The Next Big Special Election Features a Sexy Dem Marine in PA

Good looking and go-getter Mr. Lamb is only 33 years old. New blood and good stuff.

I'm a Canadian and I'll give in $100 in spirit. Hope he wins!

What a precious last name.

Awww...he's cute. And we need a Democrat in that district of Pittsburgh (and whatever else has been gerrymandered onto it). Wish I could vote.

Momma will undoubtedly fantasize she'd been convicted in Mt. Lebanon during his prosecutor phase.

If he loses, the headline will be: LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER.

He's average looking *at best*. Why are some of you bitches so thirsty just because it's a tallish white dude?!?

Well, r6, I live in the next congressional district, and when I say he is a Major Motherfucking Improvement over the ugly, nasty Republicunt he's trying to replace, you'd better believe I am thirsty for the improvement he will bring (or I would say I'm thirsty if I were the kind of cunt like you who uses "thirsty" in such a situation). And for politics, he is Not Bad Looking.

It's not really that he's good looking. OP is correct tho, he is sexy.

I want a winner. If he can win, we need him.

Trump is trying to stop Conor.

He's HOT. Tall, accomplished, and confident.

BDF in a major way! And he looks kind... like he would be a very sensual and tender kisser.

A night with Conor Lamb would definitely involve some tender kisses.

He is TALL

This is my district! Whether you find him hot or not, please support him, we need fewer wing nuts in PA

"... Conor is a tall, blonde, blue-eyed stud of a Marine,” said William J. Green, a political analyst on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh.

So that's the word on the ground.

I'll support him R15. But ONLY because he's hot.

Picture it: Conor Lamb plowing Brian Sims' beefy ass doggie-style.

Bump

There will he plenty more news as the election gets closer.

I donated to him last night and tweeted his donation page.

You go, big studly Marine dude!

Oh shit. Republicans think they're going to lose the seat

That Conor Lamb might end up in the White House.

Jesus Christ, these must be 400 lb frauen who think this horse faced guy is sexy and hot.

Full article. Lamb has surged

Trump's visit will probably seal the deal, unfortunately. They are *not* going to lose this one, even if they have to cheat.

Impeccable anal hygiene

HUNG

[quote] This is my district!

You better get your ass out there and bring in the vote.

Trump wants the govt to shut down so he can blame it on the democrats and their love for illegal non-citizens over actual citizens. That is a very powerful message, and not just to his base. Most blue collar Americans want merit-based immigration. So someone running in a blue collar district had better beware. This is Trump making every race about illegal immigration and when the subject is illegal immigration, democrats lose.

Is [bold]Connor Lamb[/bold] another corporate Democrat?

He hasn't really staked out many positions, I imagine he will be pro business if that's what you're asking

R33,

The answer is yes.

If a Democratic candidate isn’t getting specific with policy positions, it means he/she will, if empowered/re-empowered, vote like a corporate Democrat.

"Trump wants the govt to shut down so he can blame it on the democrats and their love for illegal non-citizens over actual citizens."

Do you ever laugh at yourself when you post things like this? You freepers are a riot, making it hard for people to legally immigrate while decrying illegal immigration.

I'm a democrat R35, and very well aware of how politics works. This a win for Trump if he makes it about immigration. Though I don't think it was Trump's idea to make it about immigration -- he has 'flight of ideas' and as such he cannot focus long enough to have a coherent policy. One of his advisors told him to drop the bipartisan agreement because he could make the govt shutdown about democrats and paint it as democrats favoring illegals over working class citizens. This tactic will be not just be used for the March special election, but will be used in November as well.

. Go look at political message boards. Trumpbots are spamming message boards about how this strategy will win PA and November elections by making it about all about immigration.

It's the only way Trump ever wins anything. He goes to blue collar areas and tells white people what they want to hear - that the Democratic Party favors citizens of foreign countries (code for "dark skinned") who are here illegally and "stealing" jobs from them. That narrative gets the white working class to the polling place on Election Day to vote against the democratic candidate. It's an effective strategy, because how will democrats defend themselves in a succinct, buzzword-style response to Republicans who say "dems shut down the US govt because of illegal immigrants"?

Uneducated blue collar people don't want to hear a well thought out response. Remember how they reacted when Hillary Clinton gave them well thought out responses and plans. They ridiculed her as an out of touch elite who hates "real" Americans. They want buzzwords, slogans, accusations, code words and "rah rah USA is better than anybody" rallies. GOP will paint themselves as the law and order party again, going after illegals who are "destroying this country" (code for "too many dark skinned people") and defending good old Joe Sixpack from this foreign threat.

[QUOTE]If a Democratic candidate isn’t getting specific with policy positions, it means he/she will, if empowered/re-empowered, vote like a corporate Democrat.

Or it means he’s being smart.

^^^ Exactly, this is a conservative district. If he goes in there guns blazing with liberal policies he will lose. He's young with no record. Crossover conservative voters will be voting for him because he seems honest, hard working, sane, and attractive. That's what he should be focusing on.

