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who in the planet would have thought a cali senate seat would be hanging at less than one percent right now?anythings possible after electing an obvious socialist, communist to lead this country.  backlash is a bitch when the hopium withdrawal kicks in and the moderates realize who they elected.

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The fact that her opponent is a 'Schwartzenegger style' candidate - an extreme moderate coming from a non-political background...

Helps...

Candidates need to be state-appropriate first and foremost, rather than nationally ideologically-correct...

 

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Is that why you think the Delaware Republicans are about to make a mistake by not nominating the candidate you think should run in the general election?

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Is that why you think the Delaware Republicans are about to make a mistake by not nominating the candidate you think should run in the general election?

West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin and Republican businessman John Raese continue to run a surprisingly close race in the state's special Senate election to replace the late Robert Byrd.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in West Virginia shows Manchin with 50% support and Raese with 45%, when leaners are included. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and three percent (3%) are undecided.

The West Virginia race now moves from Leans Democratic to a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings. Less than two weeks ago, the first post-primary survey of the race moved it from Solid Democratic to Leans Democratic.

Leaners are those who initially indicate no preference for either of the candidates but answer a follow-up question and say they are leaning towards a particular candidate. From this point forward, Rasmussen Reports considers results with leaners the primary indicator of the race.

If leaners are not included, Manchin posts a 48% to 44% lead over Raese. In late August just after the two men won their respective party primaries, Manchin was ahead 48% to 42%. In a hypothetical matchup in July after state legislators officially approved the special Senate election this year, Manchin led Raese by a 51% to 35% margin.

Sixty-six percent (66%) of those who support Manchin say they are already certain how they will vote in November, as do 65% of Raese's backers.

Manchin remains highly popular in the state, with 67% approving of the job he is doing as governor versus 32% who disapprove.

A slight plurality (42%) of West Virginia voters, in fact, say it would be better for the state if Manchin remained as governor. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say it would be more beneficial for West Virginia if Manchin represented it in the Senate, but another 21% are undecided.

Manchin is running in a state hard hit by the bad economy and where disapproval of President Obama is even higher than it is nationally. West Virginia voters also favor repeal of the national health care law more strongly than voters nationwide.

The survey of 500 Likely Voters in West Virginia was conducted on September 8, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/-4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters in the state favor repeal of the health care bill, compared to 56% nationally. Just 29% oppose repeal. These numbers include 49% who Strongly Favor repeal and 18% who are Strongly Opposed.

Seventy-one percent (71%) of those who Strongly Favor repeal support Raese, while 81% of those in the much smaller group who are Strongly Opposed support Manchin.

Forty-nine percent (49%) of all West Virginia voters say repeal will be good for the economy, while 21% say it would be a bad move economically.

Only five percent (5%) of voters in the state describe the U.S. economy as good or excellent, while 57% rate it as poor. Seventeen percent (17%) think the economy is getting better, but 60% say it's getting worse.

Forty-four percent (44%) rate the economy as the number one issue in the race, well ahead of all other issues. Manchin has a narrow lead among these voters.

As for the president, just 36% of West Virginia voters approve of the job he is doing, while 62% disapprove. This is higher disapproval than is found among voters nationwide in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

Manchin is viewed favorably by 70% of West Virginia voters and unfavorably by 29%. This includes 38% with a Very Favorable opinion and 10% with a Very Unfavorable one. Only one percent (1%) have no opinion of the governor.

For Raese, favorables are 54%, with 22% Very Favorable. His unfavorables are 37%, including 19% Very Unfavorable. Just nine percent (9%) don't know the GOP candidate well enough to venture any kind of opinion of him.

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Deleware is obtainable too, but it means putting Mr Castle in the Senate.



If the GOP is going to take the Senate back, it means 2-3 new RINOS, minimum (2-3 hard-Dem states with 'Would be a Dem everywhere else' R senators)

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I know we want the house so we can shut down all the asshattery from the jump but do we even want the Senate?

Most strategies I've heard revolve around taking the House and getting enough in the Senate to effectively create grid lock and lame ducking Obama out of office in 2 years.

If we take both and start cutting taxes and improving the economy and repealing stuff that frees up capital and restores confidence Obama will just take credit and run on it in 2012.

I don't claim to be a a political chess master anyone care to enlighten me?

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Deleware is obtainable too, but it means putting Mr Castle in the Senate.

If the GOP is going to take the Senate back, it means 2-3 new RINOS, minimum (2-3 hard-Dem states with 'Would be a Dem everywhere else' R senators)

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I don't think Castle will win today.


O'Donnell winning in CT DE would be bigger than Brown winning in MA.


However, fuck Castle. I would be willing to have a 49 seat Senate to kick that fucking RINO out on his ass.  (It wouldn't matter because Castle would vote D on all the important stuff anyway)

Reform of the Republican party has to start somewhere.

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Watch for us West Virginians.  We are working hard to hit a home run for the nation.  

Our very popular governor is running for Sen Byrd's seat.  His popularity is 70%.  But he is only a few percentage points above his republican challenger.  The governor is being successfully linked to Obama, and with just a little more tail wind we will retain him as governor and send a Republican to the US Senate.

All this is happening under the national radar.  

From Rasmussen:

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The fact that her opponent is a 'Schwartzenegger style' candidate - an extreme moderate coming from a non-political background...

Helps...

Candidates need to be state-appropriate first and foremost, rather than nationally ideologically-correct...

 

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Oops, thanks.

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I'm not buying the media spin that O'donnell in unelectable.  I think the senate is in play and I would rather we go for it with true conservatives than RINO's.

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Another side effect of O'Donnell winning is that it will add momentum to the tea party. Hopefully showing the GOP that we are serious about reforming the party back to its conservative roots.

 

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House is the important one.



Senate don't mean much with all the RINOs that will be in the Rep column.

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The only thing IL has to offer with Kirk is the opportunity to say that the R's control the Senate. He may just possibly out RINO Snowe and the other RINO's.

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All spending bills originate in the House.