AAARRR, Mateys - Unleash The Kraken!
'Tis Talk Like A Pirate Day!!!
By permission from Admira Wijaya
A wee taste o'this day's grog:
[Var-Sen] (Update) The Rats Abandoning HMS Mitt Romney by JekylinHyde - When scurvy slime start jumpin' ship you have to wonder if mutiny's afloat.
[OH-Various House] The Women From Ohio by anastasia p - This 'ere scribe describes four bonny Dem wenches running in landlocked Ohio this year. Betty Sutton (D) is dueling against Jim Renacci (R) in OH-16. Sharen Neuhardt (D) is takin' a blunderbuss to Mike Turner (R) in OH-10. In OH-07 Republican Bob Gibbs is crossing swords w' Joyce Healy-Abrams (D). Professor Angela Zimmann (D) is keelhauling Bob Latta (R) in OH-05.
[WI-SD-20] Grothman's mouth can bite him by GeoffT - For th' first time since Davy Jones' first mate Grothman was elected t' th' State Senate in 2004, th' bilge rat faces a Democratic challenger. She be Tanya Lohr, a teacher from West Bend and a cap'n who makes a habit of listening th' crew.
This be EDR, here t' tell a blackhearted tale o' daring deeds afar off'n Land's End, bloody duels fought b'low decks, mighty sea battles naught midshipman high nor commodore commanding. We know'd no peg leg Cap'n worthy o'bones or blood wi'out his scurvy crew! This here be th' wake-net's haul fer high noon September 18th 'til noon o' this black-spot day.
This page o' the Good Book scribed in blood listees treasure and rum offered as ransom by th' scallawags taken off that pansy regent Romney's flagship no' Madagascar this fortnight. Thar be (30) manifests t'talley th' take:
Senate: (10) manifests, (2) ports o'call, lots'o flotsam
House: (6) manifests, (4) flags, (9) lots'o jetsam
State: (2)
Various: (1)
Ballot Initiatives: (3)
General: (8)
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Orange Squiggle of Down-Ticket Power
EDR hoards, lists and links election related missives fer down-ticket sea battles raging 'til th' war be won. Down-ticket means any non-Admiralty contest.
This crew was mustered by th' producers o' a fore-page diary series that rescued election related logs in 2006, 2008 and 2010. 2012 marks th' first election since Daily Kos was born that thar be a blogee devoted th' sea battle witness - Daily Kos Elections.
This here crew be right proud t' swab decks on th' good ship DKE.
EDR chronicles th' passion, power and might o' pirating and shines a lantern on cap'ns 'n squids that might be missed as th' broadsides roar and th' boarding parties clang swords. It lends a map t' buried booty, surely pokes landlubbers t' scribble their missives, an' surely be a treasure trove for thousands o' election related diaries o'er the open sea.
The Diary List for this project, founded by sidinny, links all the rescued diaries since 2006.
Format, Schedule & Tags:
Diarists can help the EDR mining team by identifying the race in the diary title, for example: (FL-14) or (GA-Gov) or (NY-Sen). New this year, you can write your first sentence or two as the synopsis you would like to see in the EDR description.
fer minin' treasure be noon t' noon. Our publishin' schedule be in th' evenin'. This means the scurvy knave (or lass) posts th' screed at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, th' crew will grab it fer t' EDR list in Thursday eventide armada. If'n thee post at 11:59 on Thursday, it will be in t' armada flagship list fer Thursday eventide as well.
Senate:
[MA-Sen] MA-Sen: FOURTH poll has Warren up 5 over Brown!! by Brainwrap - Th' pirate wench Cap'n Elizabeth Warren (D) leads th' fleet by 5 furlongs of polling gold o'er swabby Scott Brown (R) in th' WBUR tally!
[MA-Sen] Remembering the idiot pundits on Warren's keynote by kos - Markos shows how wrong the Pundits are about th' Democrats plot to use Elizabeth Warren as a keynote speaker for the DNC Armada Convention. Link for helping Warren against incumbent Scott Brown (R).
[MA-Sen] Warren: Romney 'wrote off half the American people as deadbeats' by Joan McCarter - Th' lady Elizabeth speaks fine words to purser Greg Sargent 'splainin' that bilge rat Romney's dismissal o' half th' swabbies o' th' fleet. Anchor chain link t' th' good ship ActBlue.
