Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
lol @ a 3rd party 'taking' votes from a Republican candidate. A couple points of contention here 1) people vote for who they want to vote for so it's up to the R to do a better job of EARNING votes and 2) the 3rd party candidate may not give a hobo's crap who actually wins between the D & R candidate so why wouldn't he try to earn as many votes as possible for HIM and HIS party and HIS supporters? I'm more surprised that other 3rd party candidates tap out to make it easier for either one to win. The further the GOP goes to the right the less votes they get, the less the 3rd parties feel in common with them and the more votes those independent parties seem to get. Weird.
I must disagree:

Bold Distinctions – The Quietly Avoided Obvious….

Posted on November 5, 2014 by sundance
It was called “a key Senate race”. Millions and millions of dollars were spent. It was the one Senate race where the Tea party candidate campaigned boldly against the Democrat opponent. Two of the biggest named Democrats campaigned for the Democrat Senate Candidate:

Two of the biggest Democrat names in the entire country called this their home state. It is the home state of the former beloved President of all things progressive and wonderful. The race was supposed to be tight, but the Democrats had all the advantages.
The Republican candidate wasn’t just a pesky Republican; The media proclaimed he’s themost conservative of the Republican candidates. His positions were supposed to be the most far away from the electorate in this home state of the most wonderful of all Democrats. The conservative was the most right-wing nutted right wing nut of the entire field, “an extremist” – or so “they” said.
So what was the result in this race where the right-wing nut was against the Democrat light bringer?
ONLY the largest margin of victory in the entire Senate field.


A 17 point victory !

Any questions?