Breaking: Musgrove WON'T run for Senate

[MarkWarner08]

MS sources (the same ones that predicted the Wicker appointment weeks ago) are now saying Musgrove will not run against his long-time friend Roger Wicker.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

There goes the only chance we had of taking that seat.

[Lief 🗽]

This has been a horrible recruiting cycle for Democrats in the Senate. Horrible.

No Kerrey, no DeFazio (or anyone else top tier in Oregon), neither Moore nor Musgrove in Mississippi now, no one in Kentucky, no one in North Carolina. Stupid Schumer.

[© tweed]

This has been a horrible recruiting cycle for Democrats in the Senate. Horrible.

No Kerrey, no DeFazio (or anyone else top tier in Oregon), neither Moore nor Musgrove in Mississippi now, no one in Kentucky, no one in North Carolina. Stupid Schumer.

Udall, Udall, Warner, Shaheen

[MarkWarner08]

This has been a horrible recruiting cycle for Democrats in the Senate. Horrible.

No Kerrey, no DeFazio (or anyone else top tier in Oregon), neither Moore nor Musgrove in Mississippi now, no one in Kentucky, no one in North Carolina. Stupid Schumer.

Udall, Udall, Warner, Shaheen

Thanks you for pointing that out.

Bob Kerrey not running has nothing to do with Schumer -- Kerrey's a fickle turkey of a man.

Peter DeFazio would not have beaten Gordon Smith. As a life-long Oregonian and avid follower our state's politics, I can assure that there are many skeletons in his closet.

The MS recruitment failures are disappointing but not entirely unexpected. Moore is akin to a Victoria's Secret model who shows up at some loser bar and feigns interest in one of the local drunkards. Of course, nothing ever happens after that. Musgrove wouldn't have won anyways, so that's not a big loss.

[Mr.Phips]

This has been a horrible recruiting cycle for Democrats in the Senate. Horrible.

No Kerrey, no DeFazio (or anyone else top tier in Oregon), neither Moore nor Musgrove in Mississippi now, no one in Kentucky, no one in North Carolina. Stupid Schumer.

Udall, Udall, Warner, Shaheen

Thanks you for pointing that out.

Bob Kerrey not running has nothing to do with Schumer -- Kerrey's a fickle turkey of a man.

Peter DeFazio would not have beaten Gordon Smith. As a life-long Oregonian and avid follower our state's politics, I can assure that there are many skeletons in his closet.

The MS recruitment failures are disappointing but not entirely unexpected. Moore is akin to a Victoria's Secret model who shows up at some loser bar and feigns interest in one of the local drunkards. Of course, nothing ever happens after that. Musgrove wouldn't have won anyways, so that's not a big loss.

I should mention that DeFazio running would have required Democrats to fight to hold his evenly divided House seat. 

[Lief 🗽]

This has been a horrible recruiting cycle for Democrats in the Senate. Horrible.

No Kerrey, no DeFazio (or anyone else top tier in Oregon), neither Moore nor Musgrove in Mississippi now, no one in Kentucky, no one in North Carolina. Stupid Schumer.

Udall, Udall, Warner, Shaheen

I'll give Schumer the Udall in Colorado. In New Mexico, that was largely a grassroots effort. It was pretty clear that Warner was running in Virginia once Warner had retired. Shaheen's a horrible candidate.

[MarkWarner08]

This has been a horrible recruiting cycle for Democrats in the Senate. Horrible.

No Kerrey, no DeFazio (or anyone else top tier in Oregon), neither Moore nor Musgrove in Mississippi now, no one in Kentucky, no one in North Carolina. Stupid Schumer.

Udall, Udall, Warner, Shaheen

Thanks you for pointing that out.

Bob Kerrey not running has nothing to do with Schumer -- Kerrey's a fickle turkey of a man.

Peter DeFazio would not have beaten Gordon Smith. As a life-long Oregonian and avid follower our state's politics, I can assure that there are many skeletons in his closet.

The MS recruitment failures are disappointing but not entirely unexpected. Moore is akin to a Victoria's Secret model who shows up at some loser bar and feigns interest in one of the local drunkards. Of course, nothing ever happens after that. Musgrove wouldn't have won anyways, so that's not a big loss.

I should mention that DeFazio running would have required Democrats to fight to hold his evenly divided House seat. 

Interestingly, DeFazio's seat was one of just two in the nation to switch from Bush in 2000 to Kerry in 2004. The Democratic bench there is also quite strong.

[Mr.Phips]

This has been a horrible recruiting cycle for Democrats in the Senate. Horrible.

