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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders tells Ed Schultz: Southern Democrats are tired of being abandoned by the party [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)47. Start with Kentucky
McConnell drops behind Grimes (D)// McConnell says he will prevent next shutdown
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023873012
Kentucky has a Democratic governor who accepted the Medicaid expansion, which is really pissing off the teabaggers.
Kentucky GOP Senators Were Wrong That State Didnt Want Obamacare
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023864125
Kentucky's success makes a mockery of GOP Obamacare foes
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023779107
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023873012
Democratic Opponent Lundergan Grimes Out-Fundraises McConnell
Kentucky Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes reported on Tuesday that she had raised more money in the third quarter than her opponent, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Lundergan Grimes reported raising a total of $2.5 million from July to the end of September while McConnell raised $2.3 million. McConnell's campaign manager, Jesse Benton, said that fundraising quarter was his best so far, according to the Associated Press. Grimes's campaign said 13,328 unique contributors donated to her campaign.
But McConnell still has far more cash on hand. The top Senate Republican has $10 million cash on hand while Grimes has roughly $2 million.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lundergan-grimes-outraises-mcconnell-in-third-fundraising-quarter
Kentucky Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes reported on Tuesday that she had raised more money in the third quarter than her opponent, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Lundergan Grimes reported raising a total of $2.5 million from July to the end of September while McConnell raised $2.3 million. McConnell's campaign manager, Jesse Benton, said that fundraising quarter was his best so far, according to the Associated Press. Grimes's campaign said 13,328 unique contributors donated to her campaign.
But McConnell still has far more cash on hand. The top Senate Republican has $10 million cash on hand while Grimes has roughly $2 million.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lundergan-grimes-outraises-mcconnell-in-third-fundraising-quarter
Kentucky has a Democratic governor who accepted the Medicaid expansion, which is really pissing off the teabaggers.
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Here's another comment from the same poster that also helps further explain their thinking:
wexwuther
Takes a minute to truly unpack that one. Everyone who might save money using Obamacare is unpatriotic, destroying America and deserves to rot in Hell for all eternity. Almost wish this was some kind of a liberal plant but the problem is I've met people who think just like this. From the polling it appears the country is finally waking up to the ugly truth of it.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/16/1247830/-Best-Redstate-comment-for-today
Here's another comment from the same poster that also helps further explain their thinking:
wexwuther
Kentucky can go to hell in a handbasket. The people there are flocking to the ACA. We should bring to this fight the discipline of the union workers who hold firm on their strikes and suffer on principle. There can be no worse patriotic move right now than to sign up for Obamacare just to save a few hundred bucks a month. It will end up costing America much more than that.
Takes a minute to truly unpack that one. Everyone who might save money using Obamacare is unpatriotic, destroying America and deserves to rot in Hell for all eternity. Almost wish this was some kind of a liberal plant but the problem is I've met people who think just like this. From the polling it appears the country is finally waking up to the ugly truth of it.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/16/1247830/-Best-Redstate-comment-for-today
Kentucky GOP Senators Were Wrong That State Didnt Want Obamacare
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023864125
Kentucky's success makes a mockery of GOP Obamacare foes
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023779107
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Bernie Sanders tells Ed Schultz: Southern Democrats are tired of being abandoned by the party [View all]
Galraedia
Oct 2013
OP
The "50 state strategy" is what I first thought of when I saw this too........
socialist_n_TN
Oct 2013
#4
This is why even the petit bourgeoisie should not support capitalism.....
socialist_n_TN
Oct 2013
#92
Exactly! Many of my husband's high school friends are working class whites and they vote repub
anneboleyn
Oct 2013
#45
You assume that shoveling money creates victory for the shoveler but facts do
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#85
Might win some in the West? The entire West Coast is Blue, all Senators, Governors
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#86
Not just Congressional seats, there is a need to focus on State Houses and state legislatures.
Fla Dem
Oct 2013
#17
He doesn't get white Southerners. Different culture than Vermont Yankees. nt
geek tragedy
Oct 2013
#23
I think your description is of racists and homphobes and to extend that to all
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#88
Precisely it's like fighting with one arm tied behind your back or negotiating from a position
Uncle Joe
Oct 2013
#54
Obama made an irrevocable mistake when he abandoned Dean's 50 state strategy.
last1standing
Oct 2013
#51
Can we get those guys to vote Democratic without abandoning what they're "hung up on"?
Silent3
Oct 2013
#57
If it's MORE important to someone to keep their gay neighbor from getting married
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#72
Like it or not, the South is the hub of evangelical Christianity in America...
YoungDemCA
Oct 2013
#82
The top members of the Democratic Party cannot keep abandoning those who voted for them.
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#87