# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=324 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 325 --- ## [Looking for an ad...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-ad/558822)
**Author:** [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-ad/558822 "2010-10-30T00:06:28Z")
I was listening to the radio (I think it was the Michael Medved show) Friday in the 5pm eastern time hour, and he played an ad from a race where one candidate was making outrageous claims against the other candidate. In… --- ## [The current batch of campaign ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-batch-of-campaign-ads/558736)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-batch-of-campaign-ads/558736 "2010-10-29T19:45:59Z")
So far (Florida) I’ve gotten the usual negative fare-“Sen. Schmuck was caught with his hand in the cookie jar-Bad for Florida, Bad Bad Bad!” Those have been the bread and butter of campaign ads forever it seems of cours… --- ## [Pennsylvanians: Who do you favor for Governor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvanians-who-do-you-favor-for-governor/558777)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvanians-who-do-you-favor-for-governor/558777 "2010-10-29T16:21:54Z")
Which way are you leaning? (Shoot, I thought there was polling in this forum) --- ## [Another one running in Minnesota](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-running-in-minnesota/558381)
**Author:** [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-running-in-minnesota/558381 "2010-10-26T19:13:05Z")
Well, there’s another one (besides Michelle Bachman) running in Minnesota. Wes Whitby, a tea party guy who beat out the Republican endorsed candidate for the State Legislature in my district, sent out a postcard contain… --- ## [Whitman against Brown in California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitman-against-brown-in-california/554022)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitman-against-brown-in-california/554022 "2010-10-28T16:17:05Z")
Whitman must really want the job badly. She has set a new record by spending 119 million dollars of her own money on the Governorship campaign. Brown has spent practically nothing , yet they are tied. How many Whitman … --- ## [Pigs fly, People throw snowballs in Hell -- Ben Stein criticizes Joe Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-fly-people-throw-snowballs-in-hell-ben-stein-criticizes-joe-miller/558414)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-fly-people-throw-snowballs-in-hell-ben-stein-criticizes-joe-miller/558414 "2010-10-28T12:41:47Z")
Noted conservative Ben Stein wrote an editorial column for the Alaska Dispatch recently. To say he criticized Joe Miller is putting it a bit lightly. He calls Miller a stupid clown, and says he should not be elected. … --- ## [Hidden election of 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-election-of-2010/557666)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-election-of-2010/557666 "2010-10-27T21:56:14Z")
One of the bigger issues coming up from this election cycle that is not talked about alot in the media, is the timing of this election corresponding with the upcoming census results and redistricting that will occur in t… --- ## [Congressional candidate Stephen Broden (TX-R) says revolution "on the table" if GOP loses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressional-candidate-stephen-broden-tx-r-says-revolution-on-the-table-if-gop-loses/558296)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressional-candidate-stephen-broden-tx-r-says-revolution-on-the-table-if-gop-loses/558296 "2010-10-27T16:31:26Z")
Story here: In reaction, the Dallas Morning News has withdrawn its endorsement of Broden. --- ## [VA-8 Moran gets unfairly dinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-8-moran-gets-unfairly-dinged/558309)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-8-moran-gets-unfairly-dinged/558309 "2010-10-26T17:45:10Z")
So Jim Moran, longtime Democratic Rep from Virginia’s 8th district, was caught on videotape, as described by a blogger: Disclaimer: I wish Moran would lose. I would pay good money to SEE Moran lose. Sometimes, in my in… --- ## [Republicans vs. Tea Party 1st shot fired in Colorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-vs-tea-party-1st-shot-fired-in-colorado/547684)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-vs-tea-party-1st-shot-fired-in-colorado/547684 "2010-10-21T01:03:54Z")
Somehow the Colorado Republicans ended up with a purely establishment candidate vs. a Tea Party candidate with an incredibly thin record in the primary. Big mistake. The establishment candidate turns out to be a plagia… --- ## [Whence the Tea Party...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-tea-party/555707)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-tea-party/555707 "2010-10-20T15:02:37Z")
“All this talk about rules: we make 'em up, as we go along.” ~Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Florida “…it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to cont… --- ## [Upcoming Elections Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-elections-questions/557191)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-elections-questions/557191 "2010-10-20T13:39:35Z")
We’re going to be deluged with candidate ads for the next few weeks. I’ve decided I’m only going to focus on one issue. I don’t give a crap who’s in a Tea Party, who slept with who, who clubs baby seals, who eats aborted… --- ## [I just watched a Sharron Angle tv advertisement. Debunk this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-a-sharron-angle-tv-advertisement-debunk-this/556554)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-a-sharron-angle-tv-advertisement-debunk-this/556554 "2010-10-20T01:01:33Z")
Printed in block letters on the screen were the words “Harry Reid voted to use taxpayer dollars to give Viagra to convicted child molesters and sex offenders.” What in the world is she talking about? --- ## [Just when I thought nothing was happening in Montana...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-nothing-was-happening-in-montana/555863)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-nothing-was-happening-in-montana/555863 "2010-10-18T23:29:32Z")
This election cycle has been shaping up as a pretty slow one here in Montana. Neither of our senators is up for re-election this year, our governor’s elections are on the same schedule as the Presidency, and our incumbe… --- ## [Quantifying the Stupid: Polls that make you go "Wha?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantifying-the-stupid-polls-that-make-you-go-wha/556413)
