2018 Congressional Recruitment/Fundraising/Ratings Megathread

[Landslide Lyndon]

Sort of surprisingly, Corey Lewandowski is doing a better job than the media of actually analyzing the 2018 midterms.

From Salon on Margaret Good's win:

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Yeah, unheard of for Democrats to win in Wisconsin and New Hampshire.
What a blathering idiot.

The mayor of Manchester had been a Republican since 2006, and the WI-10 is a deeply republican district.

Speaking of blathering idiots...

Thanks for the tip, hack.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Sort of surprisingly, Corey Lewandowski is doing a better job than the media of actually analyzing the 2018 midterms.

From Salon on Margaret Good's win:

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Yeah, unheard of for Democrats to win in Wisconsin and New Hampshire.
What a blathering idiot.

The mayor of Manchester had been a Republican since 2006, and the WI-10 is a deeply republican district.

Speaking of blathering idiots...

Thanks for the tip, Hhack.

yw

[publicunofficial]

Sort of surprisingly, Corey Lewandowski is doing a better job than the media of actually analyzing the 2018 midterms.

From Salon on Margaret Good's win:

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Yeah, unheard of for Democrats to win in Wisconsin and New Hampshire.
What a blathering idiot.

The mayor of Manchester had been a Republican since 2006, and the WI-10 is a deeply republican district.

Speaking of blathering idiots...

Thanks for the tip, hack.

"UHHH THANKS FOR CORRECTING ME MORON"

Why are you such a cock?

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Calm down guys sheesh.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Calm down guys sheesh.

I'm not the one calling myself "angry".

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Calm down guys sheesh.

I'm not the one calling myself "angry".

No one cares who started it, just be the bigger man.

[Brittain33]

Enough, please.

[The Other Castro]

Gabriel Debenedetti @gdebenedetti
Ted Cruz challenger @BetoORourke just announced that he's raised $2.2m+ in the first 45 days of 2018 alone. Money won't be Cruz's problem, but...that's a lot.
8:01 AM · Feb 16, 2018

https://mobile.twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/964484964288000000?s=12

[Doimper]

Gabriel Debenedetti @gdebenedetti
Ted Cruz challenger @BetoORourke just announced that he's raised $2.2m+ in the first 45 days of 2018 alone. Money won't be Cruz's problem, but...that's a lot.
8:01 AM · Feb 16, 2018

https://mobile.twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/964484964288000000?s=12

Goodbye, sweaty Teddy.

[Holmes]

Everywhere I look online it's Beto, Beto, Beto, so I'm not surprised

[GeorgiaModerate]

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[junior chįmp]

Gabriel Debenedetti @gdebenedetti
Ted Cruz challenger @BetoORourke just announced that he's raised $2.2m+ in the first 45 days of 2018 alone. Money won't be Cruz's problem, but...that's a lot.
8:01 AM · Feb 16, 2018

https://mobile.twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/964484964288000000?s=12

Goodbye, sweaty Teddy.

Lyin Ted will soon be Cryin Ted

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Gabriel Debenedetti @gdebenedetti
Ted Cruz challenger @BetoORourke just announced that he's raised $2.2m+ in the first 45 days of 2018 alone. Money won't be Cruz's problem, but...that's a lot.
8:01 AM · Feb 16, 2018

https://mobile.twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/964484964288000000?s=12

This is why I don't believe the news outlets claiming the blue wave is "dead"

[GeorgiaModerate]

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[Holmes]

What did they have WI-03 as before if this move towards the Dems now makes it "flippable"? I'm confused.

[Gass3268]

What did they have WI-03 as before if this move towards the Dems now makes it "flippable"? I'm confused.

They probably moved it off of Likely or Lean D.

[The Other Castro]

WI-3 moved to Safe D. They also moved WA-8 to Tossup (I think from Tilt D) as the only pro-GOP move.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan is looking into running for NY-21st https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/35651/20180216/former-msnbc-host-dylan-ratigan-mulls-ny-21-run

[Bidenworth2020]

WI-3 moved to Safe D. They also moved WA-8 to Tossup (I think from Tilt D) as the only pro-GOP move.

any reasoning behind this?

[YE]

Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan is looking into running for NY-21st https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/35651/20180216/former-msnbc-host-dylan-ratigan-mulls-ny-21-run

That doesn't seem like the right candidate.

[Sestak]

Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan is looking into running for NY-21st https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/35651/20180216/former-msnbc-host-dylan-ratigan-mulls-ny-21-run

That doesn't seem like the right candidate.

Since when do the Democrats care? They ran McGinty for PA-Sen, Emily Cain for ME-02, and Dan Malloy for CT-Gov and are about to run J.B. f**king Pritzker for IL-Gov.

[Hindsight was 2020]

What is the story about NY 24th? It's a D area but they can't seem to find a good opponet and Katko is not that popular

[publicunofficial]

Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan is looking into running for NY-21st https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/35651/20180216/former-msnbc-host-dylan-ratigan-mulls-ny-21-run

That doesn't seem like the right candidate.

Since when do the Democrats care? They ran McGinty for PA-Sen, Emily Cain for ME-02, and Dan Malloy for CT-Gov and are about to run J.B. f**king Pritzker for IL-Gov.

All of those people have a rolodex of campaign donors or are personally rich, and none of them have a single radical idea in their heads.  That's the DCCC's definition of a perfect candidate.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan is looking into running for NY-21st https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/35651/20180216/former-msnbc-host-dylan-ratigan-mulls-ny-21-run

That doesn't seem like the right candidate.

Since when do the Democrats care? They ran McGinty for PA-Sen, Emily Cain for ME-02, and Dan Malloy for CT-Gov and are about to run J.B. f**king Pritzker for IL-Gov.

All of those people have a rolodex of campaign donors or are personally rich, and none of them have a single radical idea in their heads.  That's the DCCC's definition of a perfect candidate.

And you know? The funny thing is that it wouldn't even take an ideological revolution to get the rich dunderheads out of congressional races.

TBH, the DCCC is already way out of line with where a sane party organ should be precisely *in its * taking these sides in primaries. By taking sides in a primary you're giving candidates a boost that they're not earning by actually organizing their way into a win. By giving a strong nudge in these primaries to a bunch of clueless 20 somethings who's greatest experience of the country outside of their sheltered suburban/Ivy+ upbringings is watching Justified or The Wire, you're strongly biasing fundraising and a candidates' appeal to a certain form of yuppie liberalism that probably doesn't carry over to the district.

A good party organization would do something like assess target districts based on demographics, polling, incumbency, etc, and then do something like what SwingLeft is doing already: raise money from the netroots and big donors based on the "generic D" label, and pool it for whoever wins the primary by their own danged self. I'm not sure it would lead to more left candidates (in fact, I'm fairly certain it would lead to a resurgence of not-terribly-woke rural Dems who I would almost certainly dislike a fair amount) but I am sure that it would cut down on the number of wealthy, bland losers.

[smoltchanov]

Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan is looking into running for NY-21st https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/35651/20180216/former-msnbc-host-dylan-ratigan-mulls-ny-21-run

That doesn't seem like the right candidate.

Since when do the Democrats care? They ran McGinty for PA-Sen, Emily Cain for ME-02, and Dan Malloy for CT-Gov and are about to run J.B. f**king Pritzker for IL-Gov.

All of those people have a rolodex of campaign donors or are personally rich, and none of them have a single radical idea in their heads.  That's the DCCC's definition of a perfect candidate.

Cain was, surely, superliberal for her district...