2010 elections

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101110/ap_on_re_us/us_alaska_senate Honestly, if a voter misspells "Murkowski" by a letter or two, should the vote really not count? I guess the answer is "yes", if you are a Republican. So much for respecting the will of the people.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101103/ap_on_el_se/us_delaware_senate_3 Thanks Christine, we really needed this victory. Your check is in the mail. :D

Projected winners so far: IL 49-43 Kirk [R]... NV TIED... Arkansas: Boozman (R) over Lincoln (D) California: Boxer [D] over Fiorina [R] Florida: Rubio [R] over Crist [I], Meek [D] Ohio: Portman (R) over Fisher (D) North Dakota: Hoeven (R) over Potter (D) Wisconsin: Johnson (R) over...

I'm out of town and I forgot to get an absentee ballot.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101029/ap_on_el_se/us_florida_senate_clinton_17 "MIAMI – Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek said Friday it was his independent opponent — not former President Bill Clinton — who suggested that he drop out of the Florida Senate race. Denying published...

You would definitely think so after you watch this..Gotta love the "Aqua Buddha"! Is that the new flying spaghetti monster? Ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCa8xw9yGY Go Tea Party candidates! ""Paul is almost the perfect tea party flag bearer. The first-time candidate and...

Pretty sad that they are reducing themselves to personal attacks. ""A recent study by the Wesleyan Media Project actually quantifies this. They looked at 900,000 airing of political ads this year and concluded: "Democrats are using personal attacks at much higher rates than Republicans and a...

http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/10/caprio-criticizes-obama-over-n.html "PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio, in a radio interview Monday morning, reacted angrily to President Obama's decision not to endorse him during a visit to the Ocean State Monday. "He can...

..Be back when I can figure out how to post the campaign sign.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/print_friendly.php?ID=nj_20101009_9888 Please do bring in Creationism, Homophobia, Ownership of Women, and the Religion of Tax when desired.:( Oh, and Glenn Beck too...

In a race where the Republican Party was almost a lock to win a seat from the Democratic Party, the Tea Party has ruined that party. Christine O'Donnell is way behind in the polls http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/06/5242685-odonnell-far-behind-in-two-new-polls- The Democrats can...

Some of Joe's ideas The woo is strong in this one. source No wonder he's slipping in the polls.

This thread is dedicated to discussing the sleaziest, most dishonest, and most unfair campaign ads of this election season. I'm especially interested in exploring the relative (dis)honesty of third party ads made possible by Citizens United, compared to ads by candidates and PACs, which have...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poll-20100926,0,4586282,full.story Either the LA Times is fudging the numbers (not unheard of) or Californians really are Stuck On Stupid. Moonbeam Brown? :rolleyes:

http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/25/democratic-house-members-highlight-their-vote-against-tarp-despite-not-being-in-congress-when-it-passed/ So now we have democrats running against TARP. We have them running against the health care bill (in fact, out of 279 democrats who voted for ObamaCare...

Nobody seems to be disputing that Arizona Republicans have found a winning strategy to create division among Democratic voting ranks - fill Green Party positions! And thus kicks off what promises to be a promiseful election season here in the backwoods of Arizona. Election season works a bit...

Carl Paladino is a known racist. He sent out racist emails depicting African tribesmen with the caption "Obama inauguration rehearsal". He sent out another email with a caption "run, ******* run". In light of this, why was he nominated? And beyond that, why is he getting support from GOP...

Not only do they have Christine O'Donnell, but the GOP (tea party) candidate who is running for Mike Castle's old congressional seat is also somewhat of a "character" as well. What the . . . . .??? http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/gop-candidate-hitler-church-state/ What’s even worse is...

Hey, don't touch that!

Wow... the hits just keep on coming... AP Source: Murkowski expects to mount write-in bid I'm guessing the GOP/Tea Party is having fits with this right about now. Not only that, the great irony is that she's going to run as a true independent, not on a party ticket (which is weird because...

Okay, projection & speculation time... So what happens if the Republican party retakes the U.S. House in November? Since this now appears to be a distinct possibility, as outlined by various prediction markets, I shall briefly share my thoughts: 1. It's NOT November yet: It's not a done deal...

Biden Says Democrats Will “Shock the Heck” Out of Everybody in the 2010 Elections Biden bounced back by declaring, “I don’t think the losses are going to be bad at all. I think we’re going to shock the heck out of everybody… I am absolutely confident when people take a look at what has happened...

It has become very clear to be that Meg Whitman has far more money than she has common sense. Put aside the fact that she is so arrogant that she thinks it is good for the state for her to buy the office, or to lay off even more state employees. She expects the California Nurses' Association...

Wow, even a bunch of Tea Party activists are running like hell from her... GOP bad dream: Birther on ticket I feel bad for the Republicans in CA, having to potentially deal with this nutbag on their ticket. Oh well, it should be quite entertaining. :popcorn6

Wow, I found this to be a very interesting read. Essentially, because of the Tea Party lunacy in the GOP primaries, folks in Nevada are taking a second look at Harry Reid and thinking that perhaps he isn't so bad after all... The Ghost of Tea Party Yet-To-Come Hilarious! Between this news...

On a night where lots of people were wondering what would happen to incumbents of both parties, I think the real news is what happened in PA with Murtha's Congressional seat. Dem Critz holds Murtha's Pa. seat I think that bolded part is particularly important, seeing as how that district...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/ "PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday was defeated in a Democratic primary in his bid for a sixth term after taking the risky step of switching from the GOP. Voters picked U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak as the party's nominee and...

Good grief... the media-driven frenzy of covering election year politics strikes yet again. Check out the title of this story... The biggest day in politics yet These are the events that are forecast to be the BIGGEST days in politics yet? This is getting so annoying - such things become a...

Ah, New York politics! Some images on the below link NSFW!) "[Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl] Paladino purports to be the values candidate, but what will values voters say when they discover that he enjoys sending hardcore pornographic and racist emails around town?"

Linda McMahon, former CEO of WWE and husband of Vince McMahon, is running for the Republican nomination for Senator in Connecticut. (Motto: Minnesota elected Jesse Ventura and Al Franken, I gotta have a shot.) Her is a quote from her press releases announcing her candidacy...