Ellsworth is done

[longbow]

I just heard we are done with him in months as a congressman, and he will not be our senator.

I am very happy at his loss, I know that from knowing him!

 

[Tryin']

Just saw that on FOX!

 

[redneckmedic]

IN - Senate

(12%) Reporting

Races Winner Candidate Party Votes %

Dan Coats Republican 132,808 56%
Brad Ellsworth Democrat 91,572 38%
Rebecca Sink-Burris Libertarian 13,792 6%

 

[blue2golf]

No fan of Coats here. For now though, "Goodbye Brad!!!!"

 

[rmabrey]

slow down, keep in mind that the Evansville area is an hour behind and has not reported yet. Brad is an Evansville native.

 

[longbow]

Evansville is also sick of his games

 

[rmabrey]

Evansville is also sick of his games

i would think so but crazier things have happened

 

[dhnorris]

the **er did not represent the wishes of his district of which I am one. Then when he took the payoff from bayh into a certain to lose race (after the betrayal) it showed his greed and his naivety good riddance please move to nyc or san fran where he'll fit just fine.

 

[jedi]

only 6% for Rebecca... *sigh**

 

[photoshooter]

Silver lining... Brad is out.

Now, what damage will he do in the lame duck session?

 

[Bubba]

only 6% for Rebecca... *sigh**

For a non-R-or-D candidate that wasn't even a blip on the pre-election polls 6% is better than I figured. I would have liked for more, but hopefully this puts her in a better position if she chooses to run again in the future. In a way I'm kind of glad she doesn't seem to have split the R's too badly and hand the election to Ellsworth.

 

[IrishSon of Liberty]

Now it'll be the same mess all over again with Lugar.
I hope someone steps up to oppose him in the primary, but it can't be five people again. That's the only reason Coats is representing Indiana.

Count me as part of the 7+% that voted for limited government and fiscal responsibility.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Happy Brad did not win. Not happy that Dan won. That's why I voted for Rebeca. I knew Dan had it, and I sure the hell was not going to vote for that anti 2a douche bag.

 

[Joe Williams]

only 6% for Rebecca... *sigh**

That's better than I thought she'd do... especially since so far as I know she didn't actually campaign. Don't recall seeing a single ad, a single sign anywhere. Nobody knew who the heck she was.

 

[4sarge]

only 6% for Rebecca... *sigh**

Doesn't that qualify as a Libertarian Landslide Vote. I hear the Anarchist Write In Candidate scored .0001 Votes and a near Anarchist Victory here in Indiana

Happy Brad did not win. Not happy that Dan won. That's why I voted for Rebeca. I knew Dan had it, and I sure the hell was not going to vote for that anti 2a douche bag.

Same Here

 

[CarmelHP]

For a non-R-or-D candidate that wasn't even a blip on the pre-election polls 6% is better than I figured. I would have liked for more, but hopefully this puts her in a better position if she chooses to run again in the future. In a way I'm kind of glad she doesn't seem to have split the R's too badly and hand the election to Ellsworth.

Chooses to run again? She ran before, did you know that? Same damn poor campaign.

 

[photoshooter]

The difference between growing a party, and playing ping-pong with control of the govt.

I love it when my GOP friends keep letting me know that their "Big Govt Federalist" candidates won again, and the Libertarian I supported only got 5 percent of the vote.

In 2006, Mike Kole received about 3% of the total vote in the Sec State's race. This Year, Mike Wherry received 6% of the vote. That's growth, and all we expect right now.

In 2012, the GOP will be loving the Libertarians in the Presidential. The youth vote on college campuses isn't easily swayed to the GOP because of several things, including: The perception of the religious right wanting to control their morals, the pot issue, the student's anti-war stance, etc. The Libertarian Party gives those disaffected youths a political home that is not "HOPE & CHANGE." Many of them would not have voted for the GOP because of the issues mentioned above. In a two party only system, many of them will vote against the GOP by joining with the Dems.

 

[4sarge]

Bye, Bye, Brad

 

[jedi]

In 2006, Mike Kole received about 3% of the total vote in the Sec State's race. This Year, Mike Wherry received 6% of the vote. That's growth, and all we expect right now.

So then I should not lose hope that one day we can get a L into office?

This is the 2nd time I vote for Ls as I've lost faith in the Rs being anyting good. The D's and Rs are nothing but the same in a different color. I'm feeling so bla this morning that i wonder why vote anymore.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

So then I should not lose hope that one day we can get a L into office?

This is the 2nd time I vote for Ls as I've lost faith in the Rs being anyting good. The D's and Rs are nothing but the same in a different color. I'm feeling so bla this morning that i wonder why vote anymore.

Let the feeling pass & then get back in the fight next election cycle.