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#701
2 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

At the least, they are making Republicans spend money that they don't have on seats that should have been safe.

It’s also because they kinda have to. They have tons of money, their incumbents outside of Tester look good polling wise and money wise, and their open seats in AZ and MI also look good. Gotta play some offense now to find seat #50 and they can’t spend in Nebraska because Osborn is not running as a Dem

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#703
#NEPol: The NRSC is jumping into #NESen. So far, they've placed $172K in a coordinated buy with Deb Fischer. #NESen future reservations:🔴$1.7m⚪$782k

 

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#704

Montana senate debate was tonight. Sounds like Tester did well. But is it enough?

Tester: The statement you made degrades Native Americans. You're a big guy, apologize. Sheehy: Do you apologize for opening the border? Tester: I didn't open the border. When we had a opportunity to fix the border, you said we want to play politics with this
WATCH: Jon Tester DESTROYS Tim Sheehy after Sheehy tries to gaslight and lie about his record on abortion. #MtSen "It's a lie. It doesn't happen. Those lies are already protected. Tim, you know it, you're saying it to try to politicize this issue."pic.twitter.com/66Dau2UMFv
Sheehy: Tester knows about backroom meetings.. if you want to talk about backroom meetings while I was fighting in Afghanistan he was eating lobbyist steak in D.C. Tester: Let’s talk about lobbying. Tim Sheehy set up his own lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. Why? So he can try…
This race is between a wealthy outsider who wants to privatize and destroy our health care system, end protections for public lands, and make personal health care decisions for women

 

#705

You can see why he's survived there for so long.  Hopefully he can make it another round.  

#708
51 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Sheehy’s demeanor is simply that of a smug prick. 

Basically 75% of the requirements to be a GOP recruit. The other 25% is your bank account 

#709

I don't know if i believe it -

Bullfinch

Osborn (I) 47, Fischer 42 - Nebraska, 10 undecided

breakdown was 49% GOP, 26% D, 25% I

@Tuco

#710
> Dems lose MT and OH> Osborn wins NE> 48-52> Dems offer Osborn anything he wants> 49-51> Offer Susan Collins anything to retire, replace with Democrat> 50-50> This is how you win https://t.co/67PKr2ptuF

 

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#712
1 hour ago, Pancho said:
> Dems lose MT and OH> Osborn wins NE> 48-52> Dems offer Osborn anything he wants> 49-51> Offer Susan Collins anything to retire, replace with Democrat> 50-50> This is how you win https://t.co/67PKr2ptuF

 

Forget Susan Collins.  You offer Lisa Murkowski anything she wants to go from I to D.

#713
Just now, Ghost of LL said:

Forget Susan Collins.  You offer Lisa Murkowski anything she wants to go from I to D.

You offer all of them whatever they want. 

#714
Just now, Ghost of LL said:

Forget Susan Collins.  You offer Lisa Murkowski anything she wants to go from I to D.

I’ve been saying!

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#715
1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

You offer all of them whatever they want. 

And there is something of a prisoners' dilemma, isn't there?  We'd only need one vote.  Who's going to be the one to supply it?  Because we're only making this deal with one person.

#716
2 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

And there is something of a prisoners' dilemma, isn't there?  We'd only need one vote.  Who's going to be the one to supply it?  Because we're only making this deal with one person.

Murkowski. 100%

I don’t trust Collins at all 

#717

Yup. You approach everyone, but tell murkowski she’s their preferred pick. And if you give her choice shit, she can survive in Alaska with ranked choice voting. 

#718
2 hours ago, Pancho said:
> Dems lose MT and OH> Osborn wins NE> 48-52> Dems offer Osborn anything he wants> 49-51> Offer Susan Collins anything to retire, replace with Democrat> 50-50> This is how you win https://t.co/67PKr2ptuF

 

Offer Collins secretary of whatever to move to the exec dept.

#719
4 hours ago, Js1 said:

I don't know if i believe it -

Bullfinch

Osborn (I) 47, Fischer 42 - Nebraska, 10 undecided

breakdown was 49% GOP, 26% D, 25% I

@Tuco

Got me.  

Tom Osborne endorsed Fischer, so that's not helpful.  I figured he would stay out of it.  After Tom retired, he served as a Congressman one or two cycles.  Pissed off the party because he wouldn't spend 40 hours a week fundraising.  Then he ran for governor, losing the primary in part because he supported in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants.  I haven't paid that close of attention, but I figured he was generally turned off by the current Republican politics.   Unfortunately, his endorsement will affect a lot of Nebraskans.  

#721

If those young men and women rip out their guts and eat them, wouldn't they bleed out on the battlefield and do us no good?

Come On What GIF by MOODMAN

#722
8 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

If those young men and women rip out their guts and eat them, wouldn't they bleed out on the battlefield and do us no good?

