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tabbycat31

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70. I'm not normally a fan of primarying incumbents

Wed May 8, 2013, 01:50 PM

May 2013

But if there ever was one who needed it, his name is Jon Corzine. He was a Goldman Sachs CEO in a day and age where Wall Street was toxic. He had low approval ratings (IMO Obama should have tapped him for treasury in 09).

There were several Democrats who could have primaried him and won, but with his net worth, everyone was afraid to. Someone else would have beat Christie.

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It's official: New Jersey, Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin are all stupid [View all] brentspeak May 2013 OP

No argument here. Deep13 May 2013 #1

Ditto x1000. CincyDem May 2013 #3

Wisconsin Elections are rigged. nebenaube May 2013 #2

+1 Zillion Scuba May 2013 #36

Yup. Something's rotten in WI Greybnk48 May 2013 #42

Don't forget Rhode Island! NYC_SKP May 2013 #4

What about RI? gaspee May 2013 #19

Rhode Island is home to bigots, gun nuts, homophobes and sexist haters. NYC_SKP May 2013 #49

I did miss the start gaspee May 2013 #63

California is ginormous. NYC_SKP May 2013 #73

People who arent political junkies Warpy May 2013 #5

So what DO you do? FrodosPet May 2013 #21

The media needs to do it's job, the way they used to do it lunatica May 2013 #45

LePage was elected with 38% of the vote. Old and In the Way May 2013 #6

on top of that Maine-ah May 2013 #32

Wisconsin got a chance to undo a mistake... Half-Century Man May 2013 #7

Please see Post #2. Scuba May 2013 #37

Texas is VERY, VERY stupid Skittles May 2013 #8

Yep: Ted Cruz, Mike McCaul, Dan Patrick ... ananda May 2013 #40

there so many dumb fucks in Texas Skittles May 2013 #75

But at least we know how to grill! snooper2 May 2013 #56

Hey! Minnesota is the ONLY state that didn't go for Reagan in '84. krispos42 May 2013 #9

largely, actually probably exclusively, because Mondale was from Minnesota(nt) mnmoderatedem May 2013 #60

Shhhh! krispos42 May 2013 #61

heh :) mnmoderatedem May 2013 #62

You forgot Indiana. Chellee May 2013 #10

Indiana used to say they wouldn't honor Daylight Saving Time... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #12

The only reason MN 6th keeps voting for Bachmann is because Apophis May 2013 #11

So MN has redistributed *dumb* delrem May 2013 #15

Touch�. Apophis May 2013 #44

And, suburban Republicans have increased in MN in the last decade. LuckyLib May 2013 #77

Welcome to MY world! MrScorpio May 2013 #13

Yo mama is SO stupid... MiddleFingerMom May 2013 #14

What all of you fail to realize Unknown Beatle May 2013 #16

Yes and no. While I don't doubt there is chicanery, people are actually voting that way a lot. Liberal Veteran May 2013 #68

remember, Walker was recalled and won that, too! WhaTHellsgoingonhere May 2013 #17

Howzabout RudynJack May 2013 #18

^^ This! Seeking Serenity May 2013 #39

well, Maine was a 3 way race so they should get a pass cali May 2013 #20

Bless your heart.. Fumesucker May 2013 #22

62% of Maine's voters voted *against* Gov. 38% LePage magical thyme May 2013 #23

Awww don't be so hard on yourselves RandiFan1290 May 2013 #24

SlowHio: Despite Sherrod Brown and Marcy Kaptur, We're Still A Sea of Tea. HughBeaumont May 2013 #25

Who is trashing southern Democrats? burnodo May 2013 #26

Mention any southern state and they throw a fit RandiFan1290 May 2013 #27

Charlie Crist for Governor. graham4anything May 2013 #29

You will have to ask someone else to vote for the repub RandiFan1290 May 2013 #30

Charlie is a democratic candidate who can win this time. Charlie spit in Jeb's face,noone else did graham4anything May 2013 #33

Wall of text crits for over 9000! RandiFan1290 May 2013 #34

just say no to fresh whine. There are 2 choices-either to whine or to win graham4anything May 2013 #35

Actually there was an independent in NJ in 2009. tabbycat31 May 2013 #48

I, along with many others, will never vote for "for the people" Crist. NCTraveler May 2013 #69

"In 2010 I voted for the DEMOCRATIC candidate" NCTraveler May 2013 #66

I hold a grudge as well RandiFan1290 May 2013 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author cordelia May 2013 #46

Democrats don't do well in mid terms/special. Repubs stick together, 3rdparty/protest fracture graham4anything May 2013 #28

except 2006 I would guess burnodo May 2013 #31

How about listening to voters rather than calling them stupid? Recursion May 2013 #38

No, they don't care. Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #41

Here: NYC_SKP May 2013 #50

In defense of New Jersey, my current home state, blame the state Democrats & Mother Nature. bklyncowgirl May 2013 #43

I'm not normally a fan of primarying incumbents tabbycat31 May 2013 #70

"New Jersey (my state): Elected Republican Chris Christie as governor." ProSense May 2013 #47

Amen ProSense Amen JustAnotherGen May 2013 #55

+1. The fact that people here admire Christie and defend him at every turn is disgusting. n/t FSogol May 2013 #71

Thank you JustAnotherGen May 2013 #74

People aren't trashing southern Democrats. Indeed, they're an geek tragedy May 2013 #51

"The problem is that the South, especially white Southerners, are radical rightwing Republicans." rdharma May 2013 #52

Obama got under 20% of the white vote in several southern states. geek tragedy May 2013 #54

The MS House delegation was majority blue until 2010 Recursion May 2013 #53

The MS House delegation was an anachronism-- geek tragedy May 2013 #57

I don't buy that. We can find another Gene Taylor Recursion May 2013 #58

Obama got 10% of the white vote in Mississippi. geek tragedy May 2013 #59

Hey you left out CRK7376 May 2013 #64

Iowa : We've elected Steve King and Charles Grassley to Congress bullwinkle428 May 2013 #65

Is it ever okay to discuss a region's consistent voting habits then? Liberal Veteran May 2013 #67

And I might add wryter2000 May 2013 #76

Don't blame me, I voted for Virg Brenero in 2010. Never bought the "1 tough nerd" act. muntrv May 2013 #78

Me either 1gobluedem May 2013 #79