Our boy has them scared

Big thumbs.

Definite BDF!

Here's what democrats should say when running for office, "I am all for a bipartisan agreement on immigration and look forward to working on this issue as soon as I get to Washington."

And keep those fucking asshole DACA people away from rallies for democratic candidates. Instead of trying to gain sympathy from ordinary Americans, they are running around making demands and insisting they're not leaving because they have a right to be here. No, you don't have a right to be here and you are in no position to demand anything. You only piss off the blue collar white people with aggressive rhetoric. Try to be sympathetic. Cry. Cry about how America is your home and you don't know how to live as a non-American. Cry and say you want to be part of "the greatest country in the world." Flattery will get you everywhere. Demands won't.

These hardcore leftists around here don’t want to hear that, R44.

r45, did you get lost on the way to Breitbart?

Would Biden help or hurt him if he went there?

Definitely help. PA would still be blue if Biden was the Dem nominee. They majority of Pennsylvanians see him right now and wish he was the President.

Yes Biden is a good fit for working class white old school Dems.

Is he James Comey tall?

He may have BDF, but he also has "Lurch head".

Here’s what Dems should say in blue collar districts:

Everything you’ve been told about immigrants is a lie. Why? They need your vote to keep lining their pockets. They’re using our anger against us. You should be angry, but don’t be stupid. They’re conning you, they’re trying to con all of us. They’re lying to you. Pennsylvania, they’ve lied to you, too many lies to count. They think you’re dumb and that you don’t matter because you don’t have a Bachelors degree. Thry think you don’t matter because you’re working class. They don’t care about you, and they sure as hell don’t give a shit about your children.

You want to be angry? Go right ahead, BE angry. You should be angry — we should all be angry. I’m angry as hell! But turn your anger where it belongs. Be angry at our government. Be angry at corporations. THESE are the people who not only don’t give a shit about any of us, but also many of them actually look DOWN on us. Don’t be angry at people who are just like you. Trying to give their kids a decent life, just like you. The truth is, immigrants are NOT taking your jobs — greedy corporations are. Every single time Fox News trots out a story about a criminal immigrant, know that there are 1,000,000 immigrants who are just like you and me. They’re telling half-truths and feeding on your anger to get your vote. They’re lying to you, they want to fool you, and damnif they aren’t great at it. Corrupt politicians in both parties do this. But most especially Republicans and the President of the United States are right now screwing you over in the biggest scam in our history. RAise your hand if a $1.50 a week is going to help you? Paul Ryan wants you to kiss his $500 custom Italian shoes for your $1.50 per week. Paul Ryan not only wants to screw you, and screw you hard, but he wants you to sing “thank you Master Ryan” while he’s screwing you.

The truth is, coal is gone. Times are changing. I’m here because I want to work directly with businesses in technology to shift our workers from manufacturing into technology. I have a plan that rewards businesses for rewarding workers. I have a plan that rewards businesses who don’t pay CEO’s 1000 x’s they’re workers. IOur country is in a lot of trouble because we all got scammed putting Trump in office. But it’s not too late to fix the damage Trump and the Republicans have done. It’s not too late to say, “I voted for Trump because I want to see change, but he’s the wrong guy to do it.” It is NOT too late to make America Great, but let’s improve that motto. The new motto should sound like, “Make America Great Again, From the Bottom Up.” Let’s do this together. Don’t listen to what I say, watch what I DO. And I’ll do everything I can for YOU.

You were told over and over, I’ll never lie to you. But you have a WH that sends a liar to the press every single day, and every single day she won’t answer a single question. Remember, we told Republicans that if we put them in power, we WILL hold them accountable. They’ve failed, and they’re ruining our country, they’re literally lining their pockets by taking money for YOUR KIDS. We aren’t asking for anything more than a fair game. Let’s kick these bastards out, and start putting people in office who actually care about the working class. If you still don’t agree with me, I’m not sure what more I can say other than go look at your bank account. But if you’re here tonight, and you see your bank account and don’t know how in the hell youre going to pay your bills this month, then show up and tell them you’re pissed off at the ballot box. I would be honored and I would be humbled to serve you. I’m here to work for YOU. I want YOU to be my boss, I want YOU to tell me what you want, I want YOU to tell me how to make our state better. Thank you.

What I find interesting about the race is that it pits a Marine against an Air Force Officer. That alone make it worth watching.

Were you in the Marines or the Air Force? Just wondering.

Iirc, Biden has endorsed Lamb over the weekend. I'm not sure if it was at a campaign event or not.

"Biden has endorsed"

aka The Kiss of Death.

He's as Pretty as Mitt Romney

R53, don't be surprised if your post hasn't already been plagiarized by some journalist trolling anonymous boards for opinion-piece ideas.

Link to the story below is only free until the 24th. This guy is the best race analyzer in the country, despite his publication.

Pro-gun???????

R62, that's not the same thing as wanting an assault rifle in every home. His opponent wants to "keep coal mines roaring" (cough, cough). A lot of Pennsylvania is very 19th century.

