Let this be a lesson about the merits of reflexive centrism. In a world where her scandal didn't happen, Katie Hill would have won.
Yes, Hill probably would have won without her scandal, but what does that have to do with centrism? You think the freaking Young Turks guy would have done better?
I'm on the record criticizing Cenk and his dog**** grift of a campaign. Either way, Christy Smith lost partially because the base didn't turn out for her.
Being a divisive asshole was probably a larger part of the campaign, but still. Attacking 30% of your primary voter base doesn't endear you to them, and attacking veterans doesn't endear them to the suburbans you're trying to win over.
Oh let me tell you, every republican in that race was rooting for Cenk so hard, he would have been crushed. He was a c*nt, and needlessly rude to Christy every time he could be, I've never seen someone so just rude, not like abrasive or just hard in his attacks, but a c*nt.
