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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:09 PM Original message |
Answer me this: Why was Warner the strongest Democratic candidate? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because "everyone" said he was |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. i thought it went without saying |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. some people think he is pretty on TV |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. He was governor of a red state in the South and probably could... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. How delightful. An incumbant could have been re-elected. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. In whose opinion. Certainly not mine. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Damned if I know. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. He's a successful, "moderate" Governor from a Red State |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. In my opinion it's just a corporate media thing |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's the old "Some Say" syndrome. Lots of us didn't even know who |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. A 75% approval rating is a good start |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Assuming every other state is like VA and he would be just as popular... |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. The poster asked why he was a popular 08 contender. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. 75% approval in Virginia |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Oh sweet Jesus |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Not everyone in the south |
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biscotti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. He always seemed like |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Governors don't have voting records. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. No, it's the "twisting" of the record that is permitted... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. They did distort Kerry's record though. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because the Republican media said so. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Projection and/or vested interests explain the aborted Warner boomlet |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I agree with your "alternatives"... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. You need to listen to some of the info out there. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Who can that be.....wellllllllllllll |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. People here wantedto know why Warner was so popular? |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because he has good hair.... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Their THEORY was that Warner fit the Bill Clinton pattern better: |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
40. I agree....and Last time someone won when there were no incumbents at all |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Nice catch - and Missouri is not far from Arkansas |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not a sitting Senator |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. A lot of people are looking for Clinton Part Two, |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Obviously it's subjective but I agreed with it |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because Wesley Clark hasn't made it known yet... |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. If he's going to get into the race, |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well over a year ago he talked about having learned those lessons well |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Exactly. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I agree... |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. Both are lacking in foreign policy experience, but |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. Because the pundits never listened to him try and craft an answer on Iraq |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. Because party conservatives adored him |
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Texas_Kat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. Warner was being hyped by the DC pundits |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
41. 80% approval in a red state. n/t |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
42. If Warner was the "strongest"... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. He wasn't by a long shot - that premise is wrong from the get go... |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
45. Uh, he wasn't. Ever. |
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