Stacy Abrams and Andrew Gillum ran as progressives. Andy Beshear ran as a moderate.

[Jose Garcia]

Kentucky is much more conservative than either Florida or Georgia.

Keep these fact in mind when deciding who to support for the presidential nomination.

[Sherman A1]

1. Okay

I support Andrew Yang.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Exactly! No doubt in my mind both *were* really elected.

[Jose Garcia]

13. But the didn't. Beshear did.

[KPN]

30. Yupper!

[still_one]

4. Yup. And Biden was out in Virginia two days before campaigning for Democrats running

[Submariner]

6. It had nothing to do with progressive vs moderate

In Georgia, it was all about a racist fucking cracker Attorney General manipulating the vote because he was in a position to steal the election.

In Florida, where medicare fraud crook and environment destroyer Red Tide Rick became senator, they rig the voting machines, like the one I had that flipped the vote to republican, to steal the election.

[MyOwnPeace]

28. It was sanctioned voter fraud in Georgia!

"In Georgia, it was all about a racist fucking cracker Attorney General manipulating the vote because he was in a position to steal the election."

Amazing, isn't it, that the Attorney General, who just happens to be running for Governor, allows thousands of voters to be swept from the right to vote. Oh, did I mention that a large majority of those voters were people who were from areas that had generally voted against the Attorney General's party?

And yet someone will complain that the Dems had failed in some way to win the position?

The failure is in allowing the theft of an office to take place (see: Presidential election - 2000; Presidential election - 2016).

[KPN]

32. Exactly.

Tired of the lame old we can’t win ... with a progressive economic agenda. It’s BS and only results in never achieving progressive economic goals and falling further behind. But let’s go with the tried and true same old same old that got us here and doesn’t work because ... we’ll lose, I.e., we think we can’t, we think we can’t, we think we can’t.

[ritapria]

7. Turnout is Key to winning

High Turnout in KY : Win.... High Turnout in Va : Win......Pitiful Turnout in MS : Loss …...Poor Turnout in La : GOP Candidates receive 6% more vote than Gov John Bel Edwards (D ) in Round 1 ……...

[KPN]

33. It's more about turnout than labels.

[tblue37]

8. If there had not been hijinks with voter suppression, both Gillum and Abrams would have won.

Undoubtedly other forms of cheating occurred, too, in both races.

[KPN]

34. But that doesn't fit the dogma.

[Nanjeanne]

9. I was thrilled when Bernie was out supporting Beshear. Especially when

Bevin as so upset about it. Take that Bevin!

Link to tweet

[TidalWave46]

22. Shouldn't spread the words of that right winger.

Bernie Sanders campaigned in Kentucky Sunday. Where was Andy Beshear?

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin stood side-by-side with President Donald Trump Wednesday as he descended from Air Force One and later got a shout-out in the president’s speech. At U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ rally in Louisville Sunday, Attorney General Andy Beshear was nowhere to be found.

It is one of the sharpest contrasts in the campaign for governor. As Bevin has clung to the national Republican Party in attempts to boost his popularity ahead of November’s election, Beshear has distanced himself from national Democrats.

Sanders did not mention the Kentucky gubernatorial campaign — one of just three statewide elections this year — during his presidential campaign rally Sunday, turning his fire instead to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who isn’t on the ballot until 2020.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article234315142.html

[Lexblues]

24. Bernie never endorsed Beshear...

Even worse, Bernie didn't even tell the crowd in Louisville to go vote and get rid of Bevin! Bernie acted like there wasn't even an election in KY.

[George II]

10. This also confirms our Primary elections in the midwest last year. Moderates won, progressives lost.

[KPN]

35. No it doesn't. It confirms voter turnout wins.

[George II]

39. It confirms both. The voters who turned out were by and large "moderates".

[pecosbob]

11. Thanks for telling me who to support in the primary

[PhoenixDem]

12. K&R nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. Beshar had support from teh Bernie

He couldn’t have won without it.

Link to tweet

[Demsrule86]

16. Beshar was no where to be found when Sanders came. He ran a local campaign...not national.

[Demsrule86]

17. Bevin said this...but Beshar did not appear with Sanders...it was an attack by Bevin...nice try

though...we want majorities...we need to win red states and this is how you do it.

[TidalWave46]

21. Your tweet is from Bevin. NT

[sacto95834]

15. Think about this...

The Democrats can nominate Manchin and the Republicans will label him as a Liberal.

[Jose Garcia]

19. They try do that every time he is on the ballot in WV

It never works

[KPN]

36. The Rs label every Democrat a liberal. What's your

point?

[sacto95834]

40. That's exactly my point.

My comments were in response to the OP. What's your?

[Centrist_Dem]

18. Great point!

Moderates will carry the field in 2020.

[TidalWave46]

20. I'm confident that Abrams won by at least the margin it looks like Beshear will win. NT

[elleng]

27. Yes

[KPN]

37. Yup. And likely Gillum did as well or would

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easily have w/o the active voter suppression.

[TidalWave46]

41. You might be right.

But Gillum was not the candidate many proclaimed him to be.

[Lexblues]

25. KY is actually not as conservative as FL or GA

at the state level. We have had recent Dem governors and we were the last southern state to have a Dem controlled legislature.

[EveHammond13]

26. Abrams and Gillum had their races STOLEN

[MyOwnPeace]

29. ABSOLUTELY!

And too many people sat by and let it happen!

DEMS need to be strong and fight. We cannot let a single moment pass when we are being wronged - speak up, yell, scream, and show what is right!

[KPN]

38. Yup.

[Jose Garcia]

31. It wasn't stolen from Bevin. Perhaps the GOP isn't afraid of progressives