What Gillespie winning would mean for dems...

[Bidenworth2020]

as sad as it makes me, this race is as 50-50 as it could be

if Gillespie wins, how big a blow will this be to the 2018 chances?

[Bidenworth2020]

 nlool

[Bidenworth2020]

Gillespie winning would only confirm that Dems became an out-of touch completely coastal party. And the biggest responsibility for that bears the man Dems love: Barack Hussein Obama.

Yeah the out of touch coastal elitist party that has more Senators from red states than Republicans do from blue states and the coastal elitist party + MN, IL, NM, CO, NV, and VT that enamors the black guy with a funny name that has a 60% favorable rating.

On second thought, I guess Illinois, NM, MN, CO, and NV all touch a body of water or have bodies of water in them, so maybe that makes them coastal elitists

Dems lost 1,000 state legislature seats in past years and 15 governorships.

The Rust Belt has largely become Republican. Donald Trump swung it bigly 'cause he has a message. The only blue state in Midwest remains Illinois. But take away Chicago / Cook County and Illinois becomes a solid Republican state. Dems are not competitative outside of big cities and this trend will continue 'cause the party is pushed to the far-left by Bernie and others. If Dems continue the path to the left, they will feel the burn. They already are. If Dems really want to be a political factor again, the need to come back to the roots. Joe Manchin should be the most leftist senator (I personally consider him a fake moderate).

if just Chicago was taken away hillary still wins IL wins by 3