Will you vote for a GOP Congressman this November?

[Tiggeroshii]

Poll question: Will you vote for a GOP Congressman this November?

A recent Gallup showed that while most people(60%- 70% or so) view Congress unfavoably, 60% of people(a low for that category but still high comparatively) will still vote for their congressman. In judgement day honesty, is anybody in DU going to vote for their GOP Congressman because they like him or her, or think they are a good congressperson?

[Jack Rabbit]

1. I live in CA-1

The incumbant congressman is Democrat Mike Thompson.

[Tiggeroshii]

3. I'm going to be a die hard supporter of the nonpolitician Contreras this

summer. His chances of winning are mute even if there's scandal on Jerry Lewis(CA-41), but these are the districts we need to focus on in order to win the house or bring the demographics our way. IF we follow Dean, we can really get it done!

[Kerrytravelers]

2. I live in a total Democratic area.

You'd have to drag my cold, dead body to the polls and vote rethug in my name for me to ever vote rethug... especially in '06.

[chaumont58]

4. I live in a CA district that is hardcore repuke, but that doesn't

mean I vote for the repuke congress critter. He can die with his secret as far as I am concerned.

[rzemanfl]

5. Samantha Simpson is waging an uphill battle in the grossly

gerrymandered Florida 10th. She is deserving of your support.

sammsimpsonforcongress.com

[Tiggeroshii]

7. unfortunately they are all gerrymandered.

but that really can't keep us from winning if we do things right.

[rzemanfl]

24. Yeah, but it takes real chutzpah to detach the two largest cities

in a county and attach them to districts you'd need a boat to get to if the bridges weren't there.

[sellitman]

6. I won't vote for Lieberman ...even if he wins the Dem nomination.

I will abstain.

[mcscajun]

20. Is there provision for a write-in vote on the ballot?

It's another way to 'abstain' while making a statement.

[Tiggeroshii]

25. I think you can write in anything...

no matter what office you are voting for, or which election.

[sellitman]

36. We have the old voting machines with Levers

They are sooooooooooo old.

[The Deacon]

8. Hey! My incumbent is a pretty nice guy...

...of course, he also happens to be a Black Liberal Democrat in the middle of Red State Central (rural Southwest Georgia to y'all): Sanford Bishop, Jr.

[marlakay]

9. Our little town is 50/50

red & blue but the district includes Yakima and Wenatchee which is in brain wash zone. I wrote to the congressman now and he practically laughed at what I said and he said he listens to his people....yuck....

so I will be one of the very few to vote against him...

I did donate for the revote that got us our democrat governor here in Washington...will do all I can. I try to talk to the republicans around here but they all watch fox news and are totally brain washed...

[Tiggeroshii]

11. It's important to be loud

I don't care who you are, they think they can do whatever they want cause they are guaranteed victory. The parties are far more polarized because of it and the gerrymandering is the reason. What we need is to get people to really get involved in the challenging democrat's campaign and get as many contributions/endorsements as possible. I think that is the only way for us to win the house. That 8% of DUers who will vote repug is not encouraging. That will not help to cahnge things right now. Frankly they get by on publicity and casework and act like they care about constituents. Really,they only care about getting donations.

[Coyote_Bandit]

10. I live in a red state

There is not always a dem candidate....

[Tiggeroshii]

12. In an election like 06, if nobody's there, a concerned citizen should make

the sacrifice. Even if it is just a sacrifical lamb, I thoroughly think there needs to be a lot of work in favor of getting one elected.

[Coyote_Bandit]

26. ???

If you are suggesting that I should run for office just so there is a dem on the ballot then you need to (1) be prepared to finance that endeavor in its entirety and (2) provide me with suitable employment after my defeat. This is a red state that embraces employment at will.

[Tiggeroshii]

32. You don't need much money to get on a ballot

Simply be willing to complete the petitions(if you state requires them). A sacrificial lamb could be a better gift for democracy thanany well financed corporate pawn. It is all just so that somebody can have a choice...

If you did run though, letting any local progressive groups know(and they are everywhere) would get you a little bit of support, at least for petitions and so on. I know a lot of people who have run for congress. Running is one thing. Winning is another -which does require money. But getting somebody to run at all(which doesn't require a whole lot) provides the possibility of having somebody the Democrats can support were they able to see the chance of having the district winnable after it would otherwise be too late for anybody to file.

[Coyote_Bandit]

42. I prefer to eat

I'm not independently wealthy. I don't have family to support me. I work in a traditionally conservative industry. Traditionally conservative as in "business casual" attire went the way of history during the dot com bust. Even the file clerks (male) are required to wear jackets and ties all the time.

