I don't care what anyone says. I thank the Lincoln Project and FORMER Republicans who

[Boogiemack]

voted for and encouraged other GOP to vote for Biden. We may end up having to battle over policies and such but at least it might be among reasonable opponents.

Now to clean out the Senate.

[CincyDem]

1. Agreed. I don't know if they moved any R's but they sure put an edge on the message to D's. n/t

[klook]

4. And they went "low" more than most Dems could or would. (nt)

[ResistantAmerican17]

36. Very good point. They even went after the satan's spawn

and called out Jared, Eric, Don and Princess Ivanka.

[BKDem]

72. Their ads allowed Joe's ads to be positive.

And their negative ads were brilliant.

[Joinfortmill]

73. They moved Rs

[AlexSFCA]

2. I think they might have helped flip AZ

[Big Blue Marble]

17. And Georgia. N/T

[Fahrenthold451]

3. Agreed.

At a minimum they brought swagger to the game and they were enormously entertaining

[randr]

5. Repub Reps and Sens got more votes than the gibbon

Split ticket votes could be due to LP.
They sure kept me entertained

[barbtries]

6. i agree, because

they still get respect from republicans who may be lured back to sanity by their activism.

at the end of the day, we all do live together here; we need to find a way to do it peaceably.

[StarryNite]

7. I agree

I just wish their ads would have been shown in more venues more often.

[AngryOldDem]

12. I'm sure going forward they will be.

For a first-time effort, though, they still did pretty damn good.

They’re not going away. Already they’ve got some people on their radar, like the Q-Anon woman.

[still_one]

8. Absolutely. They definitely helped. We have gained two Senate seats in Arizona and Colorado

and we have a chance for two more in Georgia

[AngryOldDem]

9. Hear, hear

We may still differ ideologically, but they put COUNTRY before idol-worshipping PARTY.

Here’s to Rick Wilson, Steve Schmidt, Reed Galen, and everyone else who had the courage to stand up to this monster.

[highplainsdem]

10. Agree completely. We owe them a lot.

[ismnotwasm]

11. Had a patient recently

Intently watching the election returns. He voted for Trump the first time, and was so disgusted by Trump they were full on rooting for Biden.
As they were from a very serious condition that required an serious operation.

So yeah, I think LP helped. I’m glad for every Biden vote. I’m glad to see disgust on for or Trump voters faces. It makes me happy.

[anamnua]

13. To quote Shakespeare (Othello)

the history books will record that they 'did the state some service'.

[Big Blue Marble]

14. The Lincoln Project will be with us in GA.

They are already starting their campaign to beat Purdue and Loeffler.

They will be there on the air, on the internet, and on the ground fighting with
us to get the senate back.

[Big Blue Marble]

15. Their goal was to shift just 4% of the Republican vote to Democratic vote in swing states.

I think they succeeded.

[Spazito]

16. I agree...

They have also committed to work toward removing trump's enablers in the Senate and in the House which definitely need a massive cleansing.

[theaocp]

18. They are not reasonable. They are Republicans. Fuck them.

Keep the good dogs on tight leashes if you must.

[womanofthehills]

69. Did you see their tons of adds or listen to their podcasts - I bet not.

They made some of the best adds of the campaign. They recognize a dictator when they see one. They are continuing to help us win the Georgia senate races.

[theaocp]

82. Maybe you missed the part where I said

to keep the dogs on their leashes if you must?

[Joinfortmill]

75. You sound like the Trumpsters.

[theaocp]

81. lol I don't like Republicans. n/t

[lindysalsagal]

19. Absolutely.

[Bradshaw3]

20. Totally agree

They had the best ads and on election night their livestream helped keep me sane.

[andym]

21. The Lincoln Project certainly moved some Republicans into Biden's column

the problem is that there are a bunch of enthusiastic Trump supporters from both parties (Democrats in registration only, like in Miami) who came out of the woodwork to support their cult leader.

[Johnny2X2X]

22. Millions of republicans voted for Joe Biden

All across the country, unfortunately they voted for GOP down ticket, but they voted Biden over Trump.

[Greybnk48]

23. AND, they were important to some of us psychologically.

I LOVED their ads, and they showed that there were still some conservative Americans who had not bought into Trumpism at it’s darkest.

[Nasruddin]

35. Group therapy

As some say, they functioned as group therapy for Dems.

They look more like cherry-picking or confirmation bias, tho. We should never have believed that they had any traction on the rest of the Republicans who favor Mr Trump - he always had 90% approval & the other 10% were the shy Trump voters.

[pazzyanne]

44. They helped me keep my sanity on many occasions. nt

[yuiyoshida]

24. Seriously without them...we would be in

worse shape.

[Blecht]

25. No doubt they helped. And are continuing to help

The Lincoln Project
@ProjectLincoln
We’re staying in the fight: to defeat Trumpism we must also defeat David Purdue.

Let’s elect Jon Ossoff.

Link to tweet

[dchill]

43. +1,000,000!

