If I were an Iowa primary voter, I’d be taking a hard look at Adm. Franken after this near-debacle.
Grassley is probably a lock, so if I were an Iowa primary voter I’d be looking at who is best positioned to run against Grassley’s corpse should we be so lucky
They have to do new polls, but he has to do better than 15%.
Grassley is almost certainly a lock if he makes it to November. Incumbency is Iowa’s official state religion.
Filing just barely enough signatures seems like gross incompetence.
It’s so nice to have helpful, relevant comments when people have a query. That makes TPM feel like more of a community, such as it is.
Yes. But they spell it. In-corn-bency…
You didn’t express a query. You expressed criticism of the published story, demanding “More relevant analysis, please.” That is not an inquiry. So, you get to express an opinion and I get to respond to that (bad) opinion. That’s how the Internet works.
It’s good practice to have a few readily achievable goals on your performance standards.
Iowan here, and while I don’t think her chances against Grassley are good, I don’t at all agree that she has enough name recognition.
Also, will be working hard to help get her elected, despite the slim chances.
Hooray!
And @urk - thank you for working to get her elected in the face of steep odds.
If a Senator dies or is removed from office, they are replaced by the state’s governor, until the next election (i.e. 2 years max).
Former temporary Iowan here, and I hope she pulls it out come November. And I also hope she fires the campaign manager.
Yes, but the context of my comment was elections. So if Grassley were to croak during election season he won’t be replaced on ballot, thus the Dem running against a corpse
Depends on when he drops dead. If a party nominee keels over within 81 days of the general election, Iowa provides for the general election results to be disregarded and a special election to be held in December instead.
2000 year old David Blaine doesn’t impress me.
He starts making water into IPA or Bourbon vs wine and maybe offers up a steak vs a cracker and maybe Friday is good after all.
I mean, even assuming he was real and said all those nice things: (a) I still don’t believe in magic and (b) I’m not impressed with what was done with it all and what was grafted onto it.
A world without religion would be a better world.