Endorsement thread

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2009 endorsments:

New York City Mayor: Mike Bloomberg (I)
Virginia Governor: Creigh Deeds (D)
New Jersey Governor: Jon Corzine (D)

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[GOPFlyer10]

2009 Endorsements

Mayor of New York City : Mike Bloomberg (I-NY)
Governor of NJ : Chris Christie (R-NJ)
Governor of VA : Bob McDonnell (R-VA)

2010 House Endorsements

Michigan-8 : Michael Rogers (R-MI)
Minnesota-6 : Michelle Bachmann (R-MN)
South Dakota-At Large : Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD)
North Carolina-9 : Sue Myrick (R-NC)
North Carolina-5 : Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Virginia-7 : Eric Cantor (R-VA)
New York-3 : Peter King (R-NY)
New York-13 : Vito Fossella (R-NY) (if he runs!)
Ohio-1 : Steve Chabot (R-OH) (If he runs!)
Ohio-2 : Jean Schmidt (R-OH)
Utah-3 : Jason Chavetz (R-UT)
Ohio-8 : John Boehner (R-OH)
Tennessee-7 : Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Alaska-At Large : John Harris (R-AK)
Indiana-6 : Mike Pence (R-IN)
Washington-5 : Cathy McMorris (R-WA)
Washington-8 : Dave Reichart (R-WA)
Georgia-6 : Tom Price (R-GA)
Oklahoma-2 : Dan Boren (D-OK)


Endorsements for 2010 Governorships

Oklahoma : Mary Fallin (R-OK)
New York : Rudy Giuliani (R-NY)
Texas : Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX)
Kansas : Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Illinois : IDK, leaning independent
Minnesota : Norm Coleman (R-MN)
New Hampshire : John Lynch (D-NH)
Vermont : Jim Douglas (R-VT)
Connecticut : Jodi Rell (R-CT)
Pennsylvania : Mark S. Schweiker (R-PA)
Ohio : John Kasich (R-OH)
Tennessee : Zach Wamp (R-TN)
Alaska : Sean Parnell (R-AK)


That's all for now. I'll add more later

You should really read the platform of her opponent before doing that..

[pogo stick]

Why?

[ChrisJG777]

Ok, my turn, preliminary list, subject to change...

Using the traditional Blue Democratic/Red Republican scheme (it's the one I'm most comfortable with, and I like that the alliteration you get with "Red Republican"), but I will add a (D) or an (R) just to make sure:

Senate races: (All Seats)

AL- TBC
AK- TBC
AZ- John McCain (R)  Hey, why not?
AR- Blanche Lincoln (D)
CA- Barbara Boxer (D)
CO- Michael Bennet (D)
CT- Chris Dodd (D)
DE- Michael Castle (R) If he runs, that is
FL- Kendrick Meek (D)
HI- Daniel Inouye (D)
GA- TBC
ID- TBC
IL- Alexi Giannoulias (D)
IN- Evan Bayh(D)
IA- PantsBurnLegWound TBC
KS- TBC
KY- Daniel Mongiardo (D)
LA- John Breaux TBC
MD- Barbara Mikulski (D)
MO- Robin Carnahan (D)
NV- Harry Reid (D)
NH- Paul Hodes (D)
NY1- Chuck Schumer (D)
NY2- Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
NC- TBC
ND- Byron Dorgan (D)
OH- TBC
OK- TBC
OR- Ron Wyden (D)
PA- Arlen Specter (D) For now, personally I preferred him as a Republican
SC- Ernest Hollings TBC
SD- Tom Daschle TBC
UT- TBC
VT- Patrick Leahy (D)
WA- Patty Murray (D)
WI- Russ Feingold (D)

House Races: (Select Seats)
Idaho 1st- Walt Minnick (D)
Louisiana 2nd Joseph Cao (R) Believe it or not, I do kinda want him to win this one

Gubernatorial Races: (Select Mansions)
AL- Artur Davis (D)
CA- Jerry Brown (D)
RI- Lincoln Chafee (I)

[Хahar 🤔]

Senate races: (All Seats)

