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Thoughts on Vermont (U.S. Senate) race?
FR ^ | Nov 16 | RandFan

Posted on 11/16/2021 4:10:52 AM PST by RandFan

Surely there must be a liberty loving, constitutional conservative in that state for the GOP to be competitive?

Sort of like a Rand Paul .

Interesting fact is that Pat Leahy was the only Dem to be elected to U.S. Senate from there.

So will the seat go to the Dem or someone claiming their independent/socialist and whoever Bernie endorses?

Does Bernie have that much clout?

Guess we'll find out.

I like to think some kind of appealing Republican can emerge...


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To: RandFan

What surprises many about VT is how pro gun they are. Even hard core lefties tread very lightly around the third rail of death, i.e. gun control.


21 posted on 11/16/2021 5:00:48 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: VTenigma

I’m sorry to hear that :-(


22 posted on 11/16/2021 5:02:35 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Democrats always run their campaigns as if they were centrists then, once elected, pivot toward Pelosi and Schumer. Take a page from their playbook.


23 posted on 11/16/2021 5:04:32 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: BiglyCommentary

It’s an enigma to me like “live free or die” NH


24 posted on 11/16/2021 5:05:11 AM PST by RandFan
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To: Vermont Lt

Plus they let out of state college students vote at the predominantly uber leftist colleges, further skewing the vote left.


25 posted on 11/16/2021 5:06:13 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: JonPreston

Dubie could win. I think


26 posted on 11/16/2021 5:07:49 AM PST by campaignPete R-CT (I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go ...)
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To: outofsalt

Exactly

Lie or hide it well.

Rand does a good job at it. He’s a full throttled libertarian but you wouldn’t know it when you see him.

Just look at his voting record and stuff like that.


27 posted on 11/16/2021 5:08:06 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan
It's hard to see any hope for the people of Vt. After all, they've voted for an avowed commie, Sanders and liberal leaky Lehey for years
28 posted on 11/16/2021 5:17:15 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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To: RandFan

The Governor of Vermont, Phil Scott, is a Republican. So I suppose electing a Republican Senator is not out of the question. Yet, the ‘Ben and Jerry’ crowd controls Vermont.


29 posted on 11/16/2021 5:25:12 AM PST by donozark (Awaiting the arrival of Biden's Black Marias...)
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To: RandFan
Need someone appealing enough who is a staunch conservative but can hide it,.

If they're hiding it then how do you know you're voting for a staunch Republican and not just another RINO?

30 posted on 11/16/2021 5:26:28 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: RandFan

People heating with other than wood in VT are going to get smoked by the high prices. Hopefully they connect the dots.


31 posted on 11/16/2021 5:27:24 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: RandFan

We need to run conservatives in both the Republican and Dem primaries. Steal a page from their playbook. So either way we have a chance of winning.


32 posted on 11/16/2021 5:30:27 AM PST by Betty Jane
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To: RandFan

I would hope that some libertarian get is before a democrat.

The chances for a decent republican are slim to non, although I have met some very conservative, grassroots Vermonters. Even some Trump signs on the backroads in VT last election cycle.


33 posted on 11/16/2021 5:30:36 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
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To: metmom

mark steyn


34 posted on 11/16/2021 5:31:10 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Free Republic has gone to hell is a Covid handbasket)
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mark steyn

He's too smart.

35 posted on 11/16/2021 5:32:13 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: bert

Stein is in NH.


36 posted on 11/16/2021 5:47:29 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: BiglyCommentary

Oh yes........ I get them mixed up


37 posted on 11/16/2021 5:49:43 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Free Republic has gone to hell is a Covid handbasket)
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To: RandFan

Unlike the GOP-e, the RATS don’t do anything without a plan.


38 posted on 11/16/2021 5:51:04 AM PST by Zathras
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To: RandFan

Lol! It’s Vermont. The best you could get would be a Rick Scott type.


39 posted on 11/16/2021 6:13:13 AM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: knarf

Powerful.


40 posted on 11/16/2021 6:25:38 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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