IN-Sen: Coats retiring

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Walorski considering.

No, please NO! Will the GOP really blow a winnable Senate election in the state again? Why is this party so ignorant?

Why is Walorski so toxic?

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I'd love to see John Gregg run, but it probably won't happen.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Walorski looks like Sarah Palin's feminist sister who is close actually has views on abortion that challenge Mourdock. It will be interesting if it's different coming from a woman. Could be slightly harder to attack but still far from safe.

If she were to serve along side with Donnelly, it would be interesting to see since he beat her for the House (in 2010 of all years!). I wonder if anything similar ever happened where opponents for a low office both became Senators at the same time from the same state. It seems like a pretty odd occurence.

In 2000, John Hoeven defeated Heidi Heitkamp 55-45 for ND Governor. They are now the two U.S. senators from the state.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Holcomb's resume is sufficient for a House seat, but it's difficult for me to see a party-chair/staffer get a non-sacrificial lamb Senate nomination. Stutzman seems likely to run too, but he's very TP and he's got a lot of enemies. There have to be more people coming. There's been some buzz around Todd Young, hasn't there?

I feel like there could be a very large clown-car emerging here on the Republican side

From what I've read, it doesn't sound like Young is very interested.  On a different note, can someone please explain why the Democrats randomly stopped competing for IN-8?

Under the 2012-2020 drawing, it's r+8. Only winnable in a 2006/8 style year, which 2014 was never going to be. Plus, Rep. Buchshon is popular and ran ahead of the PVI in both '12 and '14. Democrats have far better targets for 16, so no sense aiming at the Longshot IN-8.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I'm backing Stutzman. He's been a solid congressman and a solid former state senator. Yes he's TP (so am I). I've spoken with him and we had a good conversation on currency issues. He's also a member of the Liberty Caucus (so is my congressman Rokita) and he'd be in good company in the senate (Rand Paul, Ted Cruz et al)

That's terrifying.

How so

The fact that Ted Cruz is considered "good company" is horrifying. Name literally any other senator and it wouldn't be terrifying.

Inhofe? Crapo? Tillis (who never washes his hands)?

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Brooks is out (link coming)

http://paper.li/dsm012/1329336565?edition_id=6b6e3060-e862-11e4-82e4-0cc47a0d164b

 
She's gonna get Tea Partied.

You seem stuck in 2010, talking about how everyone is going to get teabagged. In case you didn't notice, the Tea Party lost every single race in 2014.

*points to Sasse in NE, Brat in VA, Cotton in AR, Ernst in IA, and Lankford in OK.*

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

The Dems are best off going after OH or FL to pick up that fourth seat. But, if Walker is nominee; anything is possible.

Dems are best off going after every possible competitive seat, not just the most obvious ones. They'll need as many as they can get to have a chance of holding the Senate in 2018. There's a reason Republicans in 2014 didn't stoptt at just WV, MT, and SD.

All eyes will be on Sen Toomey & Portman duo, Dems shouldnt take eyes off those states. But Baron Hill; Feingold, Strickland, and Zopp would be excellent new senators to Dems arsenal. Strickland and Hill are Casey Dems and would stand a chance more or less against the GOP states.

Being a Casey dem is not a sign of strength. Casey let TOM SMITH get within single digits of beating him in 2012. I can easily see him going down in 2018.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Casey may run for gov; instead he feels Wolf is unpopular enough

Casey is NOT going to primary Wolf. Even you should be able to figure that out.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Casey may run for gov; instead he feels Wolf is unpopular enough

Casey is NOT going to primary Wolf. Even you should be able to figure that out.

I didnt say he was going to primary Wolf; I said since they are friends, he will resign.
But, Casey can win any office he runs for.

Wolf is not going to decline to run for reelection. Sorry, not happening.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

If Stutzman wins the primary, Baron Hill has a great chance of becoming 2016's Donnelly. Democrats might need it, as they seem to be handing Pennsylvania and potentially Florida to the Republicans.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

If Stutzman wins the primary, Baron Hill has a great chance of becoming 2016's Donnelly. Democrats might need it, as they seem to be handing Pennsylvania and potentially Florida to the Republicans.

Baron still has no chance guys.

I'm sure everyone said the same about Donnelly when he entered. Sure, it'll be harder as Hillary will underperform Obama's numbers in the state, but not impossible.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Dems already said they're not wasting cash here

Uh, where? The DSCC still lists the race as competitive.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I was responding to the question that Baron Hill was most likely fo win than Dems in Pa, Baron Hill is gonna be crushed in IN as he has raised 100 K and DSCC is spending money in Pa and Ohio Sestak and Portman have a 45 approval

McConnell was re-elected in a landslide with approval in the high 30s. Approval means nothing.