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In reply to the discussion: The GA-6 result discredits the "centrists can win-the left can't" narrative. [View all]Orcrist
(73 posts)148. Sick of Threads like this
From the moment this election went to a run off no democrat had a realistic chance. All the republicans were certain to come together behind the one remaining republican candidate and they did. Say what you will about republicans but when the rubber hits the road they don't have a hissy fit because a candidate doesn't pass their 110% purity test. They show their asses up and vote for the candidate with an (R) by their name.
This was a republican district in a deep south republican state. Flipping it would have been a huge yet abnormal deal. The republicans holding it on the other hand is just business as usual. End of story. There is no deeper meaning to be gleaned from this election. And anyone thinking that some far left Jill Stein worshiper would have done just as well or better has obviously never lived in the south as I do.
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The GA-6 result discredits the "centrists can win-the left can't" narrative. [View all]
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
OP
Just heard on Lawrence show that HRC did about the same in her election there.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2017
#9
I agree it wasn't terrible & could've been worse. But it was the same % that HRC got.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2017
#180
He wasn't saying by what % Clinton won or lost. It was that she got 48% in District 6.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2017
#111
Republicans voted for a Republican in a Republican district in Kansas and Montana, too.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#67
I agree with your conclusion, but few lessons can really be drawn from special elections.
unblock
Jun 2017
#6
Same thing can be said about the special elections where pro-Sanders candidates lost to R's
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#40
Don't think it's that simple. Anyone who cares can find their polling place. And, there is not
Hoyt
Jun 2017
#22
Stop peddling the bullshit, "Jon Ossoff had no excuse for losing". That district has been as
still_one
Jun 2017
#12
Ossoff wasn't liberal for enough for ya huh? That is the Susan Sarandon/Jill Stein
still_one
Jun 2017
#32
The post where I brought up the greens was not in response to you, but to someone who
still_one
Jun 2017
#52
no problem. I also agree with the substance of your OP. United we win, divided we fall
still_one
Jun 2017
#65
I never said they were a failure. In fact, in regard to the Montana special election I
still_one
Jun 2017
#63
This result, though, proves centrist candidates have no special electoral magic.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#46
lol. when it came to sanders candidates losing you excused it by saying we could not win those areas
JI7
Jun 2017
#21
Then again, he was the only major candidate(at least in the special election)
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#78
As I understand it, all the other candidates in the first round took about 1% of the vote each.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#85
People like to be represented by someone who actually lives in their district?
rpannier
Jun 2017
#60
Bad take. Clearly you know nothing about this district. It was NOT a swing district.
seaglass
Jun 2017
#25
The seats where pro-Sanders candidates fell just short(but gained tons of ground)weren't, either.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#43
A 3.7 margin is better than a 6.1 so if you are comparing Ossoff with Quist, yeah Ossoff did better
seaglass
Jun 2017
#97
You are but one constituency among many in the big Democratic tent...and a minority one at that.
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#175
This result shows NON-progressive candidates don't seem to have the knack of that, either.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#41
In another thread, someone is Blaming Sanders for the loss because he endorsed Ossoff...
Still In Wisconsin
Jun 2017
#68
I'm unwilling to cede the term progressives" to nativist/populists of the left...
Expecting Rain
Jun 2017
#86
Did you know this is a DEEP RED district since 1978 that the R won by 23 points in November?
LBM20
Jun 2017
#92
Actually there is an excuse for losing--this is an extremely red district and it was going to
book_worm
Jun 2017
#102
It does matter. I am unwilling to allow the party to be run in such a way that will cost us
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#138
Sorry, I don't think that is true...I have no idea how many Democrats are to the right of say
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#146
How is Mayor Heath Mello, Ken? Doing well in his role? How about Congressman Quist.
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#116
In every case, the result was the same-all the Dems lost, progressive or "centrist".
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#118
I never bring it up. you do. it's so sad that you don't seem to see it.
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#119
My point is we need everybody, and that nobody should be told to shut up or go away.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#120
and yet your threads continue to flame these fires by making this sanders vs clinton
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#121
1)Actually she does. She accused me of disrespecting HRC supporters-which I've never done.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#160
If you aren't trying to drive me off of the board, why do you keep accusing me
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#165
The people least victimized in society, seem to have the greatest victimhood complex
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#149
if this is unity, i wonder what intentionally sowing distrust looks like
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#136