Republicans Stumbling As Their Own Poll Shows Michelle Nunn Leading Georgia Senate Race

[babylonsister]

wOOOt!

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/02/republicans-stumbling-poll-shows-michelle-nunn-leading-georgia-senate-race.html

Republicans Stumbling As Their Own Poll Shows Michelle Nunn Leading Georgia Senate Race
By: Jason Easley
Tuesday, September, 2nd, 2014, 8:23 pm



Republicans continue to stumble and bumble in their quest to retake the Senate as a Republican poll has found that Democrat Michelle Nunn leads the US Senate race in Georgia 45%-43%.

The WRBL poll was conducted by a Republican strategist and revealed that Nunn leads Republican David Perdue 45%-43% with 7% supporting Libertarian Amanda Swafford. This is the second straight poll that has shown Nunn leading. Ten days ago, the Landmark/WSB-TV poll had Nunn leading Perdue 47%-40%, with Swafford at 3%.

The fact that a poll conducted by a Republican strategist revealed that the Republican candidate is trailing is especially bad news for the GOP’s hopes of retaking the Senate in November. Mitch McConnell has struggled mightily with a campaign that at times seems like it is trying to lose, but Kentucky might not be the Democrats best chance at a pickup that will help them keep their Senate majority.

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A Democratic victory in Kentucky or Georgia would make it a near certainty that Democrats will keep their Senate majority. If Senate Democrats can weather the storm in 2014, they will have a favorable map for picking up Senate seats in 2016 and beyond. If Republicans don’t win the majority in the Senate this year, they may not win it for years to come.

If Democrats can win the Senate race, it will be more than another sign that Georgia is shifting. A Democratic win could keep the Senate under their control for several more election cycles. Nothing less than the future direction of the country could be riding on the outcome of the Senate election in Georgia.

[Kalidurga]

1. I really don't know if this is good news or not.

I am really glad people are waking up and Republicans are polling badly, I really like that part. However, I would rather have Republicans feel confident they are going to win elections and stay home cuz it doesn't matter if they vote.

[toddwv]

22. Yes, me too.

I love the taste of GOPer tears and the looks on their faces when they realize that a relatively easy win has turned to ashes in their mouths.

The wailing and gnashing of teeth also brings a schadenfreudic joy to my soul.

[0rganism]

29. i'd expect it to be the other way around for the rethugs

if anything, i'd expect republicans to be MORE inclined to vote in circumstances where they had a winning ticket, rather than a desperate situation where they were shown to have little or no chance, i.e. down 10 points or more. As is, this is still a very tight race so motivation would be high regardless, on both sides.

in the end, not much has changed; come November, our real problem was and will be motivating likely Democratic voters for a mid-term election when we have a Democratic president.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. excellent

[A Little Weird]

3. A Democratic victory in Kentucky AND Georgia would be awesome!

Go Nunn! Go Grimes!

[davidpdx]

25. +1

I also would love to see us win both. I have to believe that the Orange turtle is going to end up getting shown the door.

[Cha]

4. Oooops.. their own polls. That's got to be a reality check. Good Luck in Georgia!

[sheshe2]

7. We are going to do this Cha!

The women are rising! Damn that's beautiful and so long overdue.

GOTV 2014! Incredible women running for several offices.

Nunn (GA) Davis (TX) Grimes (KY) Coakley (MA)...that's just to name a few~

Brava

[Jackpine Radical]

12. If I were religious I'd be praying for them all.

Right now it's all I can do to scrape up a few bucks to try to get my own state back.


Go, ladies, Go!

[sheshe2]

15. I am not all that religious any more myself, Jack.

I am doing it my own way and sending positive vibes. The women are going to do this. I know they are! Then when we get there, we will do everything in our power to help save this world. Never underestimate us.

I hope you can do it for your state too!

[Jackpine Radical]

18. I certainly don't underestimate you.

And I want to see an end to patriarchy at least as badly as you. I endorse feminine values as the path to species survival--nurturance, networking, and social interlinking rather than domination by one sex or class. I take my inspiration from people like Gimbutas and Eisler.

[sheshe2]

21. Love ya for that!

Late and I have to work tomorrow.

Thanks..

[Cha]

30. FL Michelle is on Board for Michelle Nunn!

Cynthia Tucker @ctuckerprof
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[sheshe2]

31. Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Warren

are on the front lines for the women that are running. This is incredible!

Women Rock! We sure as hell do, I for one am extremely motivated.
Thanks, Cha!

[sheshe2]

5. Hey Georgia, I have you on my mind~

Sending vibes your way for victory in 2014. Ya'll can do this, I know you can! Call it woman's intuition if you like, yet I can feel it, not just Georgia, Texas and Kentucky too. Women are going to win this year because we women are going out to vote in numbers.