I'd sniff it

If he wins, it sure won’t be with the help of national Democrats.

If he wins, he will be one of the top 10 best looking in congress

Only twelve more days now.

Joe to the rescue.

If he loses maybe Biden won’t embarass himself with another presidential run.

He’s not losing. And Joe will run.

I will dance an Irish jig if Lamb can somehow pull this out. It's going to be brutally difficult, though. Encouraging that DCCC and a pair of Democratic super-PACs have collectively kicked in nearly a million into the race recently. We need all our Pittsburgh area DataLoungers to help get out the Blue vote! This one would be HUGE.

Lordy he is handsome

I am IN LOVE. Look how cute he is at R61, R72 and R73!

Is there a chance he's closeted?

33 years old, never married, no mention of a girlfriend or personal life anywhere ...

There's a chance R74 but closeted Dems are somewhat rare. Very little political cost to them coming out, and often it actually helps. That being said he is running in Trump country so he is a little more likely than other dems to be closeted.

Still, I think its more likely he is waiting for his political star to rise so he can marry a woman from a wealthy family who will help finance later campaigns for higher offices. That's pretty common with young politicians.

If elected he easily becomes one of the top 5 most attractive congressmen.

[quote]I will dance an Irish jig if Lamb can somehow pull this out.

He’s not allowed to pull out. That would be our first rule as a couple.

My brother lives in the Westmoreland County portion of the district and has a Lamb sign in his front yard (I live in Mike Doyle's district0.

The largest block of Democrats in the district live in Greene and Washington counties. Democrats in those counties are socially conservative and love Trump because of his stands on coal. These Democrats don't want to hear of re-training, they want to coal mines to re-open. Obama lost these voters when he ended research in clean coal.

While you gurls might look down on coal miners -- both my grandfathers were coal miners -- in a good year, miner could make $80,000 to $120,000.

Lamb must walk a very tight rope. He talks about his personal opposition to abortion on demand, but said that the existing laws must be followed. He is also a supporter of Second Amendment rights.

To win, Lamb needs college-educated, white collar professionals in the South Hills communities to come out to vote for him, hopefully with a lot of Republican women willing to cross party lines. Lamb will also need to win back blue collar voters in Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties

In dozens of interviews with voters last week in the 18th Congressional District, which runs from the suburbs south and east of Pittsburgh to the West Virginia border, there was no shortage of Trump voters who are now disappointed in his presidency.

“There needs to be something done down there, it’s a mess from the top to the bottom,” said Harriett Brautigam, 90, who lives in Bethel Park, a suburb where Vice President Mike Pence campaigned for Mr. Saccone in February. “I’m a Republican, but I don’t like the president at all,” she said.

“I’m not very pleased with him at all,” said Graydon Cartmell, 73, a retired international trade executive who voted for Mr. Trump. Even the Republicans’ signature achievement, a tax cut bill, Mr. Cartmell deemed unsatisfying. “It certainly doesn’t benefit the middle class that much,” he said.

Ms. McCoy voted for Mr. Trump — “I figured it would be a change” — but she plans to vote for Mr. Lamb, because she is worried that Republicans in Washington will cut Social Security to pay for the recent tax cut. “I’m going back to my Democrats,” she said.

Win or lose, look how far we've come since November, 2016. This district gave Trump a 19-point victory and now we're talking about a Democrat pulling within 3 points, a 16-point shift if it holds. That 16-point shift would still result in a Democratic loss but I guarantee you that such a loss would scare Congressional Republicans far more than it does Democrats.

I hope he can pull it out but it's a heavily Republican district. Even with a strong Democratic candidate and a weak Republican, it's still a long shot.

[QUOTE]Ms. McCoy voted for Mr. Trump — “I figured it would be a change” — but she plans to vote for Mr. Lamb, because she is worried that Republicans in Washington will cut Social Security to pay for the recent tax cut. “I’m going back to my Democrats,” she said.

Of course if people like you never left your Democrats, there wouldn’t be a tax cut or a threat to your Social Security payments there, Betty. But no, you wanted to believe Trump would throw out all the brown people, bring back coal and make America like the good old (a.k.a. white) days.

Good news r80 ! Let's hope there's plenty more disaffected Trump voters out there like those ex-Trump fans.

I hope Lamb wins but this is still Trump territory and the Deplorables are loyal to him. It will be a tight race.

Lamb will pull it out.

^^^He better not!!!

I live in his district and I'm seeing a surprising number of Conor Lamb signs (my town is freeper central so this is encouraging)

Would drain him dry morning and night.

Isn't this district going to dramatically change once the district is redrawn per a recent court order? And isn't this special election only for a few months and then the election for a full term happens using the court order district?

[QUOTE]I live in his district and I'm seeing a surprising number of Conor Lamb signs (my town is freeper central so this is encouraging)

The Deplorables are retreating back into their caves now that they see how disappointing Trump has been. They say they’re still with him in opinion polls but their enthusiasm has waned significantly.