AL- TBC
AK- TBC
AZ- John McCain (R)  Hey, why not?
AR- Blanche Lincoln (D)
CA- Barbara Boxer (D)
CO- Michael Bennet (D)
CT- Chris Dodd (D)
DE- Michael Castle (R) If he runs, that is
FL- Kendrick Meek (D)
HI- Daniel Inouye (D)
GA- TBC
ID- TBC
IL- Alexi Giannoulias (D)
IN- Evan Bayh(D)
IA- PantsBurnLegWound TBC
KS- TBC
KY- Daniel Mongiardo (D)
LA- John Breaux TBC
MD- Barbara Mikulski (D)
MO- Robin Carnahan (D)
NV- Harry Reid (D)
NH- Paul Hodes (D)
NY1- Chuck Schumer (D)
NY2- Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
NC- TBC
ND- Byron Dorgan (D)
OH- TBC
OK- TBC
OR- Ron Wyden (D)
PA- Arlen Specter (D) For now, personally I preferred him as a Republican
SC- Ernest Hollings TBC
SD- Tom Daschle TBC
UT- TBC
VT- Patrick Leahy (D)
WA- Patty Murray (D)
WI- Russ Feingold (D)

House Races: (Select Seats)
Idaho 1st- Walt Minnick (D)
Louisiana 2nd Joseph Cao (R) Believe it or not, I do kinda want him to win this one

Gubernatorial Races: (Select Mansions)
AL- Artur Davis (D)
CA- Jerry Brown (D)
RI- Lincoln Chafee (I)

Fixed. Please use this scheme, always. And don't suggest that the reversed colors are traditional, because that's wrong.

[FloridaRepublican]

2010 Senatorial elections:

Alabama - Richard Shelby (R)
Alaska - Lisa Murkowski (R)
Arizona - John McCain (R)
Arkansas - TBD
California - TBD
Colorado - TBD
Connecticut - TBD
Delaware - Michael Castle (R)
Florida - CHARLIE CRIST! (R)
Georgia - Johnny Isakson (R)
Hawaii - Daniel Inouye (D)
Idaho - Mike Crapo (R)
Illinois - Mark Kirk (R)
Indiana - Evan Bayh (D)
Iowa - Chuck Grassley (R)
Kansas - Jerry Moran (R)
Kentucky - TBD
Louisiana - David Vitter (R)
Maryland - TBD
Missouri - Roy Blunt (R)
Nevada - TBD
New Hampshire - Kelly Ayotte (R)
New York - Chuck Schumer (D)
New York - (ANYONE but Gillibrand) TBD
North Carolina - Richard Burr (R)
North Dakota - TBD
Ohio - TBD
Oklahoma - Tom Coburn (R)
Oregon - TBD
Pennsylvania - Pat Toomey (R)
South Carolina - Jim DeMint (R)
South Dakota - John Thune (R)
Utah - Bob Bennett (R)
Vermont - TBD
Washington - TBD
Wisconsin - Dave Westlake (R)

[ChrisJG777]

Senate races: (All Seats)

AL- TBC
AK- TBC
AZ- John McCain (R)  Hey, why not?
AR- Blanche Lincoln (D)
CA- Barbara Boxer (D)
CO- Michael Bennet (D)
CT- Chris Dodd (D)
DE- Michael Castle (R) If he runs, that is
FL- Kendrick Meek (D)
HI- Daniel Inouye (D)
GA- TBC
ID- TBC
IL- Alexi Giannoulias (D)
IN- Evan Bayh(D)
IA- PantsBurnLegWound TBC
KS- TBC
KY- Daniel Mongiardo (D)
LA- John Breaux TBC
MD- Barbara Mikulski (D)
MO- Robin Carnahan (D)
NV- Harry Reid (D)
NH- Paul Hodes (D)
NY1- Chuck Schumer (D)
NY2- Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
NC- TBC
ND- Byron Dorgan (D)
OH- TBC
OK- TBC
OR- Ron Wyden (D)
PA- Arlen Specter (D) For now, personally I preferred him as a Republican
SC- Ernest Hollings TBC
SD- Tom Daschle TBC
UT- TBC
VT- Patrick Leahy (D)
WA- Patty Murray (D)
WI- Russ Feingold (D)

House Races: (Select Seats)
Idaho 1st- Walt Minnick (D)
Louisiana 2nd Joseph Cao (R) Believe it or not, I do kinda want him to win this one

Gubernatorial Races: (Select Mansions)
AL- Artur Davis (D)
CA- Jerry Brown (D)
RI- Lincoln Chafee (I)

Fixed. Please use this scheme, always. And don't suggest that the reversed colors are traditional, because that's wrong.

I'll use whatever colour scheme I like, thank you. (Next time I'll do the Democrats in yellow and the Republicans in lilac!)     Furthermore, the scheme I used is "traditional" on the grounds that very few places outside this site use the Red-Democratic/Blue-Republican scheme.  Furthermore, some people, i.e. me, do not appreciate being preached at. 

