John Boehner Has A Democratic Challenger!

[Indyfan53]

Miami University of Ohio Professor Tom Poetter has filed the paperwork to run against Boehner in Ohio's 8th Congressional district.

Read more at the Daily Kos:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/12/1254991/-OH-08-Meet-Tom-Poetter-Democratic-Challenger-to-John-Boehner-at-Oxford-Uptown-Park-OH-11-19

Please support him here!
http://www.poetterforcongress.com/about-tom/

[Mass]

1. Not sure I get that sentence.

Tom Poetter is a 17-year native of Oxford, Ohio.

[daleanime]

2. He's lived there for 17 years?

[former9thward]

16. The "native" is the strange word.

If he is a 17 year native then he is 17 years old.

[Jamaal510]

3. Make that orange turn yellow with fear. eom

[JanT]

4. that is a good thing.

It will be interesting to watch this race.

[lobodons]

5. Contact Maher

How ironic it would be for Boner's district to win Maher's flipping contest especially if the House flips as well.

[bluestateguy]

6. Hopelessly Republican district

He's a Mondale.

[brooklynite]

7. I'm sorry - you're not allowed to do that here...

I've regularly brought up the hopelessness of investing in losing causes (especially when there are far more winnable seats with equally deserving candidates who will lose out) and all I get back is that I'm defeatist. Some people just like the emotional pull of "sticking it" to their enemies, regardless of the end result.

[stg81]

9. +1

[CTyankee]

12. You can't win if you don't begin...

[sheshe2]

13. +1

[daleanime]

17. +1

[tom_kelly]

8. Get MJ on the ballot and he's toast! n/t

[JDPriestly]

11. All the more reason to support the Democratic challenger.

Democrats hold the keys to the future.

Every Republican should be challenged. No matter what.

Make people think a bit. The more often Democrats challenge Republicans, the more often a Democrat has a chance to win!

And when Democrats talk about the issues and introduce die-hard Republicans to what being a Democrat is really about, the ideas of Democrats get a hearing.

A graduate of a divinity school?

Let's see Boehner argue with that.

Boehner cannot possibly be drunk as often as he looks it. But a clean-living graduate of a divinity school -- a preacher -- should appeal to a lot of Ohio conservatives.

[JDPriestly]

10. Please support him generously. He is going to need all the support he can get.

[brooklynite]

15. Which candidates will you NOT be supporting?

Look, if you're in the District or can get there, volunteer all you want. But if you're proposing to send money, ask yourself: is there an equally good Democrat with a BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING in an other Republican seat? Boehner has been locked into an R+15 district; absent a criminal indictment, you won't beat him. You'll feel self-satisfied for "sticking it" to Boehner, and you'll make no difference at all. Your choice.

[JDPriestly]

18. The Democratic Congressman in my district is very safe.

He can get 80% of the vote easily.

The reason I would support the courageous Democrats who run against the Boehners and Issas in our world is to educate those very conservative voters about who Democrats really are. The Republican Party faithful and some of the media paints us as extremists who are out to destroy their comfortable way of life. That is false. We all know that.

To run against Boehner is so difficult to do. You face a lot of hostility. Even being a Democratic voter in some very red areas is difficult. So we need to give extra support ot the brave people who do that. It isn't all about winning in the short run. It is also about building democracy and providing choices to all Americans. If just winning were the entire point, I would not be interested in politics. But it is also about increasing understanding and broadening the outlook of our country and fearful, conservative voters.

[brooklynite]

19. I'm not talking about Safe Democrats either...

I'm talking about the 50 or so races where analysis says a Democrat has an actual chance of knocking off a Republican.

[sheshe2]

14. Go Tom Poetter!

Get this cry baby out of congress!



I am glad Boehner is being challenged for the seat.

Thanks Indyfan