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Savannahmann

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7. You mean like in the race for Senator from Kansas?

Fri Oct 10, 2014, 02:30 PM

Oct 2014

Greg Orman was given the big boost of the Democrats withdrawing. So this would be a big win, to get Pat Roberts and the Republicans out of the office right?

So what does Greg Orman say about which party he will caucus with?

Beyond these hints, however, we have Orman's most notable campaign promise: If elected, he will caucus with whichever party wins the majority in the Senate. That essentially means that if Kansas voters elect Orman, they will have to wait for voters in Alaska and Arkansas and Louisiana and Georgia and North Carolina, among others, to have a sense of what the senator from Kansas is going to do.

So the Democratic Party has arranged that Democrats have little chance to vote for anyone but a Republican, or a Republican if they take control of the Senate, in the race for the Senator from Kansas. Damn those fringe folks in the leadership of the Democratic Party advocating a third party candidate.

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The real reason there are so many threads about alleged "Progressive vote suppression" [View all] Savannahmann Oct 2014 OP

It also helps justify continued dismissal of progressive issues and values by "Party Loyalists" Scootaloo Oct 2014 #1

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I wish I could tell if you're being sardonic. Goddamned Poe's Law. Scootaloo Oct 2014 #6

Aw, c'mon, Scoot. Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #11

There are high profile examples of 'progressives' discouraging voting or advocating third parties wyldwolf Oct 2014 #2

You mean like in the race for Senator from Kansas? Savannahmann Oct 2014 #7

No. wyldwolf Oct 2014 #10

Oh yeah - that Ted Rall piece at Alternet telling 'progressives' to break up with Democrats wyldwolf Oct 2014 #16

Even on boards like DU Andy823 Oct 2014 #18

Once more, how did that work out? LondonReign2 Oct 2014 #20

Thanks for posting these . . . markpkessinger Oct 2014 #29

My pleasure LondonReign2 Oct 2014 #53

You do realize that Ivans died years ago, correct? blackspade Oct 2014 #43

So? wyldwolf Oct 2014 #47

So what was the point of your post then? blackspade Oct 2014 #52

to show 'progressives' have threatened to sit out elections or support third party candidates wyldwolf Oct 2014 #54

Well if that was your intent, then you failed. blackspade Oct 2014 #66

I can't be blamed for your lack of reading comprehension skills wyldwolf Oct 2014 #67

My skills are just fine, thanks. blackspade Oct 2014 #72

Are you a progressive? If so, why didn't you succumb? Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #13

Molly Ivans has not floated anything since 2007 when she died. Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #59

I don't recall, in any of these threads, any time period constraints. wyldwolf Oct 2014 #60

I trash that bullshit on sight. n/t winter is coming Oct 2014 #4

It's there Andy823 Oct 2014 #5

Fairies are there too, if you really want to see them Scootaloo Oct 2014 #8

Thanks Andy823 Oct 2014 #15

I've been posting that the Senate was in jeopardy since April. Savannahmann Oct 2014 #9

+1 n/t markpkessinger Oct 2014 #30

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Exceptional OP. K&R nt TBF Oct 2014 #24

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repubLIEcons are masters of propaganda, penndragon69 Oct 2014 #27

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Yes I've seen the polls. Savannahmann Oct 2014 #41

I'll take the local paper over the soppy conservative NY Times, thanks. nt AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #48

And the Soppy conservative Daily Kos? Savannahmann Oct 2014 #50

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I have no problem with women's equality Savannahmann Oct 2014 #44

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Are you suggesting that Democratic Party leadership is posting threads on DU? brooklynite Oct 2014 #42

No he did not, and good luck with that line... n/t mrdmk Oct 2014 #61

Please, then, explain what WAS being said... brooklynite Oct 2014 #62

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What have they proposed? Savannahmann Oct 2014 #63

What could they possibly propose that would pass this congress? joshcryer Oct 2014 #68

Um, I covered the "make it america". Savannahmann Oct 2014 #69

That is patently false, though. joshcryer Oct 2014 #70