I think Saccone will win. He better, considering we are entering into a trade war to mollify the voters there. These special elections and their costs are ridiculous. We would all be better off if the seats were left vacant until the next general election.

Especially in this case, r91. The next election is this coming November and if the court ordered redistricting occurs then a large part of what is now district 18 will actually be district 14, which is held by the democrats anyway. It does see, like a waste of resources.

Disagree. IT will be a huge moral boost to Dem voters and politicians and a huge moral crusher for Rs. Remember they are hoping tax reform will be their magic bullet in November. That has a lot of value.

Isn't Saccone polling ahead though.

There haven't been many polls and Sacconne didn't have a big lead. A Lot has happened in the last two weeks. We don't know who is ahead at this point

The GOP needs to pour as much money as they can into the election to hold the line. It’s not clear yet if all the substantial benefits that the working class people have received from Trump’s tax reform will be sufficient in November to hold on to people who have been duped by the media.

Benefits have been relatively minor for working people so far R96. 3 million people got bonuses, That's 1.5% of the US workforce. And pay increases have also been modest, one poll put them at 2% of population saying they had got one. GOP says benefits have only just begun and will spiral dramatically into much more but for now it's voters are just being asked to take their word for it. On March 13th we will see if voters are doing that.

[Quote] Here’s how tricky things have gotten for Republicans: GOP outside groups have dramatically scaled back their ads promoting the party’s tax cut, with the messaging barely moving the needle in the district’s working-class confines. The latest round of advertisements focus on law-and-order issues, like immigration and crime. A new spot from the Paul Ryan-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC slams Lamb for supporting “amnesty to illegal immigrants” because he “worked in the Obama administration.” A National Republican Congressional Committee ad portrays Lamb as soft on crime because he negotiated a plea deal with a notorious drug kingpin during his tenure as a federal prosecutor. These culture-war ads are reminiscent of those run by Ed Gillespie in his failed Virginia gubernatorial campaign, and they carry the whiff of desperation.

GOP tax cut political messaging is a dud with these voters

In the district Republicans are running these attack ads trying to link Conor to that evil she-Beast Nancy Pelosi!! Seriously, they are trying to make her look like some evil witch or something, I bet most Republicans can't even name one thing she's done.

R99 You forget that Republicans have their own set of facts that's how they can spin these narratives which play to their base.

Even more hilarious—and obvious in their overreaching dishonesty—are the ads blaming the opiod crisis on Conor Lamb. Oh, fucking please, Republiturds.

I need shirtless photos ASAP.

They must be out there.

If you want to see him shirtless then donate to his campaign. Should he win, thanks in part to prolific fundraising, he might rip his shirt off and helicopter it above his head on TV after the race is called.

Conor Lamb pullling ahead!

Emerson polling is rather "meh" at best. Monmouth is much more reliable, and they haven't polled this race since mid-February (it had Saccone +3). The good news is most polls are within the margin of error, which indicates the race is super close. I'm not getting my hopes up after the disappointment of Georgia 6. (I think Lamb is running a better campaign overall than Ossoff, though.) Win or lose, the results of this race will be fascinating to watch. Hopefully Lamb can pull off another in a decent string of big upsets in red districts as of late.

I think Trump is planning on going there to tout his steel tariffs and hoping it is enough to stop Lamb's momentum.

R107 If I were running for office now the last thing I would want is the Orange Anus endorsing me.

A LOT of good news for Lamb in this national poll. Dems at +10 vs Rs.

BULGE ALERT

Debate will be free advertising for Lamb. He is nice to look at and more charismatic

Uncle Joe is working to get out the vote for Conor, who looks eerily like his sainted late son Beau.

Jesus, that pic makes Biden look like an embalmed corpse.

Is that Elaine Benes all giddy at meeting Uncle Joe @R112?

Republicans sense defeat.

Oh, gods of homosexuality, please make this happen!!

I'm still not getting my hopes up, though.

We need to have Saccone elected to maintain economic prosperity. Lamb would just be a Pelosi stooge, notwithstanding his protestations.

Is Vlad paying you 20 cents for that post, or 25, Svetlana/R118?

The truth is while Lamb has carved out an independent brand for himself, Sacconne has just been on his knees praising Trump and GOP tax cuts, and it has him on the cusp of losing a Trump +20 district. Nothing the deplorables have tried seems to work

I'm glad they are wasting so many millions of their deplorable KKKoch cash trying to prop this Sacconne loser up though

The jobs numbers are good. Trump looks "presidential" and will get some mileage out of the North Korea thing, and steel tariffs to "protect our jobs" and "illegal immigration" are going to be Trump's strong suit. The GOP sees this as a win. The fact that they are going to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and privatize Social Security, after this election will escape most of the dumb asses who support him. We cannot allow voters to be fooled. We need to change the subject. What usually happens is the GOP candidate will cream"illegal immigration" and the Dem will start 'esplaining that DACA deserves to be passed, blah blah blah,. Wrong answer! Don't be fooled. Change the fucking subject. Pound away on the cuts to Medicare Medicaid, and SS. Pound away on how the GOP and Trump fucked up healthcare. They have been undermining it since they couldn't repeal it. As for jobs? Talk about all the jobs to will be lost because of tariffs. Make tariffs a bad word. But if you can't do that, at least talk about the minimum wage and how the GOP is opposed to it. And please talk about the $31,000 dinig room set, and all the free travel, and all the excesses Trump's people are guilty of.