In case you missed it, employment at will means that you can find yourself unemployed, blackballed and unemployable because of your political views (or simply because your boss doesn't like your hairstyle or your facial expressions). It happens with some frequency. Sacrificial lamb is, indeed, a good description.

I'm not sure a dem name on a ballot without any financial support or commitment to campaign and seek office is any improvement at all over no dem name on the ballot. It is symbolic. But such symbolism doesn't win elections or effect change.

It is not that red state hell lacks dems that are qualified to hold office. What often goes without recognition is that red state dem candidates sometimes face consequences that cannot be quantified - loss of employment, career and advancement opportunities - exclusion from networking and social circles due to the strong influence of a church that is more than willing to label, ostracize and condemn.

Any committed and reasonably capable dem on the ballot here get my support. But if you expect me personally to throw my hat into the ring then (1) you need to show me the money to finance the endeavor and (2) you need to create a safety net so that I will be able to work and earn a living after I am defeated. I will not be a symbolic sacrificial lamb.

[Tiggeroshii]

44. Well the DNC might help...

Dean's fifty state strat is for that purpose. Whether you are actually running for office or volunteering; Howard Deans chairmanship is the first time the Dems really ever saw any good hope in the red states...

I understand where you are coming from and respect the fact you've got a life(unlike a lot of people who decide to run for public office).

[NJ_Lib]

13. If you had asked me a few years ago, maybe, today...

... no effing way... Not even if it looked like this: " (R) Mother Theresa "

Just do not have the stomach for it... It may take a few years before I can even think about the possibility...

[Skip Intro]

14. I will NEVER vote for a repuke (again) - EVER!

Yes, there was a time when I was uninformed and easily swayed by the silliest spin. I vowed, as I watched the lynch mobs go after President Clinton, never to vote repuke. And as I've seen things unfold under the current traitorous regime, and as I've watched in dismay the repuke party try to spin treason as patriotism, I've never meant it more. I will NEVER vote repuke - EVER!

[Rowdyboy]

15. I dislike my Democratic representative intensely and will vote against him

in the primary. Should he be renominated, I'll reluctantly vote for him, as I have done in the last 6 elections.

[Tiggeroshii]

16. Why?

Even a crooked democrat would be better than contributing to adding to the GOP majority, which as a whoel 8is a big, giant, ugly crook with pulsating ventricles. Individually they aren't as bad though...

[Rowdyboy]

21. Sorry, I was misleading....In the Democratic primary I'll vote against him

because there's a better Democrat running. However, should the asshole incumbent win the primary, I will one again, for the 6th time, reluctantly vote for him. The worst Democrat is better than the best Republican. I haven't voted for a Republican on the state or national level since 1975 when the Democratic nominee for governor here was an idiot who campaigned with a lunch pail, and the Republicans nominated a class act who supported education.

[Tiggeroshii]

23. REmember the slogan "vote for the crook, it's important?"

..Back in the Lousiana Governor's race when David Duke was running? It's almsot the opposite this way, while many Dems could also be crooks, or a Dem could be a well known crook in a district with a Repug with a clean slate could urge you to vote for what seems the lesser of two evils. However, the evil in the end is as I described. Our "democracy" really shouldn't be working this way...

[Rowdyboy]

29. I did a lot of reading on Louisiana politics in college (esp Huey Long)

and I've been following my next-door neighbor states politics since the late 1960's. What a fascinating bunch!

I'm following the New Orleans mayor's race closely. Thats really gonna be interesting.

[Hatalles]

17. There is one Republican I'll most likely vote for.

Pete McCloskey. He's running for the Republican nomination against Richard Pombo.

[Tiggeroshii]

18. That's one guy I"m bordering on thinking he's an okay vote.

Just cause I think there's a small chance he'll turn Democrat after he's elected. It would kind of be betraying the electorate though...

[Hatalles]

33. I don't think he'll become a Democrat.

I think he's been a lifelong Republican... but he's always been pretty liberal at the same time. He's anti-war veteran (also ran for the Republican nomination for President on an anti-war platform against Nixon)... and also has clashed publically with Pat Robertson. Also, he's really reached out to the Muslim voters in this county which I'm very thankful for.

We need good people on the other side as well to help remove this administration from office.

Here's the Wiki article on him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_McCloskey

[mcscajun]

19. No, No, and Hell, No!

My Congressman is Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, serving his sixth term in the US Congress.

