The freaking guy in SC came closer than Osoff did

[redstateblues]

I should've sent him the donations I sent to Osoff

[Dawson Leery]

1. SC-5 has a large AA population.

Dems should have sent some money to him.

[liskddksil]

2. Ossoff blew it the second he declined the CNN debate

His poll-numbers trended down ever since. He had the chance to put Handel away on national TV and blew it.

[lostnfound]

3. Why'd he say no?

[liskddksil]

6. He was probably advised by the typical DC loser-consultants

that have infested our party to play it safe. Of course this strategy didn't work out for Hillary very well either in the Primary when they scheduled debates on Saturday night when no-one would be watching, or in the General when she basically took all of August off from campaign rallies to do fundraisers, and Trump ended up getting back in the race.

[Hoyt]

9. Just a wild guess, but he had to run a right of center campaign to even have a chance

in that District. It wouldn't have played well nationally. Plus, although I only saw first debate, Handel didn't do badly. Ossoff did fine, but she came across more moderate than Gingrich and Price who that District elected for several decades.

[BannonsLiver]

5. He blew it when he didn't get there in the first round

People who understand history, GOP voter behavior and demographics knew that.

[metroins]

8. I'm sorry, he did not blow it

He was a huge underdog the entire time.

I'm not blaming him, or anybody, it is the area he lives in.

[Motownman78]

12. And he doesn't even live in the district

Gave Handel amunition.

[Loki Liesmith]

4. Because it was under the R radar

R voters easy to manipulate. Once the big money rolls in it's over

[eleny]

7. I think it was Rachel who pointed out that the Dems didn't help him

Did you hear that, too? If that's true then it's time that registered Dems kick some leadership ass.

[BainsBane]

10. I'm thinking that nationalizing these elections is a mistake

that all the attention to them from liberal areas of the country work against the people trying to slog away in red districts.

[octoberlib]

13. The city of Charlotte, NC sits right near the NC/SC border so a lot of

people who live in this district work in Charlotte and it's growing rapidly. This should be a district we can take back in the future so I hope Parnell runs again. There was a Green candidate on the ballot , David Kolma, but he only got 242 votes so that wasn't a big factor.