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Topic: Georgia Senate Race to Test GOP |
Georgia Senate Race to Test GOP
Roll Call, by Joshua Miller
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Posted By:StormCnter, 2/7/2013 5:48:03 AM
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| Conservative Rep. Paul Broun once called evolution, embryology and the big-bang theory “lies straight from the pit of Hell.” For Republicans yearning for Senate candidates who can appeal to moderate voters and win general elections, that’s exactly where Broun has come from. On Wednesday, the Georgian became the first member of the GOP to launch a bid to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss in 2014. His announcement kicks off what could be the longest, bloodiest, most ideological Senate primary this cycle — just as the party grapples with how to nominate candidates with broader electoral appeal.
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This will be another lost seat for our side if we can´t come up with a better candidate. Broun´s entitled to run, but he cannot win.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
jeffreyabigail, 2/7/2013 7:00:20 AM (No. 9163016)
So if the Democrats come up with a moderate candidate, this clown loses 80% of the independent vote and the election. That is, assuming that he has foot-in-mouth disease like the Missouri and Indiana clowns who lose their senate races.
I can see it now - "even if an 11-year old is raped..."
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 2/7/2013 7:52:03 AM (No. 9163121)
Dems who believe in the teachings of John Maynard Keynes are more dangerous to our country than those Reps with fundamentalist religious views.
We must shape the narrative or continue to lose.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
TunnelRat, 2/7/2013 8:11:19 AM (No. 9163160)
While I tend to agree with #2, I´d be a lot happier if the hokey beliefs of our ´fundamentalist´ candidates were significantly closer to what the bible actually says. It is one thing to be slandered for believing in Christ. It is something altogether different to invite slander due to screwball beliefs, drawn from medieval culture and philosophy, that have nothing to do with what the bible actually says.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Waldo, 2/7/2013 8:59:38 AM (No. 9163274)
Price will be the nominee and then senator. Probably come down to him or Casey Cagle. Cagle is popular, but as LT Gov he really has very little to do & Price can exploit that. Broun is a joke and cannot win statewide in the primary or general election. The only endearing thing about the guy is that his district covers Athens & it drives the lib students CRAZY that he is their rep.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
graniteman2009, 2/7/2013 9:11:08 AM (No. 9163295)
I hope this clown does not make it..
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Susannah, 2/7/2013 9:14:11 AM (No. 9163299)
Broun is a medical doctor. He ought to know that the science of embryology has enabled the lives of many babies to be saved in utero.
But no matter. If Broun ends up being the candidate, it´ll be another rerun of Akin-McAskill and Mourdock-O´Donnell. All his Democratic opponent has to do is play the video of Broun carrying on about demons spawning embryology in the pit of hell.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Hermoine, 2/7/2013 9:19:44 AM (No. 9163308)
I´m not going to actually go to Roll Call to read this article as I´m a Republican and I do not believe that Paul Broun, nor his candidacy are from the Pit of Hell. Actually, I agree with Brown on evolution, embryology and the big-bang theory insofar as they all require a lot more "faith" than believing in intelligent design.
WITH THAT SAID, there are going to be at least a half a dozen people in this race and I expect that Dr. Tom Price, (GA-6) will end up topping the list and have the most likely chance to win the primary. At least, as of right now, he´s my choice. Additionally, rumor has it that if he runs, Karen Handel will run for his open seat. I´d love to see her as a contributing Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
gobushcheneygo, 2/7/2013 9:55:50 AM (No. 9163400)
Dr. Price is my congressman and I´ll hate to lose him as my representative in the House. That said, he is the best choice to represent Georgians in the Senate. He is brilliant, articulate and conservative. Go get ´em, Doc!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
navybrat, 2/7/2013 6:23:05 PM (No. 9164496)
I will vote for Dr. Price.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 2/7/2013 6:32:19 PM (No. 9164518)
Georgians seem to nominate moderately conservative Republicans for Senate. The last few have hardly been right-wingers. I´m guessing that Broun will lose the primary handily.
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