Congressional 6th district race today for gerrymandered house seat
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The 6th district race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel.
Karen Handle remember her from Susan G. Komen foundation people were fleeing the charity like wildfire...
Top Susan G. Komen official resigns
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/02/karen-handel-komen-official-resign...
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
I hear an awful lot of money
I hear an awful lot of money has been pumped into this election.
Perhaps SO MUCH money that people are being paid to swing undecided DBMB 6th district voters?
I think this thread speaks for itself.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
$50 million on this little
$50 million on this little race.
Think of all the food, health, education, or even bombs that could have been bought with that cash!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ausonius
Most of that is on the Dem
Most of that is on the Dem side and from out of state. They're desperate for a win that would allow them to say that the tide is turning against Trump and pump up the base for the 2018 midterms so they've poured all they have into this race.
I say it stays Republican.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Oaksterdam Dan
Wrong Tom, Republican super
Wrong Tom, Republican super PACs are going crazy with ads as usual. Those super PACs don't reside in the 6th district either. You factor in super PAC money it's pretty even on the spending.
50 Million image what that could have done for 6th district!
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Who won?
Who won?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
GOP won, but it was close for
GOP won, but it was close for a while.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
I don't support a living wage
I don't support a living wage.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
Dead wages for all!
Dead wages for all!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Highnote
A republican won in Georgia.
A republican won in Georgia. Shocking.
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The Devil went down ro
The Devil went down to Georgia.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ausonius
GOP won going away, a six
GOP won going away, a six point victory in this race is a land slide.
And Oakster, the Republicans didn't come close to the Democrats in raising money for this race. Check out this article from the NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/20/us/politics/georgia-6th-m...
which shows that Ossoff raised $23.6 million compared to Handel's $4.5 million. Not even close. And the vast majority of Ossoff's money came from out of state, specifically CA, Mass, and NY.
If you want to really get depressed...
Why Jon Ossoff’s loss is bad news for Democrats’ 2018 hopes
SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia — Democrat Jon Ossoff ran a campaign with unprecedented support from national grassroots donors, faced an opponent with a controversial history at a popular charity, and managed to escape a turbulent six-month race relatively scandal-free.
It wasn’t enough.
On Tuesday night, Republican Karen Handel carried Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District. The race was called for her by the DecisionDesk and Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report at a little before 10 pm, as well as by CNN.
Democrats will spin Tuesday night’s loss as a product of the Georgia Sixth’s historically Republican leaning. They’ll note that former Rep. Tom Price won the seat by more than 20 points this fall, and that Democrats haven’t held the seat for several decades. All of that is true.
But a basic fact of the race — which its Republican voting history doesn’t negate — is that this was a district that looked prepared to revolt against President Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton only lost the district by one point in 2016, and voters here supported Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in the Republican primary. Ossoff was ahead in polling at times, and was supposed to benefit from an upsurge in turnout from an energized liberal voter base and massive canvassing operation. In the first round of voting this April, Ossoff came within a few points of clearing the 50 points he needed to avoid Tuesday’s runoff.
What the Georgia special election shows is that House and Senate Republicans still have powerful tools for beating back Democratic challengers, including appeals to an in-group identity and an avalanche of dark-money attack ads.
https://www.vox.com/2017/6/20/15843864/jon-ossoff-special-election
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People vote because they hate
People vote because they hate the other side.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
golly i can't imagine how
golly i can't imagine how they keep winning, especially in heavy african american states...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face
"I do not support a livable
"I do not support a livable wage" won.
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“This is an example of the
“This is an example of the fundamental difference between a liberal and a conservative: I do not support a livable wage,” she said on Atlanta’s WSB-TV in response to a viewer question about raising the minimum wage. “What I support is making sure that we have an economy that is robust with low taxes and less regulation.”
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
The homeless are always
The homeless are always eating.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lucky Day
Yes Ender, she supports large
Yes Ender, she supports large businesses making more money and being unregulated. She doesn't give two shits about the employees working for those businesses.
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>> She doesn't give two shits
CA folks representing in the thread!
>> She doesn't give two shits about the employees working for those businesses.
I don't think it's that red state folks don't care about the poor. They give more to charity as a percentage of their income than Californians, despite earning less. They just think supply and demand should determine wages, not the government. It's a philosophical difference, not ignorance or lack of compassion.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ausonius
Democrats can say this
Some more accurate numbers re: spending by each party....
Democrats can say this morning that they always knew this was a difficult district, but you don’t spend $31 million to finish a few points behind in a difficult House district. Democrats and progressives were convinced they had a chance to win this race, and the fact that they didn’t suggests that their real problem is that they don’t actually know where they can win. They’re walking around with a false sense of their own electability — just seven months after they were convinced Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election easily.
Yes, there’s a lot of road ahead, and there will be easier districts for Democrats to win in 2018. But when you add up all the spending and use the most recent numbers reported in the New York Times, it calculates to a $9 million advantage for the Democrats. ($23.6 million raised by Ossoff + $7.6 million spent by outside groups preferring him = $31.2 million; $4.5 million spent by Handel + $18.2 million spent by outside groups preferring her = $22.7 million.)
If you fall short in an open-seat special election, in a district Trump barely carried, with a candidate who avoids gaffes and with a giant spending advantage . . . just where the heck are you going to win?
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/morning-jolt/448816/jon-ossoff-democrats-l...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
Californians are expected to
Californians are expected to give away their rent money?
Minimum wage earners don't donate enough to charity?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: O'Toole
Georgia you shithole !
Georgia you shithole !
If everyone votes it may be different in 2018.
>>>I say it stays Republican.
Not exactly going out on a limb there Thom, its Georgia.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
>>>>>If everyone votes it may
>>>>>If everyone votes it may be different in 2018.
How many more votes did Clinton have over Trump in California?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
>Minimum wage earners don't
>Minimum wage earners don't donate enough to charity? <
they subsidize corporate CEO's.
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What states get the most
What states get the most federal dollars?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
i thought you haz googlez?
i thought you haz googlez?
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I get people here to do it
I get people here to do it for me
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: O'Toole
i'm talking about the red
i'm talking about the red states Slack.
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>> Californians are expected
>> Californians are expected to give away their rent money?
No one said that.
>> Minimum wage earners don't donate enough to charity?
No one said that.
Strawman - an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ausonius
Loser says what???????
Loser says what???????
Finishing most expensive House race ever, Ossoff calls for campaign finance reform
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/06/21/finishing-expensive-house-race-eve...
Chutzpah is to weak a word.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
How about "bollocks"?
How about "bollocks"?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Buddy Greene
"golly i can't imagine how
"golly i can't imagine how they keep winning, especially in heavy african american states..."
not the 6th its mostly old white people
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Georgia you shithole !
If everyone votes it may be different in 2018."
Georgia is a shithole in regards to voting. I have voted against Newt.Isacson, and now crooked Karen ive been outvoted for 25 + years now.
If (insert your worst) were to run as a republican in Georgia they would win.
I am just happy those commercials are over and hoping the junk mail is done.