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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 04:36 PM Sep 2022

How come Feingold(WI) lost re-election in 2010 while other vulnerable Democratic US Senators

up for re-election in 2010 like Bennet(CO) and Reid(NV) won re-election?

Bennet and Reid’s 2010 Republican opponent Buck(CO) and Angle(NV) were extremely crazy.
Are WI Independent voters saying Johnson(WI) is not crazy like Buck and Angle?
Johnson is also corrupt. Do the WI Independent voters prefer a Crazy/Corrupt/Conservative over a Liberal 3 term US Senator that is very ethical?

I hope the WI Independent voters don’t make the same mistake in 2022 like they did in 2010 and 2016.

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How come Feingold(WI) lost re-election in 2010 while other vulnerable Democratic US Senators (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Sep 2022 OP
Koch Bros $$$$$$ + Tea-Bag idiocy emulatorloo Sep 2022 #1
A lot of money and negative advertising.... TheRealNorth Sep 2022 #2
Kochs were very very good at lie ads emulatorloo Sep 2022 #3
Yup TheRealNorth Sep 2022 #5
Republicans are loud and want every evil headline. Feingold wasn't loud. Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #4
Democrats need a very strong GOTV operations in every state especially in WI,OH,NC,NV,GA,and FL. nkpolitics1212 Sep 2022 #6
Gerrymandering. TigressDem Sep 2022 #7
Gerrymandering has nothing to do with senator races jimfields33 Sep 2022 #8
Personally I think it's because they cheat questionseverything Sep 2022 #9

emulatorloo

(45,567 posts)
1. Koch Bros $$$$$$ + Tea-Bag idiocy
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 04:37 PM
Sep 2022

You may remember the election of Koch-owned Governor Scott Walker as well.

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)
2. A lot of money and negative advertising....
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 04:40 PM
Sep 2022

Convinced Democratic voters to stay home.

And racism works well in WI. There is a reason that the Milwaukee suburbs are the most racially segregated in the country.

That's why Johnson has gone Willie Horton on Mandela Barnes.

emulatorloo

(45,567 posts)
3. Kochs were very very good at lie ads
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 04:42 PM
Sep 2022

Basically dumping Raw Sewage on the airwaves.

Fwiw the remaining Koch Bro is currently funding a study to discover why politics is so polarized. He should just look in the mirror.

Tetrachloride

(8,448 posts)
4. Republicans are loud and want every evil headline. Feingold wasn't loud.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 04:43 PM
Sep 2022

Wis Dem GOTV has been underwater most years. which is to say, where was it ? Literally, where ? point on a map.

The Republican churches are coordinated.

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
6. Democrats need a very strong GOTV operations in every state especially in WI,OH,NC,NV,GA,and FL.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 04:58 PM
Sep 2022

WI,OH,NC,NV,GA, and FL are battleground states with Tossup US Senate Races.

questionseverything

(10,149 posts)
9. Personally I think it's because they cheat
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 06:34 PM
Sep 2022

Joanne kloppenberg won the sc justice race then two days later Kathy nicklous “found” A city of votes she forgot to include in her “ total “ that she kept on her personal laptop

So wooshbob the rep won

The recount was a mess with open, unlabeled bags of ballots, the only thing that could be proven was Wisconsin elections are a mess

Brad blog had full details

When tfg accused democrats of cheating it was pure projection

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