This guy could tip the senate.......

[a kennedy]

Auburn, Maine (CNN) -- A quiet lobbying campaign by a low-key man from Maine could determine which party controls the Senate next year.

Sen. Angus King, a Maine Independent, is holding private conversations with Independent Senate candidates to urge them against siding with Democrats or Republicans before the election. In a narrowly divided Senate, this group of Independents could tip the balance of power -- and wield tremendous clout.

"If you announce in advance which party you're going to caucus with, you may as well just sign up and say I'm one or the other," King told CNN.

King recently advised Independent Kansas Senate candidate Greg Orman on how to be most effective running outside the two party system. Another Independent candidate, Larry Pressler of South Dakota, got similar pointers from King, who strongly suggested that Pressler evade questions about which party he he will caucus with -- just as King did when he first ran for the Senate two years ago.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/politics/2014-midterm-elections/index.html

By Dana Bash, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent
updated 12:22 PM EDT, Tue October 21, 2014

[Politicalboi]

1. Why must we feel like it's gambling

We need to have a civil rights document for equal rights, equal pay, healthcare and SANE laws that don't throw the whole country into a ditch IF. IF the ball lands in blue we win, but if it lands in red we lose. Seeing has how running for and holding office doesn't require a real education, we need to have protections against this. We need standards that don't move an inch. Not smart enough, you can't run for office. Not sane enough, can't run for office.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Like maybe a "Human Security" amendment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_security

[louis-t]

2. I like this guy, King.

I've seen him interviewed a few times. Impressive.