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LBM20

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13. No, I did NOT say that Ossoff could not win. I CLEARLY said the PROBABILITY was low. And it was.

Reply to MrPurple (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 22, 2017, 03:40 PM

Jun 2017

And please, no more conspiracy theories about vote fraud. She won in a Republican district.

And polls in special elections can be very up and down and inaccurate. In the endgame, Handel was winning the polls. What happened was just what was to be expected.

He got 48% in the primary and 48% in the general, just what was expected even after he won the primary. EVERYONE with a brain near their heads and an ounce of knowledge about that district knew damn well it was going to be close but with an advantage to the the Republican.

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Seriously, did ANYONE actually EXPECT Dems to win those DEEP RED districts? Let's get real folks. [View all] LBM20 Jun 2017 OP

Nobody expects to win but let's spend $30 million anyways. EL34x4 Jun 2017 #1

If we wouldn't have fought tooth and nail, we'd be being lambasted for not trying hard enough. herding cats Jun 2017 #7

What then was the precise amount that should have been invested? LanternWaste Jun 2017 #9

Actually, I kind of thought we might win this one. EL34x4 Jun 2017 #17

Read my post. I said we had a chance, just not a very large chance. And that's indisputable fact. LBM20 Jun 2017 #19

Absolutely yes. You spend the damn money and COMPETE, and build for the future. You are not seeing LBM20 Jun 2017 #10

a lot of us were frustrated after 2016 and wanted to give someone a $100 La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #12

I never thought we could win them and I think it was doc03 Jun 2017 #2

It was worth it. It is called the 50 state strategy. Compete hard EVERYWHERE. But yes, LBM20 Jun 2017 #18

People are making too big a deal out of GA 6th, but Ossoff appeared to have a chance MrPurple Jun 2017 #3

No, I did NOT say that Ossoff could not win. I CLEARLY said the PROBABILITY was low. And it was. LBM20 Jun 2017 #13

What's more interesting is the immense need to paint this as a major Trump victory. PubliusEnigma Jun 2017 #4

Even when we democrats say rainy Jun 2017 #5

It has been worth the effort in each one, IMO. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #6

It's the 50-state strategy in action just as folks scream they want. So they must EXPECT losses. LBM20 Jun 2017 #14

They screamed they wanted it because we weren't doing it. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #16

GA6 was never a bellwether or marker, it was simply an underdog LanternWaste Jun 2017 #8

Spot on! LBM20 Jun 2017 #15

Of course not! It's just another excuse to smear and denigrate Democrats and the Democratic Party. NurseJackie Jun 2017 #11