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View Poll Results: Is the Democrat Party Imploding
yes 42 52.50%
no 31 38.75%
other 2 2.50%
not sure 5 6.25%
Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-02-2010, 11:02 PM
 
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The focus is clearly on fiscal conservatism. I can't think of any race that is turning on social issues. With the funk the economy is in I think it will be a decade or more before we will have the luxury of debating social issues.
Christine O'Donnell. Masturbation.
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Old 10-02-2010, 11:04 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Christine O'Donnell. Masturbation.

Mmmmm I don't think that is the focal point of the race. I don't recall masturbation being the centerpeice of her campaign. Is her opponent pro masturbation? Has she suggested masturbation should be outlawed, perhaps send maturbaters to a special place? It is a side show for the Dems to defelct from the real issues. Maturbation, illegal alien house keepers, it is all the same thing them Dems trying to deflect from the real issues.
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Old 10-02-2010, 11:08 PM
 
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The focus is clearly on fiscal conservatism. I can't think of any race that is turning on social issues. With the funk the economy is in I think it will be a decade or more before we will have the luxury of debating social issues.
Sure. That's this year. Take a look at the Republican platforms and you'll get the real story on what the Republican Party supports. The Texas Republican Party platform deserves special attention for stating that they want to outlaw homosexuality, pornography, and strip clubs.
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Old 10-02-2010, 11:11 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Sure. That's this year. Take a look at the Republican platforms and you'll get the real story on what the Republican Party supports. The Texas Republican Party platform deserves special attention for stating that they want to outlaw homosexuality, pornography, and strip clubs.

Who cares about platforms? What was the Dem platform in 2008? What matters is what people run on. The economy is in the dumps and is sure to be for the next decade or so.
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Old 10-02-2010, 11:13 PM
 
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Mmmmm I don't think that is the focal point of the race. I don't recall masturbation being the centerpeice of her campaign. Is her opponent pro masturbation? Has she suggested masturbation should be outlawed, perhaps send maturbaters to a special place? It is a side show for the Dems to defelct from the real issues. Maturbation, illegal alien house keepers, it is all the same thing them Dems trying to deflect from the real issues.
Are you kidding? It is a HUGE focal point in the race. The GOP could probably pick up that Delaware seat but for this candidate with such extremist views on SOCIAL issues. She can't appeal to the masses because of her opinions on social issues, hence that being the focal point of that particular race.
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Old 10-02-2010, 11:15 PM
 
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Depends on the year and depends on the candidate, obviously. That's why they're independents.
True, that's why Obama is in office but from my experience most people that call themselves Independent have values that align with core Republican values, what they don't agree with is the direction the party has gone in the last few years. If they can keep the Independents happy over the next two years 2012 is going to be another slaughter.

I define myself as conservative but where I split with the Republican platform is on the issues like stem cell research, most Independents are going to be in the same boat.
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Old 10-02-2010, 11:18 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Are you kidding? It is a HUGE focal point in the race. The GOP could probably pick up that Delaware seat but for this candidate with such extremist views on SOCIAL issues. She can't appeal to the masses because of her opinions on social issues, hence that being the focal point of that particular race.

It isn't a focal point between the candidates it is a media side show. I don't see the candidates debating the topic. Are you from anywhere around here? Do you now what the issues in the Delaware race are?
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Old 10-02-2010, 11:59 PM
 
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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I couldn't vote because there weren't options for "Don't make me laugh", or "In your dreams."
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Old 10-03-2010, 12:09 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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No, it's so inclusive of all Americans, it is expanding
It's expanding so much, that the leader of the Democratic Party is shunned by those democrats who are running for reelection. The Democratic Party is expanding so much that it will go from having a super majority in2009, to being a minority party in2011, two years after they gained complete and utter control of the legislative and the executive branch.

We gave the democrats their chance, super majorities in both houses of congress and the presidency, and they freaking blew it.
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Old 10-03-2010, 12:13 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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I couldn't vote because there weren't options for "Don't make me laugh", or "In your dreams."
You call the last two years success? The dems won the majority in both houses of congress in 2007, and the dems won a super majority in both houses and the presidency in 2009. Now they look to be losing both houses of congress, your dream is a freaking nightmare. You need to wake up.
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