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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Kelly Campaign Has To Add More Phone Bank Shifts Because Democrats Are Fired Up Over SCOTUS
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/09/21/mark-kelly-scotus.htmlPosted on Mon, Sep 21st, 2020 by Jason Easley
Mark Kelly Campaign Has To Add More Phone Bank Shifts Because Democrats Are Fired Up Over SCOTUS
The Senate campaign of Mark Kelly in Arizona has had to add more phone bank shifts because Democrats are so fired up over the Supreme Court.
Time reported:
In Arizona, where former astronaut Mark Kelly is running as the Democratic nominee against Republican Senator Martha McSally, local organizers were having to add more phone banking shifts because of the added energy, says Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of the Indivisible Project, a progressive organizing group.
The energy is unbelievable. Its people who are grieving, its people who Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a hero of theirs, its people who cant bear the idea of her replacement being somebody who wouldnt uphold in values, says Greenberg. That will manifest in pressure on these Senators, and it will manifest in electoral outcomes as well.
The energy is unbelievable. Its people who are grieving, its people who Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a hero of theirs, its people who cant bear the idea of her replacement being somebody who wouldnt uphold in values, says Greenberg. That will manifest in pressure on these Senators, and it will manifest in electoral outcomes as well.
The conventional wisdom that the Supreme Court vacancy created by the passing of Justice Ginsburg will motivate Republicans more than Democrats is being to proven wrong every hour of every day. Democrats arent sitting around and waiting to vote. They are volunteering for Senate and donating record sums of money.
Mark Kelly is running to fill the rest of John McCains term. If he wins, he could take office as soon as November 30, and wreck McConnell and Trumps plan to confirm Trumps Supreme Court nominee during the post-election lame-duck Senate session.
The death of RBG has adding fuel to a raging political fire. Democrats are determined to vote Trump out and take back the Senate, and the idea that the Supreme Court doesnt matter to them is out of step with what is happening all over the country.
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Mark Kelly Campaign Has To Add More Phone Bank Shifts Because Democrats Are Fired Up Over SCOTUS (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2020
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brooklynite
(94,728 posts)1. Kelly has already won this race...
Cha
(297,655 posts)2. KR!
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)3. Kelly is almost assuredly going to win
the key is Ossof. If we can get him over 50 on election day, he also goes in early, and that makes things 51-49, and now Mitch has to convince Collins or Murkowski to flip.
NAO
(3,425 posts)5. Republicans hate Martha McSally
I occasionally check in and listen to the local a.m. right wing talk radio. Republicans and right wingers have been hating on McSally for quite a while. They have zero enthusiasm for her. Any of them that vote for her are really just voting against Kelly.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)4. Me thinks John is smiling fight now.
Be seated, Senator Mark Kelly. Please be seated.