No Kerrey, no DeFazio (or anyone else top tier in Oregon), neither Moore nor Musgrove in Mississippi now, no one in Kentucky, no one in North Carolina. Stupid Schumer.

Udall, Udall, Warner, Shaheen

Thanks you for pointing that out.

Bob Kerrey not running has nothing to do with Schumer -- Kerrey's a fickle turkey of a man.

Peter DeFazio would not have beaten Gordon Smith. As a life-long Oregonian and avid follower our state's politics, I can assure that there are many skeletons in his closet.

The MS recruitment failures are disappointing but not entirely unexpected. Moore is akin to a Victoria's Secret model who shows up at some loser bar and feigns interest in one of the local drunkards. Of course, nothing ever happens after that. Musgrove wouldn't have won anyways, so that's not a big loss.

I should mention that DeFazio running would have required Democrats to fight to hold his evenly divided House seat. 

Interestingly, DeFazio's seat was one of just two in the nation to switch from Bush in 2000 to Kerry in 2004. The Democratic bench there is also quite strong.

It still would have been a seat that Republicans would have likely tried to pick up in a rare chance to pick off an open Democratic seat. 

[JSojourner]

Schumer hasn't done badly.  He just hasn't hit the home-runs he launched in 2006.

[Aizen]

Schumer's done fine. We weren't going to win in Mississippi anyways. That state is a lost cause, like Oklahoma

[Lief 🗽]

What home-runs did he hit in 2006 again? Not trying to be an ass, I've just forgotten. Tester and Webb were both grass/net-roots candidates. I think he recruited Casey, but really, anyone would have beaten Santorum 2006.

I'm not knocking Schumer's abilities as DSCC head; he's a great fundraiser, without a doubt. But he's not the recruiting God people were making him out to be, as has been evidenced so far this year.

[7,052,770]

dammit!  I am so frustrated!

[Kaine for Senate '18]

What home-runs did he hit in 2006 again? Not trying to be an ass, I've just forgotten. Tester and Webb were both grass/net-roots candidates. I think he recruited Casey, but really, anyone would have beaten Santorum 2006.

I'm not knocking Schumer's abilities as DSCC head; he's a great fundraiser, without a doubt. But he's not the recruiting God people were making him out to be, as has been evidenced so far this year.

That's true, although Schumer did do a good recruiting job on Webb.  Rahm Immanuel, Schumer's counterpart in the House, is more the recruiting type.

[JSojourner]

What home-runs did he hit in 2006 again? Not trying to be an ass, I've just forgotten. Tester and Webb were both grass/net-roots candidates. I think he recruited Casey, but really, anyone would have beaten Santorum 2006.

I'm not knocking Schumer's abilities as DSCC head; he's a great fundraiser, without a doubt. But he's not the recruiting God people were making him out to be, as has been evidenced so far this year.

Klobuchar, McCaskill, Whitehouse and Brown.  Brown was particularly back and forth about whether or not he wanted to run for Senate.  And beating DeWine was hardly a sure thing.

[Adlai Stevenson]

dammit!  I am so frustrated!

I know.  After a while, it feels like 'Democrats' on this forum care more about the fate of the Democratic Party of Mississippi than they do.  O well, 'we' can't win everything this year. 

[Keystone Phil]

I think he recruited Casey, but really, anyone would have beaten Santorum 2006.

I really don't want to make this a huge issue again but since I haven't been able to state this on the forum yet, I'll do it now. In a recent article about Casey, the chairman of the PA Democratic party said that Casey was the only one who would have beaten Santorum. Now maybe he was doing that to defend himself and the Dem establishment from attacks from the left since they believed that could have gotten a more liberal candidate to win. Who knows for sure. I don't think Casey was the only one who would have beaten Santorum but he was the only one who could beat him by double digits.

Again, I don't want to make this a big deal. If debate on this needs to continue, feel free to bump that buried, dusty PA Senate race 2006 thread. 

[HardRCafé]

I blame Mr. Moderate.  I bet Ronnie Musgrove read his posts and lost heart.

[7,052,770]

How about Ray Mabus?

I've heard he might run if the election is in March/April, but he doesn't want to commit a whole year of his life to it, so he won't if it's in November.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

MS Democrats will just find some worthless shyster to run. Like normal.

[7,052,770]

MS Democrats will just find some worthless shyster to run. Like normal.

You may be right, and I will probably cry if you are.

[AndrewTX]

At this point, I couldn't care less. Lott isn't in the Senate, so I'm happy.