36%. Polls are closed. In the most populated county in the district (one third of the voters), O'Connor leads with 80% of the vote.
 
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TennTom said:
Very early, in the special election of House of Representatives Ohio District 12, but Democrat Danny O'Connor is crushing Republican Troy Balderson for whom Trump held a rally. It's currently 63% to 36%. Polls are closed. In the most populated county in the district (one third of the voters), O'Connor leads with 80% of the vote.
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It's a special election. I fully expect it to go your way.
 
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