Frelinghuysen, as in Frelinghuysen Township, Frelinghuysen School, Frelinghuysen Arboretum. He comes from a long line of Frelinghuysens (including his father, former US Congressman Peter J. Frelinghuysen) who have served in the House, the Senate, the Cabinet, and going all the way back to the Continental Congress; one even ran (unsuccessfully) for Vice-President.

Get the picture? Old money, prominent political family and entrenched power. Every letter I've ever written to him has fallen on deaf ears. I get standard form replies and nothing ever changes; he couldn't give a Fuck what I, or any other Democrat, thinks.

I'll be voting for Tom Wyka, a brave Democrat running against Frelinghuysen this Fall:
http://www.tomwyka.com/vision.html
“We are the leaders we have been waiting for.”

[OneTwentyoNine]

22. Sure...Sam"flaming nutcase" Brownback or Pat"whars them WMD"Roberts

[ArbustoBuster]

27. No Republicans. Never again.

I don't care if they shine with holy light and cure lepers with their touch. NEVER AGAIN. There's always slime and corruption under the Republican facade.

[IndianaGreen]

28. I only vote for dead Republicans

so if they want my vote, they have to die first.

[janx]

30. No, I will vote for a congressWOMAN this November.

She is a Democrat.

[TankLV]

31. Would NEVER vote for a repuke. NEVER!

I happen to like most of my local dem candidates this time around.

Or, to put it another way, the two or three I don't like have no chance in hell of being nominated.

Jack Carter (rep) & Harry Reid (sen).

Dina Titus for Governor.

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. I have it easy

my congress critter IS a Dem and she tries... tries hard

[opihimoimoi]

35. The Republican Party has given America Sour Fruit for TOO LONG

If ya want Sweet Fruit...vote Blue

[guidod]

37. Dems need to take the House back

no matter what! Vote for dems if you like them or not.

[drthais]

38. this is a joke, right? n/t

[LWolf]

39. Other:

No. I will not vote for a republican anything this November, or this lifetime.

[leesa]

40. I'm holding out hope that mine will be indicted by November(Duncan Hunter)

[hyphenate]

41. If I were still in SoCal,

I would have (once again) voted for the Dem candidate, even though the asshole Rep is a major puke player--David Dreier. During the 12 years I lived in his district, I voted against him every single chance I had, but the bedroom community of hills of West Covina are mostly filled with pukes anyhow, and he kept getting elected regardless of his positions.

On the other hand, here in Massachusetts, I am proud to say that our Rep is one of the staunchest Dems in Congress, Jim McGovern, who is extremely easy to vote for and keep in office!

[Tiggeroshii]

45. he still helps the GOP keep their majority

You'll have no chance of seeing investigations and work getting done unless you adhemently deny voting for so called Rockefellor Republicans and RINOS. They are still tools for the GOP to keep their majority and keep reigning hell. This goes for Olympia Snowe as well. No Dem should be voting for her no matter how pro environment she is because her status as a Republican keeps a very anti environment majority in the Senate. I do hope you reconsider your vote for McGovern.

[hyphenate]

46. I think you misunderstood

Jim McGovern isn't a Pub--he's a Democrat. There might be another Rep out there who is a Pub, but James McGovern of Massachusetts is definitely a Democrat.

[Tiggeroshii]

50. Ah!

That did confuse me. My apologies! :)

[Love Bug]

43. Not just "no" but "HELL NO"

[recoveringdittohed]

47. Not Deliberately

I'm in OH-01 and will be voting(I hope its counted that way) on a newfangled optical scan machine for John Cranley (D-OH) over my incumbent Congressman Steve Chabot R-OH).

[Tiggeroshii]

51. In Ohio, can't you vote absentee if you wanted?

For any reason? I saw in the Prospect that you can in most states including Ohio. If that is still an option for you, I higly reccomend you re register absentee before the November elections.

[Blue_In_AK]

48. Don Young's probably got a lock...

but I'm voting against him anyway. I've had enough of his arrogance.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

49. I am a party member and as such I take an oath to support

only democratic party members in elections. If I changed my mind about doing that then I would leave the party. But I'm not tempted and I can't see that changing. And HELL NO, it would never be for a bush.

[moobu2]

52. Could never ever vote for a thug.

If my Dem candidate was that bad, I just wouldn’t vote I guess. But I would NEVER cast a vote for the other party..NEVeR!

[ProudDad]

53. I've got Barbara Lee

the ABSOLUTE BEST ONE!

Don't have to vote for a puke...

[Ce qui la baise]

54. OK voting repug hurt but Feinstein has to go. I do think

there are other choices though. But that wasn't an option

[StellaBlue]

55. BARBARA ANN!!!!! n/t