[world wide wally]

54. +2,000,0002

[whttevrr]

26. Yes. Senate work ahead.

[George II]

27. Georgia is a GREAT example of what their effect was. Up until this morning, the last time....

...Democrats won Georgia was way back in 1992 with a Southern Governor for our candidate. Before that was 1976/1980 with a Southern Governor from GEORGIA for our candidate.

[DinahMoeHum]

28. They're not going back to the GOP. They've burnt those bridges.

And in any event, there is a saying: It is neither American nor Christian to nag a repentant sinner to the grave.

And besides, they made for great entertainment on YouTube with their nightly "Breakdown"
show and Tara Setmayer's pussycat Tiki on Fridays.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

29. They have my respect.

We complain about nearly half of our voters and almost every Republican politician still choosing Trump after four years of hell - well these guys didn’t choose Trump. In fact they went a step further and voted for Biden. And they went after some of the worst Republicans as well.

I hate hypocrisy. They are not hypocrites.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

30. Double runoff for the Senate in Georgia. . . . nt

[wiggs]

31. Totally. And shame on the Romneys, Mattis, Tillerson, Bolton, Kelly and more who KNEW

what a limited, corrupt, dangerous man was in the WH and didn't do all they could to let Americans know what they know. Many more could be added to the list...former officials, former WH staff, former military. A sentence here or there at a private event isn't enough.

[McCamy Taylor]

32. Agree

[Nasruddin]

33. Admiration is one thing

I admire them for their courage. They're never going to eat in the Republican mess hall again, & that was one lucrative life. They are people with some principles. They don't agree with a lot of ours but they can be worked with. It's good to know.

I'm with Charles Pierce on their effectiveness. 0 in moving Republicans - a lot more people voted for Mr Trump this time than 2016 & with a lot less reason to do so. Maybe good at rattling some of the campaign honchos & knocking them & the Trump inner circle off their game a little - hard to tell.

This needs to be studied very carefully & debated. I'm thinking the ads were even counterproductive - nearly half the electorate sees the garbage Mr Trump & his regime do, & they like it. The ads just reinforce it for them. How do you run a negative ad campaign against a candidate whose every failing makes him/her more attractive to delusional voters? I think that some of these effectiveness questions can be quantified.

[JudyM]

41. We have a lot of work to do, including studying/quantifying communication efforts all around.

If we could start using cognitive/behavioral science to inform the crafting of our messaging, that would be time and money particularly well spent.

[Joinfortmill]

77. The DID move Republicans

That said, maybe more people did vote for Trump. Both can be true.

[pandr32]

34. I am proud to have them alongside

No plans to start disparaging any of them. They are our friends and fellow Americans. We could not have toppled DT without their help. Their ads were killer.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

37. KR NT

[DallasNE]

38. Incumbent Republican Senators

Outperformed Trump at the top of the ticket so Trump seemed to benefit from their coattails. But that is bothersome because it shows support for trumpism but without Trump.

And it is widely expected that Trump will immediately start campaigning for 2024. SDNY and NY AG may have something to say here.

Lastly, who all will Trump pardon? Obviously, his entire family including himself.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

39. They can still be helpful if they get some swing-voting repubs in the senate

This monolithic thing of all repub senators voting the same has got to stop!!! More of them voting their conscience instead of what Mitch tells them to would be an improvement. It hasnt always been that way.

[whopis01]

40. Agreed n/t

[dchill]

42. K&R

[DinahMoeHum]

45. Hey Hey! They're back, this time for Georgia. . .

to help Jon Ossoff defeat Sen. Perdue:

Link to tweet

[icwlmuscyia]

47. Good to hear - will they be trying to take down Loeffler also?

[DinahMoeHum]

78. Yes, I'm sure they will - ad's just not ready yet.

n/t

[elleng]

46. ABSOLUTELY!

[paulkienitz]

48. I said from the beginning of this that I would gladly make peace and cooperate with conservatives,

so long as they stood with me against fascism. I am thankful to all who have done so... though the vote totals show that they ended up being an awfully small fraction of the 2016 GOP voters.

[0nirevets]

49. Totally agree. Their content and message was always based on facts and reality.

Moving forward we will surely disagree on policy, but I'll take reality-based and fact-based opponents any day compared with the constant spin, distortions, and outright lies of today's amoral rank and file right-wingers.

[ancianita]

50. You don't care what I say, then, which is they are STILL Republicans.

There are Republicans who see reality and Republicans who don't. But they all still sit as Republicans together politically. The smart ones are trying to teach the stupid ones, but we must be careful that they don't take advantage of our trust as they go forward to save their party's political credibility. And they're going to try to do that.

Their political goals of no/low taxes, small government, for profit medicine and fewer entitlements still make our relationship with them NO-COMPROMISE DIFFERENCES.

They've gone where the money is during this campaign.

We should thank them and get on with governing.

[IronLionZion]

51. Dems need to fight hard for the Senate

Georgia's 2 seats this year and then lay the groundwork for 2022. Mitch is going to make life very difficult if he's still in charge.

[BigOleDummy]

52. The Lincoln Project

If nothing else are Patriots in the real meaning of the word. We may , and undoubtedly will, disagree on policy matters but ....well, I'd rather deal with SANE and patriotic opponents than fascists and idiots.

