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ebbie15644

(1,214 posts) Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:08 AM Oct 2018

did this have to happen?

Source: The Hill

Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) is holding onto a single-digit lead in her battle to stay in the seat to which she was appointed following Sen. Al Franken’s (D) resignation.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412483-dem-holds-single-digit-lead-in-race-to-replace-franken

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did this have to happen? (Original Post) ebbie15644 Oct 2018 OP

Hmmm. NO. dalton99a Oct 2018 #1

No it didn't have to happen and it shouldn't have happened. Autumn Oct 2018 #2

LOL - Great minds think alike EffieBlack Oct 2018 #11

If we lose this seat we know who's responsible. brush Oct 2018 #3

I'm a little confused as to why this is a big concern WillowTree Oct 2018 #4

Nothing... we got this in the bag. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2018 #5

She has a 6-point lead in the current poll. MineralMan Oct 2018 #6

+1 dalton99a Oct 2018 #7

I worry about any single-digit lead FoxNewsSucks Oct 2018 #9

A "single-digit lead" could be anything from 1 to 9 points, so the headline is bullshit. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #8

No, it didn't have to happen. And it shouldn't have happened. EffieBlack Oct 2018 #10

No, it didn't. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #12

This is a seat that shouldn't even be in play, right? ebbie15644 Oct 2018 #13

No it didn't! MoonRiver Oct 2018 #14

dalton99a

(81,491 posts)

1. Hmmm. NO.

Reply to ebbie15644 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:10 AM

Oct 2018

SHIT NO.

Autumn

(45,084 posts)

2. No it didn't have to happen and it shouldn't have happened.

Reply to ebbie15644 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:10 AM

Oct 2018

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

11. LOL - Great minds think alike

Reply to Autumn (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:32 AM

Oct 2018

I wrote the same thing, verbatim, downthread.

brush

(53,778 posts)

3. If we lose this seat we know who's responsible.

Reply to ebbie15644 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:12 AM

Oct 2018

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)

4. I'm a little confused as to why this is a big concern

Reply to ebbie15644 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:16 AM

Oct 2018

According to RCP, Smith is up by 9.5 points two weeks out from election day. That's not exactly a toss-up. What am I missing here?

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

5. Nothing... we got this in the bag.

Reply to WillowTree (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:19 AM

Oct 2018

MineralMan

(146,309 posts)

6. She has a 6-point lead in the current poll.

Reply to WillowTree (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:20 AM

Oct 2018

Single-digit doesn't mean she's losing. However, we still need a great turnout.

dalton99a

(81,491 posts)

7. +1

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:21 AM

Oct 2018

FoxNewsSucks

(10,431 posts)

9. I worry about any single-digit lead

Reply to WillowTree (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:31 AM

Oct 2018

because "single-digit" means it's within the range of being stolen. Republicons are disgusting scum, and will steal any election close enough.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)

8. A "single-digit lead" could be anything from 1 to 9 points, so the headline is bullshit.

Reply to ebbie15644 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:29 AM

Oct 2018

And for what it's worth Karen Housley is almost a dead ringer for Kelly Ann Conway, except that she doesn't seem to smoke as much meth.

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

10. No, it didn't have to happen. And it shouldn't have happened.

Reply to ebbie15644 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:31 AM

Oct 2018

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)

12. No, it didn't.

Reply to ebbie15644 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:37 AM

Oct 2018

But people in other states seem to think they should have a say in the representatives for the state that has been the most reliably Democratic in Presidential elections for the last 50+ years. One very vocal poster here on DU (who isn't a Minnesotan) even claimed that that "we got exactly who we wanted" when Tina Smith was appointed.

ebbie15644

(1,214 posts)

13. This is a seat that shouldn't even be in play, right?

Reply to ebbie15644 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:40 AM

Oct 2018

This is a special election because of Franken's forced resignation

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

14. No it didn't!

Reply to ebbie15644 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 11:44 AM

Oct 2018

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