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Question: Which new Republican senator are you most excited about?
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Jeff Flake		  
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Ted Cruz		  
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Denny Rehberg		  
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Rick Berg		  
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Deb Fischer		  
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Todd Akin		  
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Tommy Thompson		  
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Richard Mourdock		  
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George Allen		  
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Mister Twister
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« on: September 29, 2012, 09:37:01 AM »
Included those newbies who are guanranteed or have a good (close to 50/50) chance of becoming senator (I know Allen technically isn't a newbie but whatever)
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« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2012, 09:39:43 AM »
Cruz.
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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2012, 09:40:41 AM »
They'll all be tea party right-wingers who do nothing but filibuster. What's there to be excited about?
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« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2012, 09:41:29 AM »
Quote from: Lief on September 29, 2012, 09:40:41 AM
They'll all be tea party right-wingers who do nothing but filibuster. What's there to be excited about?

For a party that hates Socialism so much, they sure enjoy acting as a collective.
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« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2012, 09:55:55 AM »
Quote from: Lief on September 29, 2012, 09:40:41 AM
They'll all be tea party right-wingers who do nothing but filibuster. What's there to be excited about?
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« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2012, 10:31:14 AM »
Not a very inspiring list. What is Deb Fischer like?
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« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2012, 10:38:36 AM »
« Edited: September 29, 2012, 10:40:28 AM by brittain33 »
Quote from: Lief on September 29, 2012, 09:40:41 AM
They'll all be tea party right-wingers who do nothing but filibuster. What's there to be excited about?

This, but Jeff Flake is most likely to dissent from the party shooting money at its allies like a firehose, so I voted for him. The same way that Torie likes Tom Coburn even though some of his other positions are really difficult to support.

Contrast with George Allen, whose idea of a conservative campaign is marrying social conservative bona fides and personal viciousness with a pork barrel approach to defense spending.
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« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2012, 10:40:56 AM »
Four votes for Todd Akin so far?
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« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2012, 10:45:06 AM »

I think he's getting the sarcastic vote, that's why I voted for him!
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« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2012, 11:39:48 AM »
What an appalling list of people. No wonder Republicans have squandered the opportunity to capture the Senate. They suck at recruiting.
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« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2012, 11:55:04 AM »

I guess I made it five. While Akin might not be the most promising of freshmen, he would he the one that is most independent of the "leadership."
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« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2012, 12:16:33 PM »
Dennis Rehberg is by far the most interesting person on here. (Now, if Ted Cruz' father ran...)
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« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2012, 01:14:03 PM »
Flake. I hope to see Allen elected as well, if only because it'd be nice to have some more Republicans of Jewish background. Voted for Flake, though.
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« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2012, 01:22:10 PM »
Quote from: Averroës Nix on September 29, 2012, 12:49:57 PM
Cruz has the most potential. The remainder of the list, consisting of the weird, the old, and the extreme, should embarrass Republicans.

Except Cruz is also extreme; he's a conspiracy theorist.
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« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2012, 01:41:24 PM »
Quote from: NO BOMBS BUT JAG BOMBS on September 29, 2012, 09:55:55 AM
Quote from: Lief on September 29, 2012, 09:40:41 AM
They'll all be tea party right-wingers who do nothing but filibuster. What's there to be excited about?
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« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2012, 01:43:58 PM »
Dennny Rehberg was a member of the liberty caucus... so him.
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« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2012, 02:42:18 PM »
Flake is excellent, and I have hopes for Cruz.

Quote from: ConservativeLiberal on September 29, 2012, 01:43:58 PM
Dennny Rehberg was a member of the liberty caucus... so him.

Yeah, but Rehberg is also attempting to unseat one of the best Democrats in the Senate.
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« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2012, 02:46:23 PM »
Akin
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« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2012, 02:35:03 PM »
None, but I'd dislike Flake the least since he has a libertarian streak and is aligned with the Dems on things like flag burning and the Cuban embargo.
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« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2012, 04:15:18 PM »
It would be interesting to see how Akin would behave in the Senate...
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« Reply #20 on: October 01, 2012, 12:58:14 PM »
Quote from: Torie on September 29, 2012, 10:31:14 AM
Not a very inspiring list. What is Deb Fischer like?

she'll probably vote like Johanns.
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« Reply #21 on: October 01, 2012, 01:28:25 PM »
Todd Akin wouldn't agree to filibuster any bills. He's spoken with several political scientists and they have assured him that when Democrats propose socialist legislation, the Congress has natural mechanisms to shut that down.
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« Reply #22 on: October 01, 2012, 08:53:28 PM »
Quote from: independentTX on October 01, 2012, 01:28:25 PM
Todd Akin wouldn't agree to filibuster any bills. He's spoken with several political scientists and they have assured him that when Democrats propose socialist legislation, the Congress has natural mechanisms to shut that down.
Classic.
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« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2012, 08:38:57 AM »
Deb Fisher seems to be the most interesting among them.
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« Reply #24 on: October 04, 2012, 01:18:18 PM »
Quote from: GMantis on October 03, 2012, 08:38:57 AM
Deb Fisher seems to be the most interesting among them.
how so?  I haven't come across anything that distinguishes her from generic R.
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