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Polls Close in a Few minutes In WI (Ryan's) Open Primary. Who Will the Democrats Vote For?
FR | 9 Aug 2016 | Robert A Cook

Posted on 08/09/2016 4:53:00 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE

Ryan is the GOP (elite) Speaker if the House.

if he loses, the GOP loses a national spokesman and - to the DC elites - a BIG influence. (Unfortunately, most of that national influence has been used to promote a Nancy Pelosi lite series of enabling legistlation and poloticial dramas that only advance Oboma's agendas. Democrat agendas.

So, in an open primary, democreats can vote.

Do they vote to keep a compliant speaker whom Oboma and McConnell can manipulate, or do they vote to kick out a republican speaker so the republican party looses stature and image?


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Society
KEYWORDS: nehlen; speakerryan; wi2016
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

WI-1 race. Still no news.

I hope it’s a landslide for Nehlen and they don’t know how to spin it yet.

Go Nehlen!


21 posted on 08/09/2016 5:41:55 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

I have not watched any news channel in weeks, but if Nehlen pulls this off I may have to take a peek at CNN.


22 posted on 08/09/2016 5:43:27 PM PDT by sissyjane
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To: BradyLS

Folk from WI is this the norm on election night? Why the silence?


23 posted on 08/09/2016 5:47:40 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: sissyjane

Polls don’t close for another ten minutes. Unless the democrats vote for Nehlen, Ryan will win. Nehlen was a terrible candidate, ran a bad race.


24 posted on 08/09/2016 5:48:08 PM PDT by irish guard
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To: LS
"No word of exit polls"

Exit polls are usually not conducted in local primaries, especially when the incumbent has a large lead.

25 posted on 08/09/2016 5:50:03 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

This is a partisan primary. Once you have the machine you choose ONE party and you can only vote that party. There are local/state positions on the ballot and it depends on those races whether or not someone would choose another party. Those other positions are important in the local/state scheme of things.

Unless Dem candidates are unopposed, I would not count on cross-overs for the Congressional race.


26 posted on 08/09/2016 6:24:50 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: MeganC

Looks like a blowout in the making unfortunately.


27 posted on 08/09/2016 6:26:16 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Fox just called it for Ryan.


28 posted on 08/09/2016 6:34:40 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: norwaypinesavage

83% fore Ryan with 46 votes counted


29 posted on 08/09/2016 6:44:24 PM PDT by ADSUM
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To: ADSUM

46% counted


30 posted on 08/09/2016 6:45:14 PM PDT by ADSUM
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To: headstamp 2

Wisconsin, looks like Massachusetts at this point. Ryan is Scott Brown, or worse.


31 posted on 08/09/2016 6:45:44 PM PDT by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%9)
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To: ADSUM
83% fore Ryan with 46 votes counted

Glad to see some folks still have a sense of humor! :-D

32 posted on 08/09/2016 6:53:36 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

They think he is bringing home the goodies.... and perhaps for a few he is. Hey... if they think they will keep their plastic banana good-time jobs and not be crowded by muzzies, why should they care about the country.


33 posted on 08/09/2016 6:56:56 PM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: LS
No word of exit polls, so must be bad for RINO Ryan.

Yes, it's quite embarrassing to only win with 84% of the vote.
34 posted on 08/10/2016 4:59:26 AM PDT by Kevin C
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To: PraiseTheLord
I’m afraid to ask — are they taking *exit polls* ?

When have there ever been exit polls in a congressional primary?
35 posted on 08/10/2016 5:01:03 AM PDT by Kevin C
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To: Kevin C

No explaining stupid.


36 posted on 08/10/2016 6:17:18 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Why are there states that allow for open primaries? I don’t get it?


37 posted on 08/10/2016 6:19:12 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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