# Happy Fun 2010 Primary Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 18, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940 "2010-05-18T22:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/21 "2010-05-19T03:15:40Z")
Perhaps Specter will join the Greens to run in the general election. I agree with **flickster**. Goodbye and good riddance. I really hope Sestak can do as well come November. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/22 "2010-05-19T10:00:55Z")
And not only did Blanche Lincoln fail to get 50%, but her plurality over Halter was only about 6500 votes out of ~300K cast. Runoff in 3 weeks. This one’s a race, baby! Four for four!!! And now the Dems, who had apparently held off on this move to increase Lincoln’s chances to win the primary, are getting ready to pull her tough measure on derivatives from the Wall Street regulation bill. I’m not happy with them over that, but that’s not gonna help Lincoln over the next few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/23 "2010-05-19T12:07:26Z")
Wow, AP goes with the “all politics is **National** ” meme, and declares a blowout for the anti-incumbent tea party express: > [@](#): > > [Voters back anti-DC, anti-establishment candidates](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100519/ap_on_el_ge/us_primary_rdp) > By LIZ SIDOTI > > With the electorate’s intense anger reverberating across the country, this is all but certain: It’s an anti-Washington, anti-establishment year. And candidates with ties to either better beware. > Any doubt about just how toxic the political environment is for congressional incumbents and candidates hand-picked by national Republican and Democratic leaders disappeared late Tuesday, when voters fired Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, forced Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln into a run-off in Arkansas and chose tea party darling Rand Paul to be the GOP nominee in Kentucky’s Senate race. That’s some powerful narrative there! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/24 "2010-05-19T12:15:44Z")
> [@Enfant Terrible](#): > > Mark Critz defeats Tim Burns in the PA-12 special election. Have the Democrats lost _any_ of the Special elections for House seats since 2008? I feel like this is the sixth or seventh in a row that’s gone their way. ETA: Glancing at wikipedia, they apparently won five out of five for House seat elections in '09 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/25 "2010-05-19T12:58:22Z")
It was also a big night for 80’s Rock: > [@](#): > > [Paul Vows to Remain True to the Tea Party](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/us/politics/19paul.html?hpw) > > BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Rand Paul arrived at his victory party on Tuesday night to the booming lyrics of the Rush song he often quoted on the campaign trail: “Glittering prizes and endless compromises/shatter the illusion of integrity.” [The Spirit of Radio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_Radio) I’d’ve gone with [Freewill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freewill_%28song%29), myself. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/26 "2010-05-20T01:35:31Z")
[_The Nation_ has a fairly optimistic (for liberals) take on the primary results.](http://www.thenation.com/blog/incumbents-insiders-stumble-populism-prevails) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/27 "2010-05-20T02:28:17Z")
I saw Paul on Rachel Maddow tonight. IMO, he is headed for a monumental loss in the general election. He believes privately owned businesses should be able should be able to serve or not serve customers on any basis they wish. IOW, whites-only restaurants should be legal, though he also believes it would be a very poor business decision. He managed to weasel out of explicitly saying this, but his intent is clear. He compared it to a Federal mandate to force restaurant owners to allow people to carry weapons into their establishments. And there is a tangential relationship related to property rights between the two. But this guy is just not going to survive electoral politics. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/28 "2010-05-22T04:33:17Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [Republicans concede in PA-12](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/05/18/2322091.aspx) > The press can’t resist adding some cosmically significant doom and gloom to the story: Yeah and ignore McDonald, Brown, Christie. Yeah they don’t matter… :rolleyes: Its been the day of the extreme wings of both parties triumphing. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/29 "2010-05-22T15:26:03Z")
Anybody know when upcoming primaries are scheduled and the races to watch? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/30 "2010-05-23T01:14:42Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Anybody know when upcoming primaries are scheduled and the races to watch? [2010 Primary Elections by State](http://www.fvap.gov/resources/media/vaghandout3.pdf) (pdf). For particular races, [Politics1.com](http://www.politics1.com/) is always a good source. Go to [State/Federal Candidates.](http://www.politics1.com/states.htm) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/31 "2010-05-23T14:02:56Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [2010 Primary Elections by State](http://www.fvap.gov/resources/media/vaghandout3.pdf) (pdf). > > For particular races, [Politics1.com](http://www.politics1.com/) is always a good source. Go to [State/Federal Candidates.](http://www.politics1.com/states.htm) Looks like the next interesting batch of primaries will be the primaries in California and Nevada on June 8. The GOP has action in both Senate races and CA-Gov; the Dems, CA-Gov only. A considerable number of other states list June 8 as a primary day, but unless there are some contested House primaries going on that day, I don’t think there’s anything of interest outside of CA and NV in June. (Or July for that matter, since July tends to be a quiet month for primaries.) Colorado and Connecticut on August 10, and Arizona on August 24, should make August interesting. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/32 "2010-05-23T15:25:02Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Looks like the next interesting batch of primaries will be the primaries in California and Nevada on June 8. The GOP has action in both Senate races and CA-Gov; the Dems, CA-Gov only. > > A considerable number of other states list June 8 as a primary day, but unless there are some contested House primaries going on that day, I don’t think there’s anything of interest outside of CA and NV in June. (Or July for that matter, since July tends to be a quiet month for primaries.) > > Colorado and Connecticut on August 10, and Arizona on August 24, should make August interesting. Isn’t the Arkansas run-off between Lincoln and Halter June 8th, also? THAT is certainly what I would call interesting. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/33 "2010-05-24T03:59:58Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Isn’t the Arkansas run-off between Lincoln and Halter June 8th, also? THAT is certainly what I would call interesting. It is - can’t believe I forgot. And the NC-Sen runoff is a week or two later. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/34 "2010-05-24T19:09:10Z")
It looks like Montana’s primaries are on the 8th, too, but there’s not much there of interest. I haven’t heard of anyone but Rehberg (the incumbent) running for the House seat, and it’s an off-year for our senators. The only campaigning of any sort I’ve seen is for more local races, like the state legislature. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940/35 "2010-05-25T04:02:17Z")
[Report: Some Sort Of Primary Just Happened](http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-some-sort-of-primary-just-happened,1802/) > [@](#): > > The report mirrors the dawning suspicion many eligible American voters had in recent days that they missed an election of some kind. > > “Am I crazy, or was there an election or something not too long ago?” said Olympia, WA resident Rochelle Fleischman, who recalled receiving a multilingual “yellow thing” in the mail several weeks ago that may have been an election-related notice. She promptly discarded it with other junk mail. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fun-2010-primary-thread/539940.md?page=1)