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2016 Postmortem

WI_DEM

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5. Ok, hope you are right and if Kerry is chosen the good people of

Reply to Mass (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:58 AM

Dec 2012

MA will elect a Democrat to replace him. We thought we would get rid of Walker in WI last year just by recalling him and we saw how that went. Sorry, but when the Senate is as close as it is I really don't want to take chances.

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Poll: Brown would be heavy favorite in special election for MA Senate [View all] WI_DEM Dec 2012 OP

That won't last long MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #1

The first poll for the same pollster in 2011 had Brown by 9. Mass Dec 2012 #2

Ok, hope you are right and if Kerry is chosen the good people of WI_DEM Dec 2012 #5

They would need to consider the time needed to change the numbers. LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #20

"If Obama wants to potentially lose a critical senate seat" vi5 Dec 2012 #3

I no longer have any idea pscot Dec 2012 #14

Just like appointing Janet Napolitano and Kathleen Sebeilus to his cabinet screwed their states MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #4

I know what happened to Arizona, but what happened to Kathleen Sebeilus's state? midnight Dec 2012 #7

Brownback MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #17

The people of those states voted for who they wanted to vote for and those are deep red states. phleshdef Dec 2012 #25

I don't know why people keep mentioning Sebelius. She was term limited... Drunken Irishman Dec 2012 #26

This won't last. Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2012 #6

Here is a different poll Mass Dec 2012 #8

I don't John2 Dec 2012 #9

I agree strongly Cosmocat Dec 2012 #10

What if a Kennedy were the candidate? efhmc Dec 2012 #11

At the beginning of this past election cycle polmaven Dec 2012 #12

Martha Coakley's campaign was totally ineffective. LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #21

Yep! polmaven Dec 2012 #29

That doesn't send a very good message to the voters LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #30

Exactly. polmaven Dec 2012 #31

I don't get this TroyD Dec 2012 #13

I really don't see the point in wasting time and money electing people to the senate if Obama's just Rowdyboy Dec 2012 #15

Who has President Obama pulled from the Senate in the past? Cha Dec 2012 #23

Hilary Clinton and Ken Salazar of Colorado..... Rowdyboy Dec 2012 #24

Put a Kennedy up against him and he's toast. And the Kennedy's are not Tutonic Dec 2012 #16

They couldn't do anything about it two years ago. Texin Dec 2012 #18

Obama should consider someone else. Dawson Leery Dec 2012 #19

Many of us argued this point well before the polling came out. A DU'er that I respect greatly..... Tarheel_Dem Dec 2012 #27

Great. Filibuster Harry Dec 2012 #22

Of course he would. Obama would not be on the ticket. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #28