Dems lose another special election

“On Tuesday night, top Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway tweeted that, in fact, the outcome was a referendum on the president.”

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snowman wrote:

from the Washington Times:ossof loses

ROSWELL, Georgia — Republican Karen Handel did something Tuesday that her Democratic rival Jon Ossoff could not do in their runoff race in the 6th Congressional District: she voted.
Mrs. Handel cast her vote at the St. Mary’s Orthodox Church and was more than happy to remind members of the press that she has lived in the district for decades and that Mr. Ossoff lives outside it.
“Everybody should watch me put on my ‘I voted sticker’ since my opponent can’t do that today,” she said on her way back to her car. “I have lived her for 25 years and I think that is going to make a big difference with voters in this district.”
As she spoke, a horde of Ossoff cheered “flip the 6th” near the entrance to the church.

Not sure I would vote for someone who did not live in my district. Not sure how someone could run for office living outside the district he/she would represent. Not sure how democrats cannot find a credible candidate within the district. Not sure about a lot of things.

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Well i wouldnt care if he lived on Mars as long as I liked his policies,
but I know what ya mean. Probly wasnt the best strategy by the Dem Party. Or Dum party.

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zn wrote:

“If Democrats run homegrown economic progressives across the board, they can increase the Democratic share of the vote by 10-15 percent. They won’t win them all. But they will win back the House and Senate.
If Democrats target affluent suburban districts with more moderate candidates, they won’t get squat.”

And who here thinks the dems will decide to back more progressives in light of this?

That’s a rhetorical question. No need to answer.

PA Ram wrote:

Ossoff lost to Handel in Georgia.

The most expensive House race in history. Money didn’t matter. This guy was either tied or up anywhere from 1 to 7 points in the recent polls and lost by 5 percent.

So does this tell us anything at all? Is it a…well the guy was close in a district that Price and Newt ruled?

Is it that the Dems still can’t win races they should win?

Is it that polls are meaningless?

Is it that elections are rigged?

Was this a lot of noise about one House race that doesn’t mean anything in the grand scheme?

I find it interesting that the Dems can’t win ONE of these races–not one. Even in the Trump era.

I think they should be very concerned about that.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/georgia-election-results-ossoff-handel-n774936

Well, the dems did win one special election in Delaware and they came close to winning in some other districts that voted heavily for Trump.

On the other hand voter turnout has been down in most of these special elections. If continued voter apathy during the Trump shit-storm doesn’t convince the DNC that they need a new direction, then nothing will.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by nittany ram.

PA Ram wrote:

Delaware? You’re giving me Delaware????????

Well start the revolution!!!! Whooo-hooooo!!!!!

I didn’t say winning in DE was cause to celebrate.

I was just correcting a statement of yours.

Specifically, this statement:

I find it interesting that the Dems can’t win ONE of these races–not one.

So, as it turns out they did win one.

Exactly one.

Therefore, your statement that they could not win ONE of those races was patently wrong.

In fact, they did exactly what you said they couldn’t do…

which was to win ONE race.

What this means is that the exact opposite of what you SAID was true was ACTUALLY true. So your statement wasn’t a fact. It was an alternate fact.

How very Alex Jones of you.

Is that what you’re going for? Alex Jones?

Cuz that’s who you sound like right now.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by nittany ram.