Election 2018 Open Thread - Part 1

[Panda Express]

Since Sinema is going to be the first bisexual senator, she's going to have the most credibility to answer the question "Who is the most attractive Senator"?

[libertpaulian]

Since Sinema is going to be the first bisexual senator, she's going to have the most credibility to answer the question "Who is the most attractive Senator"?

If she answers by saying "John Thune and Catherine Cortez-Masto," then we know she has good taste.

[CookieDamage]

Since Sinema is going to be the first bisexual senator, she's going to have the most credibility to answer the question "Who is the most attractive Senator"?

If she answers by saying "John Thune and Catherine Cortez-Masto," then we know she has good taste.

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/aterkel/status/1060978384703049728

[SLA8]

Since Sinema is going to be the first bisexual senator, she's going to have the most credibility to answer the question "Who is the most attractive Senator"?

Heinrich and Gillibrand

[JG]

Since Sinema is going to be the first bisexual senator, she's going to have the most credibility to answer the question "Who is the most attractive Senator"?

Heinrich and Gillibrand

Yeah, there's no contest there.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Why on earth didn't Garcia come close to defeating Ducey?

[Snipee356]

Since Sinema is going to be the first bisexual senator, she's going to have the most credibility to answer the question "Who is the most attractive Senator"?

If she answers by saying "John Thune and Catherine Cortez-Masto," then we know she has good taste.

Thune? Schatz or Lankford all the way.

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

Why on earth didn't Garcia come close to defeating Ducey?

Same reason Manchin and Tester won: because incumbency advantage is real and people are willing to split tickets and stick with a familiar and inoffensive face.

[gf20202]

The AZ Data Guru @Garrett_Archer has the remaining vote in AZ as follows:

Apache: 189
Cochise: 626
Coconino: 9.6k
La Paz: 576
Maricopa: 266k
Mohave: 2k
Navajo: 4k
Pima: 60.8k
Pinal: 26.8k
Yavapai: 576
State of Arizona: 370k

Sinema's lead is 1.01% or 20,102 votes

[SLA8]

With all of Pima remaining and the 20,000 vote lead she currently has, this is looking good for Sinema.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

I don't even understand what straws the Reps are grasping at. What are the 'improper practices' going on in AZ? Counting votes?

Pretty much. Republicans oppose democracy.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Why on earth didn't Garcia come close to defeating Ducey?

$ was a major factor. Ducey nuked him early and he never had a chance to get going.

[Badger]

https://twitter.com/aterkel/status/1060978384703049728

Oh how I adore this post.

Steve Stivers, what an idiot you are.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/aterkel/status/1060978384703049728

Oh how I adore this post.

Steve Stivers, what an idiot you are.

I don't blame Steve here. It was definitely idiot donors who loved Comstock.
See I knew Comstock was basically Safe D but I didn't expect her to lose by 13 points I thought it would be upper single due to the 5 million they spent.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

I think a lot of the seats that the Dems took are pretty much gone for the GOP, specifically the suburban seats like KS-03, CO-06, VA-10, etc. I also doubt the GOP will be able to unseat either Luria or Spanberger due to Virginia's continuous shift to the Democrats along with the suburbs.

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/aterkel/status/1060978384703049728

Oh how I adore this post.

Steve Stivers, what an idiot you are.

I have a theory as to how Comstock got all that extra late money after the NRCC had already pulled their funds. If you remember, Comstock got those funds back right around the same time all the skeletons in Kavanaugh's closet came out. Comstock and Kavanaugh have been acquaintances/friends for at least 10-20 years through their prior work in the Bush administration. What if she had more dirt or could corroborate some of the allegations against Kavanugh? Not saying that he tried to rape her, but rather maybe a story from his prep school or college days was well known around their social circles. What if she threatens to take this public unless she gets more funds from the NRCC?

Probably didn't happen, but it's the best explanation I have.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

https://twitter.com/aterkel/status/1060978384703049728

Oh how I adore this post.

Steve Stivers, what an idiot you are.

Kind of reminds me of the situation in the 1980's when the NRCC would dump millions into a handful of seats in urban areas, that were basically hopeless, meanwhile scores of rural seats in cheap markets went completely uncontested.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Why on earth didn't Garcia come close to defeating Ducey?

$ was a major factor. Ducey nuked him early and he never had a chance to get going.

But the margins!

[7,052,770]

Republicans whipping themselves into a frenzy on Arizona on Fox and everywhere else

There is a report from Politico that Trump and the RNC are pissed with McSally and local Arizona Republicans for not being more aggressive.

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1061070671466381312

I mean, McSally is probably going to be appointed to Kyl's seat in time for the next Congress in January anyway, so she doesn't really have much to lose by playing it cool and polite.

[Pouring Rain and Blairing Music]

Since Sinema is going to be the first bisexual senator, she's going to have the most credibility to answer the question "Who is the most attractive Senator"?

Heinrich and Gillibrand

Heinrich is the only acceptable answer on the male side. You could make compelling arguments for Gillibrand, Flawless Beautiful CCM, Harris, and well, uh Sinema herself?

[Sestak]

Since Sinema is going to be the first bisexual senator, she's going to have the most credibility to answer the question "Who is the most attractive Senator"?

Heinrich and Gillibrand

Heinrich is the only acceptable answer on the male side. You could make compelling arguments for Gillibrand, Flawless Beautiful CCM, Harris, and well, uh Sinema herself?

NM also now is up there in terms of most attractive person in the House.

[Snipee356]

Since Sinema is going to be the first bisexual senator, she's going to have the most credibility to answer the question "Who is the most attractive Senator"?

Heinrich and Gillibrand

Heinrich is the only acceptable answer on the male side.

For some reason, I don't find him that attractive. He seems a bit... distant? It's just the impression I get.

[SLA8]

Heinrich and Flake on that Survivor (Rival Survival) thingy ... hmhmh

[Virginiá]

Not sure where else to put this, so:

https://twitter.com/nathanlgonzales/status/1061139476653768704

Looks like Republicans are finally upset enough to give ActRed another try (McCarthy seems interested). Probably won't work out, though. Democrats have been building their small donor base for years. It didn't just "work" for us right away either.