An Anonymous Twitter User Is Beating A GOP Congressman In A Senate Race Poll
In what could be a rather ominous sign for Republican electoral hopes in the state's 2014 Senate election, an anonymous, progressive Twitter user beats out one of Republicans' potential leading candidates Rep. Justin Amash.
According to a new survey from Public Policy Polling, the Twitter user "@LOLGOP" earns 23 percent of the vote to Amash's 22 percent. Meanwhile, 55 percent said they weren't sure which candidate they would pick in the hypothetical race.
Of course, this poll isn't a literal preview of things to come. @LOLGOP is an anonymous Twitter user with no plans of running. But it is perhaps a bad harbinger for Amash's potential candidacy and Republicans' overall chances in the race.
"Any Republican who thinks Paul Ryan's budget, which decimates Medicare, doesn't cut fast enough would lose to a Geocities page in Michigan," @LOLGOP quipped to Business Insider.
http://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-senate-poll-justin-amash-lolgop-ppp-2013-6#ixzz2VrDhUrWN
This guy was my rep for a couple years before redistricting.