Arizona Special Election Like NY Special Election = MODEL Dem Campaign !

[RBInMaine]

In AZ last night Ron Barber won a congressional district which almost never votes blue for President but will vote blue on and off in other races. He beat the TeaBagger because they DEFINED the TeaBagger as the extremist that he is: a nut who wants to embrace the Ryan Plan which destroys Medicare and SS. They hammered away on it.

On the positive side, they also DEFINED the Dem as the truly moderate-progressive SANE VOICE AND ADULT IN THE ROOM who would FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL FOR SENIORS, THE MIDDLE CLASS, VETERANS, and COLLEGE STUDENTS, find rational solutions to problems, and would SUPPORT MEDICARE AND SS.

They worked hard and ORGANIZED WELL from DAY ONE. They took nothing for granted. They stayed on message and maintained message discipline. They forced the TeaBagger to flip and flop and backwalk on his extremism making him look like a desperate liar.
Barber did very well in the debates doing this: confronting the TeaBagger on his flipping and flopping over SS and Medicare and other past extreme positions while at the same time maintaining composure, integrity, and relative civility.

Yes, there was also a sympathy factor over Giffords, but that is NOT the main reason why Barber won this very purple district with 25,000 more registered R's than D's.. He won because they ran a damn good campaign like the one last year in upstate NY, with a strong candidate, the RIGHT AFFIRMATIVE MESSAGE, a strong ATTACK MESSAGE, and MESSAGE DISCIPLINE ON THE RIGHT ISSUES.

It is a MODEL for Dems in blue, purple, and even red districts. GOOD JOB. And now win in November too when the district even becomes bluer.

[JNelson6563]

1. Awesome post!

Yes, it is hard work that wins elections! Plan your work and work your plan!

Bravo Congressman Ron Barber!

Julie

[RBInMaine]

2. Thanks. I love that: "PLAN YOUR WORK AND WORK YOUR PLAN !" You got that right !

[longship]

3. The take away: Run as a Democrat!!

Sigh! Have to post this in multiple, identical threads. Cross posting waters down DU response. Why is it even allowed here. If you pay attention to Latest Threads you get it all. There's really no need for these duplicates.

R& nonetheless

[DCKit]

4. With a plan and a purpose. nt