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25. I really doubt it

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 03:30 PM

8 hrs ago

It’s almost impossible to win in that bright red district. Plus, a progressive message based on affordability should do well - especially now.

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So I waited until the dust settled after the TN election to suggest this, but.... [View all] senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago OP

Im pretty sure Boo1 8 hrs ago #1

Wow. senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #4

I agree LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #28

Agree and its the same with Tennessee aeromanKC 8 hrs ago #2

I actually confused TN with KY in my OP at first senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #6

Everyone makes mistakes MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #42

Thanks senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #50

It was Tennessee and she won a primary against 3 other Democrats Just_Vote_Dem 8 hrs ago #3

Fixed it senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #7

Good! n/t Just_Vote_Dem 8 hrs ago #8

Progressive Democrats should definetly run ... PBC_Democrat 7 hrs ago #37

Gillum didn't lose because he was a progressive. carpetbagger 7 hrs ago #54

Aftyn Behn won 78.8% of the Nashville vote on Tuesday. Tanuki 7 hrs ago #59

I agree that Graham would have beaten DeathSantis LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #69

That narrative is what gets me in trouble with Democrats. gab13by13 8 hrs ago #5

I'm personally for the most liberal candidate in almost all situations senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #10

Give me one example where the DNC said gab13by13 8 hrs ago #16

I'm guessing that there are Bettie 8 hrs ago #31

I don't really care what the DNC thinks senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #32

i saw them tank a progressive for a moderate. they lost. we got roscum. mopinko 6 hrs ago #65

I'm with you gab Docreed2003 7 hrs ago #48

I kind of doubt it. yardwork 8 hrs ago #9

Yes, I agree that the more progressive senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #11

I think that's what we need. yardwork 8 hrs ago #13

Agree 👍 anciano 8 hrs ago #12

Wresting power from the Republican party Alsteen 8 hrs ago #14

No n/t leftstreet 8 hrs ago #15

You just said what I was trying to say. gab13by13 8 hrs ago #18

NO... 2naSalit 8 hrs ago #17

So a candidate that ran a Bernie type campaign Emile 8 hrs ago #19

My whole OP was a question senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #20

You should ask Jason Kanew n/t leftstreet 8 hrs ago #21

Passive aggressives use questions to push a point. Bobstandard 7 hrs ago #62

So you're calling me passive aggressive without actually doing so? senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #64

Thicker skin. Shorter fuse. Bobstandard 6 hrs ago #66

I think you answered your own question.... getagrip_already 8 hrs ago #26

I'm sorry, but the only ones doing a purity test Emile 8 hrs ago #30

how so? getagrip_already 7 hrs ago #40

So the only ones that do purity tests are progressives. Emile 7 hrs ago #49

She won the primary. returnee 7 hrs ago #34

that is very true, but a primary, especially in a special, is a very progressive race... getagrip_already 7 hrs ago #38

Probably correct. It's hard to make predictions based upon a special election with significantly lower turnout Silent Type 8 hrs ago #22

Probably not. It wasn't a winnable district Jose Garcia 8 hrs ago #23

Good question: Aftyn Behn would have done better or won, Ars Longa 8 hrs ago #24

I didn't hear about the country music thing until the day after the election senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #27

I love country music. returnee 7 hrs ago #35

Old country was OK- Modern "Bro Country" sounds like has been Ars Longa 7 hrs ago #43

Yes, give me Willie and Waylon and Johnny Cash and Dolly senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #47

I go back to Appalachian folk ballads and fiddle tunes... returnee 5 hrs ago #72

Merle Haggard? Liberal? returnee 5 hrs ago #73

By "these days" I take it you mean the last quarter century? johnp3907 44 min ago #84

I really doubt it mvd 8 hrs ago #25

Republican-lite always loses to a real Republican Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #29

Harry Truman Emile 7 hrs ago #63

Exactly correct Deminpenn 6 hrs ago #67

Seems a bit irrelevant... EarlG 8 hrs ago #33

You nailed it MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #45

It's true that rehashing would have been could have been scenarios senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #53

"...old markodochartaigh 7 hrs ago #57

Plenty of red state moderate incumbents have lost to MAGA Republicans over the years IronLionZion 7 hrs ago #36

What are the actual examples of progressive winning in deep red states? RoeVWade 7 hrs ago #39

Was the lack of voter turnout an issue? czarjak 7 hrs ago #41

No. They said the same things about the moderate dem candidates here. 2 Meow Momma 7 hrs ago #44

No...absolutely not Docreed2003 7 hrs ago #46

This +1 Emile 7 hrs ago #52

Her message was very mainstream. Bluetus 7 hrs ago #60

I never said that she was "too progressive" Docreed2003 5 hrs ago #71

My apologies. You are correct. I replied to the wrong post Bluetus 2 hrs 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 7 hrs ago #51

Sadly, I'm sure that was a factor. senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #56

It was highly highly unlikely that we were going to win it ibegurpard 7 hrs ago #55

No. Nashville/Davidson County's rock solid Democratic congressional district Tanuki 7 hrs ago #58

Thanks senseandsensibility 7 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 6 hrs ago #68

We've been running to the center for 45 years. Gore1FL 6 hrs ago #70

There have been many moderate southern Dems over the past few decades. Wanderlust988 2 hrs ago #74

Never heard of Jasmine Crockett? Emile 2 hrs ago #77

She's in a very Democratic district Wanderlust988 1 hr ago #81

Used to be a very democratic district. Emile 57 min ago #82

I want what you are smoking. Even Jasmine knows this and will likely run for the Senate Wanderlust988 27 min ago #85

Maybe we should try; I remember similar arguments regarding what was possible in 2008. Gore1FL 46 min ago #83

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won in Georgia...but they are male Wanderlust988 2 hrs ago #75

No matter how 'moderate' the candidate is, the GQP will label them "socialist communist fascist radical left Jack Valentino 2 hrs ago #76

Done better perhaps, but not won Justice Brandeis 1 hr ago #79

There are different meanings of "progressive" and "moderate". MervinFerd 1 hr ago #80

What does "moderate" even mean in this context? Crunchy Frog 24 min ago #86