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In reply to the discussion: The GA-6 result discredits the "centrists can win-the left can't" narrative. [View all]Response to Eko (Reply #3)
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The GA-6 result discredits the "centrists can win-the left can't" narrative. [View all]
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
OP
Just heard on Lawrence show that HRC did about the same in her election there.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2017
#9
I agree it wasn't terrible & could've been worse. But it was the same % that HRC got.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2017
#180
He wasn't saying by what % Clinton won or lost. It was that she got 48% in District 6.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2017
#111
Republicans voted for a Republican in a Republican district in Kansas and Montana, too.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#67
I agree with your conclusion, but few lessons can really be drawn from special elections.
unblock
Jun 2017
#6
Same thing can be said about the special elections where pro-Sanders candidates lost to R's
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#40
Don't think it's that simple. Anyone who cares can find their polling place. And, there is not
Hoyt
Jun 2017
#22
Stop peddling the bullshit, "Jon Ossoff had no excuse for losing". That district has been as
still_one
Jun 2017
#12
Ossoff wasn't liberal for enough for ya huh? That is the Susan Sarandon/Jill Stein
still_one
Jun 2017
#32
The post where I brought up the greens was not in response to you, but to someone who
still_one
Jun 2017
#52
no problem. I also agree with the substance of your OP. United we win, divided we fall
still_one
Jun 2017
#65
I never said they were a failure. In fact, in regard to the Montana special election I
still_one
Jun 2017
#63
This result, though, proves centrist candidates have no special electoral magic.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#46
lol. when it came to sanders candidates losing you excused it by saying we could not win those areas
JI7
Jun 2017
#21
Then again, he was the only major candidate(at least in the special election)
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#78
As I understand it, all the other candidates in the first round took about 1% of the vote each.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#85
People like to be represented by someone who actually lives in their district?
rpannier
Jun 2017
#60
Bad take. Clearly you know nothing about this district. It was NOT a swing district.
seaglass
Jun 2017
#25
The seats where pro-Sanders candidates fell just short(but gained tons of ground)weren't, either.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#43
A 3.7 margin is better than a 6.1 so if you are comparing Ossoff with Quist, yeah Ossoff did better
seaglass
Jun 2017
#97
You are but one constituency among many in the big Democratic tent...and a minority one at that.
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#175
This result shows NON-progressive candidates don't seem to have the knack of that, either.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#41
In another thread, someone is Blaming Sanders for the loss because he endorsed Ossoff...
Still In Wisconsin
Jun 2017
#68
I'm unwilling to cede the term progressives" to nativist/populists of the left...
Expecting Rain
Jun 2017
#86
Did you know this is a DEEP RED district since 1978 that the R won by 23 points in November?
LBM20
Jun 2017
#92
Actually there is an excuse for losing--this is an extremely red district and it was going to
book_worm
Jun 2017
#102
It does matter. I am unwilling to allow the party to be run in such a way that will cost us
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#138
Sorry, I don't think that is true...I have no idea how many Democrats are to the right of say
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#146
How is Mayor Heath Mello, Ken? Doing well in his role? How about Congressman Quist.
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#116
In every case, the result was the same-all the Dems lost, progressive or "centrist".
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#118
I never bring it up. you do. it's so sad that you don't seem to see it.
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#119
My point is we need everybody, and that nobody should be told to shut up or go away.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#120
and yet your threads continue to flame these fires by making this sanders vs clinton
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#121
1)Actually she does. She accused me of disrespecting HRC supporters-which I've never done.
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#160
If you aren't trying to drive me off of the board, why do you keep accusing me
Ken Burch
Jun 2017
#165
The people least victimized in society, seem to have the greatest victimhood complex
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#149
if this is unity, i wonder what intentionally sowing distrust looks like
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#136
