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Posted: 8/4/2009 10:49:09 AM EDT
GOP upset victory in Delaware special election
Brett McCrae Roughly one month ago Delaware State Senator (Senator President Pro Tem as well) Thurman Adams (D) died at the age of 80 from a bout with pancreatic cancer. There was a special election yesterday and the two front runners were Joe Booth (R) and Polly Adams Mervine (D and daughter of the late Senator Thurman Adams). Polly had two major things going for her: 1) she is a Democrat; and 2) she is the daughter of Thurman. Legacy politics is the political way of life in Delaware. Beau Biden won the AG's spot because of his last name... nothing else. Nevertheless Joe Booth won, taking a seat that was held by the Democratic Party for roughly 40 years in a state where the Democrats rule the House, Senate, and the Governor's office. What is most remarkable about the win was the margin. Joe garnered over 60% of the vote in a heavy Democrat area and trounced Adams Mervine by 30 points. I went to a couple of the polling places and the turn out for Republicans was huge. Far be it from me to say this is a bellwether, but I would venture a guess that the current state of local and national politics is beginning to bring out the conservative wing of the Republican Party here. And if it can happen here it will likely happen elsewhere. The only state-wide elected Republican is the RINO Mike Castle. Yeah, that Mike Castle, one of the eight Republicans that voted for Cap and Trade. He had a town hall that was put on you tube and subsequently posted on Drudge. He was holding a Town Hall on Health care and what you see transpired. People (Republicans particularly) are angry at Castle and I think his days are numbered. There will be another Special Election here in DE to fill Booth's seat he vacated in the House and we will see how that goes. But from everything I garner here, there is going to be a shakeup here in state politics that may translate to bigger and better things. Posted at 12:51 PM | Email |
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D's held the seat for 40 years; then lost it by a 30 point margin...
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Quoted: D's held the seat for 40 years; then lost it by a 30 point margin... That makes me feel warm and fuzzy Now that's what I call "Hope and Change"!!! |
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass.
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. |
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D's held the seat for 40 years; then lost it by a 30 point margin... That makes me feel warm and fuzzy Now that's what I call "Hope and Change"!!! Hear Hear! |
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Excellent, and Mike Castle needs to go unfuck himself or GTFO!
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. "there you go again, always with the negative waves!" |
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And so it begins. Me to! I mean, this! damn SKIPPY ,,Screw being a republican, IS HE A CONSERVATIVE? I would vote for a conservative Ape, hell, I would vote BigFoot is he/she was a conservative.. |
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. "there you go again, always with the negative waves!" don't get me a wrong it is a step in the right direction but a very small step. |
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. Still bad news for them. This result result has national implications because of where it happen, I said a couple months ago people might be shocked by what they see in the next couple years in some very liberal states, this might be the start of that. Looking to next year it has to scare the hell out of Democratic Congress Critters combine that with the reaction Democrats going home are getting and I to believe this will put the final nails in the coffin of health care reform as proposed by Democratic leadership and Obama. They may be able to get some healthcare bill through so they can claim victory but it will be a drastically scaled back bill not resembling where they started. |
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This can be a snowball effect if we push it...REPUBLICAN wins Democratic controlled seat!!! At least it will make ACORN get out there and threaten the masses.
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. "there you go again, always with the negative waves!" don't get me a wrong it is a step in the right direction but a very small step. Still wrong my friend, this is a HUGE step in the right direction. Libs live and die by election results and you can bet the bank they are paying real close attention. |
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Let's hope NJ is next. Oh Corzine is going down. As is Specter. Maybe even Boxer(!). Hopefully Rubio can beat Christ too, but that might be a long shot. |
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Message is being sent, will it be received? Good question. Do we want the Dems to be running scared and pull back on both Cap & Trade and Obamacare or do we want them to ignore the signs and lose in 2010. Personally I hope they pull back. Helathcare insurance can be improved but lets not go out of control. |
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Obama will be known as Jimmy Carter-With-A-Tan by the time his term is done.
