Has any candidate this cycle so far epic failed worse than Steve Poizner?
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« on: June 08, 2010, 10:37:52 PM »
Can't think of any. Not even Grayson.
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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2010, 10:56:02 PM »
No. Grayson was worse.  It's not like the Insurance Commissioner is a huge name in state politics like Grayson and he didn't have the endorsements of Whitman.

It's hard to beat $80 million dollars in a primary.
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2010, 02:37:17 AM »
One name: Parker Griffith.
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2010, 03:44:07 AM »
Specter.  Halter.  Lowden.

And of course, Andre Bauer.
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2010, 04:06:03 AM »
I Don't know if it counts as "This Cycle", but Martha Coakley.  Anyone who can lose a Senate Seat as a Dem in Mass, especially as a state-wide incumbent, deserves a metion
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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2010, 09:14:58 AM »
Quote from: The Duke on June 09, 2010, 03:44:07 AM
Specter.  Halter.  Lowden.

And of course, Andre Bauer.

Halter? Come on, that's ridiculous. He was up against an incumbent who many people thought he wouldn't even be able to force into a runoff.
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« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2010, 09:19:04 AM »
Yeah none of those mentioned ones did anywhere near as horrid as Poizner.
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« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2010, 04:55:38 PM »
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Yeah none of those mentioned ones did anywhere near as horrid as Poizner.

But none of them had the deck so stacked against them as Poizner.

Very few candidates could have beaten $80 mil of advertising from Whitman plus all the party support behind her.
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« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2010, 05:17:34 PM »
Andre Bauer.
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« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2010, 05:38:37 PM »
Poizner never had a chance, which places Grayson, Lowden and Specter above him immediately.
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« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2010, 08:40:25 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2010, 08:46:01 PM »
This thread is ridiculous,  Whitman spends $80 million dollars in like three months for a PRIMARY, is backed by the entire establishment both in the state and nationally, with Poizner having been on the record as a moderate as someone who has already been in politics, and suddenly Poizner is guilty of running one of the worst campaigns ever?

Ridiculous and stupid suggestion when compared to this cycle's other flops we've seen.
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« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2010, 11:01:43 PM »
What about Campbell? He went from leading in all of the polls to losing by 35 points.
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« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2010, 11:57:58 PM »
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What about Campbell? He went from leading in all of the polls to losing by 35 points.

That was practically of no fault of his own. Fiorina just kept writing checks to herself so she could stay perpetually on air.

Anyway, I point, as someone else did, to Martha Coakley. She blew a 40-point lead in TWO MONTHS.
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« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2010, 01:22:14 PM »
Yeah, I don't see how Poizner and Campbell can be faulted for being abandoned by their party and forced to try to outspend billionaires.

And I don't see how anybody could epic fail more than Vic Rawl in South Carolina.
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« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2010, 01:50:38 AM »
Quote from: SvenssonRS on June 09, 2010, 11:57:58 PM
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on June 09, 2010, 11:01:43 PM
What about Campbell? He went from leading in all of the polls to losing by 35 points.

That was practically of no fault of his own. Fiorina just kept writing checks to herself so she could stay perpetually on air.

Anyway, I point, as someone else did, to Martha Coakley. She blew a 40-point lead in TWO MONTHS.

Campbell's opponent didn't spend $80 million, so........
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« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2010, 03:34:40 PM »
Quote from: King on June 10, 2010, 01:22:14 PM
Yeah, I don't see how Poizner and Campbell can be faulted for being abandoned by their party and forced to try to outspend billionaires.

And I don't see how anybody could epic fail more than Vic Rawl in South Carolina.

Hey, now.  Vic Rawls was up against the Greene Machine.  60% is not luck, or so I'm told.
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« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2010, 11:36:51 PM »
Quote from: The Duke on June 11, 2010, 03:34:40 PM
Hey, now.  Vic Rawls was up against the Greene Machine.  60% is not luck, or so I'm told.

Debate of the 21st Century--Alvin Greene's Senate primary victory:  proof of the randomness present in our universe or the work of an almighty creator?
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« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2010, 11:38:47 PM »
Indeed. Rawl kind of takes the cake.
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