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Celerity

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15. Assuming none of my big 4 enters in, and Jones loses, then I think we have a good chance to still

Reply to Luciferous (Reply #13)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 08:15 AM

Mar 2020

flip 5 or 6

CO
AZ
MT
NC
IA
ME

are the best hope

maybe one of the GA seats

the rest are rough because we did not get those 4, plus TX and KY are herculean lifts

Tim McGraw, Sibelius, and Yates are the 3 that really piss me off

McGraw has said for 20 years he would run when he was 50 (he is 52 now, and it's an OPEN SEAT!), and Yates and especially Sibelius are all over telly saying what a dire situation we are in, yet then do fuckall to claw back the Senate, other than pep talks for lesser candidates

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The current state of the 13 flippable 2020 Senate seats [View all] Celerity Mar 2020 OP

Good detail DarthDem Mar 2020 #1

the 'best ones' have been listed in all my posts for months now, I absolutely stand by Celerity Mar 2020 #2

Cuellar is not going to be kicked out of the Democratic Party. TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #3

I so hope a normal, centre-left, non Justice Democrat primaries him in 2022. And IF Cuellar Celerity Mar 2020 #4

I didn't vote for Hegar in the Senate race because I don't like her position on gun control TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #7

disagree on this the most Celerity Mar 2020 #8

You know what they say about people that make assumptions? TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #12

Cuellar is just horrible though. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #21

Well you made me search online. TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #24

Who is the Foxx in NC you believe was better prospective candidate than Cal Cunningham? wishstar Mar 2020 #5

Anthony Foxx, he was Obama's Secretary of Transportation, and before that an extremely popular Celerity Mar 2020 #6

Oh yes, brain fog this morning! I do hope Foxx returns to public service in near future wishstar Mar 2020 #9

Cal Cunningham is hardly a disaster, I think he takes out the scum Tillis Celerity Mar 2020 #11

the possibility of a significant democrat landslide is growing closer as Biden becomes our nominee beachbumbob Mar 2020 #10

Nice breakdown! It looks like we may have a tough time getting the majority, but hopefully Luciferous Mar 2020 #13

Assuming none of my big 4 enters in, and Jones loses, then I think we have a good chance to still Celerity Mar 2020 #15

Thank you! And yes, this should have been given a lot more effort from the top than it was. Squinch Mar 2020 #14

Gideon is better than Rice for Maine Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2020 #16

this is a good point, and Gideon and Greenfield in IA were the first 2 that I accepted it really Celerity Mar 2020 #17

You're welcome Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2020 #19

+1 llmart Mar 2020 #18

I totally agree. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2020 #20

Good analysis. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #22

If Kentucky gets a voter turn-out like they did for the Governor's election... SKKY Mar 2020 #23

Bookmarked. Thanks so much for educating us and Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #25

in Kansas, IF Kobach is the GOP candidate, we don't need a Kathleen Sebelius as our beachbumbob Mar 2020 #26

paywalled and lets hope Kobach is her opponent, we have not won a Senate race in KS since 1932 Celerity Mar 2020 #28

Good news because Alabama will likely go Red Stuckinthebush Mar 2020 #27

Hickenlooper haydukelives Mar 2020 #29

I would much prefer Romanoff mountain grammy Mar 2020 #30

In one of my recent messages to Cory Gardner, I told him, CrispyQ Mar 2020 #31

Thanks for doing these analyses Danascot Mar 2020 #32