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Campaign manager for the Republican in New Mexico quits.

(08-29-2018 12:41 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Campaign manager for the Republican in New Mexico quits.

https://twitter.com/Politics1com/status/...2046833664

NICOTINE STAINED FINGERS

republican senator endorses libertarian ensuring a democrat victory.

(08-29-2018 03:56 PM)shere khan Wrote:  republican senator endorses libertarian ensuring a democrat victory.

Yeah, because the Republican was going to do so well in a state with 2 to 1 Democrat voter registration. I mean, it isn't like Gary Johnson has a history of being elected for statewide office by increasing margins each time in this state. Oh wait...

(08-29-2018 03:56 PM)shere khan Wrote:  republican senator endorses libertarian ensuring

most votes ever received by a senatorial candidate from the 3rd largest political party ...
it's not whether you win or lose ...

BUT HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME

(08-29-2018 04:13 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(08-29-2018 03:56 PM)shere khan Wrote:  republican senator endorses libertarian ensuring a democrat victory.

Yeah, because the Republican was going to do so well in a state with 2 to 1 Democrat voter registration. I mean, it isn't like Gary Johnson has a history of being elected for statewide office by increasing margins each time in this state. Oh wait...

...as a Republican.

(08-29-2018 04:44 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(08-29-2018 04:13 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(08-29-2018 03:56 PM)shere khan Wrote:  republican senator endorses libertarian ensuring a democrat victory.

Yeah, because the Republican was going to do so well in a state with 2 to 1 Democrat voter registration. I mean, it isn't like Gary Johnson has a history of being elected for statewide office by increasing margins each time in this state. Oh wait...

...as a Republican.

Gary Johnson polled 2 to 1 against the Republican before he even announced formally. Ask yourself if you'd rather have a Democrat representing New Mexico in the US Senate or Gary Johnson. Those are all the choices you have. Anything else is a wasted vote or a vote for the Democrat. You gotta go with the lesser to two evils here.

Take what you can get I guess. This looks like Rand Paul trying to build some more libertarian cred. I don't recall Rand backing Gary when he was running for POTUS. However in NM, a much easier pill to swallow since Gary most likely caucuses with the GOP if he wins plus the GOP is a mess in NM anyways.

(08-29-2018 04:57 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(08-29-2018 04:44 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(08-29-2018 04:13 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(08-29-2018 03:56 PM)shere khan Wrote:  republican senator endorses libertarian ensuring a democrat victory.

Yeah, because the Republican was going to do so well in a state with 2 to 1 Democrat voter registration. I mean, it isn't like Gary Johnson has a history of being elected for statewide office by increasing margins each time in this state. Oh wait...

...as a Republican.

Gary Johnson polled 2 to 1 against the Republican before he even announced formally. Ask yourself if you'd rather have a Democrat representing New Mexico in the US Senate or Gary Johnson. Those are all the choices you have. Anything else is a wasted vote or a vote for the Democrat. You gotta go with the lesser to two evils here.

lesser of 3 evils. a republican, a gluten free former republican, and a democrat.

how do you really think this plays out. come on man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktz40P1SS8Q

id vote for johnson, get rich to quit.

(08-29-2018 05:10 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

lesser of 3 evils. a republican, a gluten free former republican, and a democrat.

how do you really think this plays out. come on man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktz40P1SS8Q

id vote for johnson, get rich to quit.

https://realclearpolitics.com/epolls/201...-6663.html

The Republican needs to drop out. Just that simple.

Somebody is scared.

Quote:SANTA FE — New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced today she plans to bring back straight party voting for the Nov. 6 general election, a decision that’s expected to be challenged in court by the state Republican Party.

Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat, informed county clerks about the move this morning and said in a statement it was intended to give more options to New Mexico voters.

“As secretary of state, I am committed to making it easier — not harder — for New Mexicans to vote,” Toulouse Oliver said. “From moms juggling work and kids to elderly veterans who find it hard to stand for long, straight-party voting provides an option for voters that allows their voices to be heard while cutting in half the time it takes them to cast their ballot.”

But state Republican Party chairman Ryan Cangiolosi blasted the move as politically-driven, claiming it could bolster Toulouse Oliver’s own re-election bid.

“Straight ticket voting is an attempt to rig the system in favor of Democrats and turn New Mexico into a one-party state,” said Cangiolosi, who added the state GOP would be filing a lawsuit in an attempt to prevent the implementation of straight ticket voting.

New Mexico Libertarian Party chairman Chris Luchini also said his party was considering filing a lawsuit, describing the reinstatement of straight ticket voting as “naked partisanship.”

Former Secretary of State Dianna Duran, a Republican, eliminated straight party voting in 2012, saying the state election code did not specifically allow the practice. Several bills were subsequently proposed in the Legislature to authorize it, but none was ultimately enacted.

Toulouse Oliver, who was elected in 2016 and is running for a new four-year term this year, had vowed on the campaign trail to bring back the straight-ticket voting option, which had previously been utilized in New Mexico since at least the 1960s.

https://www.abqjournal.com/1214651/nm-se...ption.html