[NV-Sen] UPDATED! NV-Sen: Sheldon Adelson Spending Big To Defeat Shelley Berkley (D) by poopdogcomedy - Adelson be throwin' in a lot o' doubloons t' try t' beat Berkley. Dean Heller be her Republican bilge-sucking blaggard of an opponent. Begad!
[Polling-Sen] Nate: Dems 70% faves to hold Senate by Demi Moaned - Diarist has Cap'n Nate Silver's scribbles on the Democrat's chances in th' Senate.
[VA-Sen] Obama, Kaine both up in new VA Poll by teacherken - Kaine (D) is pulling a'draft to sail clearly ahead of Midshipman "Macaca" Allen (R).
[Var-Sen] (Update) The Rats Abandoning HMS Mitt Romney by JekylinHyde - When scurvy slime start jumpin' ship you have to wonder if mutiny's afloat.
[Var-Sen] The GOP's 46-percent ceiling by kos - Capt'n Markos o' th' good ship DKos brings encouraging word that our horrrrrible opponents have hit the rocks off'n th' Dry Tortugas.
[Var-Sen] 538's Senate Projections- Dems 70% chance to hold majority. 51 seats projected!!! by njhoo – Long Nate Silver unleashed his Senate Projections. (to view it, click on the the right where it says 538 forecast)
[Var-Sen] Senate Rankings: Improvment for the Democrats by Alibguy - In 2010, Democrats lost th' House flagship but retained control o' th' Senate by a knife's edge. Wi' Admiral Obama bestin' th' fleet, th' red coat Republicans will need to gain four Senate seats t' take 51 Senators.
House:
[IA-04] Steve King: "Obama Doesn't Believe in Families" by blue denim - Calypso Christie Vilsack (D) is running against Scurvy Steve King (R) in Iowa's new Fourth Congressional candidate. If'n she takes the flag, Christie would be the first pirate maid Iowa has sent to th' parliament. Please, if you are a'port, contribute to her campaign.
[IL-17] IL-17: deluded moron Bobby Schilling (R) race-baits against Latinos/Hispanics by JGibson - Th' scurvy bilge rat Bobby Schilling ran up th' flag agin' th' Spanish mates that want a share o' th' governor's loot enough t' sail 'neath the skull 'n' bones.
[MD-01] MD-01 :: No Debates, sez Harris by dadadata - Now the waterspout be settled, pseudo-Dem Wendy Rosen is out and primary first mate John LaFerla (real-D) is going to tackle a hopeless write-in campaign. Teabag Commodore Andy Harris has bailed on th' two scheduled candidate duels (debates).
[NC-09] Is NC-09 - GASP - a possible Dem pickup? by blue in NC - Beloved sea-siren Jennifer Roberts (D) is duelin' t' captain th' 9th o' Blackbeard's home state. Th' lass is said by some powdered wigs t' be pulling up t' broadside Republican slaver Robert Pittinger.
[OH-Various House] The Women From Ohio by anastasia p - This 'ere scribe describes four bonny Dem wenches running in landlocked Ohio this year. Betty Sutton (D) is dueling against Jim Renacci (R) in OH-16. Sharen Neuhardt (D) is takin' a blunderbuss to Mike Turner (R) in OH-10. In OH-07 Republican Bob Gibbs is crossing swords w' Joyce Healy-Abrams (D). Professor Angela Zimmann (D) is keelhauling Bob Latta (R) in OH-05.
[OR-04] Republican Suggested "Sprinkling" Radioactive Waste on America by Troutfishing - Scallawag landlubbing theocrat Arthur B. Robinson, in his bid t' turn th' black spot on everyone in th' colonies, is vying fer Congress in Oregon's 4th by plotting t' dump radioactive waste in th' national air an' water supplies. Avast, thar!
[Var-House] New Daily Kos endorsements in the battle to regain the House by Joan McCarter - Sure there be rough seas, but at the end what a bounty to keelhaul the sniveling Boehner and return the gavel to fair Nancy.
State:
[MT-AG] Fox and Friends: MT AG Race Gets Koched by Montana Cowgirl - Diarist logs th' attorney general position in Montana pittin' Pam Bucy (D) agin' Tim Fox (R).
