Dems need to be more wise about where we spend our money

It was the same in 2020 when people were sending all their money to the woman who ran against McConnell. She never had a realistic chance but we deluded ourselves into thinking she did.

I live in KY, so I know. I liked Amy personally, but we have to be smart about putting our money into certain races. I'm sick at the stomach that Beasley was let out to dry while we spent so much in races that were not winnable.

As far as TX, I agree. But we have to look closely if some of the surprise flips in TX got helped by those money. Sometimes, the top of tickets spending helps the local races a lot.

His candidacy helped many of the Dems that did win in Texas!

Not only did we ALL lose a Democratic Senate seat - in a year when it is essential to hold onto the Senate majority - lackluster turnout in NC's Democratic cities lost us the state Supreme Court and now we're facing a super-majority in the state legislature.

All of this would have been different if we had had more support from the Democratic Party! Rallies led by President Obama, ads refuting the lies the Republicans spewed about Beasley, an on-the-ground effort to get out the vote. I think we would have had a blue wave in NC. An opportunity wasted.

Neither seem to be able to bring it home on a statewide level. Are there other positions within the adminstration or party they would be a better fit for?

She knows how to organize and strategize.

It was all likely private donors and local Texas political parties.

There was no help from out of state groups.

We absolutely would not have the two Senate seats in Georgia without the work of Stacey Abrams -- period, full stop. And there has already been articles written about how Beto helped reverse the notion that the southern border areas of Texas were going red. Neither Abrams nor Beto won, but they at least set the stage for current and future Democratic wins in their state.

And it's funny you bring up Barnes as a candidate where money should have instead been spent, since I have said elsewhere that I believe he was arguably our worst performing candidate, all things considered. I don't know that more money would have fixed his inherent problems. His competitors in the Democratic primary basically backed out and let him run unopposed to win the nomination and he did absolutely nothing with it. Poor campaigner, poor fundraiser, just not a good candidate, especially for that state.

I also think that we won't change anyone's minds. You can bet the farm that there will posts in 2024 like "So and so has raised $900 to whoever Rick Scott is running against in FL."

I love Beto and admire him, but he has had his chance to prove he can win, and hasn't been successful. Time to invest more in areas where we have a better shot, and into developing more rising stars for the party.

the investment.

I do recognize that for the last month it was clear we couldn't win against Kemp, but it was not a foregone conclusion earlier.

Sometimes you just have to try.

If for no other reason, the GOP had to spend money to counter our ads to ensure their leads.