And his wife the delegate.
Some Numbers to Think About for 2018
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And his wife the delegate.
danb
dont be a dumbass
Go ahead, throw up your hands. I love being a thorn in the side of the same-ole-sheit.
janklow
Active Member
- Feb 6, 2013
- 880
if they're not in his "last white redoubt," he's not concerned about them
dogbone
Ultimate Member
There may be a small spot of light in District 42 (northern Baltimore County).
The current County Exec (Kamenetz) is making noises like he has his eye on the Governor's Mansion. This has the current District 42 State Senator, Jim Brochin (D), kicking around the idea of becoming County Exec in 2018. Brochin won his current Senate seat by a very small margin against a Republican challenger who entered the race late with little money and no experience. There is an excellent chance the District 42 Senate seat could be flipped to R if a decent candidate comes forward and does not have to run against a well funded incumbent.
The current County Exec (Kamenetz) is making noises like he has his eye on the Governor's Mansion. This has the current District 42 State Senator, Jim Brochin (D), kicking around the idea of becoming County Exec in 2018. Brochin won his current Senate seat by a very small margin against a Republican challenger who entered the race late with little money and no experience. There is an excellent chance the District 42 Senate seat could be flipped to R if a decent candidate comes forward and does not have to run against a well funded incumbent.
tsmith1499
Poor C&R Collector
Yes, I am one of them and I know of plenty of others. So if you can't get a Republican candidate in MoCo, how about a Dem. that is one of us? MD Shooters member, MSI member, NRA life member. Just a thought.
Muleskinner
Ultimate Member
Any dem politician who claims to be pro 2A is a liar. Eventually they all flip due to pressure they get from the rest of the anti 2A libs.
Frankly anyone who owns a gun and cherishes their 2A rights and still votes for dems should have their heads examined...They are not only voting to have their own rights denied, they are also voting to have everyone elses's rights remove..
MD republican candidates are already lining up to run for a potential vacancy of Harris's seat, just in case he gets a Trump administration appointment.
But they still cant run a candidate for every seat.
They are happy being the minority party, they can make bold promises, and never have to deliver, and still get access to the power and money.
I'd like to help, but the R party in MD is disfunctional.
But they still cant run a candidate for every seat.
They are happy being the minority party, they can make bold promises, and never have to deliver, and still get access to the power and money.
I'd like to help, but the R party in MD is disfunctional.
I can also provide a District 32 example, but its an example of them financially sponsoring Red MD as they trashed Tim, James, Dan, MSI, and other 2A advocates. All while proclaiming "evidence" that Hogan was doing pro 2A things that he was not doing.
I'm not exactly itching to GOTV for them.
fightinbluhen51
"Quack Pot Call Honker"
- Oct 31, 2008
- 8,974
What we witnessed this cycle...
1) Social media impact. YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitter. Volunteers outstripped paid promotions, no matter what. Meaning, engaged community members will impact reach far greater than biased algorithms.
2) More importantly, BRAND! Brand identity really mattered and the messaging to go along with it.
3) Message! Staying on it!
4) FLASH MOBS! RnR has taken that idea to Nap-town, and has mobilized it. Flash mobs w/ live social media broadcasts/archive are extremely effective. Mainly showing the "silent majority" they aren't alone, nor marginalized.
5) Boots on the ground ARE important on election day mainly for GOTV efforts. Targeting 5~8 districts that are purple, and relentlessly going after those districts only on $, personal freedom, and what impacts them the most. Must focus on 3~5 very important, non-partisan issues. This is what Hogan did when he was running.
6) Parsing data for "new votes" who were just engaged this cycle will be YUGE (simply because they didn't buy the dem hype). These voters could make a difference in those purple areas and might not show if we don't engage them. The opposition certainly "forgot" about them for at least 8, maybe 20 years.
7) Target businesses in these district that have been known to overtly support the enemy. Not necessarily to weight them down, but they can quickly become the focus point of the earlier mentioned flash mobs. No need to call them out on their donation patterns, but gives us a visible, geographical location from which to sign wave and take the fight to the front lines (it worked for the Alamo on last minute efforts to stop the gun grab, coming up short).
Just my $.02.
1) Social media impact. YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitter. Volunteers outstripped paid promotions, no matter what. Meaning, engaged community members will impact reach far greater than biased algorithms.
