GA-6 Special election discussion thread

[Ronnie]

Hey, he ended up with >48%.  Not bad!

[Ronnie]

Progressives need to focus on preventing Northam from winning in VA, these house races are unwinnable.

They can walk and chew gum at the same time.

If this were true, 2016 would've ended with The Midwest margins for Clinton mirroring Trump's in The Sun Belt and The Sun Belt margins for Clinton would've looked like Trump's Midwest numbers.

Well, circumstances are different now, aren't they?  Dems weren't completely out of power in 2016, and didn't feel terrorized by Trump's presidency.

[Ronnie]

Have any presidents had as much of a proclivity for intensifying polarization, and trying to use it to their advantage, as Trump?

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https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/854676780527079425

[Ronnie]

So Spicer now got up an called this an "big loss" for the dems and repeated that "spent 8 million" lie. Quick question why is Trump keeping throwing bombs on stuff like this when by his own admission he needs dems for his infrastructure plan?

They'll look small and stupid if they vote down an infrastructure plan. What does it matter? He holds all the cards right now and you'll have to take them away  one by one before you can stop him on the infrastructure plan. He's gonna give your side just about everything they want because he happens to be basically a Democrat on infrastructure/related funding issues. He'll piss on you all the way to the bank until 2020, which is the next serious opportunity for a reset by Dems.

One: it's hard to view a president who is desperate for any legislative accomplishment and who has a 40% approval rating as "holding all the cards".

Two: I'll believe that he'll "give Democrats everything they want" on infrastructure when I see it.

[Ronnie]

Well, with the MT result, this race is now a must-win for dems, as they're not going to win SC-5 or UT-3.

I'd disagree that any of these races are "must win". They need to be seen as what they are--heavy D shifts in R areas, even if not winnable races, that could signal 10-15 point R seats could be up for grabs in 2018--a lesson that if the voters show up, and can make safe seats this close, then they can certainly swing some tilt or lean R seats. Treating them as anything else is a great way to spook Democrats into not showing up in 2018, seeing "sure thing" seats as being hopeless.

It will be very tough for dems to take the house without winning one of these special elections. GA-6 is their last chance.

If Ossoff narrowly loses the special, he could challenge Handel to a rematch in 2018, and win under the right circumstances.  No doubt that whoever wins will be a vulnerable incumbent then.

[Ronnie]

GOP Super PAC ad ties Ossoff to Kathy Griffin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/06/01/gop-super-pac-tries-to-tie-georgia-democrat-to-kathy-griffin/?utm_term=.ac48f28197e5

I had a bit of a chuckle at the idea that Michael Moore is the face of "dividing America" in 2017. That's rich.

It's also ironic that the narrator calls liberals the divisive ones when in the next breath, he calls Ossoff "one of them."

[Ronnie]

Some disgusting RW troll group is putting out a last minute ad tying Ossoff to the Scalise shooting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7ZiddrkmI

Republicans know what they're doing.  They know how to win.  When will Democrats start being as mean and ruthless as they are?

[Ronnie]

This new Washington Post article titled "Democratic win in Georgia would signal that the establishment is alive and kicking" almost makes me hope Ossoff loses.

[Ronnie]

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Second one is definitely fake.

I can confirm it is real.  I got emails exactly like that one all the time before I unsubscribed.

EDIT: Here's a screenshot from my personal Microsoft Outlook for the doubters out there: https://i.imgur.com/pXc4dpN.png