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Republicans might need to start panicking about a key Senate seat in a deep-red state
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Posted on 04/05/2018 8:57:01 AM PDT by mikelets456

Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, is leading Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn by double digits going into the Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Bob Corker, according to a poll released Thursday.

The poll, conducted by Middle Tennessee State University, shows 45% of registered voters favor Bredesen, while just 35% would back Blackburn. In addition, 17% are undecided.

For registered independents, preference for Bredesen over Blackburn increases to 12 points. A fifth of Republican respondents would cross the aisle and vote for Bredesen, compared to just five percent of Democrats who would do so for Blackburn.

Blackburn's poor performance in the poll shows that Democrats are in striking distance to flip a long-held Republican Senate seat. When Corker last year abruptly decided to bow out of running for reelection, Blackburn quickly jumped in to take his place.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; 2018polls; blackburn; bredesen; corker; markbrown; marshablackburn; philbredesen; senate; tennessee; tn2018
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To: from occupied ga

Totally nailed it. There are unfortunately a lot of people in the country with this entitlement mindset.


41 posted on 04/05/2018 10:04:00 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: KMac1945
Marriage of Country Music with Hollywood

Yep. The country "stars" of today aka Tractor Rappers are Hollyweird material.

42 posted on 04/05/2018 10:05:28 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Eccl 10:2

I don’t think our side is willing to help campaigns. I see a lot of comments about how we are going to lose and how bad the candidates are, but no one wants to attend local meetings or even help campaign for the candidates. A campaign isn’t all or nothing in terms of volunteering. It can be helping with phone calls or sending a letter to an editor. It can be talking with people at our churches and encouraging them to go vote. I think the base needs to stop having an attitude of either Congress does 100% of what I want or I’m not going to vote. An attitude like that is how we didn’t have larger majorities in both houses. Now we are about to lose governorships and this administration because impeachment is certain.


43 posted on 04/05/2018 10:09:41 AM PDT by futnam1
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To: buckalfa

We need to get out our priorities then. The generation after Millennials is skewing conservative in some places. Instead of acting like turning blue is guaranteed, we need to stop having a defeatist attitude.


44 posted on 04/05/2018 10:09:42 AM PDT by futnam1
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To: Eccl 10:2

I don’t think our side is willing to help campaigns. I see a lot of comments about how we are going to lose and how bad the candidates are, but no one wants to attend local meetings or even help campaign for the candidates. A campaign isn’t all or nothing in terms of volunteering. It can be helping with phone calls or sending a letter to an editor. It can be talking with people at our churches and encouraging them to go vote. I think the base needs to stop having an attitude of either Congress does 100% of what I want or I’m not going to vote. An attitude like that is how we didn’t have larger majorities in both houses. Now we are about to lose governorships and this administration because impeachment is certain.


45 posted on 04/05/2018 10:09:42 AM PDT by futnam1
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To: futnam1

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You need to recognize what the purpose of pubic screwels is.


46 posted on 04/05/2018 10:11:50 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: factoryrat
And as usual, the conservatives in the republican party will form the circular firing squad, and crucify any candidate that isn’t perfect, or worse, let the socialist-democrats pick their candidates for them.

And still worse, support 3rd party candidates who have no other purpose than to drain votes away from the more conservative of the two major party candidates.

47 posted on 04/05/2018 10:16:53 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: mikelets456; AdvisorB; Campion; Grammy; Ingtar; Jane Long; jazusamo; Kaslin; upcountry miss; ...
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48 posted on 04/05/2018 10:23:27 AM PDT by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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To: mikelets456

This is what happens when Libs flee their state of origin. They create the same woe they previously lived under and vote in what they fled from! I’m originally from NYC and came here to NC 26 years ago and Raleigh might as well be Long Island.


49 posted on 04/05/2018 10:26:37 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: mikelets456; All
Republicans might need to start panicking about a key Senate seat in a deep-red state

Partner, this ia all Far Left Fake News MSM. It looks like our Fake News Crowd never gives up on Fake News stuff.

I probably should have said Fake Polls since we get way too many Fake Polls these days from our Far Left Fake News Crowd.

50 posted on 04/05/2018 10:31:40 AM PDT by TheConservativeTejano
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To: mikelets456

I guess they want MORE GEEKS in their lives.

Want MORE GEEKS in your life?
STAY HOME ELECTION DAY!
Guarantee HUNDREDS MORE!
https://youtu.be/jV1z_LRgI_s


51 posted on 04/05/2018 10:54:58 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (Why are damn near ALL the SEX FIENDS Democrats?)
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To: futnam1

I totally agree with you about the nitwit voters on the right, many of whom are members here, who act like babies if the R candidate isn’t in 100% agreement with them. There is too much at stake now if the D’s take over.


52 posted on 04/05/2018 10:55:38 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: mikelets456

The GOP does not need to panic it needs to start showing some will tto fight the anti american leftists instead of savoring the taste of donkey dick


53 posted on 04/05/2018 11:46:33 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner
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To: futnam1

Thanks for the comment from that area. I’m worried about all of it, but we can win if we get involved even if it’s just helping with phone calls to voters. Can you and others organize and take a few hours a week to help her campaign?


I’ll see, but CPA in the throws of tax season right now.

I think Blackburn has got to go after who Bredesen represents, the pro immigrant, pro abortion, pro gun control, anti veteran, anti American etc crowd. Bredesen is well liked and did a pretty good job. She’s got to make him represent the Schumers, Soros, Pelosi’s etc. A vote for Bredesen is a vote for this Leftist crowd.


54 posted on 04/05/2018 11:48:11 AM PDT by upbeat5
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To: mikelets456

Tennessee isn’t going to elect an abortionist friend of Hillary over a real conservative like Marsha. Not Gonnna Happen.


55 posted on 04/05/2018 12:02:37 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: futnam1

You are correct, demographics does not have to be destiny. Yet our battle is being lost in our schools and universities that churn out BernieBots.


56 posted on 04/05/2018 1:19:31 PM PDT by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'm younger than that now.)
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To: mikelets456

Registered voter poll. Less than useless.


57 posted on 04/05/2018 4:23:58 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: mikelets456

Registered voter poll. Less than useless.


58 posted on 04/05/2018 4:24:19 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: babble-on

Bredesen is not a centrist. He’s a left-winger. Always has been.


59 posted on 04/05/2018 4:25:46 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: mikelets456

Anyone who thinks the RATs are not going to cheat bigly in November is not thinking at all.

Because they are planning it and they do not care if they cheat because they know that nobody will do a thing about it.


60 posted on 04/05/2018 4:28:20 PM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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