2) More importantly, BRAND! Brand identity really mattered and the messaging to go along with it.
3) Message! Staying on it!
4) FLASH MOBS! RnR has taken that idea to Nap-town, and has mobilized it. Flash mobs w/ live social media broadcasts/archive are extremely effective. Mainly showing the "silent majority" they aren't alone, nor marginalized.
5) Boots on the ground ARE important on election day mainly for GOTV efforts. Targeting 5~8 districts that are purple, and relentlessly going after those districts only on $, personal freedom, and what impacts them the most. Must focus on 3~5 very important, non-partisan issues. This is what Hogan did when he was running.
6) Parsing data for "new votes" who were just engaged this cycle will be YUGE (simply because they didn't buy the dem hype). These voters could make a difference in those purple areas and might not show if we don't engage them. The opposition certainly "forgot" about them for at least 8, maybe 20 years.
7) Target businesses in these district that have been known to overtly support the enemy. Not necessarily to weight them down, but they can quickly become the focus point of the earlier mentioned flash mobs. No need to call them out on their donation patterns, but gives us a visible, geographical location from which to sign wave and take the fight to the front lines (it worked for the Alamo on last minute efforts to stop the gun grab, coming up short).
Just my $.02.
j_h_smith
Ultimate Member
- Jul 28, 2007
- 28,516
Just curious, do you think a metro area would go for a Log Cabin Republican? It could work.... possibly????
Matlack
Scribe
- Dec 15, 2008
- 8,557
You don't need a "good" candidate to win. You need good messaging. Messaging takes money. Money comes from you. No seat is safe, unless no one challenges you.
fightinbluhen51
"Quack Pot Call Honker"
- Oct 31, 2008
- 8,974
Again, messaging does not take as much money as one might think! After all, that was just proved this national election cycle.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-...-hillary-spent-nearly-twice-much-vote-nothing
tsmith1499
Poor C&R Collector
You are certainly entitled to your opinion although I'm not sure how you can look into the future and tell what a candidate is going to do. I don't agree with you and that's fine. But your ASSUMING what MIGHT happen based on PAST history. We had 2 Dem. lawmakers this past session sponsor 2A friendly bills. I am a registered Dem. But have not voted for a Dem. in as long as I can remember. We all have our own reasons for our party affiliation.
Mr H
Banana'd
Amen.
Couldn't agree more with Dblas's message. It will be hard, but keeping Hogan in office and giving him enough votes in the Senate to block a veto override will change the game. It's certainly something we can accomplish - the key is to start now. If Trump can win in Wisconsin, we sure as hell should be able to flip five MD senate seats.
Couldn't agree more with Dblas's message. It will be hard, but keeping Hogan in office and giving him enough votes in the Senate to block a veto override will change the game. It's certainly something we can accomplish - the key is to start now. If Trump can win in Wisconsin, we sure as hell should be able to flip five MD senate seats.
Matlack
Scribe
- Dec 15, 2008
- 8,557
If you have millions of followers on social media and a news media that follows everything you say, then yes I might agree. But local politics isn't as interesting.
DaemonAssassin
Why should we Free BSD?
FredCo residents did a good job getting rid of Blaine Young and kicking his step mother Karen to the curb, inside the county. We are doing our best to get rid of Ron, but he is a good ol' boy from FredCo, so it is an uphill battle.
Tomcat
Formerly Known As HITWTOM
I think the biggest problem is finding someone strong enough to compete against an incumbent or Democrat.
Southern Maryland (St.Mary's) replaced 2 House seats and a Senator last time around. However I couldn't tell you who ran against Steny last month since I never heard of him and there wasn't much advertising.
How about Calvert, is there someone who can be prepped to run against Miller? It would seem to me that now is the time to start, not when you have to file the paperwork or whatever to run.
Same with Busch, find someone now to start running against him.
Southern Maryland (St.Mary's) replaced 2 House seats and a Senator last time around. However I couldn't tell you who ran against Steny last month since I never heard of him and there wasn't much advertising.
How about Calvert, is there someone who can be prepped to run against Miller? It would seem to me that now is the time to start, not when you have to file the paperwork or whatever to run.
Same with Busch, find someone now to start running against him.
as long as that cockroach has that piece of pg and Charles and those constituent's vote for santa he will be hard to remove. he is unpopular in his part of calvert but anchored with chunk of pg and Charles.
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