[WI-SD-20] Grothman's mouth can bite him by GeoffT - For th' first time since Davy Jones' first mate Grothman was elected t' th' State Senate in 2004, th' bilge rat faces a Democratic challenger. She be Tanya Lohr, a teacher from West Bend and a cap'n who makes a habit of listening th' crew.
Various:
[Var-Polling] Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Did Mitt Romney really fumble away the election yesterday? by Steve Singiser - Hear ye! Any scallawag tuned into th' political world in th' last 24-36 bells be well aware o' Republican galley knave Mitt Romney were caught gloriously crappin' th' bed in a leaky video from a GOP treasure-tradin' earlier in th' campaign. 12 below-decks barrels o' powder included.
Ballot Initiatives:
[CA-Prop 32] California: First No on 32 Campaign Ad by UTBriancl - Proposition 32 be deceptive and favorin' rich scurvy dogs. Th' campaign be beginnin' t' list starboard agin' it.
[CA-Prop 32] The battle against Proposition 32 is the real fight against special interests in California by Laura Clawson - California Republican dogs hae naught been faring too well in recent sea battles. But they have a shining hope for their future in Proposition 32, a ballot initiative pretendin' t' be about getting th' gold out of politics that bells Kraken-sized openings for tea-tradin' political spending while lootin' unions.
[WA-Ref 74] Powerful new marriage equality ad in WA by EagleOfFreedom - This be a good ad in support o' Referendum 74, and I'll dance with Jack Ketch if it ain't true.
General:
A huge opportunity - voting the down ballot by calebfaux - Crewman urges his mateys t' vote Dem all th' way down th' anchor chain, t' ensure peaceable relations betwixt th' cap'n an' officers of the deck wi' th' crew.
Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile by Black Kos – About half way down dopper0189 scribes a missive on where th' burdens of Voter ID laws fall overboard.
Absentee ballots and voter fraud... by FloridaRedneck - Ye knows the right-wing bellyachin' over ghost ship "in person voter fraud" be simply misdirection fer voter suppression efforts. Why be it that none in th' GOP crew worry o'er voter fraud in th' absentee ballot? Make every mate's vote count!
On voter suppression, the sacred and the profane by tytalus - Th' disenfranchisement o' felons released from th' brig be keeping 1 in 13 blacks from exercising their right t' vote wi' th' crews o' their vessels, across the main.
PA Supreme Court sends Voter ID law back to Lower Court And important PA Voter ID Info for GOTV by wishingwell - We 'wags doing GOTV a'port know'd weeks ago that no matter what happened wi' th' admiralty, to be a'lee, we'd be help'n them that needs a Photo ID and schoolin' lubbers on what they needs t' bring t' the DMV an' the customs (Polling Place) come Election Day.
Politics in The Default World by arlenegoldbard - Here be a fine trove o' tales told about th' real hardships some must o'ercome t' exercise th' vote.
Dollars and sense in the U.S. Senate by anthonyLA - Diarist wagers $250 to a Democratic challenger fer th' U.S. Senate, but be havin' a dastardly becalm'd time choosin' one. Thar be so many great candidates a'vying, want t' select the shipman based on these demands...
A frustrating voter ID punt from the Pennsylvania Supremes by Adam B - Th' ruling be a fair one insofar as requirin' the lower court t' meet Black Bart's standard. Th' parties agreed that be in short supply under the law as-be. Admiralty Judge Simpson has 'til Oct. 2 to rule.
BREAKING: PA Supreme Court Vacates Voter ID Law; Sends It Back To Lower Court For Review. Update! by jpmassar - Th' law is not vacated. The lower deck must reconsider its ruling (which is now vacated) but the law is still in effect. It's not clear if the PA Supreme Court put any time limit on when the lower court has to do something, they be telling the lower court not t' jack around and to issue a preliminary injunction.
* A hearty ahoy to all th' dedicated crew (in alphabetical order): Alma, eeff, EvanInNY, foreverblue, Joieau, nomandates, Oke, randallt, Restondem, Spedwybabs, Sylv, TruthOfAngels and turbonerd.
Map t' th' sea cave trove: Election Diary Rescue - Daily Diaries