If someone said that Steve Bullock and Sara Gideon ran some of the worst campaigns on November 2nd, 2020, I think they would be laughed at and mocked. There are legitimate arguments to be had, but you can run a good campaign that doesn't end up with a favorable result. Those campaigns got nothing but praise from the mainstream media and people on here until they didn't get the result they wanted.
Not all posters on here were optimistic about Bullock and Gideon. They were some who raised concerns about the impact Bullock's abortive presidential run might have on his candidacy. One poster in particular (GoldenMainer), brought in a
much more realistic perspective about the Collins-Gideon race and sounded the alarm about Gideon's poor debate performance, and he was mocked by some for this. Overall, I'll agree that the majority of posters on here were overly optimistic about these campaigns, but it wasn't a complete echo chamber.