Come On What GIF by MOODMAN

Cry havoc and let slip the self cannibals of war?

 

#724
14 hours ago, Js1 said:

Murkowski. 100%

I don’t trust Collins at all 

Yeah, I think you could rely on Murkowski, but Collins would be as bad as Manchin or Sinema.

#725
5 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

So it currently projects to 49-48-2?

51-49 with the GOP picking up MT and WV. But that 51 is tenuous if they lose MT, TX, FL, NE and Harris/Walz wins 

#726

I haven't seen the polls recently but Tester wrecked shop in that debate.  Is he really behind?

#727
7 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

I haven't seen the polls recently but Tester wrecked shop in that debate.  Is he really behind?

Polls show Tester behind when polls at roughly the same time in 2018 had him up by a few points. Tester ultimately won a close election.

my bet is that most Montanans see/hear Tester and pretty much agree with him.  But there’s the (D) after his name, so no.

#728
8 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

I haven't seen the polls recently but Tester wrecked shop in that debate.  Is he really behind?

Well that debate was like 4 days ago. No polling yet. He is behind, but so was Susan Collins 

#729
18 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Polls show Tester behind when polls at roughly the same time in 2018 had him up by a few points. Tester ultimately won a close election.

my bet is that most Montanans see/hear Tester and pretty much agree with him.  But there’s the (D) after his name, so no.

I saw more and more Tester signs, and few Sheehy signs in my travels across Eastern MT this past week. This area is usually dead red. It'll stay red, but if it sways a couple of points left of where it typically is, it'll damn sure heĺp!

#730
Opinion: Endorsement: Vote Debbie Mucarsel-Powell for U.S. Senate https://t.co/9DxFY4iUuv

 

#731

Cook does some weird shit.  Don't think I've seen a single poll with Baldwin behind.

 

CPR Race Rating change: #WISEN shifts from Lean D to Toss UpRead @JessicaTaylor's analysis: https://t.co/VVKY6TBJit

 

#732
6 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Cook does some weird shit

Cook LOVES to move races to tossup the month before the election. Easier to say you’re right when everything is a tossup. “Well it could have gone either way!”

#733

this should be fun

 

ABC7 will be hosting the U.S. Senate Candidate Forum, where @abc7marc Brown will moderate a discussion between Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey, the two candidates running for CA's open Senate seat.Watch TODAY at 5 pm on ABC7 on all our streaming platforms. https://t.co/fo8pGWHs2r

 

#734
5 hours ago, Js1 said:

Cook LOVES to move races to tossup the month before the election. Easier to say you’re right when everything is a tossup. “Well it could have gone either way!”

I've followed Cook pretty closely for a couple of years now, and there seems to be some obvious bias (towards conservative candidates) to it as well.  I know it's billed as being non partisan, but it sure seems slanted.  

#735
2 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

this should be fun

 

ABC7 will be hosting the U.S. Senate Candidate Forum, where @abc7marc Brown will moderate a discussion between Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey, the two candidates running for CA's open Senate seat.Watch TODAY at 5 pm on ABC7 on all our streaming platforms. https://t.co/fo8pGWHs2r

 

Schiff should bring with him some old clips from Cheap Seats at Garvey's old golf tournaments. 

#736
2 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

I've followed Cook pretty closely for a couple of years now, and there seems to be some obvious bias (towards conservative candidates) to it as well.  I know it's billed as being non partisan, but it sure seems slanted.  

I can assure you this is not even in the realm of being remotely true.

#737
1 minute ago, babysdaddy said:

I can assure you this is not even in the realm of being remotely true.

Charlie Cook openly writes articles about how Trump has everything he should need to win.  That's actually the premise of his most recent article, and for two years he's written nearly the same article repeatedly. 

#738
7 minutes ago, babysdaddy said:

I can assure you this is not even in the realm of being remotely true.

I don't think they have a conservative bias. I just think they like to throw everything remotely "close" into tossup category the month before the election.  They seem to be giving the poll they commissioned (Baldwin +2) the most weight, despite her not trailing in a single public poll. 

RCP loves to cherry pick polls that give the GOP an edge and even they can't square that. Marquette is literally A+ and  is based in Wisconsin and don't see Baldwin being in a close race. 

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#739
11 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

Charlie Cook openly writes articles about how Trump has everything he should need to win.  That's actually the premise of his most recent article, and for two years he's written nearly the same article repeatedly. 

That's analysis, not bias.  Amy and Kathryn own and run the website and they are both decidedly not conservative.

#740
2 minutes ago, babysdaddy said:

That's analysis, not bias.  Amy and Kathryn own and run the website and they are both decidedly not conservative.

