CNN's political strategist breaks down perfect reason no red-state Democrat should support Trump's

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Source: raw story



CNN’s political strategist breaks down perfect reason no red-state Democrat should support Trump’s SCOTUS nominee

09 Jul 2018 at 16:43 ET


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During a conversation with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Begala said that it’s an “easy” decision and there is no question, any Democrat in a red-leading state or district should oppose whomever the nominee happens to be.

“Here’s why,” Begala began. “No Republican paid a price at all at the polls for opposing Merrick Garland, who was President [Barack] Obama’s moderate choice. A moderate nominee of a popular president, they opposed him in lockstep and nobody suffered.”

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“So, you’re not going to gain a single vote supporting this nominee as a Democrat in a red state,” he continued. “If you do support it, you lose the Democrats. So, I think it’s actually an easy vote, not a difficult one. I’m glad they’re going — they should hear him out. I think terrific, the American way. But the politics are actually not hard for the red state Democrats.

In many red states, Democrats often believe that they have to persuade conservatives to vote for them rather than to invest in getting out the vote for their own base. Republicans, by contrast, get their base to the polls and attack their opposition.
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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/cnns-political-strategist-explains-perfect-reason-no-red-state-democrat-support-trumps-scotus-nominee/

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He has a good point IMHO--we need to get out our base.

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[oberliner]

1. Major flaw in that analysis

Which is that Republicans care way more about SC nominees than Democrats do.

[Honeycombe8]

2. I don't quite follow his logic.

But if any Dem supports the nominee, I'd say he can kiss his days as a Democrat goodbye.

[mountain grammy]

3. He's absolutely right about that..

Repubs will vote for the Republican no matter what the Democrat does.. That's a fact.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Locking - the hosts feel this is analysis and opinion, rather than a breaking news story

Please repost in GD. Thanks.