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leftynyc

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71. I think that "rule"

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #47)

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 04:17 AM

Sep 2014

was effectively thrown out the door when Bernie Sanders decided he may run and so many DUers are pulling for that.

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BREAKING: Kansas Supreme Court Orders State to Remove Democrat's Name from Ballot in Senate Race [View all] Hissyspit Sep 2014 OP

Yeah! irisblue Sep 2014 #1

YEAH!!! Hulk Sep 2014 #2

Yes.....good news...nt Stuart G Sep 2014 #3

YES! Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #4

And They Wonder billhicks76 Sep 2014 #5

They also make you wanna puke!! AngryDem001 Sep 2014 #13

Excellent! Justice in Kansas! Excellent! ... bet that really po's the KS PTB! RKP5637 Sep 2014 #6

GREAT! elleng Sep 2014 #7

K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 Sep 2014 #8

YESSSSSSS lamp_shade Sep 2014 #9

This is a good thing. wandy Sep 2014 #10

! immoderate Sep 2014 #11

Sweet. nt deminks Sep 2014 #12

Excellent! Control-Z Sep 2014 #14

According to the TRMS show the Secretary of State Kobach is making up new rules. TexasTowelie Sep 2014 #60

Unanimously! Take that Mr. (Koch) Kobach! n/t pampango Sep 2014 #15

This is the guy who the GOP wanted to keep on the ballot rocktivity Sep 2014 #16

Tsk tsk... Now who is the one really broke the weak laws here? TRoN33 Sep 2014 #17

K&R Woot! ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #18

Sounds like here in Naples (Teabagger Area), Florida HockeyMom Sep 2014 #19

Hope you can write-in a suitable name - even your own. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2014 #68

This is good news for Alaska Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #20

It won't have any effect. TexasTowelie Sep 2014 #61

I understand that, Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #63

K & R SunSeeker Sep 2014 #21

K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2014 #22

pat roberts drray23 Sep 2014 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author bigworld Sep 2014 #24

Donald Peking Duck. Historic NY Sep 2014 #25

Ben Gazhi? Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #29

LOL. Historic NY Sep 2014 #35

Why? There are races running unopposed I thought still_one Sep 2014 #26

The court is not requiring that.. its Kobach the Rethug SOS who made that statement. DCBob Sep 2014 #27

I don't think so either. LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #31

Excellent! DCBob Sep 2014 #33

"admonished Kobach for filing materials past the court's deadline" NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #44

good news, at least some people in Kansas have good sense wordpix Sep 2014 #85

The Supremes rightly ignored this issue. It looks like the Dems now have 10 days... IllinoisBirdWatcher Sep 2014 #37

Democrats should knuckle under.... whistler162 Sep 2014 #52

Not the court, Kobach, LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #28

So the Democrats tell Kobach to fuck off..or he can go back to the Court for another beat down. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #30

I have the niggling suspicion that this is LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #34

Hot, hot, angry air because Kansas is now lost, the Senate is lost and Kobach is personally fucked. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #42

I didn't see anything in the article linked that said the court was requiring A Simple Game Sep 2014 #32

Full written decision of court link...the court only granted mandamus, ordering removal of the name. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #40

there is another lawsuit hfojvt Sep 2014 #72

Not the court saying that, Kobach is saying it in desperation, and holding up the printing of Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #36

The court addressed that issue on one paragraph of their opinion happyslug Sep 2014 #43

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! It's been forever since Democrats caught a break in Ks. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #38

This is very good news and could be the key race to retaining Senate control. DCBob Sep 2014 #39

Here is the actual Court opinion happyslug Sep 2014 #41

don't particularly think Pat Roberts complies with election law PatrynXX Sep 2014 #45

Good news, but the headline could have been more illuminating. George II Sep 2014 #46

I truly hope this works out for the Democrats. But isn't there some hypocracy at play here? rhett o rick Sep 2014 #47

Its all about retaining control of the Senate. DCBob Sep 2014 #55

As I said, I understand and agree. I just don't like it when the self-righteous tell rhett o rick Sep 2014 #67

Securing the Senate also trumps "values". DCBob Sep 2014 #74

However, since a Democrat is no longer on the ballot DUers can support a third party candidate. TexasTowelie Sep 2014 #62

I love your rationalization. nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #66

I think that "rule" leftynyc Sep 2014 #71

I think you will find that most of the DU'ers pulling for Sen Sanders do so in the anticipation he rhett o rick Sep 2014 #75

Why would he do that? leftynyc Sep 2014 #76

If he runs as an Independent he will be shunned by the Corp-Media. nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #78

he'll be shunned anyway as too old, too liberal, too socialist, too antiwar wordpix Sep 2014 #86

Hypocrisy? On the part of the GOP, perhaps. MADem Sep 2014 #80

A brief glimpse of sanity- KrazyinKS Sep 2014 #48

Wow! Will it be appealed and reversed? Cuz that how things roll in the US. nt valerief Sep 2014 #49

No this is The highest court in Kansas happyslug Sep 2014 #81

Wow! Now that amazes me. No recourse for Republicans. Well, except to Crock the Vote. nt valerief Sep 2014 #83

Off to the races n/t tooeyeten Sep 2014 #50

This is where election fraud happens: people like Kobach, Husted, Harris, Blackwell. riqster Sep 2014 #51

Ha! WhiteTara Sep 2014 #53

Kansas iamthebandfanman Sep 2014 #54

Side note: The Schloz is back! rurallib Sep 2014 #56

Okay, all together now . . . Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #57

Go Sunflower State! Sienna86 Sep 2014 #58

Bu-Bye, Pat Roberts! ReRe Sep 2014 #59

Is that the end of it? Does the SoS have the option of appealing this? n/t. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #64

No this is The highest court in Kansas happyslug Sep 2014 #82

Suck on that KKKobach. SoapBox Sep 2014 #65

Typical Republican parlor tricks: davidpdx Sep 2014 #69

But will the SOS actually DO it??!! blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #70

this is an odd thread hfojvt Sep 2014 #73

It's another defeat for voter suppression. randome Sep 2014 #77

Kris Kobach is an idiot Gothmog Sep 2014 #79

"whether it was sufficient for the Dem to simply cite the relevant law in his withdrawal letter" wordpix Sep 2014 #84