The Next Four Years

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Meh, I'm not that big on Ayotte, but your TLs never disappointed me.  More please

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Interesting.  Please continue

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Interesting, though Christie's defeat makes me a sad panda

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nitpick:

Dems retake the house?!  The f---k?!!!!

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More please

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Interesting.  Ayotte/Paul 2016!

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Speaking of Maine, is Angus King now senator there?  Who has he endorsed in 16?  How does it look for Congressional elections this year?  Ayotte/Paul or Ayotte/Rice 16!  (I'm changing my preference to rice.  Paul can get more done in the senate anyway)

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The Final Stretch of Campaign 2016 Coming Soon...

Looking forward to it

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Cool.  Interesting how Obama not leading the ticket shows IL being much closer

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Very good! I've always said that Illinois is a state that will trend Republican - that's just been delayed by Obama being on the ticket for two elections. I bet sometime in the 2020's, it votes Republican, even without a GOP landslide.

Except there's this thing called Cook county...

There's also this thing called LA and San Francisco, both of which Nixon won in 72.  Just saying....

I realize a GOP presidential nominee winning Chicago is unlikely, but they almost won the governorship and did win Obama's old senate seat in 2010

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Really? A 300-vote landslide against a popular centrist Democrat? I get that Rice is popular, but that much?

Remember its not that big of a landslide; Ayotte is also a centrist, and on top of that this is with an eight-year Democratic incumbent.  The most recent example would be 2000, and even Slick Willy's 60+% approval ratings couldn't save Gore, and Dubya came very close to carrying PA, OR, WI, MN, and MI that year, way more than 300 EV.