Just want to add that unless he does something really awful or something truly horrible comes out, ignore Trump and go after Congress and their record.

Disagree, Dems have killed some bad policy by tying it to Trump. He is deeply unpopular in this country.

The Republicans have spent $90 million on this race, for a district that won't exist in November.

An analyst on MSNBC just called that "psychotic." Can't argue!

On what planet does he look anything approaching "presidential"?

My comment was meant for r122, obviously. This marine looks plenty presidential and he isn't even in the White House.

If Lamb wins this he will be Toomey's next statewide opponent. Kid is GOOD. Comes across smart and personable. And is running a great campaign

All the more reason to support him if it means the end of Toomey.

Maybe that’s why Republicans are spending so much money to knock him out of the box. It’s about the damage Conor can do in the future. It’s like Don Ciccio trying to kill baby Vito before he could come back as a man for revenge.

Even if Lamb doesn't win next week, he will likely win in the newly redrawn district and be Toomey's next opponent.

Yeah, the new district will include Lamb's hometown, Mt. Lebanon, where he grew up and still lives now.

Yeah but if he wins, he’ll be a superstar. Hell, he’d be in the conversation as a potential running mate for the Dem nominee. We’re talking a major elevation that would greatly benefit a Senate run down the road.

<3 He's so dreamy <3

Doesn't this seat go back up for election in November? Why didn't they just wait the 8 months instead of holding a costly special election now?

Yes he will benefit from Dems wanting someone with white working class appeal. And he seems to be actually good at politics. Chooses smart areas to break from the party and smart areas to brag about his liberal views. Combine someone with a keen political sense with his youth and good looks, making of a Dem super star

[quote] Lamb has surged

He can surge right into my no-no hole!

R134 Each state chooses their own laws about that sort of thing. How long they have to hold the election, whether the gov appoints someone in the meantime, how far away it has to be from normal election season. PAs rules tell them to do this. In many states this would be too close to November to hold the special election

It's so important for Democrats to start building a young bench of future stars. Thanks to Trump, it's starting to happen.

Toomey is a Senator, Lamb is running for the House.

Yes R139, and in 2022 he will have enough experience to credibly challenge Toomey for Senate. That is what we are talking about

Unless he’s in the White House before then.

R138 is full of shit!!!!

He's campaigning with another Dem hottie this weekend: MA Congressman Seth Moulton

[quote]The GOP sees this as a win. The fact that they are going to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and privatize Social Security, after this election will escape most of the dumb asses who support him. We cannot allow voters to be fooled.

The anti-Lamb commercials running this week stress that it is Lamb who will cut off Medicare and SS.

Trump showing up to gloat over his tariffs is a non-starter in this race: Lamb supports the tariffs as well.

[bold]Does Conor Lamb support Medicare For All?[/Bold]

His website says:

[Italic]I believe that every American has a right to go see a doctor when they're sick, and that means every American has a right to health insurance they can afford.

The Affordable Care Act has flaws, but it has provided affordable coverage to more than a million Pennsylvanians who were previously uninsured.

Our representatives in Congress should be working together to build on that progress, fix what isn't working, and make the law better. Instead, Republicans in Congress spent the past year trying to take health insurance away from people with no plan to replace it. Now, costs are likely to go up for many of us, especially those with preexisting conditions. That is unacceptable, and it's a failure of leadership.

Republican leaders have not even allowed a vote on a bipartisan, common-sense effort to strengthen the ACA and stabilize the markets. And it took the threat of a government shutdown for both parties to come together and fund the children's health program (CHIP), something they'd ignored for months while the program was forced to survive on week-to-week bailouts.

These legislative failures show what is wrong with the status quo in Washington. I'll work with anyone from either party who wants to help people with pre-existing conditions, improve the quality of care, and reduce premiums, out-of-pocket costs, and prescription drug prices.[/Italic]

The answer is…no.

* * *

I will not vote for any Democratic candidate who does not support Medicare For All.

He does not, R146, so definitely sit on your hands and tell your friends to do the same so we can have 7 more years of Trump/Pence and the final, complete dismantling of Obamacare in 2019 and the repeal of Roe v. Wade.

A reminder that Pennsylvania congressional district boundaries are changing in November by court order.

R148 True but the real victory of this is morale boost for Dems and drain for Rs. Hurts recruiting and fundraising and makes elected Rs more nervous about voting for far right bills

As I understand it, the new map has a more Dem favorable seat in the area which Lamb should win in the fall, even if he loses this one.

