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2016 Postmortem

tgards79

(1,415 posts) Tue Oct 28, 2014, 11:09 PM Oct 2014

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One Week To Go And Some Modest Hope for the Dems in the Senate

Alaska now tilting Dem. All the battleground Senate, House and Governor races covered here in the Election 2014 Dashboard:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2014/10/election-2014-dashboard-one-week-to-go.html

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One Week To Go And Some Modest Hope for the Dems in the Senate (Original Post) tgards79 Oct 2014 OP

The vote "counting" machines have their work cut out for them!!! blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #1

Time to get to the phones! tgards79 Oct 2014 #2

Princeton Election Consortium model ticking back towards 50/50 brooklynite Oct 2014 #3

It's wild, wooly and I pity the prognosticators like I pity the weatherman in an Upstate spring.... Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #4

Forget us prognosticators.... tgards79 Oct 2014 #5

early voted in Texas, no wait, saw about 30 others walk in during the 15 minutes I was there. Sunlei Oct 2014 #6

I think Mark's got it, Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #7

Yes and now we need to turn Iowa. tgards79 Oct 2014 #8

Things can change... tgards79 Oct 2014 #9

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

1. The vote "counting" machines have their work cut out for them!!!

Reply to tgards79 (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2014, 11:26 PM

Oct 2014

D ~> R
D ~> R
D ~> R

tgards79

(1,415 posts)

2. Time to get to the phones!

Reply to blkmusclmachine (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 07:59 AM

Oct 2014

Focus on Iowa....or Colorado...or any of the toss-ups!
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2014/10/election-2014-dashboard-one-week-to-go.html

brooklynite

(94,373 posts)

3. Princeton Election Consortium model ticking back towards 50/50

Reply to tgards79 (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 10:51 AM

Oct 2014

http://election.princeton.edu/senate-seat-history/

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

4. It's wild, wooly and I pity the prognosticators like I pity the weatherman in an Upstate spring....

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 11:06 AM

Oct 2014

Two days ago there were 7 Senate seats within 3 points. Same point in 2012 there were 2. In 2010 and 2008, 3. Very squeaky stuff abounds.

tgards79

(1,415 posts)

5. Forget us prognosticators....

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 11:54 AM

Oct 2014

...and get to the phones!

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

6. early voted in Texas, no wait, saw about 30 others walk in during the 15 minutes I was there.

Reply to tgards79 (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 01:01 PM

Oct 2014

Everyone please vote!

Alaska is close!

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

7. I think Mark's got it,

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 04:08 PM

Oct 2014

and Sullivan bringing in Romney and Cruz, of all people, to stump for him at the last minute is going to backfire on him big time. He's been fighting everyone's perception of him as an "Outsider" dependent on Koch and Rove money throughout this election cycle, and bringing these yahoos in now will just reinforce that perception. Everyone will remember that it was Cruz who shut down the federal government which employs thousands of people in this state, in fact one of the state's biggest employers. Stupid, stupid move.

I wouldn't say Begich has it in the bag, but it's looking much better for him than it did a couple of weeks ago.

tgards79

(1,415 posts)

8. Yes and now we need to turn Iowa.

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 04:15 PM

Oct 2014

Can we get Chris Christie to stump for Ernst in Iowa? That would do her in!

tgards79

(1,415 posts)

9. Things can change...

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 08:34 PM

Oct 2014

...but volunteers need to make it happen. GOTV!

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