LA and NC 2014 Congressional Races

[publicunofficial]

Gotta create those 30-something jobs. It'll save the economy

[RogueBeaver]

Both sides think Landrieu's doomed.

[KCDem]

Both sides think Landrieu's doomed.

Glorious news! Down with the DLC!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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What was the point in Pryor and Landrieu vote Aye? 68 was not going to motivate the House anymore then 66 and and would have created more distance for those two between them and Obama with them already under the gun for an aye vote on Obamacare. Hagan and Begich should have voted no as well.

[BaconBacon96]

Poor Landrieu, she's clearly desperate.

[njwes]

Poor Landrieu, she's clearly desperate.

Yeah, tho in fairness I imagine that she legitimately wants/has wanted the Keystone pipeline built for a while. She's not just magically changing her position on it.

[BaconBacon96]

Poor Landrieu, she's clearly desperate.

Yeah, tho in fairness I imagine that she legitimately wants/has wanted the Keystone pipeline built for a while. She's not just magically changing her position on it.

Yeah probably. I mean her new attitude is clearly desperate.

[RogueBeaver]

Sabato moves LA from Lean to Likely R. Abramowitz's model predicts Landrieu will lose by at least 11%.

[Wisconsin+17]

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Hush you.

Landrieu is the last Dixiecrat. If the party purges Manchin, McCaskill, and the dogs in North Dakota, Montana, and Indiana they can be finally clear of blue dog influence. Forever!

[Miles]

LA-06: I'm very interested to see how Graves approaches climate change in Congress; according to his own projections, much of southern LA-06 will be hit hard by sea level rise.

[Ljube]

LA-06: I'm very interested to see how Graves approaches climate change in Congress; according to his own projections, much of southern LA-06 will be hit hard by sea level rise.

You need to build more levees and barriers down there. That's how I'd approach it.

[Miles]

Looks like the Keystone XL vote fails...

[RogueBeaver]

Womp womp.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

1 damn vote.


I think Bennet, Carper, Kaine and King were the votes that decided it.


Assuming the Democrats don't defect, it should pass 62-38 in January.

[RogueBeaver]

62 isn't 67.

[Ljube]

1 damn vote.


I think Bennet, Carper, Kaine and King were the votes that decided it.


Assuming the Democrats don't defect, it should pass 62-38 in January.

Bennet is going down in 2016. Following in the footsteps of his buddy Udall.

[moderatevoter]

Udall --> Gardner
Rockefeller --> Capito
Johnson --> Rounds
Harkin --> Ernst

Assuming the other Democrats hold, then the GOP should be able to get 63 next Congress.

Bennet voted yes. That surprised me.

[Ljube]

Udall --> Gardner
Rockefeller --> Capito
Johnson --> Rounds
Harkin --> Ernst

Assuming the other Democrats hold, then the GOP should be able to get 63 next Congress.

Bennet voted yes. That surprised me.

If he voted YES on Keystone XL, that doesn't surprise me one bit.
The pipeline is hugely popular everywhere, including his home state of Colorado.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Udall --> Gardner
Rockefeller --> Capito
Johnson --> Rounds
Harkin --> Ernst

Assuming the other Democrats hold, then the GOP should be able to get 63 next Congress.

Bennet voted yes. That surprised me.

For some reason I thought it said he voted Nay.  And yes it will be 63, I forgot about Johnson.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

62 isn't 67.

My standard is putting it on the President's desk. There aren't enough votes in the house to override and so override margin in the Senate is pointless.

[Miles]

For some reason, I thought Murphy would vote for it. He's pretty close to Landrieu, and I thought he might vote for it as a bone to her.

_{Thats the reason I'd vote for it, tbh.}

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

For some reason, I thought Murphy would vote for it. He's pretty close to Landrieu, and I thought he might vote for it as a bone to her.

Come on Miles. Murphy is staying and Landrieu is leaving. Protecting the President>Protecting Senator Landrieu for an incumbent who wants a future. When Reid calls, you obey. I wouldn't be surprised if these fourteen Aye Democrats vanish into the night in January for that reason.

[Ljube]

For some reason, I thought Murphy would vote for it. He's pretty close to Landrieu, and I thought he might vote for it as a bone to her.

Come on Miles. Murphy is staying and Landrieu is leaving. Protecting the President>Protecting Senator Landrieu for an incumbent who wants a future. When Reid calls, you obey. I wouldn't be surprised if these fourteen Aye Democrats vanish into the night in January for that reason.

I think that they will stick to their votes because they want to be re-elected in 2016 and beyond and a Nay vote could come back to haunt them.

[Maistre]

So I suppose the next step is to now pledge new-found opposition to Obamacare? She still has a couple weeks to shamelessly and pathetically pander.

[Miles]

So I suppose the next step is to now pledge new-found opposition to Obamacare? She still has a couple weeks to shamelessly and pathetically pander.

Nope. She's been running on it the whole cycle and calling out the Republicans on Medicaid expansion.