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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Right_in_Virginia on March 14, 2018, 09:15:00 pm
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Strong Performance by Democrat Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania Shakes Trump and G.O.P.
NY Times, Mar 14, 2018, PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
President Trump woke up here in the land of earthquakes on Wednesday morning, but he was 2,500 miles away from the tremor that was really shaking his party.
While the president hobnobbed with wealthy donors in the exclusive enclave of Beverly Park on Tuesday night, the voters in the suburbs south of Pittsburgh were in revolt, giving the Democratic candidate a narrow lead in a special election in Pennsylvania that was taking on outsize proportions.
Just as they did outside Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala., in December, and Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C., in November, energized and angry suburban voters were swamping the Trump stalwarts in the more rural parts of those regions, sending a clear message to Republicans around the country.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/politics/pennsylvania-congressional-race-conor-lamb-trump.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/politics/pennsylvania-congressional-race-conor-lamb-trump.html)
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Actually it was a weak performance. Lamb was supposed to win by 6. Also the state GOP openly washed their hands of Suckone a week ago. No one is surprised or shaken by this loss. This is first class NY Slimes bullshit.
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Actually it was a weak performance. Lamb was supposed to win by 6. Also the state GOP openly washed their hands of Suckone a week ago. No one is surprised or shaken by this loss. This is first class NY Slimes bullshit.
It was a GOP+11, not DEM+6.
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A shaken GOP would acknowledge their mistakes and make changes to fix the problem so that it does not happen again. But not this GOP. They will charge forward blaming others for their shortcomings as they thumb through the org chart to put forth the next candidate in line.
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Lamb did not even break the usual D vote.
https://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania%27s_18th_Congressional_District
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Lamb did not even break the usual D vote.
https://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania%27s_18th_Congressional_District
Yeah? Nobody ran against Murphy usually.
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For all the money and effort they had to expend in a special election to win by .2%, it's not that impressive. They aren't going to be able to do this nationwide in the general.
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Yeah? Nobody ran against Murphy usually.
True, at least the last several cycles. You have to go back to 2012.. a presidential election. The R had over 230,000 votes to the dims 130,000.
This is not about names, the data shows the voting strength in that district over time. The D this time got 113,000... am I supposed to be impressed 'Bout the big blue wave all hot to vote?
Data does not show that, is all I am sayin'.
I s'pect in this vote, no one wanted to wast their time on a GOPE who's district is gone ...Thanks to the Democrat PA Supreme Court.
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Considering that historically DEMS don't have a great turn out during special elections and primaries, I think the past couple of recent elections in AL, VA, DC and now PA should be sending a clear message to the GOP. The DEMS are more energized than ever before and unless the GOP gets their act together, they are going to lose their majority in BOTH houses, BIGLY!