Lamb is a candidate from central casting who is saying anything he needs to to get elected, and the media is pushing his candidacy in any way possible. I hope the PA voters will be smart enough to defeat him and this type of election ploy.

Please, someone. A stake at which to burn r151, to the corner of Bower Hill and Corcoran, STAT.

Why would voters want to vote against someone who is for Obamacare and supporting workers? So Trump can feel good about himself for five minutes.

Good luck Connor.

[quote]Good luck Connor.

Conor. But yes, good luck.

My suggestion for the ones who don't think he's progressive enough is to move to Canada. It'll make getting rid of Trump and his cronies a lot easier.

The Lambs have a lot of supporters in and around Pittsburgh.

Saccone looks like a shitty mobster. If they elect him he'll be Traficant, The Sequel.

And Lamb is sexy <3

Traveling MSNBC NewsTwink Vaughn Hillyard reports that Lamb's headquarters is packed with people working to get out the vote, and Saccone's office is ... not.

There was a post in the past couple of days on electoral-vote.com that said if the mid terms were held now democrats would lose FIVE Senate seats. Let that sink in... they'd lose Montana, Missouri, West Virginia, North Dakota, and Indiana. Trump is over 50% approval in those states. And it would be close in Ohio, Wisconsin, and possibly Michigan. He's been a train wreck and republicans should lose but the Republicans would pick up five seats, unreal. Are people really that dumb? If Anthony Kennedy or notorious RBG leave the Supreme Court we are royally fucked....

r159, remember that those places are outside of NYC and California, so the people there don't just hear the anti-Trump hysteria that is repeated in the echo chamber.

Cheeto thinks he is better looking than Lamb!!

I think the Senate poses a real problem for us. We have been told, and we KNOW the Russians are still fucking with us. They may not be as effective in special Congressional district elections, but they are certainly good at fucking with regularly scheduled state elections. So be advised. We need to do outstanding voter education and outreach in those states that R159 mentioned. This is very serious.

Dems are in good shape in the senate actually. That poll didn't even have them losing to real opponents. Just "generic republican". That's because GOP is having trouble finding candidates to take on many of our guys. Western Dems, Heidi Heitkemp and Jon Testor are incredibly strong in their states. They have good approval ratings and and long political histories. McCaskill is probably the best campaigner in the senate.

But even if Dems lose one or two seats, we are favorites in Nevada right now, Heller is widely disliked. And we have a good shot in Arizona, although the trash racist chick they are running there seems strong too.

Trump's racist rally hurt more than it helped I'm certain. He never does well when he goes off on profane rants. Had he focused on the economy and achievements, this could have boosted Saccone but it just showed off Trump at his worst. America does not like that person and never has.

Mamma like! Mamma like! Lamb make mamma's mussy moister than a spring morning during lambing season!

Trump called PA-18 Democratic candidate Conor Lamb "Lamb the Sham," then says he himself is better-looking than Lamb, though Lamb is much younger. Not only inaccurate and delusional, but also silly and juvenile.

Has Conor said anything about his stance on LGBTQ rights? I can't seem to find anything.

R160, being against Trump isn't "hysteria" - it's common sense. Most people think he's a joke, his approval rating is below 50%

This was buried in one of he articles linked above.

[quote]And this week, the Republican National Committee conducted a data analysis finding that just 47 percent of voters in the district viewed Saccone favorably, 3 percentage points lower than Trump.

Only 50% of the voters in the district view orange favorably--in this "deep red" "Trump Territory" "deplorable land" where there was a 20-point margin a year and a half ago.

What percentage of 33-year-old single, never-married men in Pennsylvania would you say are straight?

It never ceases to amaze me that people who watch Fox as if it’s really news talk about a liberal “echo chamber”.

Are they really that stupid?

Or do they just think we are that stupid?

Fox is not a news broadcast. It's a fucking show. It is complete bullshit. Aside from Sean Hannity they don't even have any marquee names. O'Reilly is gone and who gives a fuck about that dumb judge Jeanine or Tucker Carlson. They are the dregs. Not that O'Reilly wasn't. He was the dregs too.And no one is more evil and ignorant than Sean Hannity.

What about me?

whiff of desperation from GOP

The first of many r175

New poll has Conor with his bigger lead yet.

r177 That's great news but I'm still not getting my hopes up.

Saccone is running ads like a man who knows he's down in the polls. In one Conor Lamb ad, Lamb states that the last 10 days the RNC has spent $19 million on the Saccone campaign.

Even Trump wasn't all out praising the guy like he did with the other losers.

R147 writes,

[quote]He does not, [R146], so definitely sit on your hands and tell your friends to do the same so we can have 7 more years of Trump/Pence and the final, complete dismantling of Obamacare in 2019 and the repeal of Roe v. Wade.

That means Conor Lamb will not get my vote.

A Democrat who is not [italic]for[/italic] Medicare For All will [italic]not[/italic]get my vote.

If you can argue [italic]for[/italic] such a Democrat, who is against Medicare For All and is, because of that, also against you, R147, please go ahead and make your argument. And, no, Fear Donald Trump is not an argument [italic]for[/italic] Conor Lamb and any other Democratic candidate and the political party in general.

