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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:24 PM Original message |
Out here in California, in my Congressional District... |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. I also voted for Winograd, but I don't know if I will leave it blank.. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Leaving it blank would sure as hell feel strange... |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It would be more definitive than a blank at least n/t |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Writing in is good. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
64. I'm writing in the name of the progressive primary opponent to my Blue Dog |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just imagine a nice, solid oval on your ballot next to Republican Fein's name. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. As I said. If there were any chance the Republican would win. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Then what are you trying to do? Lower the total number of votes for Democratic candidates, so the |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think you misunderstand me. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Actually you are wrong |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Our electoral system is completely based on party. "Voting for specific candidates" is a ruse |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Go study some political science and political history |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Authoritarian much??? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
65. Right, the money party which owns both wings. nt |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Don't lecture Califorania Peggy |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Thank you, my dear Blue... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
69. OH, fer crissake! |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Besides, Harman specifically broke from the blue dogs to support a public option |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. OK, there's one good thing she did. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good for you for not punishing the other down ticket candidates. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And I would NEVER do that. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Sorry. I meant to type "even when we cannot support those at the TOP"!! |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. likely a very safe seat |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Absolutely it is. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. As a student of political science I can assure you |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I have no idea if anyone else is doing this. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. And they do, all and every one of them |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
71. I do it all the time. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Which is a better move? Write-in a better Democrat or skip that particular race? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. It is a margin game |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. I think I will write-in Marcy Winograd. "None of the above" may infer indifference. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #52 |
75. Sadly it falls into the category of none of the above |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
20. "She will win. She always does." |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. And your friends included the Secretary of State |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. My apologies. I'm not revising anything. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Yes, and the SOS that disqualified far more |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I'm sorry if you interpreted my post as the sole reason for Gore's Florida loss. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I am betting the other much larger dynamic |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. You should start a thread on those concerns if they are that important to you. n/t |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I agree. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I concede that Harris and the USSC and JEB! and the media etc. are complicit |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Blame any of the third-party candidates in Florida in 2000. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Don't forget the pretty largish Jews for Buchanan demographic |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Diggin' into voter suppression really takes |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. That is not my only concern with the 2000 election, but I was trying to confine my |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I'm sure she will. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. "I'm not casting a vote for someone else." |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Ah, no worries! |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Eh, I'm getting used to apologizing on DU. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'm tired of all the blind partisanship. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Thank you. I feel the same. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
49. I have the opposite problem--or , at least, a different one |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. You do what you can, with what you have to work with. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:01 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. But on the positive side, we have Boxer and Brown |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
62. COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS! |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
66. Some will respond re majority of a chamber and committee chairmanships |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
35. I'm with you, CaliforniaPeggy. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. It is a good thought... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
36. Good for you. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. My dear ThomCat! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's a good step, California Peggy. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Two Democratic Senators in Alaska? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Liberating. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
57. I rec'd this thread. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Thank you, my dear Jotsy! |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
59. I donated to Marcy; I'm in the Bay Area but not Harmon's district. I'd vote for her |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. And I thank you for that feedback. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
61. I truly believe that those of you in sure-thing areas SHOULD do this |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:18 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. The Blue Dogs aim to completely take over the Dem. party - we have to stop them |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
63. Every time Steve Lynch comes up for re-election unopposed, |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. You really have three choices... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
70. 1 |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
72. You're doing what you know is the right thing |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
73. my ballot has Blanche Lincoln's name on it |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
74. At some point -- |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
76. All she did was save the Aerospace industry in her district! |
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