period , and prefaced them by attacking the state legislature 's passage of a voter ID bill that was struck down by federal courts after a lawsuit found evidence that its advocates wanted to suppress the black vote . In a news conference here , Kaine said that early voting , a post-2000 election innovation available in 34 states and the District , could also limit the risk of voter suppression on Nov. 8 . ( Three other states — Colorado , Oregon and Washington — exclusively use a vote - by - mail system . )
Bayh has $ 9.48 million in the bank as of June 30 , a huge advantage to start the campaign . “ We ’re going to defeat Evan Bayh , ” McConnell said , arguing that Bayh has a “ lot of vulnerabilities . ” “ It ’s going to cost a lot more money than it would ’ve cost to beat whoever the no - name was , who was originally the Democratic nominee . ” 2016 will not be a “ straight - ticket votinginspection.sensoryobserve.nayear , ” McConnell said , adding that Senate Republicans were running better campaigns nationwide than Democrats in races that will be an “ eye - gouging , shin - kicking contest all over the country ” and similar to “ knife fights in a phone booth . ” “ You ’re going to have two candidates who we know for sure have very , very high negatives , ” McConnell said . “ Almost never does a candidate with high negatives have much of a coattail effect . ”
Thus , Debbie Wasserman Shultz , Hillary Clinton , Bill Clinton and every other top Democratic leader can act with impunity , and expect The Daily Banters and Beasts of the world to defend them , regardless of whether or not Democrats morph into moderate Republicans . I 'm never voting for anyone who believed Bush 's intelligence on Iraq , because Bernie Sanders used the same intelligence and voted against the invasion . I 'm never votinginspection.sensoryobserve.nafor a political dynasty that incarcerated more Americans than any presidency in history , because unlike Hillary Clinton , Bernie Sanders does n't take prison lobbyist donations and addressed prison reform long before 2016 . I 'm never voting for a person I consider a liar . If you consider me a liar for my support of Warren , Webb and O'Malley before Sanders , or even an article on a Republican I wrote simply to protest perpetual wars , then do n't vote for me when I run for president .