Like we have been patiently telling you for a week and a half, 9NEWS finally reports: the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s abandonment of candidate Bob Schaffer is now official.
The dynamics surrounding Colorado’s race for the U.S. Senate took another turn on Friday when the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) pulled its advertising for the final week of the election, Oct. 28 – Nov. 4.
The group had been running commercials attacking Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colorado) in an effort to help the Republican candidate, former Congressman Bob Schaffer. The decision to pull at least $200,000 in advertising during the final days comes after two recent polls showing Udall with a double-digit lead in the race to replace retiring Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colorado).
A Quinnipiac University poll earlier this month had Udall leading the race by 14 percentage points. A Suffolk University poll released the same week showed Udall with an 11-point lead over Schaffer…
“After spending $16 million in dishonest and mean-spirited attack ads against Mark Udall, Bob Schaffer’s front groups learned the hard way that Coloradans are independent-minded people who can’t be bought,” wrote Udall Campaign Press Secretary Tara Trujillo in an e-mail to 9NEWS.
Per usual you heard it here first, it was a done deal ten days ago–angry, hollow denials notwithstanding.
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from FiveThirtyEight we have this:
That’s right, the good news is he can still depend on 3 states that are about as Republican as you can get outside of Utah & Idaho. Wow – McCain is toast.
I think not.
You can quibble whether geographically it’s the Deep South, but I think that psychologically it is.
…some of those bitches claim to be Southwestern/Tex-Mex folks.
Percentage of early black voters in various states way, WAY up from 2004. Early Dem vote percentage 55% so far in FL in the face of 2 to 5 hour waits:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
4 hours no problem.
They would stand in that line if there were police with dogs and firehoses turned on them.
They are more concerned with their vote being counted.
Early on, when i supported Obama and they were sceptical, they would say “they won’t let a black man win.”
I would respond “its not up to them, its up to us. The big lie we’ve learned is that our vote doesn’t matter.” They didn’t believe me.
After Iowa, they would say “do you really think they’ll let a black man win?” They were beginning to believe there was a little bit of hope.
I’d say “those folks in Iowa didn’t see a black man, they saw the best person. He can win.”
By the time we got to the Rev. Wright. They believed it was possible, but they knew it was going to be ugly. They were ok with that, most black folks think about race all the time–they can’t escape it. Most white folks don’t grapple with race every day, but this election has forced them to.
Near the end of the primaries they would finally ask the important question, “are they going to try to steal it from us?” because they had finally begun to hope.
“Yes,” I would respond, “if we let them. That is why it can’t be close. We will lose a close race. They will find a way to steal it. This is why every vote matters get your dead beat cousin registerd get your wheelchair bound grandma to the poll, get your high school nephew registered. check your registration, check your friends registration, sign up for mail in ballots so your vote is counted before the elections even over. We must win big or we will lose.”
“and besides as Chris Rock says ‘do you want to be the one brother who didn’t vote for the first black president'”
Lines are not going to matter.
I have a good friend (African-American) who has been a strong Obama supporter from the start. Enthusiastic, impassioned, all that. And as we approached the primary here, back when it was still in doubt, he realized he had not switched from Independent to Democratic in time to go to the caucus.
Yes they will all walk through a small nuclear war to vote. But there will be some that can’t or don’t for some reason. Almost all will, but a few won’t.
…as the shining beacon of wisdom. What would they do without you.
I know you were implying something (I’m not sure what, but your air quotes imply an insult).
My friends trust me to advise them on political and election matters. Maybe because my family is mixed racially, I socialize with more black folks than a lot of white folks and perhaps because of this we can talk more comfortably about race than a lot of folks.
I was going to wtite a longer response, but I feel it would be lost on you and you would simply snark your way through a response.
…I was literally quoting you. Is that a problem? Did you say something you wish you didn’t?
Your post to which I responded rubbed me wrong because it was all about your showing your “black friends” the way. Talking them through their fears, convincing them to support Obama, no matter what their past taught them. Danny was there to lead the way. It was just too patronizing and just too much. Thanks for sparing me the longer response.
now if only there was a way to get rid of the commercials on the ballot initiatives
Just wait till a week after, you’ll be complaining that it’s all over.
And frankly, they have higher production values than some of those NRSC ads – especially that last one with the surfer-dude voiceover and Udall marching in front of a bunch of tiny Ninja warriors.
feel free to get your sorry, envious self over here and apologize for being an asshole. 🙂