Edited to add:  I would like to point out that there is no right or wrong colour scheme to use, either. 

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

For future reference, "suck it, xahar" will suffice as a rebuttal.

[Хahar 🤔]

The colors are just about the only thing this forum agrees on entirely.

[ChrisJG777]

For future reference, "suck it, xahar" will suffice as a rebuttal.

Lacks a certain eloquence. 

The colors are just about the only thing this forum agrees on entirely.

Not any more by the looks of things. 

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Democratic/Republican
I think the party names look good in those colours, don't you?  I'll most definitely use these from now on! 

[Хahar 🤔]

Being the liberal party, the Democrats should be yellow. That is correct.

But, for real: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=77791.0

[ChrisJG777]

Being the liberal party, the Democrats should be yellow. That is correct.

In which case: Democratic.  There's nowt that can go wrong with t' colour brown, laddie. 

Though I must point out in the strictest definition of the term "Liberal", the Democratic party most certainly isn't that.  Tsk tsk, such abuse of political terminology. 

[Хahar 🤔]

Being the liberal party, the Democrats should be yellow. That is correct.

In which case: Democratic.  There's nowt that can go wrong with t' colour brown, laddie. 

Though I must point out in the strictest definition of the term "Liberal", the Democratic party most certainly isn't that.  Tsk tsk, such abuse of political terminology. 

Not fascist, liberal!

Certainly, a large portion of the Democratic Party can be considered broadly liberal (the DLC).

[ChrisJG777]

Being the liberal party, the Democrats should be yellow. That is correct.

In which case: Democratic.  There's nowt that can go wrong with t' colour brown, laddie. 

Though I must point out in the strictest definition of the term "Liberal", the Democratic party most certainly isn't that.  Tsk tsk, such abuse of political terminology. 

Not fascist, liberal!

Certainly, a large portion of the Democratic Party can be considered broadly liberal (the DLC).

Heh-heh-heh! 

Liberal they may be in their social stances, but liberal they tend not to be in their economics.  You'll find that most forms of Liberalism conform to the ideology you call "Libertarianism".  The Democrats economics tend to conform more to a mild form of Social Democracy. 

[Bacon King]

Being the liberal party, the Democrats should be yellow. That is correct.

In which case: Democratic.  There's nowt that can go wrong with t' colour brown, laddie. 

Though I must point out in the strictest definition of the term "Liberal", the Democratic party most certainly isn't that.  Tsk tsk, such abuse of political terminology. 

Not fascist, liberal!

Certainly, a large portion of the Democratic Party can be considered broadly liberal (the DLC).

Heh-heh-heh! 

Liberal they may be in their social stances, but liberal they tend not to be in their economics.  You'll find that most forms of Liberalism conform to the ideology you call "Libertarianism".  The Democrats economics tend to conform more to a mild form of Social Democracy. 

Xahar is familiar with the real meaning of the word liberal. He's saying the DLC kind-of is liberal in the European sense.

[ChrisJG777]

Being the liberal party, the Democrats should be yellow. That is correct.

In which case: Democratic.  There's nowt that can go wrong with t' colour brown, laddie. 

Though I must point out in the strictest definition of the term "Liberal", the Democratic party most certainly isn't that.  Tsk tsk, such abuse of political terminology. 

Not fascist, liberal!

Certainly, a large portion of the Democratic Party can be considered broadly liberal (the DLC).

Heh-heh-heh! 

Liberal they may be in their social stances, but liberal they tend not to be in their economics.  You'll find that most forms of Liberalism conform to the ideology you call "Libertarianism".  The Democrats economics tend to conform more to a mild form of Social Democracy. 

Xahar is familiar with the real meaning of the word liberal. He's saying the DLC kind-of is liberal in the European sense.

Last off topic post...

That wasn't the impression I was getting. 


