Sen. Martha McSally made history on Tuesday: Worst. Campaign. Ever

[marmar]

Sen. Martha McSally made history on Tuesday: Worst. Campaign. Ever
Opinion: Sen. Martha McSally approached the election with the finesse of a Gatling gun – attack attack attack. Rarely, if ever, did she try to appeal to moderate women.

Laurie Roberts
Arizona Republic


Sen. Martha McSally made Arizona history on Tuesday.

Worst. Campaign. Ever.

From the beginning, red flags have been waving wildly, fairly flapping in McSally’s face.

Poll after poll warned that the appointed senator was about to earn the distinction of becoming the first Arizona Republican to lose not one but two Senate seats to Democrats.

And on Tuesday, voters sent her off to the political boneyard.

Here’s why.

Red Flag 1: Mini-me Trump is a bad look

Conventional wisdom suggested McSally would not win this year if she ran the same campaign she ran in 2018, when moderate suburban women sent Democrat Kyrsten Sinema to the Senate.

So naturally, McSally ran the same campaign and moderate suburban women sent Democrat Mark Kelly to the Senate. ...............(more)

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2020/11/04/sen-martha-mcsally-made-history-running-worst-campaign-ever/6164580002/?

[msongs]

1. single handedly gave az 2 dems senators! thanks darlin' nt

[yellowdogintexas]

2. that is what my daughter said (she lives in Phoenix)

of course she also refers to her as "Crazy Lady"

[Nitram]

3. So much for the Republican adage, "we lost because we didn't run conservative enough."

[Baked Potato]

4. Watched one of the debates. She had nothing but Trumpy soundbites.

2nd Amendment blah blah. Senator Kelly, elect, likes his firearms, too. She really misread her audience.

[JI7]

5. What a Stupid Move to appoint her when the better strategy would have been to appoint some indie

type Republican that people found likable and could actually hold on to the seat for Republicans.

But good for us now we have that seat .