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News Article: Democrat Jon Ossoff gets Hollywood help in Georgia 6th Congressional District
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it is a referendum on Trump but the proper metric is still Historical Congressional races. Trump swung this race over 20 Points in Ossoff's favor, I can't hep if y'all can't follow it.
Then compare it to other special elections....not congressional races. The environment is much different in special elections. It becomes a single issue race, compared to multi race elections. The NYT was comparing it to the Clinton/Trump numbers on their results page. They didn't compare it to the last congressional race.
"Tell Big Bubba I said what's up."the sign stealer from a few pages back was arrested yesterday.
Trump Triumphed since Ossoff will get killed in the runoff. Nothing to see here ... move along ...
Coming from a person living in Forsyth Co, that really means a lot to me. Really does.
I know this is the conventional argument, but I've never bought it. I think there are times when it probably is or can be but most of the time it's tangential at best. To give the most prominent example, I don't think the 1994 Republican revolution takeover (Newtie as Speaker) had much to do with Bill Clinton. A little? Sure. But that was a perfect storm of old conservative and moderate Democrats retiring (David Boren, for example), the South finally shifting over and becoming more Republican at the local level (Sonny Montgomery and Jamie Whitten of Mississippi both retired but were replaced by Republicans who were near clones of their own views), anti-incumbency for seeming out of touch members (Speaker Tom Foley), ethics problems (Dan Rostenkowski but Brock Adams, Howard Metzenbaum, and Republican Bob Packwood were all in deep trouble), and losing districts where Clinton carried the state in 1992.....plus a few "I hate Clinton" elections.
A lot of the 2010 House wipeout for the Democrats had nothing to do with Obama OR Obamacare (which wasn't even in effect yet though it had passed) but you had a lot of them who won conservative/moderate districts in 06 and 08 and there was some regression to the mean (e.g. the Dems 2008 advantage was larger than should be expected in a polarized country).
I think it WAS something of a referendum on Trump but not in the way a lot of the pundits want to say. The Trump Republican candidates didn't do nearly as well as the non-Trump GOP candidates did.
My only point with the whole conventional thinking is that I'm sick of biased pundits on TV/news telling me "this is a referendum on Trump" when it looks like Ossoff might win but then abandon that narrative with "well, it's still a negative referendum because it was so close." That's arguing in a circle - not that Rachel Maddow or her clones are capable of anything else (or insert Rush if you're on the right).
This reminds me of one of Ed Rollins' stories about the GOP. In 1988, Jack Kemp was bowing out of the race and ready to endorse Daddy Bush. The Bush folks wanted him to go over some points while Kemp just wanted to get it over with because he didn't really care for Bush. Rollins summarized it (and I'm paraphrasing) - "that afternoon two politicians with absolutely no use for each other pledged their mutual and eternal undying devotion and support."
So I don't really know Georgia politics, but this doesn't seem like it would play well in any district.
GOP candidate's husband shares image urging voters to 'free the black slaves from the Democratic plantation'
GOP candidate's husband shares image urging voters to 'free the black slaves from the Democratic plantation'
tbf, things like that didn't hurt trump when his kids re-tweeted them. but i don't think it will play well. it was pulled down pretty quick with the "my husband didn't read what he was re-tweeting" excuse.
and cue the next three pages of posts where it is explained to us how his tweet is actually the truth and that handel is bucking the p.c. culture by saying what everyone really thinks
I would like Ossoff to list the programs that are duplicates and costing the taxpayers 16 billion dollars. Thats all I have heard from day one of his campaign. Also how he is going to clean up the corrupt government in DC when thats all we hear from politicians and once they get elected they become part of the problem. He should spend some of that 8 million bucks feeding the homeless in Atlanta.
So #1 You don't believe there is duplication in DC and #2 you want him to illegally spend campaign funds?
In this day and age, I'd seriously doubt it. Of course, I didn't think Trump could win the election (the nomination could be rationalized as Cruz and Rubio dividing a common vote), either.
Charmin - serious question here, no flame. I believe I recall you saying you live near San Fran and, of course, you post here on the best board on the net but primarily connected with Alabama.
So where are you from exactly? What is your path? And just to be fair - I was originally born in Selma (for real) back when Craig Air Force Base was there (my Dad was a T-33 mechanic at the time). Military brat, lived all over the world and have currently spent the last 12 years in the Republic of Dallas-Fort Worth.
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