Campaign 2014 Archives - Page 5 of 10

Brown Encourages Out-of-Staters to Vote in New Hampshire

September 3, 2014 Buck Banks

Well they can come over and do same-day registration and say they want to come down and vote. So if they feel compelled to do so, come on down.

— Scott Brown (R), quoted by Boston.com, encouraging out-of-state voters to vote for him in New Hampshire.

Most Voters Wouldn’t Want Obama as a Running Mate This Year

July 29, 2014 Buck Banks

57%

Of American voters would not want President Obama to campaign with them if they were running for office this year, while 41% said they would, according to a new Fox News poll.

Pastor Welcomes Endorsement by Strip Club

July 29, 2014 Buck Banks

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

— Rev. Jarrett Maupin, Democratic candidate for Congress from Arizona, accepting the endorsement of a Phoenix strip club called the Great Alaskan Bush Co., the Arizona Republic reports.

The GOP Has a Huge Hurdle to a Senate Takeover

July 17, 2014 Buck Banks

If Republicans are to win the Senate, they probably are going to have to do something they haven’t done since 1980: beat more than two Democratic Senate incumbents in November. … In that Reagan Revolution election — one of the best for the Republican Party in its entire history — the GOP flipped 12 seats held by a Democratic incumbent who sought another term … Incredibly, in the 16 Senate elections since then, the Republicans have flipped only 12 Democratic Senate seats where the incumbent was running again: It’s taken them three decades worth of elections to match the achievement of that single 1980 effort.

— Kyle Kondik, writing for Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.

Reid Accuses Republicans of Stalling Until Midterms

July 8, 2014 Buck Banks

It appears that the Republicans in the Senate have intentionally left on the emergency break.

— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), quoted by The Hill, adding that Republicans are trying to “run out the clock” before the November elections in order to make Democrats look bad.

Manchin to Wait Until After Midterms to See Whether He Will Continue to Be Unproductive in the Senate

June 19, 2014 Buck Banks

I’m going to wait until the 2014 election is over, and then I’m going to see what I should do. I’ve never been in a less productive time in my life than I am right now, in the United States Senate.

— Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), in an interview with Time, on his political future.

Moving Into Midterms, Congressional Approval at Historic Low

June 16, 2014 Buck Banks

16%

The congressional job approval rate, which “is on pace to be the lowest in a midterm election year since Gallup first measured it in 1974.

Half of Americans Say Midterm Results Won’t Help Economy

June 16, 2014 Buck Banks

50%

Of Americans say that Democrats or Republicans in control of Congress won’t make much of a difference in improving the economy. That’s compared with 25 percent who believe the economy will improve if Republicans control Congress, and another 23 percent who believe it will improve if Democrats are in charge, according to an NBC/WSJ/Annenberg survey.

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Drowned In Tea

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 Buck Banks

So Eric Cantor has lost his GOP leadership hat,
And the party doesn’t know what to do about that.
A Republican giant,
Cantor remains defiant,
Though, we note, he was beaten by a Tea Party Brat.

Cantor Spent Almost as Much on Steak as Brat Did on Entire Campaign

June 12, 2014 Buck Banks

$168,637

Amount Eric Cantor’s campaign spent at steakhouses compared with the $200,000 his challenger, David Brat, spent on his entire campaign, according to the New York Times.

Well they can come over and do same-day registration and say they want to come down and vote. So if they feel compelled to do so, come on down.

— Scott Brown (R), quoted by Boston.com, encouraging out-of-state voters to vote for him in New Hampshire.

57%

Of American voters would not want President Obama to campaign with them if they were running for office this year, while 41% said they would, according to a new Fox News poll.

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

— Rev. Jarrett Maupin, Democratic candidate for Congress from Arizona, accepting the endorsement of a Phoenix strip club called the Great Alaskan Bush Co., the Arizona Republic reports.

— Kyle Kondik, writing for Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.

It appears that the Republicans in the Senate have intentionally left on the emergency break.

— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), quoted by The Hill, adding that Republicans are trying to “run out the clock” before the November elections in order to make Democrats look bad.

I’m going to wait until the 2014 election is over, and then I’m going to see what I should do. I’ve never been in a less productive time in my life than I am right now, in the United States Senate.

— Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), in an interview with Time, on his political future.

16%

The congressional job approval rate, which “is on pace to be the lowest in a midterm election year since Gallup first measured it in 1974.

50%

$168,637

Amount Eric Cantor’s campaign spent at steakhouses compared with the $200,000 his challenger, David Brat, spent on his entire campaign, according to the New York Times.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%