I think the GOP plan to take the Senate in 2014 is to run a woman candidate

[CK_John]

for the 1/3 open seats.

Liz Cheney is the start, Sam Nunn's daughter may be the next to announce. Only 31/32 announcements left, the pr opportunity will reach new heights.

The media will have endless outfit sessions, hairstyle debates, but not one mention of their right wing agenda.

[DCBob]

1. Woman and Hispanics and few token African Americans.

They think they can trick the electorate with their faux diversity.

[Nay]

3. And they're probably correct to think that. I never cease to be amazed at the gullibility

of people. I've come to the conclusion that Democrats need to start up with their own soundbites, think tanks, etc., and fight fire with fire, even tho it's probably too late.

[RC]

6. The Left side, what is left of it, is hobbled by the fact that truth, facts and reality matter.

The Right side, not nearly so much. The Right keeps making up their own reality, truth and facts. And their sheeple keep buying it, no matter how outrageous it sounds, or is.

That is what us Left of Center people are having to put up with. And then there are the 3rd Way, DLC, DINO's and other wayward, self-proclaimed Democrats employing the conservative's non-reality to the detriment of us all.

[Nay]

13. Unfortunately, Dems have let the Pubs build up their crazymaking infrastructure without

building a soundbite infrastructure of their own. The result, over the last 40 years, has been that crazy nonsense is winning. Dems truly thought (and still think) that rationality and reason and education will overcome crazymaking. It won't and it hasn't, especially when the Pubs also attacked the foundations of rationality/reason/education, namely the public schools and universities.

[Bay Boy]

2. Michigan will probably have a female candidate too...

...Terri Lyn Land former SOS.

[bluestate10]

14. Her race is made harder because of the actions of the Governor and Legislature.

The actions of the Governor and Legislature will cause people in urban areas to be less drawn to her message.

[Bay Boy]

17. Not sure what her message is but...

...she did seem to run the Secretary of State office efficiently in Michigan.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Michelle Nunn is a Democrat.

[onenote]

7. +1

[bluestate10]

15. My guess is Moderate Democrat, which is the only type that has a chance of winning in

Georgia at this point in time. All conservative democrats there became republicans long ago, now their numbers are declining.

[BlueToTheBone]

5. Just look who sits on the dias behind them. n/t

[byeya]

8. I think there's a chance the red state women are tired of the male RW war against them

and will be open to a Democrat of either gender.
This public filibuster at the hearings in the TX legislature is a sign of this - I hope it's a sign of things to come.

[bluestate10]

12. One fortunate issue for democrats and unfortunate for republicans is that republicans have

often put republican women legislators in the lead role of pushing anti-woman legislation. So women in those states are less likely to be fooled by a women being run by republicans, they are more likely to look at her record.

[byeya]

16. Yes, there's a limit to how often people can be scammed and the Republicans can't take

back the anti-women legislation and rhetoric(not that they seem to want to anyway)


It's possible to see a real gender gap in several of the red states.

[Motown_Johnny]

9. Cheney is running for a seat that is not open

She has to beat an (R) in the primary to run in the general.



I think Cheney is planning on HRC winning in 2016 and then she wants to run against her in 2020.

[bluestate10]

10. That only works in some states. But having said that, democrats need to get busy

training and moving forward young female candidates. The democratic party did a good job finding some good young female candidates in 2012, it must continue. Hillary Clinton or an Elizabeth Warren heading the democratic ticket in 2014 would give a huge boost of getting more young females involved in politics.

[Rstrstx]

11. Sure they can try...

...good luck getting them past the primaries

[11 Bravo]

18. Great idea. I hope they start with Liz Cheney, Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell, and Sharon Angle!

What could go wrong?