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Al Franken should be out of the Senate: Why does DU defend him?
By my count, he has six independent women providing accounts in which he did actions ranging from touching to unwanted kisses. The women range from Democratic congressional staffer to a conservative media personality.
Why are we defending him? Serving in the Senate is a privilege, not a right. Moreover, it isn't like we are losing a vote here. A democrat will replace him. We need to be on the RIGHT side of history and police our side.
Franken's actions are not the same as others. Others have certainly done worse. But someone who keeps on touching women shouldn't be in the US Senate. Lets believe allegations that are credible and act.
Beyond the moral argument and being on the right side of history, it is good politics. He will be replaced by a dem and that dem has a much better chance of winning in 2020. His approval rating went from the 50s to the 30s in MN. Moreover, rumor in DC is that the NYT or WP is working on a story that will name 30 to 40 congressman. If we are on the right side, this will end up helping us.
Its 2020 with a Dem POTUS and Congress: WHAT IS THE AGENDA?
It is 2020 with a Dem POTUS and Congress. Name the first five pieces of legislation that we should pass. GO!
Doug Jones needs black voters to beat Roy Moore in Alabama. They arent there yet.
I have seen articles like these throughout this election.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/jones-needs-black-voters-beat-moore-alabama-try-telling-them-n827846
A Jones field office sits just a few steps away, smack in the middle of a row of black barber shops and take-out joints lined up along 4th Avenue. But Dawson, who is black, said he hasn't felt compelled to step inside. "I don’t know Doug Jones," he said.
Still, Dawson will vote for him. "He's a Democrat, I'm a Democrat. And I've got to exercise my right to vote," Dawson said.
Two questions come to mind.
1. Is it true? Will African Americans not come out to vote for Jones in the numbers that would make a win possible? Does Jones have a ground game to get the turnout in AL's Black Belt?
2. How much of this is voter suppression? The Atlantic had a good piece on this: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/can-doug-jones-get-enough-black-voters-to-win/547574/
Getting Medicaid Expansion on the Ballot in ID, WY, UT, SD, NE, OK, MO, FL, and MS in 2018
I count 9 states that it is possible to get Medicaid expansion on the ballot in 2018. Are there any ongoing organizational efforts to to get this done? If we do good in 2018 in the House and Senate, expanding Medicaid in these nine states would be huge.
Is there any organizational efforts ongoing?
Undisclosed deal guaranteed Roy Moore $180,000 a year for part-time work at charity
Drain the swamp!
Quick overview:
-Roy Moore said he wasn't taking a salary from his charity (He was)
-The charity said his wife wasn't taking a salary (She was)
-Moore said he hadn't received any speaking fees above $200 (He took in between $50,000 and $150,000)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/undisclosed-deal-guaranteed-roy-moore-180000-a-year-for-part-time-work-at-charity/2017/10/11/5f56679e-a9de-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_foundation-1210pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.5d699155d973
POLL: Roy Moore: 50.2% Democrat Doug Jones: 44.5%
https://ddhq.io/2017/09/29/alabama-senate-special-election-poll/Perhaps the most interesting part:
Among African-American voters, Moore peels off 24.8% to Jones’ 70.9%, while among white voters, Jones has a surprising 36.1% to Moore’s 58.5%.
If you can keep that number of white voters and get AA voters to not vote for a racist... dems could win this.
Democrats ought to invest in Doug Jones campaign against Roy Moore
An update to the OP. This is a pretty good argument why we should get in this fight.
https://www.vox.com/2017/9/26/16368988/doug-jones-roy-moore-opponent
Roy Moore is probably going to be the next senator from Alabama and that’s true no matter what the Democratic Party says or does about it.
Alabama is, for starters, Alabama. Jeff Sessions was rejected for a federal judgeship by the United States Senate on the grounds that he was too racist, and a couple of years later Alabama Republicans nominated him for a Senate seat and he won. There’s no reason at all to think that Moore can’t follow that same trail he’s blazed. Beyond that, America is a much more polarized place that it was in the 1980s. If you want Republicans to run the show in Washington — and clearly most Alabamians do — it more or less makes sense to vote for anyone the GOP nominates over anyone the Democrats nominate.
All that being said, Moore is flagrantly unfit for office. Doug Jones is a very solid nominee for the Democratic party and its informal leaders have an obligation to vigorously contest the race. If there were a dozen — or even three — other senate races happening simultaneously it would make sense to let the gods of targeting have their way and direct resources elsewhere. But there’s only one senate race happening right now, and campaign money is not a purely fixed quantity.
Jones will almost certainly lose no matter what anyone does. But the people of Alabama — and, frankly, the country — deserve to see a real fight in which Jones has enough cash to run ads, hire field staff, and otherwise mount a vigorous campaign. There’s no need to raise false hopes or unduly elevate expectations, but it would be a huge mistake to take a dive here.
One, we should support him because he is the kind of person. He was the attorney who won the conviction against the Klan for thebombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. He is a good candidate that is polling close to more.
Second, Moore almost lost his last statewide election. The GOP primary was bloody. It is doubtful that he will have the same amount of resources as Strange would have.
If you are interested in supporting Jones, please donate at https://dougjonesforsenate.com .
Is it more likely that Moore will win? Certainly. But if Jones has a 25 percent chance of winning, we should all give something (if we can). Holding this seat would bring the Senate majority down to 51 seats. That places us in an excellent position for 18 and would kill any chance of GOP tax cuts or an ACA repeal.
Add: Last Poll had this Moore 44% versus Jones 40%: http://www.emerson.edu/sites/default/files/ECPS_AL_9.11_Press_Release.pdf
Win with LA-GOV Edwards (expanded Medicaid, min. wage, etc) or lose with a pro-choice, anti-gun dem?
Reading this article got me thinking: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/02/john-bel-edwards-southern-democrats-215570
There is a lot of talk about litmus tests. To quote the article:
But he has done progressive reforms.
Edwards has also championed causes that wouldn’t be out of place in Elizabeth Warren’s Massachusetts. He has expanded Medicaid to the working poor, threatened to sue oil and gas companies for destroying coastal wetlands, pushed for a higher minimum wage and reformed his state’s criminal justice system.
So I guess the question is, should the dems support anti-choice, pro-gun candidates and win some of these states? Someone like John Bel Edwards is culturally aligned with these voters and offers a path to victory. Or should there be a hard red line at choice and guns?
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