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CountryClassSF
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« on: November 12, 2014, 09:50:18 PM »

Odd. Y'all were running ads claiming they wanted to ban birth control. Now you're saying they ran to the center? lol
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2014, 11:04:26 PM »

Odd. Y'all were running ads claiming they wanted to ban birth control. Now you're saying they ran to the center? lol

well yeah, we all know their stances but in Gardner's case he distanced himself from his Personhood sponsorship.............

Which is fine by me. He can oppose Personhood bills til the cows come home. He didn't run away from his pro-life views.  The goal is conservative judges. Actually, pro-life groups have opposed personhood bills. Not sure why, but they're not judgment of whether a state is pro-life or pro-abort.

Him and Joni Ernst are my favorite of the new class of Senators. TIME TO CHANGE THE WORLD!
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2014, 05:57:50 PM »

Odd. Y'all were running ads claiming they wanted to ban birth control. Now you're saying they ran to the center? lol

well yeah, we all know their stances but in Gardner's case he distanced himself from his Personhood sponsorship.............

While keeping it. Gardner's talents are definitely unique. He's definitely Schrodinger's Senator. Indeterminacy may just be the way we see it as not having lived to see the next enlightenment.  When will that be 20 years from now? 1000 years from now?

I truly love him and he was the 2nd biggest victory this cycle next to Ernst. He has the ability to say what he thinks while smiling. He's a very good retail politician.  DailyKos Elections even called out the Dem spinsters on Twitter.  They were fearmongering the entire way through that he was going to "ban birth control" and "ban condoms" (yes, no exaggeration), particularly NARAL.  And now post -election they claim that he ran a centrist campaign.

If anything, Thom Tillis started off centrist, then moved to the right, especially on amnesty.  These were thrilling wins by conservatives who did not shy away from conservative ideas, they just presented them in a fashion where the liberal press could not spin their beliefs. Thank God!
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2014, 07:40:36 PM »
« Edited: November 16, 2014, 07:42:26 PM by CountryClassSF »

Tillis ran to the center the very last week (blatantly changing position on Medicaid expansion, for example) but his fearmongering on ISIS was the bigger reason why he won.

Keep in mind that Hagan missed a hearing on ISIS to attend a fundraising confab.  That's pretty well within the bounds of pointing out to voters.

I had written Tillis off ages ago. I don't think he led in a single poll all year.  Lots of folks sure underestimated him, myself included.
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2014, 07:53:42 PM »

Tillis ran to the center the very last week (blatantly changing position on Medicaid expansion, for example) but his fearmongering on ISIS was the bigger reason why he won.

Keep in mind that Hagan missed a hearing on ISIS to attend a fundraising confab.  That's pretty well within the bounds of pointing out to voters.

No, it isn't. It's a trivial wedge issue that only islamophobes will care about.

You're ranting about islamophobia when ISIS is chopping off heads?
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