Anyway, is it really Xahar's business about what colours I use for the Democrats and the Republicans, provided I make what I'm doing clear?  No.  If I want to colour the Democrats blue and the Republicans red, I'll do so whether he likes it or not.  Damned arrogant of him to have tried to "correct" me.  Jerk... (Xahar, that is, just in case someone needs clarification) 

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Senate endorsement thread contigent and subject to change.
Blue for secular  Red for moderate or populist

CA: Boxer
CT: someone other than Dodd
DE: Beau
FL: Meek
HI: inouye
IL: Ginnoulius
MD: Mikulski
NH: Hodes
NY: Maloney
OH: Fisher
OR: Wyden
PA: Sestak
WA: Murray
WI: Feingold

AR: Lincoln
CO: Bennet
IN: Bayh
LA: Democratic nominee
MO: Carnahan
NV: Reid
ND: Dorgan

Gubernatorial endorsements
NJ:Jon Corzine
AL: Arthur Davis
CA: Brown
HI: Acrombie
IL: Dan Hynes
IA: Culver
ME: Democratic nominee
MD: O'Malley
MA: Patrick
MI: Cherry
MN: Dayton
NH: Lynch
NM: Dem nominee
NY: Cuomo
OH: Strickland
OR: democratic nominee
PA: Knox
RI: Democratic Nominee
WI: Doyle
AR: Beebe
CO: Ritter
FL: Sink
Ga: Barnes
KS: Democratic nominee
NV: Democratic nominee
OK: Democratic nominee
TN: Democratic nominee

[pogo stick]

For osme races I was undecided on before


PA Senate : Pat Toomey (R-PA)
LA Senate : Charles Melancon (D-LA)
AL Gov : Beth Chapman (R-AL)

[Vepres]

I'm undecided/not educated enough on most races, however these are my endorsements that are subject to change.

Senate:
Arizona: John McCain (R)
California: Carly Fiorina (R)
Colorado: Ken Buck(R) or Ryan Fraizer(R)
Connecticut: Rob Simmons (R)
Delaware: Mike Castle (R)
Florida: Charlie Crist (R)
Illinois: Mark Kirk (R)
Indiana: Evan Bayh (D)
Missouri: Roy Blunt (R)
Nevada: Not Reid
New Hampshire: Charlie Bass (R)
North Dakota: John Hoeven (R)
Ohio: Rob Portman (R)
Oklahoma: Tom Coburn (R)
Oregon: Ron Wyden (D)
South Dakota: John Thune (R)
Utah: Bob Bennett (R)
Wisconsin: Russ Feingold (D)


Governor:
Alabama: Artur Davis (D)
California: Meg Whitman (R)
Colorado: Josh Penry (R)
Connecticut: Jodi Rell (R)
Idaho: Butch Otter (R)
Kansas: Sam Brownback (R)
New Jersey: Chris Christie (R)
Pennsylvania: Tom Corbett (R)
Texas: Kay Baily Hutchison (R)
Vermont: Jim Douglas (R)
Virginia: Bob McDonnell (R)

[The Illinoisian]

Governors:

Meg Whitman -CA
Kirk Dillard -IL
John Lynch -NH
John Kasich -OH
Mary Fallin -OK
KBH -TX
Jim Douglas -VT
Dave Freudenthal -WY

Senate:

Richard Shelby -AL
John McCain -AZ
Carly Fiorina (maybe) -CA
Rob Simmons -CT
Mike Castle (again maybe)- DE
Charlie Crist -FL
Johnny Isakson -GA
Mike Crapo -ID
Mark Kirk -IL
Evan Bayh -IN
Chuck Grassley -IA
Jerry Moran -KS
Roy Blunt -MO
Kelly Ayote -NH
Richard Burr -NC
John Hoeven (once again maybe) -ND
Tom Coburn -OK
Pat Toomey -PA
Jim DeMint -SC
John Thune -SD
Bob Bennett -UT

[The Illinoisian]

oh yes and:

Charles Melancon -LA

[DownWithTheLeft]

New Jersey Governor: Jon Corzine (D)

I knew one clueless idiot would support this moron.  There really is no logical reason to support him, if your Republican the reason is obvious, if you are a Democrat he's only going to drag the party down and make you lose the state legislature.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Perhaps, the endorsements made because it was thought that it was only summer polling  and was thought of at first, the power of incumbancy was going to prevail. Dems never thought it was going to be more than a six point race.

[DownWithTheLeft]

Perhaps, the endorsements made because it was thought that it was only summer polling  and was thought of at first, the power of incumbancy was going to prevail. Dems never thought it was going to be more than a six point race.

What endorsements have sh**t to do with polling and numbers, it has to do which candidate you want to win.  Hell, I endorsed Rich Tarrant against Bernie Sanders without thinking he'd win

[Alexander Hamilton]

Endorsing Jon Corzine is equal to endorsing Saxby Chambliss. It makes you a horrible person automatically.