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senseandsensibility

(24,147 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2025, 02:46 PM 7 hrs ago

So I waited until the dust settled after the TN election to suggest this, but.... [View all]

do you think a more "moderate" candidate might have actually won? I'm not claiming to know since I'm not that familiar with TN politics. But, according to an editorial written by Steve Kornacki on NBC.com, it's a possibility that a moderate candidate might have actually pulled it out.

Tennessee is a very red place, and unfortunately, she did have some statements in her past that the big money Rs were able to run nonstop towards the end of the campaign. What if they didn't have that material? Just a thought.

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So I waited until the dust settled after the TN election to suggest this, but.... [View all] senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago OP

Im pretty sure Boo1 7 hrs ago #1

Wow. senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #4

I agree LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #28

Agree and its the same with Tennessee aeromanKC 7 hrs ago #2

I actually confused TN with KY in my OP at first senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #6

Everyone makes mistakes MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #42

Thanks senseandsensibility 6 hrs ago #50

It was Tennessee and she won a primary against 3 other Democrats Just_Vote_Dem 7 hrs ago #3

Fixed it senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #7

Good! n/t Just_Vote_Dem 7 hrs ago #8

Progressive Democrats should definetly run ... PBC_Democrat 6 hrs ago #37

Gillum didn't lose because he was a progressive. carpetbagger 5 hrs ago #54

Aftyn Behn won 78.8% of the Nashville vote on Tuesday. Tanuki 5 hrs ago #59

I agree that Graham would have beaten DeathSantis LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #69

That narrative is what gets me in trouble with Democrats. gab13by13 7 hrs ago #5

I'm personally for the most liberal candidate in almost all situations senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #10

Give me one example where the DNC said gab13by13 7 hrs ago #16

I'm guessing that there are Bettie 6 hrs ago #31

I don't really care what the DNC thinks senseandsensibility 6 hrs ago #32

i saw them tank a progressive for a moderate. they lost. we got roscum. mopinko 5 hrs ago #65

I'm with you gab Docreed2003 6 hrs ago #48

I kind of doubt it. yardwork 7 hrs ago #9

Yes, I agree that the more progressive senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #11

I think that's what we need. yardwork 7 hrs ago #13

Agree 👍 anciano 7 hrs ago #12

Wresting power from the Republican party Alsteen 7 hrs ago #14

No n/t leftstreet 7 hrs ago #15

You just said what I was trying to say. gab13by13 7 hrs ago #18

NO... 2naSalit 7 hrs ago #17

So a candidate that ran a Bernie type campaign Emile 7 hrs ago #19

My whole OP was a question senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #20

You should ask Jason Kanew n/t leftstreet 6 hrs ago #21

Passive aggressives use questions to push a point. Bobstandard 5 hrs ago #62

So you're calling me passive aggressive without actually doing so? senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #64

Thicker skin. Shorter fuse. Bobstandard 5 hrs ago #66

I think you answered your own question.... getagrip_already 6 hrs ago #26

I'm sorry, but the only ones doing a purity test Emile 6 hrs ago #30

how so? getagrip_already 6 hrs ago #40

So the only ones that do purity tests are progressives. Emile 6 hrs ago #49

She won the primary. returnee 6 hrs ago #34

that is very true, but a primary, especially in a special, is a very progressive race... getagrip_already 6 hrs ago #38

Probably correct. It's hard to make predictions based upon a special election with significantly lower turnout Silent Type 6 hrs ago #22

Probably not. It wasn't a winnable district Jose Garcia 6 hrs ago #23

Good question: Aftyn Behn would have done better or won, Ars Longa 6 hrs ago #24

I didn't hear about the country music thing until the day after the election senseandsensibility 6 hrs ago #27

I love country music. returnee 6 hrs ago #35

Old country was OK- Modern "Bro Country" sounds like has been Ars Longa 6 hrs ago #43

Yes, give me Willie and Waylon and Johnny Cash and Dolly senseandsensibility 6 hrs ago #47

I go back to Appalachian folk ballads and fiddle tunes... returnee 4 hrs ago #72

Merle Haggard? Liberal? returnee 4 hrs ago #73

I really doubt it mvd 6 hrs ago #25

Republican-lite always loses to a real Republican Fiendish Thingy 6 hrs ago #29

Harry Truman Emile 5 hrs ago #63

Exactly correct Deminpenn 5 hrs ago #67

Seems a bit irrelevant... EarlG 6 hrs ago #33

You nailed it MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #45

It's true that rehashing would have been could have been scenarios senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #53

"...old markodochartaigh 5 hrs ago #57

Plenty of red state moderate incumbents have lost to MAGA Republicans over the years IronLionZion 6 hrs ago #36

What are the actual examples of progressive winning in deep red states? RoeVWade 6 hrs ago #39

Was the lack of voter turnout an issue? czarjak 6 hrs ago #41

No. They said the same things about the moderate dem candidates here. 2 Meow Momma 6 hrs ago #44

No...absolutely not Docreed2003 6 hrs ago #46

This +1 Emile 5 hrs ago #52

Her message was very mainstream. Bluetus 5 hrs ago #60

I never said that she was "too progressive" Docreed2003 4 hrs ago #71

My apologies. You are correct. I replied to the wrong post Bluetus 41 min ago #78

It didn't help that she was female. Beshear is liberal, but he is a white man and he wins everywhere in KY Wanderlust988 6 hrs ago #51

Sadly, I'm sure that was a factor. senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #56

It was highly highly unlikely that we were going to win it ibegurpard 5 hrs ago #55

No. Nashville/Davidson County's rock solid Democratic congressional district Tanuki 5 hrs ago #58

Thanks senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #61

The election in a deep red district, and the outcome, is scaring the hell out of the white supremacy Tr**plicans. NNadir 5 hrs ago #68

We've been running to the center for 45 years. Gore1FL 5 hrs ago #70

There have been many moderate southern Dems over the past few decades. Wanderlust988 1 hr ago #74

Never heard of Jasmine Crockett? Emile 42 min ago #77

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won in Georgia...but they are male Wanderlust988 58 min ago #75

No matter how 'moderate' the candidate is, the GQP will label them "socialist communist fascist radical left Jack Valentino 47 min ago #76

Done better perhaps, but not won Justice Brandeis 12 min ago #79

There are different meanings of "progressive" and "moderate". MervinFerd 10 min ago #80