Indiana primary....Lugar

[jaxx]

May 08, 2012 - 07:19PM ET
Indiana - 893 of 5330 Precincts Reporting - 17%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Mourdock , Richard GOP 75,145 60%
Lugar , Richard (i) GOP 50,660 40%
http://www.wlwt.com/r/31018922/detail.html

BREAKING NEWS: Six-term Sen. Lugar defeated in Ind. GOP primary - NBC News projects

Willard won the primary....oh surprise.


Mitt Romney
64% 99,751

Ron Paul
15% 22,837

Rick Santorum
14% 21,984

Newt Gingrich7%

[pappy]

Do Dems. have a shot against this tea bagger?

[jaxx]

(05-08-2012 05:34 PM)pappy Wrote:  Do Dems. have a shot against this tea bagger?

4:02 PM EDT, Monday May 7, 2012
Donnelly Assumes He’ll Face Mourdock In General Election

Indiana Rep. Joe Donnelly, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Indiana, previewed his general election campaign at a fundraising dinner on Saturday, reports Politico. Even though Donnelly won’t have a general election opponent until after Tuesday’s primary, Donnelly discussed the election as if he was already running against state Treasurer Richard Mourdock.

Donnelly hit on Mourdock’s opposition to the auto-industry bailout. In 2009, Mourdock even filed suit against the bailout – the only government official to do so.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/en...t-mourdock

I don't know anything about Donnelly, but he'll be facing the SuperPAC money, you can count on that.

[jaxx]

(05-08-2012 05:34 PM)pappy Wrote:  Do Dems. have a shot against this tea bagger?

On checking on Joe Donnelly.....

<..> Donnelly is a member of Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate Democrats in Congress. In March 2007, he was recognized as "Blue Dog of the Week" for his work on helping small businesses.[11] He has also broken with the Democratic leadership on several budgetary issues, including the 2008 fiscal budget proposal.[12] In June 2007, he was ranked as one of the ten most independent Democrats by a nonpartisan Congressional Quarterly report.[13]

<..> Donnelly strongly supports expanding health care so it covers a greater number of people. Because many are losing their insurance as a result of losing their jobs, or because their small business cannot afford to provide workers with health care, Donnelly suggests revising the health care plan so that all Americans are covered, as opposed to the 46 million that are currently uninsured.[26] On March 21, 2010, Joe Donnelly voted in favor of approving the Senate version of the Democrats' health care reform bill.[27]

<..> The National Rifle Association (NRA) has consistently supported Donnelly on his views on gun control. He helped promote a project that would get rid of gun registration and the trigger lock law in Washington D.C.[30] The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has disapproved of Donnelly’s views and actions since 1998, based on his gun control voting records.[29] He values family traditions and human life; therefore, he is working on making inappropriate content on the web, television, and radio unavailable to children. Donnelly is morally opposed to abortion, and is trying to make adoption more accessible to families.[31]

In 2011, he co-sponsored HR 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.[32] The bill contained an exception for "forcible rape," which opponents criticized as potentially excluding drug-facilitated rape, date rape, and other forms of rape.[33] The bill also allowed an exception for minors who are victims of incest.[32]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Donnelly

[pappy]

(05-08-2012 05:54 PM)jaxx Wrote:  

(05-08-2012 05:34 PM)pappy Wrote:  Do Dems. have a shot against this tea bagger?

On checking on Joe Donnelly.....

<..> Donnelly is a member of Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate Democrats in Congress. In March 2007, he was recognized as "Blue Dog of the Week" for his work on helping small businesses.[11] He has also broken with the Democratic leadership on several budgetary issues, including the 2008 fiscal budget proposal.[12] In June 2007, he was ranked as one of the ten most independent Democrats by a nonpartisan Congressional Quarterly report.[13]

<..> Donnelly strongly supports expanding health care so it covers a greater number of people. Because many are losing their insurance as a result of losing their jobs, or because their small business cannot afford to provide workers with health care, Donnelly suggests revising the health care plan so that all Americans are covered, as opposed to the 46 million that are currently uninsured.[26] On March 21, 2010, Joe Donnelly voted in favor of approving the Senate version of the Democrats' health care reform bill.[27]

