tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8418570068988237173..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-61841182095919078222014-06-26T09:02:20.579-04:002014-06-26T09:02:20.579-04:00Sadly, the DNC & the DSSC were never going to ...Sadly, the DNC & the DSSC were never going to put a dime into Missippi on behalf of the Democratic candidate. Unless the candidate had a 75% chance of wining, it just wasn't going to happen.<br /><br />The money is going to Iowa, Kentucky & a few other "must win" Senate races.Phoenix Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666332075480974926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-38723981689716259252014-06-25T16:21:50.668-04:002014-06-25T16:21:50.668-04:00aimai,
thanks for clarifying the point I was tryi...aimai,<br /><br />thanks for clarifying the point I was trying to make. I agree that having organized so quickly can be a model for the Nov election, and that watching McDaniel and company at work on voter suppression will be an organizing tool, nor did I mean to suggest that AA voters are in any way naive about such efforts.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18077032410839810776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79193437656765042412014-06-25T13:53:54.495-04:002014-06-25T13:53:54.495-04:00"And I don't think that Mississipi AA vot..."And I don't think that Mississipi AA voters are at all naive about voter suppression at the polls."<br /><br />aimai, nailed it!<br />As usual.<br /><br />Once the AA voters were enfranchised in the mid-60's, they're very careful about efforts to re-disenfranchise them again.<br /><br />The AA voters won't miss a trick.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-72244074826476819342014-06-25T13:41:19.868-04:002014-06-25T13:41:19.868-04:00As for worrying about "True the Vote" re...As for worrying about "True the Vote" retrospectively challenging AA voters--on what basis? A secret ballot during the general election means you can't tell who any given voter is voting for even if you can be present to try to check who voted for Cochrane in the primary. Its far from clear that the provision you cite is really legal or really legally actionable and the end result of trying "on the ground" challenges is likely to be a disasterous blow out by angry AA voters rather than a successful challenge to any individual vote. And I don't think that Mississipi AA voters are at all naive about voter suppression at the polls.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-61562653205507853642014-06-25T13:38:31.164-04:002014-06-25T13:38:31.164-04:00I think one's attitude depends a lot on how yo...I think one's attitude depends a lot on how you see the value of a Senate Seat from the perspective of the actual residents in that state. Its true that from a national democratic perspective we are better off, as a party, if the tea party goes full crazy in public. But the actual constituents, especially the African American ones, in Missisippi *aren't.* <br /><br />Getting democratic voters riled up and ready to vote in the general election can never be a bad thing. The Democratic candidate in that election is a blue dog democrat who is as conservative as he can be in order to lure a few white voters to vote for him. The Miss. AA voters are not a big enough or reliable enough voting bloc to put the Democrat over the top on their own. But in addition they don't turn out (I think) 100 percent because, after all, the Republican usually wins anyway. <br /><br />Maybe seeing all the hatred and anger aimed at them so publicly by the entire republican voting base, maybe flexing their muscles with Cochrane during the primary, will energize those voters to get out and vote for the Democrat. And if rage at the Republican machine makes some Republican voters sit on their hands in this upcoming election it may depress Republican turn out.<br /><br />At any rate, if it doesn't affect anything then the democratic and aa voters of Missisippi haven't lost anything at all because the Democratic guy was never going to win with the electorate poised between a rabid republican majority and a disheartened AA/democratic minority.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-58342143943509725122014-06-25T13:18:13.596-04:002014-06-25T13:18:13.596-04:00I agree; seemed to me that the Democrat had a chan...I agree; seemed to me that the Democrat had a chance to win with a big-mouth like McDaniel running.<br /><br />I suppose the same quasi organizing that brought African-American voters out could be used to get them to the poles on behalf of the Democratic candidate, whose a smart academic, but here's what worries me:<br /><br />Any such attempt is going to be viewed as potential election fraud because of that part of Miss election law which says you can't intend to vote for anyone other than for whom you voted in a primary. Not only that, but True The Vote types will show up to disrupt voting in black neighborhoods by questioning the validity of each black vote on the basis of that crazy state law. <br /><br />One can only hope that any effort to get blacks to the polls on behalf of a Democrat will be prepared to handle Republican determination to make voting as difficult and time consuming as possible.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18077032410839810776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-86096991753995885522014-06-25T12:22:57.107-04:002014-06-25T12:22:57.107-04:00I agree. The only possible bright side in this is ...I agree. The only possible bright side in this is the <a href="https://twitter.com/AmyKremer/status/481621162481311744" rel="nofollow">bitterness</a> of the Teabots. I expect they'll <i>probably</i> fall in line come November, but then I don't know of another race where the Republican openly courted Democratic voters <i>in the primary</i>. It depends on how hard the wingnuts flog the Dolchstoß narrative.Tom Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575511424823512042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-6787515565400254712014-06-25T12:11:25.665-04:002014-06-25T12:11:25.665-04:00Also, three:
This shows the motivation that Democr...Also, three:<br />This shows the motivation that Democratic voters have, even in as backwards a state, as MS.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-87226697122603642882014-06-25T11:32:42.981-04:002014-06-25T11:32:42.981-04:00Also, too:
I frequently wonder why the remaining o...Also, too:<br />I frequently wonder why the remaining old-school Republicans don't accuse the Teabaggers of being the RINO's?<br /><br />Thad Cochrane is an old-school Republican - as was Dick Luger.<br /><br />And sure, they both did everything to try to stop President Obama, but not to the extent that these new sociopathic Nihilists are trying to damage the country where they live - all because of some conservative ideology, ostensibly based on some deranged interpretation of Christianity.<br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-38351707690712619142014-06-25T10:56:04.054-04:002014-06-25T10:56:04.054-04:00Yes, the lesser of two evils, is still evil - but ...Yes, the lesser of two evils, is still evil - but sometimes, it's the devil you know...<br /><br />Ok, enough old sayings.<br /><br />It'll be interesting to see what that sociopathic loon, McDanel, does next.<br /><br />It's too late for a 3rd Party run - but not too late for him to demand that he be a write-in (or, right-in) candidate.<br /><br />And that could throw the election the Democrats way.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com