Who's running against Martha Roby?

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Saturday October 24, 2015 · 10:40 AM PDT

2015/10/24 · 10:40

As much as I am happy that Hillary's testimony in front of the Benghazi committee seems to have unified the progressive and centrist wings of the Democratic party, what are we going to do with that unity?

What would be the impact of every one of the Benghazi Seven who grilled Clinton had formidable opponents in 2016? The link below reminds you who they are:

http://www.usatoday.com/...

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Monday March 05, 2012 · 5:19 PM PST

2012/03/05 · 17:19

Here is Geico's Facebook page link:
https://www.facebook.com/...
And they are playing coy about Limbaugh.
Anytime anyone mentions Limbaugh on their Facebook page, they have a moderator changing the subject.

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Saturday March 03, 2012 · 1:32 PM PST

2012/03/03 · 13:32

If you call or write Pro Flowers about their Rush Limbaugh sponsorship, you get a form letter that is weak in its condemnation of Limbaugh, and specific about not pulling their advertising.

If you call their 800 #, they transfer you to a recording that is essentially the same as above.

Interestingly enough, almost 5,000 people have gone to their Facebook page. Their story is in interesting one.

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Which ways are you prepared to boycott Pro Flowers

Go to their Facebook page

20 votes

Call them

7 votes

Email them

49 votes

Send flowers to Ms. Fluke from FTD

9 votes

The first step back: A series of jobs summits and actions

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Sunday November 07, 2010 · 5:31 AM PST

2010/11/07 · 05:31

What would have happened if the president's first act as president was to have announced a series of jobs summits? What if he invited in leaders from every segment of society--small businesses, large businesses, academic, unions, lobbyists, activists, both parties, governors, mayors, etc.--BEFORE the stimulus was even passed, and captured their ideas.

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Sunday October 31, 2010 · 11:47 AM PDT

2010/10/31 · 11:47

A bit of good news. . .
at least we won't have Sharron Angle in the Senate and have to put with
Repugs smirking that they knocked off the Democratic Senate Majority Leader.

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Wednesday October 27, 2010 · 9:29 PM PDT

2010/10/27 · 21:29

South Carolina may be on its way to setting a new record for people voting early with two of the state’s Democratic-leaning counties yielding the most robust voting thus far.

With less than a week before the election, nearly 127,000 South Carolinians have requested and been sent an absentee ballot so they can vote early. By comparison, nearly 76,000 voters, a record number, voted absentee in 2006, the last time South Carolina elected a governor.

Two Democratic-leaning counties, Richland and Charleston, have seen the most activity so far with nearly 25,000 ballots sent out by their respective voter registration offices.

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Sunday October 24, 2010 · 1:36 PM PDT

2010/10/24 · 13:36

Happy Sunday, Kossacks:
I just got through early voting and am feeling hopeful and virtuous.
I voted in rural West Texas in a Hispanic grocery store. My partner and I were the only two people there to vote on a Sunday afternoon. So, today at least, Bill White is whipping Rick Perry in at least one precinct.

Nationwide, there are flickers of hope. I found this state by state roundup this morning on Politico, and it's helpful. Much of the data has been compiled the Atlas Project, a progressive group that many of you would recognize.

I am deliberately not linking to Politico because their headline was wingnut, biased, and misleading, but the data is promising.

The only concerns I see are Colorado, Florida, Nevada, and New Mexico.
Looks like we need a major Hispanic outreach effort.

It may be just me, but other state by state early results seem to show that we can still turn this thing around.

Take a look.

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Monday October 11, 2010 · 4:57 PM PDT

2010/10/11 · 16:57

Excellent story today in the National Journal, by--gasp--Major Garrett, formerly of Fox fame. It talks about how Chris Van Hollen, chair of the DCCC, knew in February that it would be tough to hold onto to 48 districts that McCain won in 2008.

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Friday October 08, 2010 · 11:47 AM PDT

2010/10/08 · 11:47

Chris Cilliza has The Friday Line up today on the Top 50 House races most vulnerable to party switch.

Here's an excerpt:
House Democrats appear to have made some marginal gains since our last Friday Line but the party still appears headed toward a very difficult election on Nov. 2 with the loss of their majority still very much a possibility.

Republican strategists long fretted that September would be a difficult month for them as the Democratic financial advantage -- at the candidate and committee level -- was brought to bear. And, it was.

Unlike in Senate races where American Crossroads -- the leading conservative-aligned outside group -- spent heavily to make up the difference with Democrats, there was far less third party money spent on the GOP side in House contests in the month.
Friday Line

The result was a series of races where Democratic incumbents were able to drag themselves from the brink of electoral defeat by going negative early and often against their Republican opponents.

One good example of this trend: South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) who appeared to be in deep trouble in August but improved her prospects over the last six weeks.

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Sunday October 03, 2010 · 3:29 PM PDT

2010/10/03 · 15:29

There have been a lot of diaries about how the Democrats are coming back home. But as a long-time Kossack, I know that when we rallied around specific House and Senate candidates it made a difference.

Candidates from all over the country became household words in Kos circles.

And we need that this year, too.

According to Nate Silver, the GOP has a 2 out of 3 chance--if the election were held now-- in taking over the House by a 15 seat majority. But we can turn that around, if we focus, on keeping the house, district by district, day by day.

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Which districts will stay blue and not red

IN-9 Hill versus Young

6 votes

WV-1 Oliverio vs McKinley

5 votes

CO-3 Salazar vs Tipton

4 votes

TN-4 Davis vs Desjarlais

3 votes

CA-11 McNerney vs Harmer

9 votes

PA-12 Critz vs Burns

8 votes

SC-5 Spratt vs. Mulvaney

1 vote

IL-14 Foster vs Hultgren

9 votes

IA-3 Boswell vs Zahn

9 votes

NV-3 Titus vs Heck

6 votes

FL-22 Klein vs West

9 votes

MO-4 Skelton vs Hartzler

10 votes

IL-17 Hare vs Schilling

6 votes

NC-7 McIntyre vs Pantano

1 vote

NC-8 Kissell vs Johnson

10 votes

Primary night is looking good so far

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Tuesday August 10, 2010 · 7:28 PM PDT

2010/08/10 · 19:28

Bennet(I wish the guy would spell his name normally.) wins in Colorado.
Why is this good? Obama and the DSCC lined up behind him. If he had lost, we'd be bombarded by the media with the stories that Obama can't get anybody elected. And therefore, Obama's Jimmy Carter.

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Yes

29 votes

4 votes

For god's sake Robert Gibbs' every utterance must analyzed and re-analyzed

20 votes

Primary pie with whipped cream

7 votes

Update: Vote at 9 p.m. on HCR, may be 222, if Stupak 8 come thru

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Sunday March 21, 2010 · 8:17 AM PDT

2010/03/21 · 08:17

Update #1:Ezra Klein says house leadership aiming to have actual vote on HCR at 9 p.m. tonight. Many sources are saying that 2 of the Stupak vote would be yes's with or without the executive order. Other sources are saying that since Sanchez has been located and looks like a yes, might not need Stupak.
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Luke Russert is reporting via mobile on Twitter that the Stupak 8 are meeting as we speak with the White House attorneys to finalize the language on the executive order regarding HCR and abortion.

There is to be an announcement at 12:30 p.m. EST.

He also says that the Stupak 8 would put the number at 222.

Russert's been updating hourly since about 6 a.m. EST at Twitter.

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Update: Vote at 9 p.m. on HCR, may be 222, if Stupak 8 come thru