<..> The National Rifle Association (NRA) has consistently supported Donnelly on his views on gun control. He helped promote a project that would get rid of gun registration and the trigger lock law in Washington D.C.[30] The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has disapproved of Donnelly’s views and actions since 1998, based on his gun control voting records.[29] He values family traditions and human life; therefore, he is working on making inappropriate content on the web, television, and radio unavailable to children. Donnelly is morally opposed to abortion, and is trying to make adoption more accessible to families.[31]

In 2011, he co-sponsored HR 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.[32] The bill contained an exception for "forcible rape," which opponents criticized as potentially excluding drug-facilitated rape, date rape, and other forms of rape.[33] The bill also allowed an exception for minors who are victims of incest.[32]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Donnelly

Sounds like a BTATB Democrat. (Better Than A Tea Bagger)

[There Is No Spoon]

(05-08-2012 05:54 PM)jaxx Wrote:  

(05-08-2012 05:34 PM)pappy Wrote:  Do Dems. have a shot against this tea bagger?

On checking on Joe Donnelly.....

<..> Donnelly is a member of Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate Democrats in Congress. In March 2007, he was recognized as "Blue Dog of the Week" for his work on helping small businesses.[11] He has also broken with the Democratic leadership on several budgetary issues, including the 2008 fiscal budget proposal.[12] In June 2007, he was ranked as one of the ten most independent Democrats by a nonpartisan Congressional Quarterly report.[13]

<..> Donnelly strongly supports expanding health care so it covers a greater number of people. Because many are losing their insurance as a result of losing their jobs, or because their small business cannot afford to provide workers with health care, Donnelly suggests revising the health care plan so that all Americans are covered, as opposed to the 46 million that are currently uninsured.[26] On March 21, 2010, Joe Donnelly voted in favor of approving the Senate version of the Democrats' health care reform bill.[27]

<..> The National Rifle Association (NRA) has consistently supported Donnelly on his views on gun control. He helped promote a project that would get rid of gun registration and the trigger lock law in Washington D.C.[30] The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has disapproved of Donnelly’s views and actions since 1998, based on his gun control voting records.[29] He values family traditions and human life; therefore, he is working on making inappropriate content on the web, television, and radio unavailable to children. Donnelly is morally opposed to abortion, and is trying to make adoption more accessible to families.[31]

In 2011, he co-sponsored HR 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.[32] The bill contained an exception for "forcible rape," which opponents criticized as potentially excluding drug-facilitated rape, date rape, and other forms of rape.[33] The bill also allowed an exception for minors who are victims of incest.[32]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Donnelly

So here's a perfect example of the Democrats choosing a blue dog who is no more or less Republican than, say, Richard Nixon - yet next to the teabagging moran, he's who the Dems have chosen and I have no problem supporting the Democrat.

[jaxx]

(05-08-2012 06:22 PM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  [quote='jaxx' pid='93700' dateline='1336521284']


So here's a perfect example of the Democrats choosing a blue dog who is no more or less Republican than, say, Richard Nixon - yet next to the teabagging moran, he's who the Dems have chosen and I have no problem supporting the Democrat.

I'd vote for him in the general election too. No problem.

[KonaKane]

(05-08-2012 06:22 PM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  In 2011, he co-sponsored HR 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.[32] The bill contained an exception for "forcible rape," which opponents criticized as potentially excluding drug-facilitated rape, date rape, and other forms of rape.[33] The bill also allowed an exception for minors who are victims of incest.[32]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Donnelly

As opposed to "honest rape" (Ron Paul).

[pappy]

Just saw this on Twitter:

Quote:Peter Friedman ‏ @PFcad

Indiana GOP just nominated the guy who fought the auto bailout up to the Supreme Court@ggreeneva @Austan_Goolsbee

[KonaKane]

They are going whole hog Tea Party just like Utah did when they dumped Bennett back in 2010, and as they are getting ready to do with Hatch.

This is why I'm telling you there is no time for lilly-livered missives about compromising with these people. They are in it for blood.