2016 Florida senate race, democratic primary

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I will be (actually, for the first time) voting for Patrick Murphy.

Congrats! I cast my first ever vote for Scott in the GOP primary.

Anywho, I voted Murphy because I intend to vote for him in the general over just about every potential Republican candidate. He's a good guy, and Florida does need a stronger Democratic opposition (not too strong, mind you ).

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Voting for Alan Grayson in the primary is EXACTLY the sort of thing the FDP would do. It'd be an encapsulation of everything wrong with the party: automatically jumping at the more well-known name like its a shiny thing, expecting to be saved by RPOF choices, and of course an overestimation of their support in competitive races.

A Grayson primary win followed a campaign where it looks like the Democrats might FINALLY WIN ONE ending in a close but definitive Republican victory in the general is both hilarious and inevitable.

Don't worry, the spoiled rich Republican kid is heavily favored.

I would expect the guy who beat Allen West and who got 60% in a fairly Republican district in 2014 to be favored over the loudmouthed jerk who's going through a really messy divorce (and didn't he accuse his wife of bigamy at some point?).

Dereich's analysis is correct, and yes, Grayson has accused his wife of bigamy, his political opponents of supporting the Taliban, etc, etc. The only explanation is that the FDP saw what fun the RPOF was having with Allen West and attempted to recreate their own version.

Yes, it sucks that we have to choose between someone who accused his wife of bigamy and someone who would rather caucus with Boehner than vote for Pelosi.

Yes, it sucks having a serious Senator rather than a joke of a Senator.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Voting for Alan Grayson in the primary is EXACTLY the sort of thing the FDP would do. It'd be an encapsulation of everything wrong with the party: automatically jumping at the more well-known name like its a shiny thing, expecting to be saved by RPOF choices, and of course an overestimation of their support in competitive races.

A Grayson primary win followed a campaign where it looks like the Democrats might FINALLY WIN ONE ending in a close but definitive Republican victory in the general is both hilarious and inevitable.

Don't worry, the spoiled rich Republican kid is heavily favored.

I would expect the guy who beat Allen West and who got 60% in a fairly Republican district in 2014 to be favored over the loudmouthed jerk who's going through a really messy divorce (and didn't he accuse his wife of bigamy at some point?).

Dereich's analysis is correct, and yes, Grayson has accused his wife of bigamy, his political opponents of supporting the Taliban, etc, etc. The only explanation is that the FDP saw what fun the RPOF was having with Allen West and attempted to recreate their own version.

Yes, it sucks that we have to choose between someone who accused his wife of bigamy and someone who would rather caucus with Boehner than vote for Pelosi.

Yes, it sucks having a serious Senator rather than a joke of a Senator.

which one is the joke in this instance?

You mean the guy who beat Allen West in a Republican district and was reelected by 20 points over an experienced Republican candidate or the guy who (possibly drunkenly) crashed his car into a bus? Take a wild guess.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Voting for Alan Grayson in the primary is EXACTLY the sort of thing the FDP would do. It'd be an encapsulation of everything wrong with the party: automatically jumping at the more well-known name like its a shiny thing, expecting to be saved by RPOF choices, and of course an overestimation of their support in competitive races.

A Grayson primary win followed a campaign where it looks like the Democrats might FINALLY WIN ONE ending in a close but definitive Republican victory in the general is both hilarious and inevitable.

Don't worry, the spoiled rich Republican kid is heavily favored.

I would expect the guy who beat Allen West and who got 60% in a fairly Republican district in 2014 to be favored over the loudmouthed jerk who's going through a really messy divorce (and didn't he accuse his wife of bigamy at some point?).

Dereich's analysis is correct, and yes, Grayson has accused his wife of bigamy, his political opponents of supporting the Taliban, etc, etc. The only explanation is that the FDP saw what fun the RPOF was having with Allen West and attempted to recreate their own version.

Yes, it sucks that we have to choose between someone who accused his wife of bigamy and someone who would rather caucus with Boehner than vote for Pelosi.

Yes, it sucks having a serious Senator rather than a joke of a Senator.

which one is the joke in this instance?

You mean the guy who beat Allen West in a Republican district and was reelected by 20 points over an experienced Republican candidate or the guy who (possibly drunkenly) crashed his car into a bus? Take a wild guess.

The fact that he had a 20 point padding just proves that the Democrats could have nominated someone to his left and still won.

LOL.

You clearly don't follow Florida politics. Murphy won because he is a master at retail politics. Any other Democratic candidate in the area would have lost 52-48% at the very least, because the FL-Dem bench is hilariously weak.