Posted on 06/02/2010 2:22:42 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
I’m glad
Liberal in sheep’s clothing Coquettesh was defeated by the other guy.
I just hope Martinez is not a liberal in sheep’s clothing, too.
His lordship Obama only won it by slightly more than 20 points
Only 20 points? Gee, I bet the vote count for that one was tense. Thanks for proving my point though. This is not a Republican district - not even close.
That’s less than 2-1 like you incorrectly stated Hoss. At it was HIGH for a democrat running statewide to do in this district. Not low or average.
GOP POTUS %s in last elections from CQpoltics.com
2008 McCain 38%
2004 Bush 45%
2000 Bush 43%
It’s a rat seat but it’s not safe it’s NOT 2-1 like you said. It DOES matter who the GOP nominee is.
Stop being silly. You were wrong. You were ignorant of the details of the political leanings of the district. Live with it.
Republicans are in the minority in the 3rd Congressional District, which covers most of the northern half of the state. Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 2 to 1. As of May 24, there were 212,459 registered Democrats in the district, 109,185 Republicans, 56,285 independents (declined to state) and 9,619 members of other parties.
And if you still think a Republican candidate has a decent shot at a seat that has never polled higher than 45%, and much more recently had us losing to Obama by double digits, you are outright delusional.
Boy you just don’t quit.
The 2-1 is voter registration. Rats lead on that state in most places. It doesn’t translate to rats winning the election by 2-1.
Only in state wide landslides would rats 2/3 of the vote there.
Like I said Pete Domeinci (R) carried the district in his easy statewide wins. It’s not a place where a Republican can’t win.
I don’t think we have a “decent shot” but outside shot, sure. Certainly it’s worth it to prevent some slimeball from getting the GOP nomination.
Thank you for repeatedly proving my point.
The Republican challengers for Congress will do better this year than in 2004.
Uphill, yes - impossible, no.
I don’t even care about Kokesh that much. During the state convention where Kokesh got enough support to get on the primary ballot I wondered aloud on some thread why people weren’t talking about the gubernatorial primary instead.
Mainly I dislike how you’re overstating how heavily democrat that district is.
Republicans are in the minority in the 3rd Congressional District, which covers most of the northern half of the state. Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 2 to 1. As of May 24, there were 212,459 registered Democrats in the district, 109,185 Republicans, 56,285 independents (declined to state) and 9,619 members of other parties.
Yay we’ve reached both the “facts are stubborn things” and reposing what you already posted phase.
Since you didn’t comprehend the first time I’ll repeat too. That 2 to 1 registration edge doesn’t translate to democrats caring the district by close to 2 to 1 in most contested statewide races. Do you need me to bold that or post it in bigger type?
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