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TeamPooka

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2. Fuck that guy. What has he done to stand up to trump and defend his old school GOP principles? Zero.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2018, 02:09 PM

Dec 2018

Fuck that guy again.

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Sen. Lamar Alexander will not run for reelection [View all] brooklynite Dec 2018 OP

Lamar! Guppy Dec 2018 #1

Any relation to Headley Lamarr? nycbos Dec 2018 #19

Fuck that guy. What has he done to stand up to trump and defend his old school GOP principles? Zero. TeamPooka Dec 2018 #2

Exactly, all of the Senate and House Repugnants have essentially done nothing but lick his boots. cstanleytech Dec 2018 #4

+1 dalton99a Dec 2018 #7

I saw a WaPo breaking on this. Maybe Bresden will give it another shot. nt BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #3

I cut off Bredesen when he came out in support of Kavanaugh. brooklynite Dec 2018 #5

Yeah that was idiotic. BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #8

Not really redstateblues Dec 2018 #31

I think a misinterpretation of what I meant for what I posted. BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #32

So you helped elect Blackburn???? TNNurse Dec 2018 #21

No, I helped elect other Democrats in his place brooklynite Dec 2018 #23

The Kavanaugh thing is not why he lost. My TN, unfortunately, is a very backward state redstateblues Dec 2018 #28

I think it may have inadvertantly suppressed some voters though. BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #33

Why? Dopers_Greed Dec 2018 #6

I think the Kavanaugh thing was a death knell BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #9

If he came out and opposed Kavanaugh, he would have lost by 20 Polybius Dec 2018 #34

He could have decided not to address it at all BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #36

The PA comparison isn't really fair Polybius Dec 2018 #37

If I'm not mistaken, he was a 2-term Democratic governor BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #38

Phil Bredesen last won statewide office a dozen years ago, and was very moderate Polybius Dec 2018 #39

At one point BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #40

Sadly there is no Democrat that could win a statewide election at the present redstateblues Dec 2018 #29

Megan Barry would have been one. redstateblues Dec 2018 #30

Nope. RhodeIslandOne Dec 2018 #13

How many seats do they have to defend in 2020? pecosbob Dec 2018 #10

They defend only two seats in states Hillary won (Maine and Colorado). Jim Lane Dec 2018 #12

But we have a good chance of picking up seats in North Carolina, Arizona, and possibly Iowa. StevieM Dec 2018 #14

I know there are some additional chances. Jim Lane Dec 2018 #16

We would have won Arizona, along with the election, had it not been for the Comey intervention. StevieM Dec 2018 #17

There us no telling d_r Dec 2018 #26

Dems should run Taylor Swift. Funtatlaguy Dec 2018 #11

Why is this a "body blow" to the senate? vlyons Dec 2018 #15

Yes... odd phrase to use. Harker Dec 2018 #25

Lamar Alexander.......................go fuck your self and bark at the moon................... turbinetree Dec 2018 #18

bye bye. so long. riversedge Dec 2018 #20

He can now retire to his home in a gated community TNNurse Dec 2018 #22

The only chance for Dems is a celebrity candidate like Tim McGraw BluegrassDem Dec 2018 #24

A real body blow! JackRiddler Dec 2018 #27

Target number 1? Polybius Dec 2018 #35