2010 Primaries Thread (It's all over now, baby blue)

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Can Miller win a general election or is he crazy like Angle?

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And I believe many of the old guard GOP plus more mainstream and moderate Republicans would likely back a "Libertarian" Murkowski over Miller. Given a choice between a de facto nominee who could win and a broke sacrificial lamb like Scott McAdams, most Alaska Dems would likely abandon their official nominee for Murkowski too. Think Republicans supporting Lieberman in 2006.

I though Democrats didn't like Lieberman? Why would they like a female Republican clone of Lieberman from Alaska?

Because this is Alaska, not Connecticut. So given the choice between an electable relative moderate like Murkowski, an unelectable sacrificial lamb Democrat, and a tea party apostle like Miller, most Alaskan Democrats and progressive independents would likely choose the former as the best alternative to Miller.

Right, this is Alaska, a state that once gave Sarah Palin a 93% approval rating.

The guy the Democrats in Alaska actually nominated for the seat has headings on his web page for "Fiscal Responsibility" and "Individual Liberty" while attacking bank bailouts and No Child Left Behind.

Yet somehow you're claiming that the Democrats who nominated him, along with some mythical "moderate Republican" base in Alaska, would unite behind a woman who is in fact a better fit for an authoritarian state that would elect Joe Lieberman, like Connecticut.


Come to think of it, if Murkowski manages to steal this primary, I'll definitely be supporting McAdams in the general election.

Is the AIP not fielding a candidate?

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Lovely.

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I'd LOL if O'Donnell pulled an upset in Delaware.

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PPP teases everyone with a tweet about their NH/DE polls:

"Looking like a better chance of an upset in Delaware than New Hampshire"

Good, Ayotte is much worthier of winning her primary than Castle is his.

PPP teases everyone with a tweet about their NH/DE polls:

"Looking like a better chance of an upset in Delaware than New Hampshire"

Uh oh that means O'Donnell probably has momentum now.

I thought you wanted more Republican women candidates?

Yes, but not crazy ones like O'Donnell. She wouldn't even become a better candidate after the primary like Angle has. Her baggage is too devastating for her to be electable in a state like Delaware.

HAHAhAHAHAHA. Thanks, I needed a laugh.

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I imagine PPP will show Castle still ahead by a sliver, but with the amount of momentum O'Donnell has, it's easy to see which way the undecideds will break. Chris Coons should be very happy on Tuesday night.

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It'd be amazing to watch a party flush a free Senate seat right down the toilet like that. Can anyone else think of such a clear cut recent example of this? (Don't say Angle, because even that one isn't as drastic.)

It's hard to think of any because there's never really been such years when the title of "frontrunner for nominee" has been so meaningless, even weeks before the primary.

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For some reason, that wording made me LOL...

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With 5% reporting, Lamontagne leads 53-32. Interesting.

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With 5% reporting, Lamontagne leads 53-32. Interesting.

Its mostly from Lamontagne's hometown and suburb of that. The two places not are Dixville Notch (went to Bender, none to be weird), and Pittsfield (went to Ayotte by 2).

To be fair, 7 people voted in Dixville. Not that wierd.

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I've got an MSNBC stream on and i've just noticed something.

Why do Democrats adamently call John Boehner "Mr. Boehner" while reeling off their talking points, or is that just me? Does "Mr. Boehner" make him seem more out of touch or something? I noticed it during the Obama economy speech the other day too.

I also notice, Mitch McConnell gets "Mitch McConnell", not "Mr. McConnell".

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I've got an MSNBC stream on and i've just noticed something.

Why do Democrats adamently call John Boehner "Mr. Boehner" while reeling off their talking points, or is that just me? Does "Mr. Boehner" make him seem more out of touch or something? I noticed it during the Obama economy speech the other day too.

I also notice, Mitch McConnell gets "Mitch McConnell", not "Mr. McConnell".

Link us up to the stream please.

http://www.epctv.com/channels/MSNBC-Online-Watch-4744.htm

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I'm putting the kettle on. This calls for some tea.

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I would hate to have been Beau Biden today.

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I see a recount coming.

Margin is too big for Lamontagne to risk dragging this out unless he's nuts.

He's a tea partier. The nutiness is implied.

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I see a recount coming.

Margin is too big for Lamontagne to risk dragging this out unless he's nuts.

He's a tea partier. The nutiness is implied.

Coons once called himself a "bearded marxist".  The nuttiness is implied.

See how that works?

Marxism = "Nutty" is subjective.

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Is O'Donnell's site having a Sharron Angle style "re-tool"?
http://christine2010.com/

There's only the donation notice...

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According to Dick Morris, Gillibrand's seat is now in play...