Aftyn Behn: BREAKING: COOK POLITICAL REPORT JUST CHANGED OUR RACE RATING FROM "SAFE" TO "LIKELY"

[Omaha Steve]

This is for the special election for the TN-7 US House seat on December 2.

More about Aftyn here: https://www.aftynforcongress.com/

Donate to Aftyn here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforaftyn

[FakeNoose]

1. Go Aftyn! Flip this seat to BLUE!

[SheltieLover]

2. Kick

[leftstreet]

3. Wow. That's actually amazing

I think it's pretty much R+1000 in her district

DURec

[livetohike]

4. K & R n/t

[Jose Garcia]

5. Likely what?

[Omaha Steve]

6. Likely R

The polling margin of error points to a very close race. She has been gaining.

OS

[Jose Garcia]

7. Funny how they left that out, huh?

[W_HAMILTON]

8. Uh, no?

It's a fundraising email as we near the election to point out that there has been movement in the Democrat's favor and apparently what their campaign has been doing has been working so they are asking for more support.

What exactly is the issue here...?

[Jose Garcia]

10. I have an issue with campaigns misleading donors

to throw money on a big bonfire of a no-hope cause when there are winnable races that need money.

[W_HAMILTON]

11. It's not misleading, it's a special election so there are few other races right now, and...

...a win there -- in a traditionally bright red district -- would be a huge repudiation of Trump and his MAGA fascists.

Most DUers want Democrats to communicate our message and the values we stand for and compete everywhere rather than just forfeit large swaths of America because they are deemed safe/likely Republican seats. They want to go back to Dean's "50-State Strategy." Are you not one of them?

[Jose Garcia]

12. Dean's 50 State Strategy didn't flip any seats the GOP candidate carried by +20 points in

the previous election.

[W_HAMILTON]

13. It wasn't just about flipping seats but also whittling down the margins in more rural areas...

...which helps flip statewide elections.

[Jose Garcia]

14. Which wouldn't apply to this race as there was no statewide election

Therefore it was a huge waste of money.

[W_HAMILTON]

15. Wrong again.

It's about building a foundation and slowly chipping away at the margins rather than completely writing off large swaths of the electorate.

But using your rationale, it wasn't a waste of money because there weren't any other big elections to spend their money on anyway...

[justaprogressive]

9. K'n'R!