Posted on 09/09/2010 8:32:41 AM PDT by RachelFaith
I alwqys though Illinois and Mayor Daley I got that dishonor. W. Va. was where Daddy Joe Kennedy’s millions bought the defeat of Hubert Humphrey so JFK could win the nomination.
The winner will also get seated immediately and get to vote in the lame duck session. Another reason to concentrate some fire power there.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this one special in that the winner is seated immediately following the election, vs waiting until January?
This is the one I want. Delaware or Ill don’t care so much about. But this can be a conservative held seat as can Nevada. The states I want are “red” or “swing”. The blue states including my own secondary unless a Christie is running.
Beat me to it. :)
Don’t count out Connecticut yet.
It looks like a lot of West Virginians feel that a good governor won't necessarily be a good senator one he gets under Zer0's influence.
Very damaging stuff, and Raese hasn't even gone after that point much yet.
Agreed! I fully COUNT it. 12+ Senate wins. Maybe 15!!
ALL of the Toss Ups and some of the leaning.
I got this email from dick morris a few days ago... and posted it - I am going to do what I can for him - like you said, that would be a big one!! MONEY I AM SURE HE NEEDS MONEY! GO CHRISTINE ODONNELL!!
MANNA FROM HEAVEN
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
September 2, 2010
Having failed us in life, Robert Byrd is apparently going
to help us to limit government spending after his demise.
He has accomplished this postmortem feat by opening up
His Senate seat in time to be included in the
deluge that is approaching in the November, 2010 election.
When Byrd died, Democrats confidently expected West Virginia’s
popular governor - Joe Manchin (pronounced mansion) - to win
the seat handily. When Republican John Raese (pronounced racy)
jumped into the race, few were surprised and none
bothered to recalculate the GOP’s chances.
While Raese is wealthy and inclined to spend heavily to win,
he had been soundly defeated by Byrd in 2006 for the same seat.
Now comes the first poll in the race by Scott Rasmussen and
the results are going to send shockwaves throughout
the country. Manchin leads Raese by only 48-42!
What makes these numbers so significant is that Manchin
has a job approval as governor of 70%. So more than
a third of those who like him as Governor, don’t want
him to be the Senator.
Why not? The answer is simple: Barack Obama.
West Virginia voted for McCain in 2008 despite a reputation
for yellow dog consistency in backing Democrats.
But when Coal is, of course, as vital to this state’s economy
as gambling is to Nevada’s and Obama’s determination to
wreck the coal industry is not welcome in West Virginia.
When a governor’s job approval ratings are not correlating
with an ability to win vote share, he is in desperate trouble.
The way politicians usually win office is by raising their
approval and favorability ratings. The fact that Manchin’s
are already stratospheric but his vote share is under 50,
suggests that the linkage between the two is severed,
likely with lethal consequences for his Senate candidacy.
For his part, Raese can run against the Stimulus Package,
Obamacare, TARP, and, above all, Cap and Trade.Of Manchin’s
record as the state’s chief executive, all he need say is
“Keep Manchin as our Governor.”
Especially since Raese is partly self-funded, he can wage
a strong campaign. With West Virginia decidedly in play,
the prospects are even brighter for Republican control of
the Senate.
By the way, two Republicans running for the House in
West Virginia also deserve support - and donations...
read more.
GO TO WWW.DICKMORRIS.COM TO READ ALL OF DICK’S COLUMNS!
Bingo! We have a winner.
Yes, that is what happened, and Nixon, to his everlasting credit, knew about this and possibly could have successfully contested the results, but chose not to, to ensure that the country would not be subjected to an ugly process that would tarnish our presidential electoral process. Unlike Al Gore, who had no such scruples.
Keep the faith, Rachel..
West Virginia has finally awoken from the ‘commercials’ , and the disconnect between what their representative say vs. what they actually vote!
A potentially winning slogan would be "West Virginia needs a good governor in Charleston, not another Obama rubberstamp in Washington."
Stay out of the water. this is going to be a Tsunami of historic proportions.
I like the way you think!
I’m really going to appreciate your new senator, Portman, over the last one Voinovich.\! As FReeper LS says, its like a pick up of a half of seat.
Kacish sp is going to be a good Gov too, I have admired him since the class of ‘94.
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