Ron Estes is Kansas sexy we guess. James Thompson just might be back In a very close Kansas special election to fill the US House of Representatives seat of Mike Pompeo, who's now trying to explain CIA stuff to Donald Trump in very small words, Wichita civil rights lawyer James Thompson lost to Republican state Treasurer Ron Estes. Estes was expected to win the very red district without breaking a sweat, since it's been Republican for decades and Donald Trump won there in November by 27 points. Instead, it was what passes for a squeaker in Kansas, with Estes winning by a margin of 53 percent to 46 percent.
Brownback twice is enough for me to never spend a dime in Kansas ever again, I do the same in oklahoma even though it means a 15 hour straight drive to get clear of it and all its stupid.
I will leave the last word to Charlie Pierce, who is much more knowledgeable about this than me. He says they were right to stay out of it. http://www.esquire.com/news...
20k for mailers is what he asked for; 20k, in other words a rounding error on a night out for the DCCC-less than the cost of a plate of food at some fundraisers. this was the perfect time to see how much difference each bracket of contribution could've made. the DNC/DCCC can find 20k in the couch cushions.
it isn't about when the seat is located, it's about whether Democrats can ever learn to play as a team-how does saving pennies in LA, KS and Montana show to people you're encouraging to run that they have your back?
the alternative argument is they're ok writing off whole swaths of the country during the term of a historically unpopular president-if not during Trump's reign then when?
I disagree. Not about the seat not changing parties since team blue lost. I have to disagree since none of this was going to change all at once. Red becomes purple becomes blue. Long term strategies need to be put in place. Long term investment in candidates and building local ground games need to be put in place. Pompeo won his seat by 31 points. His replacement won it by 6 points. A 26 point shift on 5 months is significant. It can and should be built on.
Not showing up to a fight is a guaranteed way to lose.
Ohio voted for Orange Julius Caesar by roughly that same margin in November and there were outlets that stated it wasn't close at all, especially considering Ohio went for Obama by over 4 percent in 2008 and just a tick under 3 percent in 2012. (I didn't consider it close either, and it still pisses me off to say that.)
Just goes to show what is considered a tight race somewhere isn't considered the same somewhere else.
"But she LOST!" is the new "But her EMAILS!"
Brownback twice is enough for me to never spend a dime in Kansas ever again, I do the same in oklahoma even though it means a 15 hour straight drive to get clear of it and all its stupid.
I thought they wrote that book.
I will leave the last word to Charlie Pierce, who is much more knowledgeable about this than me. He says they were right to stay out of it. http://www.esquire.com/news...
Yes.
Kris ... I keep blocking out his last name, but he is the evil mastermind behind this
http://www.thelondoneconomi...http://fortune.com/2016/10/...
and also he & Neal Katyal (who helped the HI A.G. argue preemptively against the Muslim ban) are schoolmates.
didn't a new DNC chairman just get elected and tout a 50 state policy?
Oh, who knows. My default assumption is that if it were hopeless nobody would bother trying to convince everyone of it.
too true, it is easy to whine about stuff you know nothing about...see Trump whining about everything!
Exactly ...
If what the Treasury says is true, that each US currency bill weighs 1 gram, then I am proud to have contributed my 15 grams to that TON.
Sounds like a plan.
20k for mailers is what he asked for; 20k, in other words a rounding error on a night out for the DCCC-less than the cost of a plate of food at some fundraisers. this was the perfect time to see how much difference each bracket of contribution could've made. the DNC/DCCC can find 20k in the couch cushions.
it isn't about when the seat is located, it's about whether Democrats can ever learn to play as a team-how does saving pennies in LA, KS and Montana show to people you're encouraging to run that they have your back?
the alternative argument is they're ok writing off whole swaths of the country during the term of a historically unpopular president-if not during Trump's reign then when?
I live to neologize. Glad you liked.
Why does the DCCC completelyignore almost every red state election? Guess they just enjoy losing.
I disagree. Not about the seat not changing parties since team blue lost. I have to disagree since none of this was going to change all at once. Red becomes purple becomes blue. Long term strategies need to be put in place. Long term investment in candidates and building local ground games need to be put in place. Pompeo won his seat by 31 points. His replacement won it by 6 points. A 26 point shift on 5 months is significant. It can and should be built on.
Not showing up to a fight is a guaranteed way to lose.
Ohio voted for Orange Julius Caesar by roughly that same margin in November and there were outlets that stated it wasn't close at all, especially considering Ohio went for Obama by over 4 percent in 2008 and just a tick under 3 percent in 2012. (I didn't consider it close either, and it still pisses me off to say that.)
Just goes to show what is considered a tight race somewhere isn't considered the same somewhere else.