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Rep. Steve Kagen (D-Wis.): 'Turnout isn't where we need it to be'
The Hill ^
| November 2, 2010
| By Michael O'Brien
Posted on 11/02/2010 1:16:39 PM PDT by MaestroLC
Rep. Steve Kagen's (D-Wis.) campaign manager e-mailed supporters to warn them that turnout numbers were flagging and that they needed more voters to make their way to the polls.
"We have just been going over the morning voting numbers and turnout isnt where we need it to be in our strong areas," campaign manager Julie Heun wrote in an e-mail. "This race is going to be a squeaker and every vote will count."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: elections; kagen; turnout; wisconsin
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First Coons sends a S.O.S. about
low Dem turnout (and also
claiming voter intimidation), now Steve Kagen says the same.
This is no coincidence. We have seen this M.O. before on election day: Dems setting up for legal fights in close races.
The Gallup enthusiasm gap poll of +19 GOP that was released today seems to be bearing out.
Is today a Superwave election? Dems appear to be in real trouble.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:16:42 PM PDT
by
MaestroLC
To: MaestroLC
I want NO liberal Democrats to show up at any polling station.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:18:22 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: MaestroLC
Whoopeee!! Heads exploding tonight.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:20:30 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: MaestroLC
Oh the Horror!!! Doctor Millionaire many finally be going down. Granted he had a few townhalls on health care, but the turnout made it very clear how he should of voted. The long knives are out today...Finally PAYBACK!!!!
To: MaestroLC
A rat’s idea of “voter intimidation” is actually nothing more than a show of resistance to rat vote fraud.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:20:53 PM PDT
by
chilltherats
(He was born with a roaring voice, and it had the trick of inflaming half-wits against their betters)
To: MaestroLC
"This race is going to be a squeaker" as in the sound Rats make when they panic and head for cover.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:20:53 PM PDT
by
Genoa
(Put the kettle on!)
To: MaestroLC
don’t believe it. get out and VOTE ANYWAY!
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:23:50 PM PDT
by
sappy
(criminalibs)
To: Genoa
It’s also what they say just before they stuff the ballot box.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:24:34 PM PDT
by
chilltherats
(He was born with a roaring voice, and it had the trick of inflaming half-wits against their betters)
To: MaestroLC
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:24:38 PM PDT
by
LaybackLenny
(Palin-Bachmann Overdrive 2012 - takin' care o' business!)
To: MaestroLC
Not so sure these reports aren’t just a strategy to try to get a more decisive win for the dem candidate. To get more people to the polls. I don’t trust this to be true.
To: MaestroLC
Could this be a lie? I am hearing this a lot from Democrats....I really think they are playing it down.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:26:30 PM PDT
by
Texas4ever
(God is in control!)
To: MaestroLC
From The Hill article,
>>>She said O’Donnell backers were crowding the exterior of several polling places in anticipation of the candidate’s arrival, which briefly restricted access for some voters.<<<
“Briefly restricted access for some voters” is not voter intimidateion.
Give me a break.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:29:05 PM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: chilltherats
They need high turnout in order to justify or mask the fraud they need to commit in order to win.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:30:27 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: MaestroLC
Rep. Steve Kagen's (D-Wis.) campaign manager e-mailed supporters to warn them that turnout numbers were flagging and that they needed more voters to make their way to the polls. "You hear that, amigos? Double-time! On to Wisconsin!"
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:32:39 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: All
Food for thought: Things are far below expectations in Ohio.
Voting slowing down in Cuyahoga County; 410,000 ballots expected
The director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has lowered her expectations for voter turnout in the county for this midterm election.
Director Jane Platten said that based on the number of votes cast by 2 p.m., she only expects closer to 410,000 ballots by the time the polls close at 7:30 p.m. Earlier, she predicted more than 430,000 of the county's 978,268 registered voters would turn out.
But by 2 p.m. today, only 10.5 percent of the voters had been heard from. Between 42 and 44 percent of the 205,000 absentee ballots had been returned
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:35:07 PM PDT
by
MaestroLC
("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
To: MaestroLC
That’s code for: SEIU, we need more voter fraud!
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:37:33 PM PDT
by
rintense
To: MaestroLC
I think Kagen is right to think that low turnout is bad news for Democrats. If so, that means only the most enthusiastic voters (i.e, Republicans and right-leaning independents)are going to the polls.
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:37:41 PM PDT
by
random_user_827
((b) use DHCP to automatically assign IP addresses to hosts)
To: MaestroLC
"turnout isnt where we need it to be in our strong areas" Allow me to translate: "We need more falsified ballots!!!!!!!!!!!"
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:38:02 PM PDT
by
TexasNative2000
(Uncertainty: it's the new normal)
To: All
Jake Tapper, ABC News,
just tweeted this nugget:
"wow those early voting numbers from Florida aint pretty for Dems"
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:38:58 PM PDT
by
MaestroLC
("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
To: rintense
you beat me by 30 seconds....
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posted on
11/02/2010 1:40:13 PM PDT
by
TexasNative2000
(Uncertainty: it's the new normal)
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