2024 Senate Elections

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a moderate Republican. I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I voted twice for Hogan for Governor because he holds many of the same values that I hold. That said, there is no way that I could vote, even for a candidate that I like and support, that I know would caucus with the MAGA Republicans and would likely vote for their terrible policies. I have watched the Republican party pull further and further away from the Republican core (I'm a Reagan Republican). They've moved so far right that those of us that were the core of the Republican party from the 80's through the mid-2000's, are now considered RINOs and we no longer have a place in the party.

Hogan is very similar to me. But, whereas I could never see myself seeing eye-to-eye with the MAGA subgroup, Hogan has capitulated and said he would actually caucus with them. So he's lost me as a supporter.

I think those of us that think this way, are better off moving to the Democratic Party and pressuring them to the center. They don’t have as far to move the needle, and we’ll see more policies we agree with.

+1 - the majority of Americans are actually moderates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a moderate Republican. I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I voted twice for Hogan for Governor because he holds many of the same values that I hold. That said, there is no way that I could vote, even for a candidate that I like and support, that I know would caucus with the MAGA Republicans and would likely vote for their terrible policies. I have watched the Republican party pull further and further away from the Republican core (I'm a Reagan Republican). They've moved so far right that those of us that were the core of the Republican party from the 80's through the mid-2000's, are now considered RINOs and we no longer have a place in the party.

Hogan is very similar to me. But, whereas I could never see myself seeing eye-to-eye with the MAGA subgroup, Hogan has capitulated and said he would actually caucus with them. So he's lost me as a supporter.

I think those of us that think this way, are better off moving to the Democratic Party and pressuring them to the center. They don’t have as far to move the needle, and we’ll see more policies we agree with.

The Democrats are already in the center. They moved rightward as the GOP dragged the Overton window rightward over the last 30 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hogan is pro choice.

Having a pro choice GOP senator in the senate is a step forward. Instead of both parties becoming more and more ideologically extreme, having more middle ground GOP/Dem senators makes all of us better off.

Susan Collins says you're wrong

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a moderate Republican. I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I voted twice for Hogan for Governor because he holds many of the same values that I hold. That said, there is no way that I could vote, even for a candidate that I like and support, that I know would caucus with the MAGA Republicans and would likely vote for their terrible policies. I have watched the Republican party pull further and further away from the Republican core (I'm a Reagan Republican). They've moved so far right that those of us that were the core of the Republican party from the 80's through the mid-2000's, are now considered RINOs and we no longer have a place in the party.

Hogan is very similar to me. But, whereas I could never see myself seeing eye-to-eye with the MAGA subgroup, Hogan has capitulated and said he would actually caucus with them. So he's lost me as a supporter.

I think those of us that think this way, are better off moving to the Democratic Party and pressuring them to the center. They don’t have as far to move the needle, and we’ll see more policies we agree with.

The Democrats are already in the center. They moved rightward as the GOP dragged the Overton window rightward over the last 30 years.

+1 The Republicans keep nominating these freaks and losing.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sheehy is running against Jon Tester, an actual farmer who’s missing fingers due to a thresher.

“GOP candidate for Senate in Montana Tim Sheehy is saying he grew up on an old farmstead surrounded by farmland in Minnesota… He grew up in Shoreview and went to Saint Paul Academy.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-star-recruit-tim-sheehy-brags-about-rural-upbringing-that-wasnt?source=twitter&via=desktop

And Sheehy is not the only GOP US Senate candidate lying about growing up on a farm. The guy from Connecticut running in Pennsylvania says he did too. Not really.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/politics/dave-mccormick-farm-pennsylvania.html?smid=tw-share

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sheehy is running against Jon Tester, an actual farmer who’s missing fingers due to a thresher.

“GOP candidate for Senate in Montana Tim Sheehy is saying he grew up on an old farmstead surrounded by farmland in Minnesota… He grew up in Shoreview and went to Saint Paul Academy.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-star-recruit-tim-sheehy-brags-about-rural-upbringing-that-wasnt?source=twitter&via=desktop

And Sheehy is not the only GOP US Senate candidate lying about growing up on a farm. The guy from Connecticut running in Pennsylvania says he did too. Not really.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/politics/dave-mccormick-farm-pennsylvania.html?smid=tw-share

Just to keep things transparent, here is McCormick's response, calling the NYT reporter's article full of "frivolous lies"

https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2024/04/mccormick-says-upcoming-new-york-times-article-to-contain-frivolous-lies-about-his-childhood.html

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Hogan is polling really well in Maryland. Much stronger than I'd have thought. Maryland may actually elect a R Senator....

I don't buy it. Is Hogan going to come out as pro-choice and pledge to support a federal law guaranteeing the right to an abortion?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

Hogan does not need to make this pledge to win Maryland votes.

Hogan has been popular but I don’t think you understand how unsafe women are in this new world that the GOP promises and how Hogan says he’ll go ahead and support all of that.

I am a Maryland voter and I don't care enough about abortion rights to not vote for Hogan.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Hogan is polling really well in Maryland. Much stronger than I'd have thought. Maryland may actually elect a R Senator....

I don't buy it. Is Hogan going to come out as pro-choice and pledge to support a federal law guaranteeing the right to an abortion?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

Hogan does not need to make this pledge to win Maryland votes.

Hogan has been popular but I don’t think you understand how unsafe women are in this new world that the GOP promises and how Hogan says he’ll go ahead and support all of that.

I am a Maryland voter and I don't care enough about the health and lives of women to not vote for Hogan.

+1.

. FIFY

[Anonymous]

Michigan’s replacement for Stabenow - who you got ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan’s replacement for Stabenow - who you got ?

Elissa Slotkin wrapped up the primary a year ago and should have no problem beating whomever comes out of the GOP primary. Rogers and Meijer are going to split the normie Republican vote.

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Slotkin has got Michigan and hopefully she can pull Biden with her.

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Mitch McConnell with some shade for Kari Lake

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Slotkin has got Michigan and hopefully she can pull Biden with her.

The entire Michigan democratic infrastructure is top notch. They have a very deep bench in that state right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mitch McConnell with some shade for Kari Lake

Do any of the GOP candidates actually live in the state they’re running in this time? I know the Wisconsin guy doesn’t.