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Good luck with that, she is an incumbent and incumbents have a greater than 90% reelection rate. All of her primary challengers have been total nuts like Cindy

by flyt 13y ago

Good luck with that, she is an incumbent and incumbents have a greater than 90% reelection rate. All of her primary challengers have been total nuts like Cindy Sheehan in the past, and she easily coasts to victory every two years.

igravious 13y ago
Ah you must mean that nutbag Cindy Sheehan whose son was killed during the ill-judged invasion/occupation of Iraq. "Near the end of his active service, the U.S. invasion of Iraq began. [Casey] Sheehan reenlisted, knowing that his unit would be sent there.[5] Sheehan's division, the First Cavalry Division, was sent to Iraq. On March 19, 2004, Sheehan's Battery C, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, arrived at FOB Camp War Eagle in Sadr City. On April 4, 2004, Sheehan was killed in action after volunteering to be part of a Quick Reaction Force to rescue American troops." She then goes on to become a vocal critic of the previous and current admin. She becomes an antiwar activist.
- flyt 13y ago
  I don't doubt that she has conviction, but I question her ability to be an effective advocate in Congress compared to the (then) Speaker of the House.
WildUtah 13y ago
Maybe Ro Khanna will move over and run against her! Seriously, though, Swalwell proved that it can be done. Get somebody serious to run against her. I know I always relished voting against her when I lived in SF even though I had to hold my nose and vote Republican.
ajays 13y ago
> incumbents have a greater than 90% reelection rate Which is mind-boggling, considering that the Congress' approval rating is 12% ! Thing about it: only 12% of the people think that the Congress is doing a good job, and these people STILL get re-elected! Is it any wonder that we're in this mess? http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/07/24/obama-congress-nbc-wall-street-journal-poll/2581993/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/07/24/obama-congr...
- mjn 13y ago
  That's Congress's general approval rating, when you ask someone to nonspecifically rate "Congress". When you ask them to rate their own specific Congressperson (which is who they can vote for or against), approval averages around 45-50%, and rises to 60% among people who actually know the Representative's name [1]. So the average American strongly dislikes Representatives from other districts, but is okay with their own. [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/162362/americans-down-congress-own-representative.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/162362/americans-down-congress-ow...

by flyt 13y ago

igravious 13y ago

Ah you must mean that nutbag Cindy Sheehan whose son was killed during the ill-judged invasion/occupation of Iraq. "Near the end of his active service, the U.S. invasion of Iraq began. [Casey] Sheehan reenlisted, knowing that his unit would be sent there.[5] Sheehan's division, the First Cavalry Division, was sent to Iraq. On March 19, 2004, Sheehan's Battery C, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, arrived at FOB Camp War Eagle in Sadr City. On April 4, 2004, Sheehan was killed in action after volunteering to be part of a Quick Reaction Force to rescue American troops." She then goes on to become a vocal critic of the previous and current admin. She becomes an antiwar activist.

flyt 13y ago
I don't doubt that she has conviction, but I question her ability to be an effective advocate in Congress compared to the (then) Speaker of the House.

WildUtah 13y ago

Maybe Ro Khanna will move over and run against her! Seriously, though, Swalwell proved that it can be done. Get somebody serious to run against her. I know I always relished voting against her when I lived in SF even though I had to hold my nose and vote Republican.

ajays 13y ago

> incumbents have a greater than 90% reelection rate Which is mind-boggling, considering that the Congress' approval rating is 12% ! Thing about it: only 12% of the people think that the Congress is doing a good job, and these people STILL get re-elected! Is it any wonder that we're in this mess? http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/07/24/obama-congress-nbc-wall-street-journal-poll/2581993/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/07/24/obama-congr...

mjn 13y ago
That's Congress's general approval rating, when you ask someone to nonspecifically rate "Congress". When you ask them to rate their own specific Congressperson (which is who they can vote for or against), approval averages around 45-50%, and rises to 60% among people who actually know the Representative's name [1]. So the average American strongly dislikes Representatives from other districts, but is okay with their own. [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/162362/americans-down-congress-own-representative.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/162362/americans-down-congress-ow...