If you care about Medicare for all (one policy) over LGBT rights, funding for housing programs, protecting minorities, entitlements and you're willing to let all of those go then you aren't a liberal. You're a child who can't handle not always getting your way. No one politician believes in everything I do, every vote I've had involves compromise. If you really care about society's most vulnerable groups, and not just yourself, you'll vote to help them even if you don't love the candidate

R180 Bernie Sanders was in favor of Medicare for all. He had no viable plan to pay for it. It's one thing to be for Medicare for all, it's another thing to have a viable plan to pay for Medicare for all. Even Vermont, Bernie's home state, had trouble making it work.

When are bernvictims going to wake up? Your stupid purity tests are ignorant and not even your saint Bernard can pass it.

He supports the NRA, FFS!

While I’m not fan of Bernie, the man has a D- rating from the NRA. I wouldn’t call that a supporter.

Bernie Sanders is the only non-republican on a list of the top-25 politicians receiving NRA support, r184.

They see the writing on the wall. But this is ridiculous. They now say this is a democratic district.

Thanks, r177. Was wondering if Monmouth (legit) was going to poll one last time. The race has flipped 5 points since their last poll in mid-February. It's almost as if Trump, Pence, Ivanka, and Co. have actually HURT Saccone. Hoping for a big Democratic turnout and a big Fuck You to the Orange Asshole.

See? Now this is what I'm fuckin' talking about!!! Iowa. Yes. This is how you fight. When they go low you crush them so they have to look up to see the bottom.

He's resorting to hateful polarizing attacks.

[quote]PA-18 Republican candidate Rick Saccone said at his closing, pre-election eve rally tonight that "the other side" has hatred for the president, the country & God.

I donated to Lamb this weekend. This would be a fantastic win.

Sexual assaulter whatshisface was leading in the Alabama special election last year, but the dem won.

I wouldn't count out the Republican just yet. The results will be close. I sense some drama for the day of.

The trend has definitely been pro lamb though

Of course he is, r189. It's all he's got. It's all the GOP has.

If you're a Democrat and you can vote for this guy, PLEASE! Vote! Try to get your eligible friends and family to vote for him too. We have to save this country. Only Democrats voting every chance they get can do that.

I guess so, r192. But I don't trust polls, or predictions, or the experts anymore.

They also were slamming Alabama folks for "still going to put an accused sexual assaulter in office" then they didn't. Clinton would be in office if their trends were accurate. I'll believe Lamb is in, when it happens.

Sidenote, what does Lamb stand for exactly? He's never specific.

R195 Pro entitlements, pro infrastructure spending, pro union, pro Obamacare, and pro-choice. But also pro gun. Has taken pictures with his rifle

[quote]pro-gun

Well, he was a former Marine and he represents rural communities so it's not that unusual.

If I lived in that district, I'd vote for him. Him not giving in to the media and far left pressure to be anti-gun makes him a better candidate in my opinion.

Americans obsession with guns is so got damn stupid.

The Saccone comments at r189 are vile. These people are sick and are destroying our country.

I could see Conor Lamb in the White House some day. Good looking, former military, centrist Democrat. His good looks reminds me a lot of JFK. Candidates like him are the Democrat Party’s future and I’d be proud to vote for him.

Here comes Trump with the distractions. 😂

R202 Exactly! I just posted that in the thread on Tillerson. His bag of tricks is so predictable.

I guess he’s waiting to fire Sessions until the day of the midterms.

If Republicans lose the midterms badly and Russia stuff is still happening (it will be) sessions and Mueller are gone next day

Saccone must be desperate to campaign with Donald Trump, Jr.

Trump Jr. is emblematic of many reasons why Independent, non-Deplorable Pennsylvanians who voted for Trump now despise our so-called President.

"Fun" analysis yesterday.

I think Donnie, Jr. believes he is now an important celebrity and he offers himself up to "help" in these campaigns. Of course, he knows that if the Dems take the House in November he is fucked forever. I can't wait to see him become someone's prison bitch.

Saccone going down in flames.

"Him not giving in to the media and far left pressure to be anti-gun makes him a better candidate in my opinion."

Most Americans are in favor of gun control measures like background checks....that's not "far left"

When did freeper wingnuts invade this board?

Unfortunately, R210, I think Saccone's going to win. The district is very, very red now. Like VERY red. Listen to 538's podcast from yesterday.

psychics said it is going to be very close but Lamb is going to win.

So how do we summon Poll Troll again? Or does he appear on its own when the time is just right?

R214, you have to clap 3 times, and then click the heels of your ruby slippers together.....

It's not nearly as red as it used to be, r212. Tim Murphy ran unopposed and now Saccone has Lamb, who is polling higher, running against him. The district actually has more registered democrats in it than republicans.

A progressive democrat wouldn't stand a chance, but Lamb's a moderate.

PT just sort of shows up.

