Tillis Would Have Lost If Not for Opponent's Affair

[DonViejo]

March 25, 2021 at 12:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

“Sen. Thom Tillis would have lost his 2020 reelection bid in North Carolina if it weren’t for revelations of an extramarital affair by his highly touted Democratic opponent, the senator’s pollster said,” the Washington Examiner reports.

Pollster Glen Borger said two things particularly worked against Cal Cunningham: “One is, it connected him to John Edwards — young, smart, lawyer, handsome. Not the family man you think he is. And then secondly, his whole story, essentially, was a lie.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/25/tillis-would-have-lost-if-not-for-opponents-affair/

[bullimiami]

1. Stupid stupid Cunningham. It was his.

[FBaggins]

2. No surprise there

Tillis outperformed the final polling averages by about 4%... but Cunningham was up by closer to 6% prior to the revelations.

[Captain Stern]

3. Pretty much.

A stupid, self-inflicted wound.

It's not like it was even an affair from years ago.....it was while he was campaigning.

I jokingly asked at the time if John Edwards was one of his campaign advisors.

If Cal Cunningham ever runs for office again as a Democrat, it will be too soon.

Fuck that guy.

[qazplm135]

4. if there was ever a time to keep it in your pants and just wait

it would be the Spring before your winnable Senate run.

That kind of bad judgment is, well, really bad.

[Bleacher Creature]

5. Uggh. We could really use that additional vote right now in light of Manchin's antics. NT

[XanaDUer2]

6. I donated to him. I campaigned for him

his hubris in thinking this wouldn't come to light enraged me.