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femmocrat

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1. I am hoping that Toomey in PA is vulnerable.

Reply to dsc (Original post)

Sun Nov 9, 2014, 12:43 PM

Nov 2014

He rode in with Corbett four years ago and no one has heard from him since.

He co-sponsored a gun "control" (or something) bill with Joe Manchin, so that will alienate him with the hunters.

Fingers crossed.

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If you look at all 36 Senate races as they stand now [View all] dsc Nov 2014 OP

I am hoping that Toomey in PA is vulnerable. femmocrat Nov 2014 #1

Senate seats are two per state Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #2

we ran opponents there dsc Nov 2014 #3

I'm talking real efforts, not token placements Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #5

I have some sympathy with that argument dsc Nov 2014 #6

The Founding Fathers wanted us to revisit the Constitution every 19 years to keep it up to date, BlueCaliDem Nov 2014 #4

It's better than it was Yupster Nov 2014 #10

Another reason splitting the country up would be awesome. Zorra Nov 2014 #7

This doesn't make sense to me - you can't mix votes from different elections. Yo_Mama Nov 2014 #8

the house is exceptionally gerrymandered dsc Nov 2014 #12

Disincentives to voting cilla4progress Nov 2014 #9

You can't meaningfully compare popular vote between elections. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #11

the Senate representation was determined by the votes of three elections dsc Nov 2014 #13

But that compares fractions, not absolute numbers! Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #15

Any way you look at it, the senate is undemocratic, the truest indicator of our status as a republic CBGLuthier Nov 2014 #14

The Senate is working exactly as intended. branford Nov 2014 #16