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...adding, the headline numbers (Republican Senate primary):

Rubio 60
Crist 28

Among conservatives within the GOP:

Rubio 71
Crist 17

Crist is the current (very popular) Governor of Florida.  Stunning, really.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 04:47:00 PM EST
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I take it that there isn't a real democrat who stands a chance here.

it's just that the dems do seem to have an issue with defecting repugnicans who turn blue dog DINO in office.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:09:43 PM EST
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Exactly my concern with Crist jumping parties.  

Party labels in the US are rapidly becoming even more meaningless, a development I thought was impossible.  There's every chance Crist could win the Dem primary and go on to win the seat without changing any of his positions, such as they are.  From a governance POV: a disaster.

by ATinNM on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:16:48 PM EST
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You order a disaster, I give you Florida.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:20:37 PM EST
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Do I get fries with that?

Can I SuperSize®?

Been so busy with other stuff - life, reality, & all that - I haven't been paying attention to the ebbs and swells.  Need to get busy getting informed.  This election year is shaping up to be one massive Charlie Fox for both major parties.

by ATinNM on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:35:16 PM EST
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I'm with Kos on the election.  I keep hearing through the mainstream press that the Dems are d00m3d, and I'm just not seeing it in the polling.

Gonna lose some seats in the House.  Feels like they lose about 20, leaving them with what would still be a pretty solid majority.  And the 20 losers would mostly be Blue Dogs anyway.

That seems like a decent bet.  And pretty normal, historically.

In the Senate it's much more mixed, because there are many seats in which the Dems have a good a shot at offsetting losses or even making a gain or two, when you take Ohio, Missouri, etc, into account.

In either case, I think you're heading into 2012 with both houses of Congress and probably better than even odds at gaining back much of what you lose and the presidency.

Not a guarantee or a prediction or anything really.  But that's how it feels to me right now.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:49:58 PM EST
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The real Democrat isn't incredibly real.  He's Kendrick Meek, a congressman who got his seat when his mother left office.  He's a DLC legacy admission.

He's also down 20 points in the general against Marco Rubio, the wingnut, and the gap is growing.

His pathetic campaign hasn't helped.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:18:43 PM EST
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Ah yes.  

The OTHER reason the Florida Senate race is a constant source of amusement.

by ATinNM on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:36:49 PM EST
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Stunning?  Not really.  We know the GOP Wing-Nuts are a fringe on the US political landscape.  This is another bit of evidence.

The question I would now like to know the answer to is if the Tea-Bagging Wing of the GOP is going to be embolden to enter primaries in other districts.  That could get down-right interesting.

by ATinNM on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:10:31 PM EST
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Also, who would have thought our future right wing nationalist party was going to be called the Tea Bag Party?

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:30:45 PM EST
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It's these little political moments Absurdist Street Theater that keeps my interest fresh.

Just can't make this stuff up, can one?

by ATinNM on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:42:36 PM EST
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