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We need to donate to Amy McGrath NOW (Original Post) JennyMominFL Sep 2020 OP
Hell yes, Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #1
Unfortunately, money is not the issue there. Amy has a huge war chest. It's the KY voter Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #2
Better to donate to Dems who have better chance to flip. we can do it Sep 2020 #3
I have donated, but have turned my attention to Harrison in SC.. DemsIn2020 Sep 2020 #4
Yes we can do it Sep 2020 #5
Cal Cunningham, too. blm Sep 2020 #18
SERIOUSLY Drum Sep 2020 #6
We need to take the senate away from Mitch. onecaliberal Sep 2020 #7
Agreed - Get him out of the Majority Leaders chair Salviati Sep 2020 #11
I just did, have done so over the months, and will do it again Mersky Sep 2020 #8
I can think of 10 Senate races we have a better shot in liskddksil Sep 2020 #9
Give to those, too Mersky Sep 2020 #23
I did that just this morning because there was a triple match yellowdogintexas Sep 2020 #10
Respectfully, she is down by double digits. Probably not going to happen Tommymac Sep 2020 #12
She has tons of money as is and yet is still losing pretty big. W_HAMILTON Sep 2020 #13
Done! coeur_de_lion Sep 2020 #14
Post removed Post removed Sep 2020 #15
There is literally no amount of money Codeine Sep 2020 #16
Exactly. blm Sep 2020 #17
Waste of money. Let's focus on what we CAN win. tman Sep 2020 #19
Those fine Christian voters in Kentucky Mariana Sep 2020 #20
Respectfully disagree. Waste of limited resources. GulfCoast66 Sep 2020 #21
Make mcconnell blow money in kentucky Mersky Sep 2020 #22
Please donate your hard-earned money to candidates with a chance to win DirkLerxst Sep 2020 #24
 

DemsIn2020

(81 posts)
4. I have donated, but have turned my attention to Harrison in SC..
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:06 PM
Sep 2020

I think he has a better chance vs Graham.

McGrath didn't run a smart campaign and she is in a uphill battle and I don't know if it's very winnable.

onecaliberal

(32,826 posts)
7. We need to take the senate away from Mitch.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:08 PM
Sep 2020

The people in his state rate amongst the lowest of all states by almost ever measure. You can’t fix that. They are suffering but refuse to stop it on their own behalf.

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
11. Agreed - Get him out of the Majority Leaders chair
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:15 PM
Sep 2020

Money is better spent in other elections, get Democrats the Senate majority, eliminate the filibuster, and make this demented turtle irrelevant.

 

liskddksil

(2,753 posts)
9. I can think of 10 Senate races we have a better shot in
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:10 PM
Sep 2020

Including Alaska

Kelly AZ
Hickenlooper CO
Cunningham NC
Bollier KS
Greenfield IA
Cunningham SC
Hegar TX
Gross AK
Jones AL
Bullock MT
Ossoff GA
Warnock GA

Mersky

(4,980 posts)
23. Give to those, too
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:41 PM
Sep 2020

I have, and will again. There’s still room in the budget. I look at it like this, if I’m willing to give there’s someone else like me also willing to give. Whether it’s $3, 5, 10, or $20.20 it all adds up.

yellowdogintexas

(22,250 posts)
10. I did that just this morning because there was a triple match
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:11 PM
Sep 2020

Not a lot but still.

This native of the Commonwealth really wants her to take him to the cleaners

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
12. Respectfully, she is down by double digits. Probably not going to happen
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:16 PM
Sep 2020

I'd love to see Amy in the Senate - but the numbers are really bad right now - double digits with about 8 weeks to go. She would make a wonderful Senator. But...realistically...

$$ would be better spent on races where opposing Dems have a realistic chance to win, and take away the turtlehead's majority.

Like Jaime Harrison in SC - now charging from behind and tied with Ludicrous Lindsey, or Sara Gideon in Maine, neck and neck with Concerned Collins right now.

We only need to turn 5 or 6 seats blue and keep all the ones we have. (Alabama, unfortunately, is probably going to flip red.)

We can send him a message that way - take away his toys.

W_HAMILTON

(7,862 posts)
13. She has tons of money as is and yet is still losing pretty big.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:17 PM
Sep 2020

Donate to a candidate that actually has a real shot at winning, like Cal Cunningham in NC or Steve Bullock in Montana. Maybe even Jaime Harrison in South Carolina. I would say Kelly/Gideon/Hickenlooper, but I think those three are almost assured of winning as is.

Response to JennyMominFL (Original post)

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
16. There is literally no amount of money
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:32 PM
Sep 2020

that could save her campaign at this point. She’s as underwater as the Titanic. Why throw good money after bad?

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
20. Those fine Christian voters in Kentucky
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:36 PM
Sep 2020

are never going to vote for her. All the money in the world won't change that.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
21. Respectfully disagree. Waste of limited resources.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:07 PM
Sep 2020

She has no shot in KY.

Better to donate to close races.

Mersky

(4,980 posts)
22. Make mcconnell blow money in kentucky
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:20 PM
Sep 2020

C’mon, now, she isn’t a bad candidate for Kentucky, and she has done quite well. Moscow Mitch benefits from extra press as a crony’s incumbent. McGrath has been in this fight the longest, and that said, I have zero criticism against Booker. So her polls flagged towards the late primary votes? She needs funds now, not tomorrow or next week.

 

DirkLerxst

(32 posts)
24. Please donate your hard-earned money to candidates with a chance to win
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:43 PM
Sep 2020

Harrison (SC)
Gideon (ME)
Kelly (AZ)


McGrath is very unlikely to win, and we need to take back the senate. Tossing money at her is not the best use of limited funds.
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