**Author:** [@Olfatbut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olfatbut)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantifying-the-stupid-polls-that-make-you-go-wha/556413 "2010-10-18T23:29:22Z")
Stunning or sad, either way we are doomed, doomed I say. I collected a few of my favorite poll results from the last year or so in one place just for grins. Did I miss any? August 2010 poll of Americans: What is Obama… --- ## ['POP' Goes Art Robinson (Maddow 10/07)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-goes-art-robinson-maddow-10-07/556448)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-goes-art-robinson-maddow-10-07/556448 "2010-10-17T01:42:44Z")
I will confess to knowing next to nothing about the race for an Oregon Congressional seat between multi-term Democrat Peter DeFazio and Republican, Tea-partiesque challenger Art Robinson, but based on Mr. Robinson’s utte… --- ## [How many democrats would need to be in the congress and senate for them to wield power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-democrats-would-need-to-be-in-the-congress-and-senate-for-them-to-wield-power/553384)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-democrats-would-need-to-be-in-the-congress-and-senate-for-them-to-wield-power/553384 "2010-10-16T21:32:30Z")
From what Obama has said in recent days, the Republican minority still wields most of the power in congress, and they have the power to block change; this must be what he means if he lays the blame for a weak economic re… --- ## [Amusing v Alarming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-v-alarming/557139)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-v-alarming/557139 "2010-10-14T19:21:59Z")
OK, there are lots of amusing races out there. The GOP has rarely provided such amusement. But many of the people we are talking about have no chance of winning. Arthur B. Robinson is the guy on Rachel Maddow. He is run… --- ## [Washington State elections 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-state-elections-2010/557056)
**Author:** [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-state-elections-2010/557056 "2010-10-14T02:06:07Z")
Ballots get mailed out this week. So, what do you think of liquor, candy, income tax, and the latest from Tim Eyman? --- ## [Florida Attorney General election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-attorney-general-election/550461)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-attorney-general-election/550461 "2010-10-13T00:38:29Z")
The incumbent Florida AG is Republican Bill McCollum, and he could run for a second term; but he’s running for governor instead, so the job’s open. Florida Attorney General Election, 2010: Democratic candidates: Dan G… --- ## [Wherefore & whither the GOP? (Sept 2010)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-whither-the-gop-sept-2010/553343)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-whither-the-gop-sept-2010/553343 "2010-10-10T20:14:24Z")
or, “Why is anyone still voting for the GOP anyway?” Since I was hijacking the Why SPECIFICALLY do Republicans hate Obama? thread, I started this one for “Why is anyone still voting for the GOP anyway?” If Huckabee em… --- ## [The Florida Senate election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-florida-senate-election/541721)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-florida-senate-election/541721 "2010-10-10T01:48:39Z")
Earlier GD thread. The 2010 Florida Senate election is shaping up to be a very interesting race, perhaps the most interesting in the U.S. this year, because it is going to be a hotly contested three-way one. Much out-o… --- ## [Prop 19 (marijuana) debate. The stupid, it burns.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prop-19-marijuana-debate-the-stupid-it-burns/555336)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prop-19-marijuana-debate-the-stupid-it-burns/555336 "2010-10-09T05:48:55Z")
From an AP article: So, Chief Dumbar, you are actually saying that cheaper weed will make people stop eating. Then, presumably because they have the munchies, and are broke from all the pot they bought at a discount, t… --- ## [What will be the real difference in Congress after Jan 2011?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-real-difference-in-congress-after-jan-2011/548853)
**Author:** [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-real-difference-in-congress-after-jan-2011/548853 "2010-10-08T02:17:46Z")
So, most analyses have thus far sought to determine the net number of seats Republicans would gain in the 2010. However, this elides the fact that there are conservative Democrats who vote with Republicans anyway (like t… --- ## [BADvertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badvertising/556171)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badvertising/556171 "2010-10-07T19:38:35Z")
Okay, semiannual semiliterate rant about negative ads. Has somebody done some kind of study? Do these things actually work? Because over and over we get this scenario: “Ken Buck has done this horrible thing. And Ken Bu… --- ## [How will the BP oil spill affect the midterms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559 "2010-10-07T15:50:56Z")
It seemed like such a big deal at the time . . . But, so far, I haven’t heard any candidate say a word about it. --- ## [Is it possible I've missed out on this Palin person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-ive-missed-out-on-this-palin-person/555283)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-ive-missed-out-on-this-palin-person/555283 "2010-10-07T09:34:46Z")
(Fully expecting this to be lobbed over the cubical wall into Great Debates) My impression of her, based on the media’s portrayal, is that she was a back-woods electee with a trainwreck of a family that was picked for th… --- ## [WV Senate Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-senate-race/553915)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-senate-race/553915 "2010-10-06T21:21:34Z")
Anyone have any thoughts on popular incumbent Democratic Governor Joe Manchin only leading GOP challenger John Raese by 4 points in the latest poll? Could this be an unexpected GOP pickup? --- ## [Your Endorsements 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407 "2010-10-03T15:06:20Z")
If the Mods find it appropriate to move this to the IMHO forum feel free to do so. What are you endorsements for the 2010 Midterm elections? Senate: Alabama: Richard Shelby (Republican) Alaska: Lisa Murkowski (Republ… --- ## [California Prop 19: the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-prop-19-the-regulate-control-and-tax-cannabis-act-of-2010/546616)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-prop-19-the-regulate-control-and-tax-cannabis-act-of-2010/546616 "2010-10-03T05:36:19Z")
So I started a thread on this when it was first announced that it was getting on to the ballot, but now that we have some specifics and a prop number assigned might as well get another one going. I mean, we’ve got this s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=323) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=325)