How can politicians that behave like this keep getting re-elected? What's wrong with people?
Well the one thing politicians, especially local ones, must be good at is winning votes/elections.framer wrote:How can politicians that behave like this keep getting re-elected? What's wrong with people?
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It's not like people can share a John Oliver video about their local alderman or whatever. People just don't know.
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i sure as hell hope that there's going to be a criminal investigation into the Hubbards' organized crime ring regardless of whether or not Penny scams her way to another win.
Franks wins in what probably can be characterized as a landslide. The Hubbard machine has been defeated.
I'm guessing there's some nervous Democrat officials tonight, wondering about the health of the machine.Ebsy wrote:
Franks wins in what probably can be characterized as a landslide. The Hubbard machine has been defeated.
How the world’s richest companies get local governments to hand over millions of dollars in exchange for crappy jobs and empty promises.
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Messenger: Incoming Missouri rep accuses St. Louis colleague of rape
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/colu ... e1d7c.html
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Kinda crazy that we didn't hear anything about the past accusations against Roberts during the primary.
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The earlier stories did come up before the primaries. The original story about his firing dates to October of last year. It came up in editorials immediately before the primary. As I recall he'd been considering a run for Circuit Attorney. I suspect that's part of why he didn't. This latest incident didn't occur until the night of August 26/27; after the primary. I suppose it could have been reported more, but there were at least three stories in the Post Dispatch, and one of them in some depth. On the other hand, that was in October, and nine months is an eternity in election cycles. Add in that the case was dropped and I suppose it mostly blew over. But when patterns start to develop . . . I'm guessing it won't just go away this time. We shall see. Hopefully the courts will provide justice. The allegations seem fairly serious.
Well, today was certainly eventful. Pretty sure Clinton has decent odds at winning Missouri now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... d=pm_pop_bMarkHaversham wrote:What happened?
Segments of the Republican Party appear to be abandoning Trump wholesale at this point and calling for him to drop out, including Reps Wagner in MO-02 and Davis across the River in Illinois. He still has good 'ole Boy Blunt's support though!
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I dunno why it's such a big deal, he's said dozens of offensive things already.
It'll be interesting to see what kind of down ballot implications the move away from Trump could have for MO. I think he'll still carry it (along with AZ, GA and IA), but doing so by a thinner margin could sway other close races in-state.
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I don't see him carrying Iowa. I think Arizona is likely to be his narrowest win. We'll probably come in third. We shall see.
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Hard to see Missouri going blue, but Trump isn't doing Greitens and Blunt any favors.
Hopefully Ken Bone joins the race for mayor, in case he doesn't win as a write-in for prez.
I think I read that he lives in Belleville so probably not.wabash wrote:Hopefully Ken Bone joins the race for mayor, in case he doesn't win as a write-in for prez.
wabash wrote:It'll be interesting to see what kind of down ballot implications the move away from Trump could have for MO. I think he'll still carry it (along with AZ, GA and IA), but doing so by a thinner margin could sway other close races in-state.
closer than the 2008 election? i want to say the difference was .13%. does not get much thinner than that.
Blunt is still up in the polls. In New Hampshire the Republican Ayotte went from down 10 to up 2 in the past few months even as New Hampshire goes more for Hillary. Clinton is going to win but I think liberals hoping for a Democrat landslide down ballot because of Trump are going to be sorely disappointed.
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Not what GOP internals are saying at the moment. Of course things can and will change by election day, but it might just be possible to see a Democratic wave cresting on the horizon.shimmy wrote:Blunt is still up in the polls. In New Hampshire the Republican Ayotte went from down 10 to up 2 in the past few months even as New Hampshire goes more for Hillary. Clinton is going to win but I think liberals hoping for a Democrat landslide down ballot because of Trump are going to be sorely disappointed.
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Perhaps, but GOP internals have been wrong about everything since last June. I think a lot of people separate Trump from the rest of the GOP. And many of those who aren't able to separate them don't understand Trump's support and never even considered voting for him in the first place. There are many people like me who voted for a third party for president (McMullin, in my case) and then vote Republican down ballot.Ebsy wrote:Not what GOP internals are saying at the moment. Of course things can and will change by election day, but it might just be possible to see a Democratic wave cresting on the horizon.shimmy wrote:Blunt is still up in the polls. In New Hampshire the Republican Ayotte went from down 10 to up 2 in the past few months even as New Hampshire goes more for Hillary. Clinton is going to win but I think liberals hoping for a Democrat landslide down ballot because of Trump are going to be sorely disappointed.
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The question is if Republicans who dislike Trump will bother to show up to polls at all.