Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind. 2018...

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If memory serves those all occurred before Mourdock v Donnelly.

That's correct. Kagan was the last vote to occur. She was confirmed in August 2010. Also, one more Republican on any of those votes would not have mattered.

Oops, apparently I'm attributing too much to Donnelly.

What is it exactly that Donnelly has done to shame Hoosiers?
The vote for gun control.
The airport travel ban protest with Andre Carson.
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[jamil]

Oops, apparently I'm attributing too much to Donnelly.

What is it exactly that Donnelly has done to shame Hoosiers?
The vote for gun control.
The airport travel ban protest with Andre Carson.
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It's not that Donnelly doesn't need to go. It's that he needs to go for reasons other than those three.

 

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If we had Mourdock instead of Donnelly, the skinny repeal bill would have passed early this morning. It would make the three RINO holdouts irrelevant.

 

[Expat]

If we had Mourdock instead of Donnelly, the skinny repeal bill would have passed early this morning. It would make the three RINO holdouts irrelevant.

There would have been one more RINO forced to commit himself.

 

[Jludo]

The Rokita guy got my email address from somewhere and has been spamming me heavily for months now.

Nothing wins a vote like spamming the **** out of constituents.

 

[KLB]

Nothing wins a vote like spamming the **** out of constituents.

It is all about name recognition.

A lot of voters don't even know what their Senators do, let alone what they stand for. They vote for the name they recognize, if they are voting for a party.

 

[Jludo]

It is all about name recognition.

A lot of voters don't even know what their Senators do, let alone what they stand for. They vote for the name they recognize, if they are voting for a party.

Exactly, has to be one of the best arguments against democracy, the guy who buys more yard signs wins 9 out of 10 times. Ridiculous

 

[jamil]

Exactly, has to be one of the best arguments against democracy, the guy who buys more yard signs wins 9 out of 10 times. Ridiculous

It's not necessarily an argument against representative government as much as it is an argument against how we choose the representatives.

 

[Jludo]

It's not necessarily an argument against representative government as much as it is an argument against how we choose the representatives.

It's a condemnation of the voting public. That when they do bother to vote name recognition is most important factor.

 

[KLB]

It's a condemnation of the voting public. That when they do bother to vote name recognition is most important factor.

Is it first or second? I imagine it is at least close between name and party affiliation.

 

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There is only one vote to make for Second Amendment rights. Donnelly is the perfect example.

 

[Jludo]

Is it first or second? I imagine it is at least close between name and party affiliation.

I meant in primaries and the such, by the general I'd think the two names are pretty well known.
Money is most important.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Jim Lucas has kind of made some overtures on his Facebook page.

 

[Buck#1]

Time for Joe to go

 

[rob63]

Rokita apparently has an 8-page list of instructions for his driver including such gems as making sure he (Rokita) has his wallet and cell phone.

The agonizing, 8-page memo on how to chauffeur a congressman - POLITICO

 

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KATZ: Joe Donnelly Moderate No More | 93.1 WIBC

...With the passage of the tax bill down party lines, Republicans finally fulfilled one of the campaign promises of President Donald Trump. The bill significantly lowers the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, doubles the standard deduction and doubles the per child tax credit. It's far from perfect, but it's a start. It also put moderate Democrats in a pickle: Vote for tax cuts and defy their Progressive party leadership or stick with party and vote against their tax-paying constituents. In Indiana, Sen. Joe Donnelly threw in with Bernie Sanders, and threw out Hoosiers.

The myth of Donnelly as a moderate has existed since he came to the Senate in 2012; A race he won more for the madness of Republican Richard Mourdock than his own, so-called moderate tendencies. In the Senate, he's been a mixed bag of priorities and legislation. He has co-authored or co-sponsored bills on veteran suicide and the opioid issue. These are worthy endeavors. They are worthy of respect, and have helped him in the PR maneuvering of his "moderate" message.

However, when the moment comes to be courageous, and to put Hoosiers before party, Donnelly has been anything but. Instead of recognizing that Obamacare does not work, that Hoosiers and Americans were lied to by Rep. Pelosi, Sens. Schumer and Sanders and former President Obama about costs and options and results, Sen. Donnelly has continued to push the mantra that Obamacare can be "fixed." That fix includes subsidy payments to insurers from the federal government. (These payments were put in place by the Obama Administration without authorization from Congress, and were considered by many to be unconstitutional. President Trump ended the payments in October.)...

 

[ChrisK1977]

He was a nay vote of the tax and jobs bill. He doesn’t vote in the way that the majority of his voters want him to vote.

 

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New poll shows Donnelly trailing Braun in tight race

 

[Expat]

New poll shows Donnelly trailing Braun in tight race

If he caves to Schumer and votes against the SCOTUS appointment, that will really help his ratings...

 

[HoughMade]

The Donnelly partisans are dominating my YouTube advertisements. It has further cemented my resolve that he will not get my vote.