Perhaps bias isn't the correct word.  They seem to me, especially Amy Walter, to buy and sell the doomcast narrative (which probably isn't the correct description, but they are doing analytical work).  I've just noticed, they constantly move every Dem candidate from likely to lean, and very rarely does that happen on the Republican side of the isle.  Perhaps that's happenstance, but after a while it looks well beyond that.  I'd note they did the same thing with the "Red Wave" of 2022 that didn't happen.  

#741
9 minutes ago, babysdaddy said:

That's analysis, not bias.  Amy and Kathryn own and run the website and they are both decidedly not conservative.

I mean I think you're right but that first sentence is nonsensical. Analysis is frequently biased. It's one of the main places you see bias. 

#742

Respectfully, they just moved multiple in direction of D

 

Five new House race rating changes: #IA01: Lean R to Toss Up#IA03: Lean R to Toss Up#IL17: Lean D to Likely D#IN01: Lean D to Likely D#MT01: Likely R to Lean RRead @ercovey's analysis: https://t.co/GUyheyTBpa

 

CPR Race Rating Change: #TXSen moves to Lean R. Read @JessicaTaylor's latest analysis, including why we view Texas as a slightly more competitive race than Florida: https://t.co/kSMrAlo1Sr

 

#743
1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

I mean I think you're right but that first sentence is nonsensical. Analysis is frequently biased. It's one of the main places you see bias. 

Agreed.  My opinion is they do better than anyone else covering politics to remove their bias in their analysis.

#744
1 minute ago, babysdaddy said:

Respectfully, they just moved multiple in direction of D

 

Five new House race rating changes: #IA01: Lean R to Toss Up#IA03: Lean R to Toss Up#IL17: Lean D to Likely D#IN01: Lean D to Likely D#MT01: Likely R to Lean RRead @ercovey's analysis: https://t.co/GUyheyTBpa

 

CPR Race Rating Change: #TXSen moves to Lean R. Read @JessicaTaylor's latest analysis, including why we view Texas as a slightly more competitive race than Florida: https://t.co/kSMrAlo1Sr

 

Well maybe I should just bitch more.  

#745
6 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Cook does some weird shit.  Don't think I've seen a single poll with Baldwin behind.

 

CPR Race Rating change: #WISEN shifts from Lean D to Toss UpRead @JessicaTaylor's analysis: https://t.co/VVKY6TBJit

 

Sorry. This was supposed to be a response to one of @BamaATL 's posts.

 

I've stated this in the presidential race thread, but it bears remembering here too: the low response rates of current polling make the margin of error HUGE. Anticipate a "polling error" * this year.

Problem is, we won't know direction of error, but the direction is likely correlated amongst states with similar demographics. The magnitude of the error is likely to vary considerably amongst states.

Battleground states OUTSIDE of polling error (538):
AZ --> D + 7, Gallego > 50%
WI --> D + 5, Baldwin > 50%
NV --> D + 9, Rosen 49%
PA --> D + 5, Casey 48%
MI --> D + 4, Slotkin 48%
MT --> R + 6, Sheehy 49%


Battleground states WITHIN polling error:
TX --> R + 3, 47 - 44
NE --> R + 3, 43 - 40
OH --> D + 3, 47 - 44
FL --> R + 4, 46 - 42

Dems need to hold Ohio, which is a pretty good bet unless Trump over-performs and has a coattail effect. If this happens, we're screwed anyway.

Sadly Tester's probably toast. He's a great dude, but probably the last Dem from MT for many years. I'd trade MT for FL or TX. I'd prefer FL because I think Mucarsal-Powell is more progressive than Allred. NE seems like a hard hold also, but if that's what we get, we gladly take it to get to 50 - 50.

 

* It isn't really a polling "error." Polls are predictive devices. Predictions have assumed error. The potential for error is increased with greater deviation from ideal samples. Samples so small that they can't reflect the voting population have greater potential for error.

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#746
24 minutes ago, quigley said:

NE --> R + 3, 43 - 40

Speaking of

Dan Osborn’s NE-Sen campaign out with a new poll showing the independent running ahead of Republican Deb FischerFischer (R-inc) 46Osborn (I) 48Trump 58Harris 38Osborn 47 fav/33 unfavFischer 42/51Oct. 1-3, 600 LVs, Impact Research (D)

 

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#747
11 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

this should be fun

Oh, it was.

I left him speechless...

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#748

I like the part where Schiff said something like "You've been busy signing baseballs for 37 years.  Meanwhile, I've been a prosecutor and a legislator".

#749

Deb Fischer releases an internal showing up her 6 but below 50 (48-42)

The 538 average for Nebraska Senate is down to 1.5 points

#750

Gets me thinking if Allred would have had a better chance running as I instead of D. It's much different since TDP sort of does its own thing and the primary process feels like it matters for fundraising and momentum. In smaller states you don't need as much of a party apparatus to get your name out there.

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