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Related: About this forumWebb might run as an (I)???
Just now on MSNBC.
WTF!
I wonder if he will actually pull more from the (R)s since he gets little to no support as a (D).
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Webb might run as an (I)??? (Original Post)
Motown_Johnny
Oct 2015
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There's a good chance he wouldn't be on the ballot in most states even. n/t
PoliticAverse
Oct 2015
#1
I can see more Republicans voting for Webb than Democrats in those states. n/t
PoliticAverse
Oct 2015
#4
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. There's a good chance he wouldn't be on the ballot in most states even. n/t
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)3. Good point, but FL, OH and VA might be enough to screw us. n/t
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)4. I can see more Republicans voting for Webb than Democrats in those states. n/t
StevieM
(10,500 posts)2. I fear he would take more votes from the Democrats. (eom)
jwirr
(39,215 posts)5. If he does my guess it that he will take votes from the Rs
more than from us.
angrychair
(8,702 posts)6. Never make it to the general
You think he is going to sustain the funding needed to carry a election to and through a general to be a spoiler?
That would require a shitload of shadow funding from the right and for Webb to agree to be the spoiler and, as a former Virginian, I don't think he has a broad enough appeal or charisma to carry it.