A Public Policy Poll released September 12 shows these results for the September 13 election for U.S. House, 9th district in New York: Republican Bob Turner 47%, David Weprin 41%, Socialist Workers Party nominee Chris Hoeppner 4%, undecided 7%.
Darcy Richardson’s Battleground Blog has this story on Hoeppner. No Socialist Workers Party nominee for U.S. House (in a race with both a Democrat and a Republican) has polled as much as 4% since 1998, when SWP nominee Andrea Morrell polled 3.99% in the Massachusetts 8th district, which included Cambridge.
This election will not determine which party has control of the U.S. House for the remainder of this year’s session of Congress. Republicans already have a large majority in the U.S. House. This election is important, not because it affects the balance of power in Congress, but because it is so symbolic. The district is strongly Democratic, so if it elects a Republican, that sends a signal. But Hoeppner’s presence in the race, if he polls a balance of power vote, will also be strongly symbolic. Hoeppner’s presence in the race is making it possible for voters in the 9th district to send a different kind of signal.
The New York Times has published many stories about this race, but has not mentioned Hoeppner once, even though he has been in at least three debates with both of his opponents.
In the other special election for the U.S. House tomorrow, the Nevada race, another Public Policy Poll shows: Republican Mark Amodei 50%, Democrat Kate Marshall 37%, Independent American Party nominee Tim Fasano 4%, independent Helmuth Lehman 4%, undecided 5%.
P.R. and App.V
Candidate/incumbent replacement lists — due to EVIL folks legislative bodies must now be ready to act 24/7.
i.e. what if the 911 criminals had killed ALL members of the gerrymander Congress on 911 by hitting the Capitol bldg ???
Emergency flunkee appointments for 17th Amdt Senators ???
NO U.S.A. House of Reps. until super-crisis emergency special elections ???
NO more now dangerous special vacancy elections.
Demo Rep,
Single Transferable and Approval Voting systems, I’m OK with. However, your idea of having no primaries interests me alot.
I assume that the parties per se would hold their convention and decide who’d run in the general election?
The general election would be all year long until Election Day. Here’s an idea: have each party nominate at least more than 1 candidate each.
The general election would be held in November and if nobody wins, the top (n/2) would qualify for a runoff.
{{NO more now dangerous special vacancy elections.}}
I don’t know why I ever bother responding to this guy, but for the benefit of the rest of you, the Constitution (Article I, Section 2, Clause 4) REQUIRES that all vacancies in the House of Representatives be filled by election. Don’t like special elections when there’s a House vacancy? Amend the Constitution. And by the way, good luck with that.
# 2 Equal nominating petitions for THE election ballot access.
# 3 For the clueless – The nearly dead 1787 Constitution has all sorts of ANTI-Democracy and timebomb stuff in it.
Sorry — the 55 men at the top secret Fed. Convention were NOT angels from Heaven.
See the about 620,000 DEAD Americans on both sides in 1861-1865 due to the EVIL stuff of the gang of 55 — 2 Senators per free or slave State, the Electoral College, the 3/5 math for slaves, etc. etc. etc.
Gee how many of the const amdts starting with 12 had to do with ELECTION related stuff — Hmmm
12, 14 Sec. 2, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 [from 1789 – very delayed ratify]
a mere 11 of 16 (or 11 of 15 not counting amdt 27). Do the math.
How many EVIL MORONS want to repeal all of such Amdts ??? — and even ALL of the nonelection amdts to go to the *pure* 1787 Const — i.e. bring back slavery, evil and vicious State regimes with NO rights, etc.
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I think Tim will get more the 4% tomorrow- he has been campaigning hard and the Libertarians here are supporting him
“The New York Times has published many stories about this race, but has not mentioned Hoeppner once, even though he has been in at least three debates with both of his opponents.”
Richard, that goes without saying! The NYT deplored Nader and Buchanan running for President in 2000. In 2004, it was chomping at the bit to reduce the Democratic primary debates to Kerry and Edwards. Last year, it denounced the New York gubernatorial debate for including more than two candidates. The royalist perspective on elections- more than two candidates might confuse the little people.
Now, now, now Mister Quirk, you are speaking merely for your self, correct?
As with California AIP years ago, you do have an unethical, even illegal, habit of pretending to be an official source! You know, like an emotional eleven year old, ‘making it up as you go along’!
Tom Yager, the NYT is just a soldier in the MSM army.
NYC based S PORTS ILLUSTRATED * ran a mid 1960s puff piece / cover story on RFK in a thinly disguised promotional for P1968.
Fast forward to 2011. The weakly / weekly Parade Magazine and the cover story on Caroline Kennedy / mom Jackie Kennedy in coordination with ABC ‘News” ……
* pun intended, the article was on the highly popular, every day guy (sarcasm intended) activity of sail boating / yachting ……….
MORE DEM PROMOTING FROM THE GREAT FLY OVER:
“The reality, once he took office, turned out to be different. Trying to remain aloof from the partisan fray doesn’t produce the best results in the actual game of politics.
Obama’s presidency has not been a total failure.[THIS FROM HIS FRIENDS / DEFENDERS —- Lake] But he has bitterly disappointed many of his erstwhile admirers for the simple reason that he seems unwilling or unable to stand up for some basic Democratic principles.
During the debt-limit debate, it was left to Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the country, to take to the op-ed page of The New York Times to beg Congress to raise taxes on rich people like himself.
Obama has surrendered the bully pulpit to the better organized, better disciplined — and better at politics — Republican Party.
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/12/3138151/lefts-latte-fails-to-match-up.html#ixzz1Xs2oNub1
NOTE: Not one word ’bout indies and other non Dems and non GOP.
NOTE: This is a defense ??????? More like (unintentional!) damning via faint praise!
NOTE: With room temperature IQ types like Palin, Bachmann and Perry: Obama, My Yokohoma Momma, is very liable to get re – elected!
NOTE: One way tickets to Cost Rica, any one ?????????