Comments on: The Most Vulnerable Republican Senator http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/17/the-most-vulnerable-republican-senator/ If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. — Samuel Adams Wed, 23 May 2012 23:05:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Muller http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/17/the-most-vulnerable-republican-senator/comment-page-1/#comment-37266 Michael Muller Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:32:52 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10245#comment-37266 Jim --- how many folks participated in the straw poll? I didn't make it over. Jim — how many folks participated in the straw poll? I didn’t make it over.

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]]> By: Jim Reeves http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/17/the-most-vulnerable-republican-senator/comment-page-1/#comment-37247 Jim Reeves Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:00:46 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10245#comment-37247 At the local Buncombe Republican straw poll for US house candidates the self proclaimed "tea party" candidate won, and he called both parties liars and crooks. So much for "mainstream" Republicans and "imploding" tea parties. I will be there on election day. At the local Buncombe Republican straw poll for US house candidates the self proclaimed “tea party” candidate won, and he called both parties liars and crooks. So much for “mainstream” Republicans and “imploding” tea parties. I will be there on election day.

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]]> By: barry http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/17/the-most-vulnerable-republican-senator/comment-page-1/#comment-37225 barry Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:11:06 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10245#comment-37225 On the right, the Tea Partiers are imploding and being picked apart by mainstream Republicans, and on the left, we're getting screwed on health care, Afghanistan, torture prosecutions, banking regulation, etc. Maybe we'll all stay home? On the right, the Tea Partiers are imploding and being picked apart by mainstream Republicans, and on the left, we’re getting screwed on health care, Afghanistan, torture prosecutions, banking regulation, etc.

Maybe we’ll all stay home?

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]]> By: Michael Muller http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/17/the-most-vulnerable-republican-senator/comment-page-1/#comment-37224 Michael Muller Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:22:30 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10245#comment-37224 See...what do I know? See…what do I know?

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]]> By: barry http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/17/the-most-vulnerable-republican-senator/comment-page-1/#comment-37222 barry Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:19:55 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10245#comment-37222 "Of course, that and fifty cents will buy you a newspaper." Not anymore. As our local Gannett paper gets less news in it, they raised the price to 75 cents... “Of course, that and fifty cents will buy you a newspaper.”

Not anymore. As our local Gannett paper gets less news in it, they raised the price to 75 cents…

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]]> By: Michael Muller http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/17/the-most-vulnerable-republican-senator/comment-page-1/#comment-37221 Michael Muller Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:06:08 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10245#comment-37221 There's no question that Burr is in potential trouble next year, given how well progressives are motivated and organized. I don't see any big Republican counterstrike materializing either, and the Tea Party folks are increasingly less relevant. But that said, it is an off-year election (so we must remove a significant number of '08 Obama voters and others from the calculus), NC is generally conservative, and the president and the Democratic Party own the economy now. So if the jobs situation doesn't improve substantially by next fall, Senator Burr will directly benefit. Of course, that and fifty cents will buy you a newspaper. There’s no question that Burr is in potential trouble next year, given how well progressives are motivated and organized. I don’t see any big Republican counterstrike materializing either, and the Tea Party folks are increasingly less relevant.

But that said, it is an off-year election (so we must remove a significant number of ’08 Obama voters and others from the calculus), NC is generally conservative, and the president and the Democratic Party own the economy now. So if the jobs situation doesn’t improve substantially by next fall, Senator Burr will directly benefit.

Of course, that and fifty cents will buy you a newspaper.

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]]> By: Tom Sullivan http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/17/the-most-vulnerable-republican-senator/comment-page-1/#comment-37219 Tom Sullivan Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:40:07 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10245#comment-37219 Note the comment by "Chris" on that page:<blockquote>Our poll did not show Burr trailing a generic Democrat. It showed a generic Republican trailing a generic Democrat. And only by 1 point (statistically tied). A slight difference, but I'm sure you would agree still a meaningful difference.</blockquote> Note the comment by “Chris” on that page:
Our poll did not show Burr trailing a generic Democrat. It showed a generic Republican trailing a generic Democrat. And only by 1 point (statistically tied).

A slight difference, but I’m sure you would agree still a meaningful difference.

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]]> By: Michael Muller http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/17/the-most-vulnerable-republican-senator/comment-page-1/#comment-37217 Michael Muller Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:31:43 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10245#comment-37217 Everything depends on what happens with the economy in the next year --- and Civitas has a slightly <a href="http://www.lincolntribune.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=15303" rel="nofollow">different take</a>. Everything depends on what happens with the economy in the next year — and Civitas has a slightly different take.

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