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Message is being sent, will it be received? Good question. Do we want the Dems to be running scared and pull back on both Cap & Trade and Obamacare or do we want them to ignore the signs and lose in 2010. Personally I hope they pull back. Helathcare insurance can be improved but lets not go out of control. Im hoping they will pull back and still lose big, because they have shown their true face and people will no longer believe anything they say. If our so called R leaders are smart and if this deathcare goes down in defeat, they should still use it as a huge political stick against the libs for years. |
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GOP upset victory in Delaware special election Brett McCrae Roughly one month ago Delaware State Senator (Senator President Pro Tem as well) Thurman Adams (D) died at the age of 80 from a bout with pancreatic cancer. There was a special election yesterday and the two front runners were Joe Booth (R) and Polly Adams Mervine (D and daughter of the late Senator Thurman Adams). Polly had two major things going for her: 1) she is a Democrat; and 2) she is the daughter of Thurman. Legacy politics is the political way of life in Delaware. Beau Biden won the AG's spot because of his last name... nothing else. Nevertheless Joe Booth won, taking a seat that was held by the Democratic Party for roughly 40 years in a state where the Democrats rule the House, Senate, and the Governor's office. What is most remarkable about the win was the margin. Joe garnered over 60% of the vote in a heavy Democrat area and trounced Adams Mervine by 30 points. I went to a couple of the polling places and the turn out for Republicans was huge. Far be it from me to say this is a bellwether, but I would venture a guess that the current state of local and national politics is beginning to bring out the conservative wing of the Republican Party here. And if it can happen here it will likely happen elsewhere. The only state-wide elected Republican is the RINO Mike Castle. Yeah, that Mike Castle, one of the eight Republicans that voted for Cap and Trade. He had a town hall that was put on you tube and subsequently posted on Drudge. He was holding a Town Hall on Health care and what you see transpired. People (Republicans particularly) are angry at Castle and I think his days are numbered. There will be another Special Election here in DE to fill Booth's seat he vacated in the House and we will see how that goes. But from everything I garner here, there is going to be a shakeup here in state politics that may translate to bigger and better things. Posted at 12:51 PM | Email SURPRISE COCKFAGS! |
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D's held the seat for 40 years; then lost it by a 30 point margin... That makes me feel warm and fuzzy if this was in some place like texas or florida I would be like meh. but delaware????????????? a republican grabbed a democrats job in delaware. man I hope the dems and Obama keep up the BS. we'll be looking at conservatives running congress and the senate again. 2010 could be 1994 2.0. |
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Quoted: Joe garnered over 60% of the vote in a heavy Democrat area and trounced Adams Mervine by 30 points. I wonder how ACORN will fix that problem..... |
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. May not matter. They can get the implication here, just the same. |
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Message is being sent, will it be received? Good question. Do we want the Dems to be running scared and pull back on both Cap & Trade and Obamacare or do we want them to ignore the signs and lose in 2010. Personally I hope they pull back. Helathcare insurance can be improved but lets not go out of control. Im hoping they will pull back and still lose big, because they have shown their true face and people will no longer believe anything they say. If our so called R leaders are smart and if this deathcare goes down in defeat, they should still use it as a huge political stick against the libs for years. We want them to pull back, if some of this stuff gets passed we may never be able to undo it. The healthcare plan could become the next social security. |
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D's held the seat for 40 years; then lost it by a 30 point margin... That makes me feel warm and fuzzy if this was in some place like texas or florida I would be like meh. but delaware????????????? a republican grabbed a democrats job in delaware. man I hope the dems and Obama keep up the BS. we'll be looking at conservatives running congress and the senate again. 2010 could be 1994 2.0. let's hope they don't piss it away again. not holding my breath, though. |
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. Yep, and it sends a pretty strong message. We will be out voting every time now. The productive in this country are starting to understand that electing democrats is not really a good thing. Before, it was meh, just a few bucks more in taxes, some social benefit will come of it. NOw they are like, holy shit, they want to take everything. TXL |
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It makes you feel all warm and fuzzy until you remember the GOP thinks they are TOO CONSERVATIVE and need to shift left.
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Quoted: Message is being sent, will it be received? Indeed. Republicans will make it work if they have learned their lesson and ACT like it. Otherwise the cycle will repeat. |
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Delaware? Damn! I bet there was some worried clucking in Washington over that.
I heard two Dim congresscritters bitching about the angry crowds bussed in by Republicans to shout down the pro gov health care dims at town hal meetings. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. "there you go again, always with the negative waves!" Good save. |
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This is exactly why the democrats would not allow a special election to fill Obama's senate seat despite the Blagojavich scandal.
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Obama will be known as Jimmy Carter-With-A-Tan by the time his term is done. We can only hope. |
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. Just another nail in that coffin |
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WOW....
This could be a godsend. All those voting for Healthscare now have this to think about. |
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Nice. This might be FAP-worthy for our bretheren up North....behind enemy lines.
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. Yes, but any anger at the libs WILL transfer to Fed when the time comes. This is good. Very good. |
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. Irrelevant. It is an excellent indicator of how voters are feeling. If the Dems want to keep their jobs, especially the yellow dogs, they will kill Obamacare and Cap n' Tax. |
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This election will absolutely kill Obango's death care. The Libs will be running for the tall grass. this was for the STATE senate seat not federal. where votes are still counted |
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Quoted: And so it begins. And for once, that is used quite appropriately. Bravo! |
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And from the deep south:
Daily Kos
Democrats lose another state legislative election by UpstateDem Digg this! Share this on Twitter - Democrats lose another state legislative electionTweet this submit to reddit Share This Tue Jun 09, 2009 at 06:28:13 PM PDT It is incredibly dissapointing to announce that in the race for Alabama's seventh State Senate district, Democrat Laura Hall has lost by an almost two to one margin against Republican Paul Sanford. The seat was held by now Congressman Parker Grifith(D, AL-05). This district was not much like Alabama since the district is based in the city of Huntsville and Barack Obama actually narrowly carried the district, in Alabama. This means that Republicans have cut the Democrats state Senate majority to just a 21-14 vote margin and that since Obama's election, Republicans have picked up a net of three state legislative seats through special elections. http://www.co.madison.al.us/... * Part of the problem may have been that the Democrat in this district was black in a district that was only 33% black. But this is a disturbing trend that is showing up in polling. Independent voters especially are very concerned about the spending going on by Democrats in Washington and they appear to be turning into Republican voters because of this. Its funny that independents had no problem with Republicans from 2001-2004 when they spent billions and billions of dollars on a war that was of no benefit to us. This is the first time I will directly say it. The fact is that I believe we are facing another 1994 in 2010. What may save us from losing much in the US Senate is the fact that most Democrats up are in very blue states and Republicans have a few very vulnerable open seats themselves. The House is a different matter, but I think we will lose a minimum of 15 seats and that number could be as high as 50 if we get a lot more open seats and Obama's approval rating falls below 50%. The most crucial races are state legislative races like this one. If we lose a lot more ground like we have been, Republicans will have a hammerlock on redistricting again and will draw the lines to make sure that we dont have a House majority again for a LONG, LONG time. We need to begin to bring plants in because a storm is coming. |
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