removing mitch is top mission

Just donated to Bollier and again to McGrath. Can't wait to flip at least some seats

Anonymous wrote:Contributed $250 each to:
Doug Jones
Barbara Bollier
Mark Kelly
Gary Peters
John Hickenlooper
Amy McGrath

As soon as we know who will be running against Susan Collins, they will get a contribution too, as well as whoever runs against Tillis in NC and the two GA seats.

The Senate is the mission. Even if we can't knock Drumpf off, we can cripple him.

Kansan here. PP, thank you for donating to Barbara Bollier. There will be many volunteer boots on the ground to support her campaign, myself included. Your donation will go a long way here and I appreciate it.

Pompeo, as mentioned above, is not running for the Kansas seat. with Kobach as the GOP front runner, it puts the seat squarely in play!

From the Cook Political report...

A year into this election cycle, the overall Senate landscape generally looks much like I thought it would. The races that seemed likely to be the most competitive are, in fact, the most competitive today. And, if the race ratings don’t quite reflect it yet, Democrats appear to have expanded the playing field enough to put Republicans’ majority at risk.

Whether it’s a discussion about general themes in Senate contests, or a race-by-race analysis, the parties hold very different views on how the cycle is progressing. While Democrats say that Senate Republican incumbents’ allegiance to President Trump is enough to turn off voters, particularly in suburb-heavy swing states, and cost them seats and the majority, Republicans counter that Democratic challengers are tainted with progressive agenda items like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal even if they won’t talk about these issues. If Trump is Democrats’ poster child, then U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is theirs.

This difference of opinion extends to impeachment. Recent polls have shown Trump’s job approval numbers have ticked up a bit during the House’s consideration of the Articles of Impeachment. While the gains are small and not especially meaningful, Democrats weren’t expecting such gains, but the reverse. Voters’ opinions on impeachment are as galvanized as they are polarized. There does not seem to be much gray area in voters’ attitudes toward impeachment. It’s not unreasonable to think that impeachment might just turn out to be a wash, depending on the Senate trial. Still, there are four Senate incumbents seeking re-election in November for whom the vote to acquit Trump or to remove him from office will be difficult. For Alabama Democrat Doug Jones, a vote to acquit Trump won’t be received well in a state that gave him 62 percent of the vote in 2016, yet it would also put Jones at odds with his party, especially activists and donors.

For Republican U.S. Sens. Martha McSally in Arizona, Corey Gardner in Colorado and Susan Collins in Maine, a vote to remove Trump from office is likely to earn them very credible primary opposition, something that would hurt their re-election efforts. But, a vote to acquit Trump doesn’t help them appeal to the kind of college-educated suburban voters they need to win. For these four incumbents, there is no easy answer, making the possibility that there might not even be a Senate trial seem appealing.

If there is anything that sticks out in Senate races this cycle, it’s the early spending on television advertising in the most competitive races. As of December 19, just over $32.5 million has been spent in eight key races. Democrats have outspent Republicans, $21.9 million to $10.6 million, according to data provided by Advertising Analytics. The Senate race in Maine has seen the highest level of spending at $8.2 million. To put this in some perspective, Collins spent $5.6 million on her 2014 re-election bid, and independent expenditures amounted to less than $2 million. Advertising Analytics estimates that $55 million will be spent on television advertising in Maine this cycle, an astonishing amount for a state with three relatively inexpensive media markets. Democrats have outspent Republicans almost two to one and nearly all that money has been on ads criticizing Collins.

Democrats have also outspent Republicans in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa and Kentucky. Republicans have spent considerably more than Democrats in Alabama and North Carolina, but most of the money is being spent in GOP primaries. Spending in Michigan is comes closest to resembling something like parity with Democrats spending $1.8 million to $1.25 million for Republicans. For those who still believe that this race won’t end up in Toss Up before the fall, this level of spending should put those doubts to rest.

Anonymous wrote:Contributed $250 each to:
Doug Jones
Barbara Bollier
Mark Kelly
Gary Peters
John Hickenlooper
Amy McGrath

As soon as we know who will be running against Susan Collins, they will get a contribution too, as well as whoever runs against Tillis in NC and the two GA seats.

The Senate is the mission. Even if we can't knock Drumpf off, we can cripple him.

This, this, and this! Focus on the Senate. And flipping state govs in AZ, GA, MI, NC, PA, and TX.

Contributed $250 each to:
Doug Jones
Barbara Bollier
Mark Kelly
Gary Peters
John Hickenlooper
Amy McGrath

As soon as we know who will be running against Susan Collins, they will get a contribution too, as well as whoever runs against Tillis in NC and the two GA seats.

The Senate is the mission. Even if we can't knock Drumpf off, we can cripple him.

Anonymous wrote:Pompeo says he doesn’t want to run for Senate:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1108636#click=https://t.co/98Hq8tQrT1

Pompeo screwed himself with this Ukraine mess. He would have been viable in August, but with what has come out since, no way.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pompeo says he doesn’t want to run for Senate:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1108636#click=https://t.co/98Hq8tQrT1

Not surprising. Kansas is turning blue.

It will if Kobach runs. <crossed fingers emoji> I’m hearing great things about Bollier.

ok, bollier

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pompeo says he doesn’t want to run for Senate:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1108636#click=https://t.co/98Hq8tQrT1

Not surprising. Kansas is turning blue.

It will if Kobach runs. <crossed fingers emoji> I’m hearing great things about Bollier.

Anonymous wrote:Pompeo says he doesn’t want to run for Senate:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1108636#click=https://t.co/98Hq8tQrT1

Not surprising. Kansas is turning blue.

Pompeo says he doesn’t want to run for Senate:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1108636#click=https://t.co/98Hq8tQrT1

Two Georgia seats up for grabs.

https://www.thehill.com/homenews/campaign/473260-georgia-reads-for-unpredictable-senate-race%3famp

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's (R) decision to tap a wealthy businesswoman to replace retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) sets the stage for a wide-open special Senate election in 2020, as Republicans scramble to mend an intra-party rift that has opened up around the appointment.

In appointing Kelly Loeffler, the CEO of an Atlanta-based financial services firm, to replace Isakson in the Senate, Kemp bucked the wishes of President Trump and his allies, who had pressed the Georgia governor to pick Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) for the post.

Adding to the drama is Kemp's handling of the Senate appointment. His office had solicited applications for the position for months in an effort to promote transparency. But Loeffler's submission of her resume just under a Nov. 18 deadline fueled speculation that Kemp had decided on the businesswoman before she had ever applied for the Senate seat.

Sorry Lindsey. Not sorry.

https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/how-impeachment-is-already-impacting-lindsey-graham-s-u-s/article_8e64db1c-21d5-11ea-955d-a391a7d02106.html

The impeachment trial hasn’t begun, but U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is already getting a preview of how it could hiccup his campaign reelection schedule.

The Senate had been expected to hold the trial for President Donald Trump next month. But when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday refused to say when she would send the two articles of impeachment to the Senate, it threw a wrench into the process.

The uncertainty forced the Graham campaign to cancel several events they had tentatively planned for the first three weeks of January.

Anonymous wrote:Cook Political Report’s Senate overview: the majority is in play https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/senate-overview/majority-play

goodness that would be good