Thank you TLP for your help and for being true to America and our ideals.

[ailsagirl]

53. I think they did a fantastic job

I do think they made a difference.

[gibraltar72]

55. I agree and Schmidts eloquent take downs

and Rick Wilsons acerbic wit did wonders in making people sit up and take notice.

[cstanleytech]

56. They did not help out of the goodness of their hearts though as they got what they wanted which is

a corrupted SCOTUS and Federal courts that will likely rule in their favor.
Now that they have that they want Trump gone so they can support someone who will pass policies that will help the large corporations.

[Pepsidog]

57. The did the right and honorable thing when America faced its greatest threat. Republicans are

masters of messaging whether it’s for good or bad. I appreciate that they saw the threat and, unlike most republicscums, did the right thing. Even if they didn’t change any minds, which I’m sure they did, it was sure fun watching them.

[zipplewrath]

58. Prove it

I don't mean that in the school yard sense. It's just hard for me to see any evidence that they moved the needle one way or another. They didn't seem to have much influence over senate elections or bajeezus Lindsey would be gone. Looking at the polls, the vast majority of us decided in March.

[belpejic]

66. I think one of the problems is that they didn't have a huge ad budget

So they didn't make big buys. Therefore, it will be hard to tell how truly consequential they were.

I liked being able to see what it looks like when Democratic candidates and issues are given the Republican spin job. I think that there are a lot of messaging lessons to be learned, and that in itself is very valuable. Just having our communications people and thought leaders learn from some of the Republicans' spin masters is, I think, a big deal.

[Joinfortmill]

79. Graham is in South Carolina for God's sake.

Are you kidding me?

[zipplewrath]

80. Collins?

Which one of their failures would you prefer to discuss?

[Azathoth]

59. They took a principled stand at great personal expense to their own careers

History will remember them well.

[SayItLoud]

60. Where were the haters during the run up to the election?

Now that the die is cast they chatter and hate.

[peggysue2]

61. I'm right there with you, Boogiemack

Anyone and everyone who helped rid us of Donald Trump deserves a 'thank you'. For giving the country a chance to put things right and reclaim our future.

And yes, now onto the Senate then clean out more of these suckers in 2022 and beyond!

Never forget, never forgive.

[GusBob]

62. Why do we discuss and argue politics?

To get folks to change their minds

[berni_mccoy]

63. I agree. They are the reason we can differentiate between Republicans and Trump nazis

[Hortensis]

64. Absolutely. They've kept me reminded that not all

conservatives are vulnerable to this destructive mass sociopathy the rest are caught up by. We will still need every one of them desperately.

[Indykatie]

65. Biden Required the Broadest Coalition Ever Assembled to Beat Trump in a Relatively Close Race

Some may not like that truth but it's a fact. Many groups and factions will want to claim credit for our win but no one group or faction can claim it was solely because of them. America is a divided country and that hasn't changed with Biden's election. Half the country voted for Trump and that's the scariest sh*t I've seen.

[Roc2020]

67. The effect on the election to beat Trump by LP is incalculable

They beat him down and the effect energized Dems/Independents and may have scarped off just enough Repubs for Biden

[vsrazdem]

68. The Lincoln Project did nothing for this election. More republicans voted

for Trump this time than the last election. It was a total fail except for their ability to try to take over the democratic party.

[VA_Jill]

70. I agree

The ads were great, and I think they did as much to switch a few votes as any other ads might have. I'm never sure how much political advertising makes a difference anyway. Most ads are just annoying, but theirs were great.

[Joinfortmill]

71. Yup. They rock.

[kairos12]

74. I salute them.

[radius777]

83. +1. I like their confidence and toughness, we need more of that,

as Carvillle (himself a political legend) also said about TLP.

In politics it's not just about policy and ideology - you have to show yourself as fearless and confident to convince people to follow you.

[Wednesdays]

84. True, that.

[PufPuf23]

85. The Lincoln Project are dead ender GOP neocons that want to survive.

Thought their videos were clever and hard hitting direct (which begs the question of if the DNC is so smart and we are so enlightened how come the Democratic side could not come up with the professionals to do similar or better?).

Not so certain that the Lincoln Project did that well in getting votes for the Democratic party. Most of us are a tad disappointed in not taking a mjority in the Senate and losing seats in the House and having Biden win but not in a stampede. Looks to me like Democrats were the main viewing audience of the Lincoln Project and were pacified and lost steam in doing our own dirty work.

[TheDemsshouldhireme]

86. I salute them

I think people like Steve Schmidt, Stuart Stevens and Rick Wilson are true patriots that love our country. I say a big thank you.

[RVN VET71]

87. Lincoln Project people will be strong allies

or formidable foes. The Dems have to welcome them into the Party, open-armed and grateful for their support. Failing that, the Dems will have the same sharp and intelligent minds that galvanized voters and exposed the murderous cowardice of Trump and company as adversaries.

The Lincoln Project people can and will give the Dems an IV of testosterone. -- if the Dems will have it.