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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:16 AM Original message |
To Southern State DUers - can the Dems win down there? |
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OKDem08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Generally speaking... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. I live about 1/2 hr. north of Atlanta, and IMO NO Dem has a chance of winning Ga. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. maybe the severe water shortage will make them think about the |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I've heard that Georgia is one of the least positive for dems in '08 |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. ALL still LOVE Shrub??? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Well, he IS a reborn Christian who hates abortion and gays ya know. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Deleted message |
Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. How the fuck does Michael Stipe stand it down there? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I suspect he NEVER ventures north! n/t |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Athens has an insulating effect. |
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Jonesie (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Cynthia McKinney-lanta? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. And Every Single Vote in Georgia is Counted by Diebold Repiglickin Electing Machines |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. We have a winner!!!! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I live just northwest of Atlanta in Woodstock. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
69. Do you think if Rudy is the Pub candidate and they are not |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. dems cannot even run in the panhandle of texas. they have to be repug or |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. Depends on the candidate |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. How do you think a New Yorker with some liberal views like Rudy would do in the south? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Gonna be interesting |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Not only that, but gun guys in the south hate Giuliani even more than Hillary. |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. A strategy based on a phantom candidate is not a good plan |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, fifty state strategies notwithstanding, I don't think anyone's "counting on" the South. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Dem leaders and elected officials in the South |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Well, Johnson wasn't called the Master of the Senate for nothing. |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I appreciate your optimism! |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. not needed. nt. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. We need the Senatorial and House races... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I would like to have them, but with a Democratic President, it is not necessary. nt. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. We aren't laying the groundwork |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. I guess the real question is, are there any individual states, like VA, NC etc. where a Democratic |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think there is a chance in a few states |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. Georgia is a lost cause, IMO, but NC, VA, TN, AR, maybe even KY |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. In the South? Clinton no. Obama no. Edwards yes. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. See post 24. |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. So what happened in 2004? |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. Edwards got the usual 4%-5% boost that VPs get from their homestate |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. I agree with you, I don't want anything that resembles AT ALL a close |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. In NC, we have a Dem governor and Dem controlled legislature |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Do you think Edwards at the top of the ticket in NC would do the trick |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, especially if you stay away from gun control. |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. That issue alone would swing Tennessee blue |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. And some TN Dem legislators are taking cues from Amendment II Democrats |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Thanks for the link! Very informative |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Dems Haven't Breathed a Word In Favor of Gun Control in a Decade, It Makes No Difference |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. "Dems Haven't Breathed a Word in Favor of Gun Control in a Decade" is untrue -- |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. we have a guy running against Jack Kingston |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. I live just outside of Atlanta |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. grits! |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
72. Actually, I'm one of those who doesn't really like them, but I don't really dislike them either |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Don't foreget Savannah -- the San Francisco of GA. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Some reps for congress surely can and will. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. Virginia is looking very good... |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. I don't think VA is in play to Dems. |
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Done (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. The south is not all that different. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. Texas---no |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm not a southerner, but I thiink we can win several Southern states. |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Even if the gun issue is not brought up |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. I have a hard time seeing it happen here. |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. Wait..are you serious? |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I think you mean the Deep South |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
55. I know quite a few would vote for Gore |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
58. I have hope for Virginia |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. I believe the Dems will lose in Louisiana. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
60. Perhaps , Just Pehaps FL, AR and VA |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
62. Absolutely... |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
63. Look at |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
64. Only if the Dems repeal the 1964 Voting Rights Act and bring back slavery. |
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UGADUer (161 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. I live in Georgia -- the thing that keeps Dems from winning here is the party SUCKS |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. ding! ding! ding! We have a winner for Georgia! |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
67. Durrr I live in Nawth Caralina |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
68. I also agree with those stating that Edwards is our best chance to win southern states... |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Excellent remarks, I would put my dad in the same boat |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
70. Yes the Democratic party can pick up the South. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
74. probably not yet in GA. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
75. Upstate SC - Greenville - Spartanburg: still redder than a baboon's ass. |
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