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2016 Postmortem

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radius777

(3,635 posts)
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 05:48 AM Sep 2016

Gabby Giffords endorses Toomey over McGinty in tight PA senate race. [View all]

"PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – As he seeks re-election to his U.S. Senate seat this November, Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey can make an unusual claim. He is the sole Republican nationwide running with the endorsement of top U.S. gun control advocates Gabby Giffords and Michael Bloomberg.

That pair of endorsements could give the first-term senator an edge over Democratic challenger Katie McGinty, a former environmental official in the White House and the Pennsylvania governor’s office. The race is one of a handful of close contests on Nov. 8 that could determine whether Republicans, currently with a 54-46 majority, maintain control of the Senate.
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Giffords has also endorsed Illinois Senator Mark Kirk, another Republican running for re-election, though Bloomberg has not weighed in on that race."
In Pennsylvania Senate race, unfamiliar battle lines on gun rights

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File this under the "with friends like these" and "missing the forest for the trees" categories - especially the PA race, which is very close.

Hey Gabby, wouldn't Hillary being elected with a Dem senate majority lead to more gun control legislation than a GOP senate? Democrats ARE the party of gun control after all, remember? And the GOP is the party of the NRA, remember?

This kind of stupidity is what's wrong with our side, in a nutshell.
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WTH?! MBS Sep 2016 #1
That is simply staggering. Better that she didn't endorse at all. Incredible. OnDoutside Sep 2016 #2
Embarrassing ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2016 #3
They made these endorsements a couple of weeks ago. I definitely gave them Laurian Sep 2016 #4
Her organization called me, murielm99 Sep 2016 #5
Today's New Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll shows Hortensis Sep 2016 #18
Gabby blew it big time with this DFW Sep 2016 #6
When control of the Senate is paramount to passing so much Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #7
Now that's interesting. I wanna know why she endorsed 2 Republicans. underthematrix Sep 2016 #8
"could give the first-term senator an edge" BumRushDaShow Sep 2016 #9
That is fucked up bigdarryl Sep 2016 #10
I was trying to find where she had any formal contact with Toomey BumRushDaShow Sep 2016 #13
Oh God! ananda Sep 2016 #11
Yikes! Hope the voters ignore her! GreenPartyVoter Sep 2016 #12
WTF? Thrill Sep 2016 #14
and both McGinty and Duckworth are very pro gun control, radius777 Sep 2016 #15
I understand the strategy. I still disagree Tom Rinaldo Sep 2016 #16
His only "outreach" was background checks BumRushDaShow Sep 2016 #17
Toomey was only giving lip service to background checks Freddie Sep 2016 #19
Considered a one issue endorser?? Guns?? is that it???? eom a kennedy Sep 2016 #20
This could actually hurt ebbie15644 Sep 2016 #21
LOL. Guntrol uber alles. aikoaiko Sep 2016 #22
Well that is a surprise. wisteria Sep 2016 #23
ugh johnp3907 Sep 2016 #24
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