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And she leads by double digits in the polls (in the district she does not live in, but represents). Talk about identity politics (or stuffin' the ballot box).
 

 

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Ted Cruz is in a real barn burner now. 

 

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/403786-poll-cruz-leads-orourke-by-one-point-in-texas-senate-race

 

 

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R) leads his Democratic challenger, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, by just 1 point in their Texas Senate race, well within the margin of error of a new poll from Emerson College. 

The survey, which was released on Monday, found that Cruz leads O'Rourke 38 to 37 percent. Four percent of voters favor a different candidate and 21 percent remain undecided. 

The survey comes as O'Rourke continues to gain momentum in his quest to unseat Cruz.

 

If they actually go through with those debates they had talked about I think Cruz would be in even more trouble. Having to defend Trump in debates won't make anyone look good 

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Well, it didn't stop Obama from becoming president to "retire" as an attorney by surrendering his license... 

Keith Ellison is definitely not able to practice in MN - link.

 

 

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WHO SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO REPLACE JOHN MCCAIN?

by Paul Mirengoff

 

With the passing of Sen. John McCain, it falls to Arizona governor Doug Ducey to name a replacement. The replacement will hold the seat until 2020, when it will be up for grabs in an election.

 

This article looks at candidates whose names have been floated as potential appointees. Of those on the list, my least favorite choice is Cindy McCain. I’m not confident she’s a conservative.

 

There is speculation that Gov. Ducey may want to appoint the first female Senator in Arizona history. The list referenced above contains three women in addition to Cindy McCain. However, none has held public office (nor has Cindy McCain), and it’s unclear how conservative, if at all, any of them are.

 

Gov. Ducey must decide whether to appoint someone who just wants to serve for two more years or someone on the rise who would run in 2020. In my view, if there’s an up-and-comer who is reliably conservative, Ducey should appoint that person. If not, he should appoint a tried-and-true conservative whose political ambitions don’t extend beyond 2020. Former Sen. Jon Kyl and former Rep. Matt Salmon fit the latter description.

 

For an up-and-comer who is solidly conservative, Gov. Ducey should consider Justice John Lopez of the Arizona Supreme Court. Lopez does not appear on the list referenced above, but his credentials are impressive.

 

After clerking on the Arizona Supreme Court, Lopez went into private practice with a major law firm. After 9/11, he left private practice to become a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s office.

In 2004, Lopez volunteered for a special detail to Iraq to assist with the investigation and prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other members of his regime. Based in part on Lopez’s efforts, Hussein and his cousin General Ali Hassan Al-Majid (better known by his nickname “Chemical Ali”) were tried, convicted, and executed.

 

Returning to Arizona, Lopez had a distinguished career in the U.S. Attorney’s office. By the end of his time there, he was the top official in charge of the Phoenix office.

 

In 2015, Lopez became Solicitor General of Arizona. True to his conservative principles, he added a Federalism Unit to the office.

 

In 2016, Gov. Ducey appointed Lopez to the Arizona Supreme Court. His jurisprudenceseems solidly conservative.

 

Lopez is well-established in Phoenix conservative circles. A friend of mine whose judgment I trust worked with Lopez a lot when he was Arizona’s Solicitor General. My friend describes Lopez as a “four-square traditional conservative.”

 

If appointed to the Senate, Judge Lopez would become the state’s first Latino Senator. I’m not a fan of appointing people so they can be the first of this or that category to serve.

 

However, if that’s what Gov. Ducey wants to do, then making John Lopez Arizona’s first Latino U.S. Senator is a better move than making one of the women on the list Arizona’s first female Senator. In fact, it might well be his best move, period.

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/08/who-should-be-appointed-to-replace-john-mccain.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+powerlineblog%2Flivefeed+(Power+Line)

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15 minutes ago, Joe Miner said:

 

The baby was probably a republican as well.

 

Little bundles of useless histrionics, devoid of coherent thought, who can't take care of themselves and **** all over everything?

 

All babies are Democrats.

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2 hours ago, Joe Miner said:

 

The baby was probably a republican as well.

