Discussion for article #226819
āThe way that weāre going to change Washington is to bring more people to recognize ā to have the humility to recognize ā that there are good ideas on both sides of the aisleā¦ā
Iām going to start a new challenge. Whenever a Democratic candidate spouts this bullshit, tell them to name one, just one, good idea thatās coming from the other side of the aisle.
2 Likes
Lame. Michelleās getting bad advice. This triangulation thing aināt gonna help her catch up with Perdue.
1 Like
Sheās following the advice laid out in the 144-page memo which was recently leaked on how to run her campaign. She has support among black and white Democrats, but she has to get the rest evidently by going against her party.
1 Like
What is the news here? She says she might vote for someone else for Democratic leader in the Senate. Great. Someone, including commenters, seem to be conflating this with a Speaker election in the House. Rather a different circumstance. Calm down, folks.
5 Likes
Jesus Christ, Reid is so flaccid and feckless, even candidates push his ass around.
Agreed, but begging the question, what does it mean to be a Democrat today?
Oh, PS, great avatar. I still have Joplin In Concert in vinyl.
I look forward to Senator Nunn coming to Washington and helping us benighted partisans track down a single āgood ideaā from the other side of the aisle, as such a thing has not been seen or heard since at least the Great Crazification Event of January 20, 2009. Kind of like the red crested woodpecker. There are anecdotal reports of hearsay sightings, but none of them ever pan out.
1 Like
We just gotta keep reminding ourselves that the meek shall inherit the earth, and prepare ourselves for one major league economic ass kicking from the unholy alliance of the oft-sighted āDemocrat because I have a āDā behind my nameā and the like-minded Republican Randian social Darwinist. Because, after all, itās all about bi-partisanship, not policy.
New Landmark poll this weekend has her up now by 6ā¦
I know there are a quite a few outlayers cropping up right now (like the UNH poll that had Brown up by 10), but I think when the dust settles down in a few weeks you are going to find that Nunn is actually staying neck and neck with Perdue.
The triangulation bit is where she is going to stay, however. And in this case, I donāt blame her. Proclaiming loyalty to Reid in GA is not the path to victory here.
2 Likes
As her campaign likes to say, Georgia has some things to teach D.C. (what, I am not entirely sure).
But, putting that asideā¦help me out here. How exactly is attacking our candidates now going to help us in November? Yes she will one of the bluest dogs we have seen in that caucus, but the majority of the time her vote will be with the bigger Democratic caucus.
And guys, we really need this seat. We need ALL of these close senate seats.
3 Likes
It means different things in different places.We are supposed to be the big tent party, remember?
And the really important thing it means is holding on to the Senate this year.
1 Like
I donāt see a problem. Who knows what the situation will be when the new Senate is sworn in in January. We do not have a Parliamentary system in which one must pledge to support the leadership.
1 Like
Honestly, Iām being too hard on her. Iāll put up with just about any kind of election rhetoric short of supporting and praising the Republican nominee or appeals to racism coded or overt to steal a Senate seat in a deep red state. Iāll put up with a lot to keep one in a purple state, though I think in a true purple state it is tricky, tactically speaking, to net votes that way. And it frankly wouldnāt surprise me a bit if Reid advised her, or approved of her, talking like this. As long the House is Republican, his sole concern is, and should be, getting to 50.
Itās how they act on the big votes after theyāre elected that counts. And it was kind of shit Lieberman pulled in 2008, and the kind of ostentatious backstabbing betrayal we saw in the way Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, and, to some extent, Mary Landrieu behaved during the 111th Congress --thatās intolerable.
3 Likes
See my comment below. I was being too hard on her, mostly because the comment lent itself to snark. Youāre rightāthe truth is purity trolling is, this election as much as any since 2008, the path to disaster.
2 Likes
For the once a year or so you use postal mail thereās a new stamp.
3 Likes
Totally agree.
I donāt understand why so many Democrats donāt realize that Nunn cannot campaign as if she were Sanders in Vermont, Warren in Massachusetts, or Pelosi in California.
Itās GEORGIA, people.
1 Like
Very cool!
Even discounting what the conspiracy theorist in my head insists is a Rove-affiliated Republican pollster attempt to try to affect the poll aggregator curves with bogus data, the polling has been crazy everywhere all month. Donāt know if itās real instability, seasonal sampling issues, accelerated cell phone reachability problems, or what.
Agree, and I am sure that Reid is completely OK with her positioning.
1 Like