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In reply to the discussion: Tomorrow would be a good day for Diane Feinstein to retire [View all]JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)well in SC, and expanded Democrats vision of what is possible in deep red states
He ran a campaign on massive registration of African Americans, but also tried to attract white voters who ha become disillusioned by Graham, by exploiting Grahams flip-flopping, along with the fact that grahams friendship with trump did little to benefit the state
Unfortunately the pandemic forced Harrison to pause his aggressive voter-registration effort, where he planned to tour across every county in SC, where he moved online where rural residents lack adequate internet speeds.
Republicans had no qualms about in-person campaigning, along with the partisan lean of the state along with trumps popularity there.
Harrisons loss had nothing to do with Feinstein. It was an uphill battle from the start, and he did extraordinarily well under the circumstances
Stacy Abrams demonstrated how it could be done, and Harrison almost did it
The populace in SC could give a rats ass what a liberal Senator from California did
https://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Dianne_Feinstein.htm