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nadinbrzezinski

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18. Most of those idiots drained votes from Cuchinelli

Reply to SoCalNative (Reply #13)

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 10:22 PM

Nov 2013

Without them it would have indeed been a blow out.

There is another candidate that became POTUS due to a strong third party candidate and I do not mean Bush. More like 1992.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 OP

You are wrong about that.. HipChick Nov 2013 #1

But as to his point, why aren't we winning huge, esp. with Sarvis siphoning off GOP votes hooverville29 Nov 2013 #3

Welcome to DU, hooverville29~ calimary Nov 2013 #5

Those rural areas? A lot of them used to be reliably blue. X_Digger Nov 2013 #31

"On my best behavior" quinnox Nov 2013 #2

Dammit Manny DireStrike Nov 2013 #4

Terry is not an extremist. Pab Sungenis Nov 2013 #6

Sarcasm missed???? nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #7

It's hard to tell with Manny some times. Pab Sungenis Nov 2013 #12

I always read the signature nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #15

As do I. Pab Sungenis Nov 2013 #16

Yeah nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #20

Not even close to where we need to be to win elections MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #9

What's your game here? BainsBane Nov 2013 #25

Reagan already looks like a commie Fumesucker Nov 2013 #36

Then how do you explain Chris Christie winning N.J.? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #8

Exactly. Put up a "severe progressive" against conservative in NE Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #14

...like Bill de Blasio, amiright? NuclearDem Nov 2013 #19

City politics a bit different. Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #21

Or like Bernie Sanders! NuclearDem Nov 2013 #23

In Vermont dude... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #27

PW said conservatives vs hard core progressives end in conservative victories in New England. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #28

I think NE was North East hfojvt Nov 2013 #30

D'oh, that's right. I don't know why I pictured New England as being larger. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #32

Exactly. Christie is a man we can do business with. MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #22

She got no support from the party hootinholler Nov 2013 #26

seems like some of the party leaders did not get behind her hfojvt Nov 2013 #34

I'm on pins and needles with the 1% difference right now. It's going the way of the Rove playbook. ancianita Nov 2013 #10

You mean that Goddam Commie anarcho-syndicalist McAuliffe? Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #11

No, VA shows us what happens SoCalNative Nov 2013 #13

Most of those idiots drained votes from Cuchinelli nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #18

sorry but that is just plain, flat out, untrue dsc Nov 2013 #33

Yes, yes it is, and those studies also show nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #37

No they just plain do not dsc Nov 2013 #42

Ok, so the PhD s in poli sci who ran the numbers nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #43

McAuliffe could not have won except for AtomicKitten Nov 2013 #17

Is that how you describe McAluliffe? BainsBane Nov 2013 #24

Jon Stewart on the Virginia race. woo me with science Nov 2013 #29

in both races tonight, the more centrist candidate won scheming daemons Nov 2013 #35

I hope people remember that during the 2016 election when they complain that Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #39

"Make No Mistake�... just as it should be..." MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #40

When Dems nominate people who aren't too left wing in border states--they win. Look at Missouri Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #38

Let's take it one step further Oilwellian Nov 2013 #44

You just can't win for losing can you Manny? William769 Nov 2013 #41

I think this is an EXTREME post. You are hyperbolic here. Kindly chill out. RBInMaine Nov 2013 #45