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Democratic Voter Turnout Avalanche, Part V: Maine Edition

by: Dean Barker

Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 18:54:49 PM EST
Our good friends just to the east of us in Maine have another shocker to add to the Democratic turnout phenomenon of 2008.  See, the Republican caucus is going on right now, and the Democratic one isn't until February 8th.  Yet, they've got 372 caucus locations versus just over 100 for the Republicans.  And then there's this, which is just amazing (my emphasis, and from an email not yet on their web site):
[Maine democratic party executive director Arden] Manning commented on the projected Republican turnout, "Currently, it looks like the number of Maine Democrats who are caucusing by absentee ballot alone outnumbers the projected number of Republicans who showed up for today's Republican straw poll.  The higher level of interest in the Democratic  Caucus demonstrates not only the broad appeal of the Maine Democratic Party and its candidates, but more importantly it reflects the work of hundreds of Democratic volunteers across the state whose hard work will craft Democratic success in November.
More absentee ballots for a contest a week away than live and in person today.  Unbelievable.
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Democratic Voter Turnout Avalanche, Part V: Maine Edition | 7 comments
There are five New England Republicans in the 110th Congress (0.00 / 0)
One Representative from Connecticut, Chris Shays, and two Senators from each New Hampshire and Maine: Judd Gregg, John Sununu, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins.

At this rate, we could unseat all of them by the time the 44th POTUS leaves office.

What if they had a political party and nobody came? (0.00 / 0)
I really do think the Party of Lincoln is dying.

How will we know when it's gone?

What mourning period is appropriate before serious people start creating a new second party?

Vampires (4.00 / 1)
Until Buffy puts a stake through its heart, I'm not writing the GOP off.  

Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin

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Well, the GOP leaders (0.00 / 0)
are doing their darnedest from keeping the reformers from cleaning the place up, so if they continue to do so, and we have another, bigger landslide than 2006, I could see a situation developing where the elephants slide into irrelevance.

There will always be crooks and misanthropic ideologues, though, so whither they?

Wonder if Sununu's fired now.

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Four years ago, people might have said the same about our party. And don't call them the Party of Lincoln; If today's Democrats lived in 1865, they would have been Republicans, and vice versa. (0.00 / 0)
Meanwhile, some hypothetical signs the Republican Party could be done (if these ever happen): the Dems have 35 Governors, 65 Senators, 300 Representatives, the majorities of 40 legislatures, and the White House, all at the same time.

Meanwhile, we don't want the Republican Party to die.  If it does, the would-be Republicans will, until forming a new party, register as Democrats, and be indistinguishable at first glance from real Democrats.

Keep in mind, though, that it wasn't too long ago The Daily Show was joking that the Republican Party had become both the majority AND second party, and that we had been relegated to third-party status.

And we still only have 50.5 Senators...

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You there! Farmer! (4.00 / 4)
How do I get to a blue state?

Dontcha move a goddam inch.

That were a good one, Bert! (4.00 / 1)
lol

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Democratic Voter Turnout Avalanche, Part V: Maine Edition | 7 comments
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