Get those women out there bsis! We can do this!

[CatWoman]

6. my only problem with this is

Georgia is full of fucking IDIOTS.

They rejected Roy Barnes and elected Nathan Fucking Deal.

NATHAN FUCKING DEAL!!!!

[sheshe2]

9. Maybe so....

However woman are stronger and brighter, we can do this!

[Generic Other]

10. How do you get elected with a middle name like that?

That's what I want to know.

[CatWoman]

14. lol

[Jim Lane]

23. Ask Barack Hussein Obama. (n/t)

[Dawgs]

26. The whole country is full of IDIOTS.

Not limited to just Georgia.

Look at Wisconsin, New Jersey, Texas, and Alaska if you don't want to believe it.

[Stevepol]

37. Are you sure they rejected Barnes?

Who counted the votes? Was the count done in total secrecy? Did anybody bother to ck to make sure the count was correct? Was there even any paper to count?

I personally think GA is a poster child for why you don't want to have the votes counted on electronic voting machines.

In 2009, Germany decided to ditch the machines because, as they decided after a lengthy case before the constitutional court, you can't count the votes in secret and provide no way for the average voter to feel confident of the result and still call yourself a democracy. Naturally, this received almost no press in the US. Check it out here:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Germany-bans-computerized-by-Paul-Lehto-090303-583.html

I think Barnes probably won in 2002, but of course there's no way to know if I'm right or wrong. When these machines are used, usually there's no way to know one way or the other.

I'll be pulling for Nunn, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

[hueymahl]

41. Deal - A scumbag for the ages

Deal reminds me more and more of Nixon every day.

[Kath1]

13. I feel it, too, she!

"Women are going to win this year because we women are going out to vote in numbers." - YES!

We are not going to let the strides we've made over the last six years be reversed.

Women made the difference in 2008 and 2012. WE can do it again!

[CatWoman]

16. don't get me wrong -- i'm definitely voting for Nunn

but these idiots put party and hate first

[sheshe2]

17. You got that right Kath!

Yes We Can, the Women will speak.

[sheshe2]

32. We can Kath!

We sure as hell can.

[Laelth]

8. k&r for Michelle Nunn. n/t

-Laelth

[Kath1]

11. Excellent!

Thanks for passing on the GOOD news, babylonsister!

[lovemydog]

19. Go Michelle Nunn.

She's more conservative than I would like. But we've got to start by getting the right wing republicans out. Then, once the conservative democrats are in, make them more liberal. I know that's more a long term strategy, lol. For right now: get the right wing lunatic republicans out of Congress.

[ecstatic]

20. Even Zell Miller emerged from the woodwork

to support Nunn. Zell went from being a democrat to a rabid right wing wacko after 911, and now he's supporting democrats again? Also, I thought he had died!

[Jim Lane]

24. The Libertarian at 7% is worrisome.

Often, support for no-hoper minor candidates collapses in the final week, as reality sets in among the True Believers. When they finally resign themselves to the fact that one of the major-party candidates will win, they pick the one they dislike less. It seems likely that most of that 7% will end up voting for Perdue.

[Rozlee]

27. That's what I'm afraid of too.

Your convictions only get you so far. At the eleventh hour, many of them might jump ship and decide the futility of their cause isn't worth throwing away their vote and hold their noses and choose what they consider the lesser evil.

[hueymahl]

40. Exactly right

Plus, even if they stick with the Libertarian, with that big a number and that close a race, this thing is likely to go to a runoff. Then all those libertarian candidates come home to the repoblican party (I'm wild-ass guessing it would be 2/3s of them).

Nunn can do it. But it is a long road to get there.

[pnwmom]

28. I wish it were a lead but a 2% difference is most likely a tie, statistically speaking.

Unless they had a much larger sample size than usual.

[DFW]

33. I'm keeping hope alive that GA and KY will be cause for cheering on election night

I have some good company back up north in Burlington, too!

[craigmatic]

34. I just donated to her yesterday. I hope she wins

[7962]

35. I dont think its means GA is going blue, its the name thats winning.

Any other Dem in this race would be losing by a wide margin. Same with Carter. Smart moves to get them the support to lead the primaries, otherwise both the Senate and gov races would likely be over.

[johnlucas]

36. Well I'm backing Michelle Nunn. Anything to tip the scales in Georgia

My whole focus is on destroying the Republican Party & the key to doing that is chop up their dominance in the South.
The Republican Party has long joined forces with the Confederate Dixiecrats & because of that they will be banished just like the Dixiecrats.

We'll deal with the Democratic Party & its nonsense AFTER we finish off that Republican Party.
First things first.
John Lucas

[riqster]

38. GOTFV!

[samsingh]

39. the best thing for the country and the world will be for the Democrats to keep the Senate

and win back the House