LA and NC 2014 Congressional Races

[RogueBeaver]

Landrieu and Hagan voted for partial nukage, not that I think it'll be a BFD in their races.

[Miles]

Yeah, me either.

[enrico maxwell]

GOP will sweep.

[RedSLC]

GOP will sweep.

I see the chronic troll has returned.

[Miles]

The SMOR poll:

Landrieu- 41%
Cassidy- 34%
Maness- 10%

[RogueBeaver]

Cassidy's campaign manager needs to grow up. He calls her "MussoLandrieu" and accuses her of participating in a fascistic endeavour.

[Miles]

Awesome.

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[Miles]

Elon has a poll out today. There weren't any head to head matchups, but here a few approval ratings. No one is popular:

Obama: 37/54
McCrory: 33/44
NCGA: 32/47
Hagan: 37/44
Burr: 30/33

None of the Senate Republicans candidates have over 30% name recognition.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Burr's strategy of keeping his mouth shut until it matters has served him well.

[Miles]

Cassidy's campaign manager needs to grow up. He calls her "MussoLandrieu" and accuses her of participating in a fascistic endeavour.

Its actually a pretty decent photoshop job XD

[Miles]

Both Landrieu and Maness are attacking Cassidy over the bailout.

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[Miles]

Cassidy responds to the pic of MussoLandrieu:

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'Maybe he should have actually, 'ya know, condemned it...

[Lief 🗽]

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ummmmm

[Miles]

Another Democrat is in for CD3. I'm still kinda partial to Thigpen, but this guy's resume sounds pretty cool:

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[IceSpear]

Cassidy responds to the pic of MussoLandrieu:

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'Maybe he should have actually, 'ya know, condemned it...

"Unlike RINO Bill Cassidy, I don't back down when I compare Democrats to genocidal dictators. I'm Rob Maness and I approve this message."

[smoltchanov]

Cassidy responds to the pic of MussoLandrieu:

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"Unlike RINO Bill Cassidy, I don't back down when I compare Democrats to genocidal dictators. I'm Rob Maness and I approve this message."

Cassidy is a RINO???!! For a moment i thought he is running against Jacob Javits)))))

[IceSpear]

Actually, I take that back. Turns out even Maness has condemned it.

http://robmaness.com/articles/maness-condemns-use-of-wwii-atrocities-in-political-meme

[Miles]

I agree with this guy's take on Hagan and Burr. Neither of them have very strong personal brands (unlike the other Romney-state Democrats running this cycle) so their numbers are more dependent on national tides, for better or worse:

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[Miles]

I don't think the race will move lower than Likely R, but Democrats may have an off-chance of competing in NC-06. A fire-breathing Republican like Berger won't have the good will from across the aisle like Coble had.

I'm starting to like Rev. Dan Collison, a Republican running, though:

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I don't buy much into voter registration as a reflection of actual voting patterns, but Democrats now outnumber Republicans in CD6:

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For comparison, the state as a whole is about 43% D, 31% R, 26% I.

[Miles]

I've been waiting for a Republican(s) from the state legislature to run in LA-06; I might finally get something now.

Senator Dan Claitor will have a decision next week. Claitor represents the south Baton Rouge seat that Cassidy vacated before running for Congress.  

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Senator Norby Chabert may get in by the year's end as well. He represents a seat down in the bayou. He'd carry the parts of the district from the old CD3, but may struggle with capitol area voters:

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And also...

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Bottom line: we're probably gonna get more candidates.

[RogueBeaver]

Hopefully none of them get the nod.

[windjammer]

Democrats won't win Howard Coble's seat I guess, but running a democrat here would boost Hagan's chances.

[smoltchanov]

I've been waiting for a Republican(s) from the state legislature to run in LA-06; I might finally get something now.

Senator Dan Claitor will have a decision next week. Claitor represents the south Baton Rouge seat that Cassidy vacated before running for Congress.  

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Senator Norby Chabert may get in by the year's end as well. He represents a seat down in the bayou. He'd carry the parts of the district from the old CD3, but may struggle with capitol area voters:

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And also...

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Bottom line: we're probably gonna get more candidates.

Please, not Tony Perkins.  A social extremist and zealot)))). Even by Louisiana standards...

[Miles]

Well good. We can put Senate rumors of this bumbling windbag to rest:

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[Miles]

Why Howard Coble is 7 million times more badass than your Congressman.