# Your Endorsements 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 29, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407 "2010-07-29T02:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 29, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/1 "2010-07-29T02:17:07Z")
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 (Republican) Arizona: John McCain (Republican) Arkansas: John Boozman (Republican) California: Carly Fiorina (Republican) Colorado: Jane Norton (Republican) Connecticut: Peter Schriff (Republican) Delaware: Mike Castle (Republican) Florida: Charlie Crist (Independent)\* Georgia: Jonny Isakson (Republican) Hawaii: Campbell Cavasso (Republican) Idaho: Mike Crapo (Republican) Illinois: Mark Kirk (Republican) Indiana: Dan Coats (Republican) Iowa: Chuck Grassley (Republican) Kansas: Jerry Moran (Republican) Kentucky: Trey Grayson (Republican, write-in) Louisiana: David Vitter (Republican) Maryland: Eric Wargotz (Republican) Missouri: Roy Blunt (Republican) Nevada: Sue Lowden (Republican, write-in) New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (Republican) New York (1): Joseph DioGuardi (Republican) New York (2): Gary Berntsen (Republican) North Carolina: Richard Burr (Republican) North Dakota: John Hoeven (Republican) Ohio: Rob Portman (Republican) Oklahoma: Tom Coburn (Republican) Oregon: Jim Huffman (Republican) Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey (Republican) South Carolina: Jim DeMint (Republican) South Dakota: John Thune (Republican) Utah: Bob Bennett (Republican, write-in) Vermont: Len Britton (Republican) Washington: Dino Rossi (Republican) West Virginia: John Raese (Republican) Wisconsin: Ron Johnson (Republican) Governor California: Meg Whitman (Republican) Representative California, 47th District: Van Tran (Republican) Proposition California, Prop 19: Yes ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/2 "2010-07-29T03:01:22Z")
Call me crazy, but I am sensing a pattern… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/3 "2010-07-29T03:58:32Z")
If we want any interesting discussion here, it’s probably only worthwhile posting an endorsement in this thread if it crosses your usual party line, or else relates to an intrapartisan primary fight. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/4 "2010-07-29T04:00:20Z")
Hey, give him credit, he’s favoring Crist over Rubio in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/5 "2010-07-29T04:15:56Z")
I endorse all non-republicans, even when they are running unopposed. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/6 "2010-07-29T10:08:03Z")
Aren’t some of those guys incumbents? I thought we were supposed to throw them all out. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/7 "2010-07-29T11:48:26Z")
Seriously, Curtis, how much research did you do in each of these races? What puzzles me is your non-endorsements of the GOP candidates who happen to be Teabaggers. What do Rand Paul, Angle, and Rubio believe that you do not? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/8 "2010-07-29T14:38:34Z")
I’m curious why Crist has an asterisk. I think there’s a missing footnote like “\*Used to be a Republican” or “\*Secretly wishes he was Republican”. As an afterthought, California’s Pop 19 (legalizing some aspects of marijuana use) sounds pretty good, though it may turn into another Arizona-immigration debacle if the feds try to insist that drug regulation is their jurisdiction. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/9 "2010-07-29T15:21:48Z")
Cry for attention? Also, my endorsements: everyone running against the people that **Curtis LeMay** endorses. Now we’re back to square one. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/10 "2010-07-29T15:58:20Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Seriously, Curtis, how much research did you do in each of these races? What puzzles me is your non-endorsements of the GOP candidates who happen to be Teabaggers. What do Rand Paul, Angle, and Rubio believe that you do not? I think Paul, and Angle will both end up being a liability to the Republican Party rather than an asset once they’re in political office and that I think overall Crist would do better than Rubio as Florida is a centrist state. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m curious why Crist has an asterisk. I think there’s a missing footnote like “\*Used to be a Republican” or “\*Secretly wishes he was Republican”. I would have said “If he still leans to Republicans by November”. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/11 "2010-07-29T16:00:14Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Cry for attention? > Also, my endorsements: everyone running against the people that **Curtis LeMay** endorses. > > Now we’re back to square one. So Sharron Angle for Senate in Nevada? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/12 "2010-07-29T16:03:29Z")
Roy Barnes (D) as the next Governor of Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/13 "2010-07-29T17:32:54Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > I think Paul, and Angle will both end up being a liability to the Republican Party rather than an asset once they’re in political office and that I think overall Crist would do better than Rubio as Florida is a centrist state. So why do you endorse Jim DeMint, who is just as extreme as Paul or Angle? One might think that if you don’t swallow the Tea Party nonsense, which you do not, then you might decline to endorse the highest-ranking Tea Party posterchild in government today. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/14 "2010-07-29T17:35:07Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > > [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > > > Cry for attention? > > Also, my endorsements: everyone running against the people that **Curtis LeMay** endorses. > > > > Now we’re back to square one. > > So Sharron Angle for Senate in Nevada? :dubious: Yes, because it’d be a nice trainwreck. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/15 "2010-07-29T17:35:44Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > So Sharron Angle for Senate in Nevada? :dubious: Well sure, if Democrats are going to sweep the rest of the map 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/16 "2010-09-09T14:33:36Z")
You’re endorsing Jim “I don’t understand how foreign policy works after 5 years in the Senate” DeMint? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/17 "2010-09-09T16:06:16Z")
The only race I’m really invested in is the re-election of our local congressman, Jim Cooper - one of the Blue-Dog Democrats. I hope he can pull it off, but voting for the health care bill (and being an incumant and a Democrat) will hurt him. I haven’t made up my mind on the governer’s race yet. I wish Bredesen didn’t have to step down. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/18 "2010-09-09T16:40:27Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > If we want any interesting discussion here, it’s probably only worthwhile posting an endorsement in this thread if it crosses your usual party line, or else relates to an intrapartisan primary fight. On that note: In the [Florida Senate election,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=565581) I’m still deeply undecided/conflicted on whether to vote (or campaign) for [Kendrick Meek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendrick_Meek) or [Charlie Crist.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Crist) I’d much, much rather have Meek in office, but Crist is running so much stronger, and I don’t want to split the anti-[Rubio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio) (Ogdamn “Tea Party Candidate”) vote. America needs [instant-runoff voting,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting) dammit! :mad: Anyway, anyone have any suggestions for resolving this dilemma? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/19 "2010-09-09T16:44:04Z")
Move to Georgia. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407/20 "2010-09-09T17:12:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Move to Georgia. 😃 Bite my guava. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-endorsements-2010/548407.md?page=2)