 

As Republicans, they are probably going to eat the baby anyhow.

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ScrappleFace........It's funny, cause it sounds like it could be true................:lol:

 

Must Democrats Back Florida Man Who Beat Woman?

(2018-08-29) — The Democratic National Committee sequestered itself behind closed doors this morning to debate the proper reaction to Tuesday’s drubbing of a woman by a man in the Florida primary for governor.

 

Still stinging from its failure to get Hillary Clinton (who is a woman) into the White House, DNC leaders engaged in some “serious soul-searching,” according to insiders.

 

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum pulled off a surprise upset of former Congresswoman Gwen Graham, earning a chance to be the state’s first Black governor. But DNC insiders say his victory has thrown the party into a quandary.

 

“Democrats don’t want to celebrate a woman bruising her head on the glass ceiling, especially when she gets beaten by a man,” said one unnamed national committee-person. “On the other hand, we’re thrilled that an African-American defeated Graham, who is a member of the oppressor White race.”

 

Yet the dilemma is not that simple.

 

Democratic party faithful also expressed discomfort that Gillum won the primary with support from Black church congregations, which makes him look like part of the dominant Christian religion that has repressed people for centuries.

 

Asked if the DNC struggles with the fact that Gillum also crushed Democrat candidate Philip Levine, who is Jewish, the party leader simply shrugged.

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Andrew Gillum is breaking ahead of Ron DeSantis in the governor’s race, fueled by the early preference of Florida’s independent voters, according to the first publicly-released poll of the general election campaign season.

A new poll produced by Public Policy Polling gives Gillum, the progressive Tallahassee mayor who rocked the Democratic Party on Tuesday, 48 percent, and DeSantis, the conservative Republican nominee running with President Donald Trump, 43 percent, in the opening days of the Nov. 6 election campaign.

 


 

That racist comment from DeSantis shows just how much he is tied to Trump's unpopular version of hateful politics 

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LOL.............Of course Gator didn't mention that the Public Policy Poll had Gillum losing by twenty points in the primary............Nice track reliability

 

 

Here's some real-life numbers.

 

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Ron Desantis got 913,000 Real votes

Andrew Gillum got 517,000

 

Hell, the 2nd place GOP candidate got 591,000

 

 

This will be another media favorite race, but it is safely Republican.

 

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President Trump’s disapproval rating has hit a high point of 60 percent, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll that also finds that clear majorities of Americans support the special counsel’s Russia investigation and say the president should not fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

At the dawn of the fall campaign sprint to the midterm elections, which will determine whether Democrats retake control of Congress, the poll finds a majority of the public has turned against Trump and is on guard against his efforts to influence the Justice Department and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s wide-ranging probe.

Nearly half of Americans, 49 percent, say Congress should begin impeachment proceedings that could lead to Trump being removed from office, while 46 percent say Congress should not.

[Read full poll results | How the poll was conducted]

And a narrow majority — 53 percent — say they think Trump has tried to interfere with Mueller’s investigation in a way that amounts to obstruction of justice; 35 percent say they do not think the president has tried to interfere.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-60-percent-disapprove-of-trump-while-clear-majorities-back-mueller-and-sessions/2018/08/30/4cd32174-ac7c-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html?utm_term=.5340cdc15dd5

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12 hours ago, B-Man said:

LOL.............Of course Gator didn't mention that the Public Policy Poll had Gillum losing by twenty points in the primary............Nice track reliability

 

 

Here's some real-life numbers.

 

F6587EF1-9F18-4A82-AFD8-C834849E9A9E.png

 

 

Ron Desantis got 913,000 Real votes

Andrew Gillum got 517,000

 

Hell, the 2nd place GOP candidate got 591,000

 

 

This will be another media favorite race, but it is safely Republican.

 

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27% of Florida voters are independents. Safely Republican? Not by a long shot. 

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Trump's going to Texas in October to help "Lyin Ted" and his ugly wife. The son of the guy who helped kill JFK! 

 

 

I take take comfort in knowing the Republicans need help in Texas winning a state wide race. Texas is changing...

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