You know, I guess I need to check and see if there have been any breakdowns of Trump voters. Because I believe that a lot of people voted for Trump because they didn't like/trust Hillary, or because they just didn't want to see a woman President. I think many of them have abandoned Trump. He's a pig. So maybe the district really isn't as Red as it seems.

Plus I think people want someone who is going to do the work. They are sick of ideology and just want someone responsible to do the fucking work. And get the fuck out of their way.

Saccone has been in office since Jan 4, 2011. He has two ads that tell how he helped get a drug law changed. Every time I saw those ads I would think is that all you have done in 7 years. It seems to have been his only accomplishment. All of his other ads are pure trash

Pro Lambdong.

Any info on when the polls close?

Polls close at 8pm.

Anecdotally...turnout is strong!

Internal Republican polling has Lamb way up.

I want Lamb to win, but not by too much. Enough so that the GOP can't bring in the lawyers, but not so much that it'll alarm them to a much higher degree than a "mere win" (which is still huge) would. We don't want them upping their game "code red."

I want a huge win. I want a win to remove all doubt. I want a win so huge and so decisive that any notion at all that they can recoup their loss in November is impossible to consider. I want a win so huge and so decisive that anyone on the other side who thinks they can steal an election is beyond delusional. I want them to run like scalded cats.

You have to say poll troll’s name 3 times.

Clicking heels is for when you want to go home.

shades of Alabama.

FFS, R180. Fuck you with fire.

I despise Republicans and their hatred and ignorance, but at least they vote in lockstep for their candidates come hell or high water. If Dems could learn to do the same, we would be unbeatable just about everywhere (see Alabama).

But nooooo. You Bernbabie purists have to stamp your feet, take your balls home, refuse to vote, or thrown your vote away on idiots like Jill Stein. Your absolute refusal to compromise, your immature failure to understand that we live in a system of incremental change, has cost us election after election (not just 2016--your bullshit Nader support put Bush 2 in the White House back in 2000 as well). You fuckers allowed Trump to win, have allowed Repukes to control the House and the Senate, allowed Kennedy and likely RBG to be replaced which will swing the SC to the right for a generation, and allowed myriad evil far right bullshit to happen to this country all because you didn't get everything you wanted.

I am sooooo fucking tired of you motherfuckers. I actually have more respect for Repukes than I do for you shitstains.

You can't get everything you want. Grow up and stop allowing Repukes to win.

How is it going in PA? No news on this in hours since the Tillerson firing.

Republicans are feeling worse than ever after bad overnight polling R229. And there aren't any good anecdotal signs for them

R228, R180 is a troll. Ignore him. I think it's the same poster who was rapid about Medicare for all becoming a thing in California. Kind of an obsessed troll.

Nobody is talking about 2016 in real life.

It is a 100% troll red flag.

OK - Thanks R230!

Is the weather having an effect on voting? I'm in New England and it's snowing so much that driving is unrealistic. What are conditions like in Conor's cozy corner of the Keystone State?

R233, I'm in Allegheny County. Anecdotally...everyone that I have spoken with today said there were more people at the polls today than in a normal election. A stronger turnout is good for Lamb.

Depends on where you are in the district, r234. It's overcast where I am in Allegheny, but the district covers a few counties.

They’re used to it.

[quote] Kind of an obsessed troll.

In other words a typical DL poster.

How to you go from CEO of Exxon to Trump’s bitch-boy who got laughed out of town.

This has got to be the most embarrassing downfall in history.

Bump

Any other special elections before the midterms we should worry about / look forward to?

Poll troll, poll troll, poll troll.

I am surprised this thread is slow?

r243 Yeah, it's weird. Are they all having fun in some other thread about this election that we don't know about?

I believe the polls close in two hours? I hope the Poll Troll is alive still.

Well there isn’t really anything to talk about yet R243

Poll troll posted in one thread last night. Perhaps it is primetime or he is waiting for all voting precincts to close and the count to start coming in?

r246 It's definitely not primetime as I can still post. I'm sure he'll swoop in an hour or so before the polls close.

This is a strong republican district, meaning that there are way more registered republicans than democrats. The GOP has had to dump millions more unbudgeted dollars into this election to keep this house seat. They now think they can lose it.

WOW!

Poll Troll is R1 of this thread from yesterday.

Actually, I think there are more registered Democrats in this district. However, like much of Mid-America they tend to vote Republican in general elections.

I managed to find the NYT results page for this election. Refreshes automatically as the results trickle in.

This is another nail bitter. When do the poll close? How long until final count?

Voting Polls close in 40 minutes, no?

He's just so dreamy. I don't even care about his love of guns; that's completely irrelevant to what I want to do to him.

r253 I think they close at 8 pm local time, which is an hour and forty minutes from now? Someone please confirm.

Sorry, you're right, r253! The polls close around 8:20 pm EST.

Yes, PA polls close at 8pm EAST.

There's also a special election in Tennessee today with a Dem running.

He sure is handsome. I bet it Is nice and thick. Hehe sign me up.

"hehe"

I just read this in the NYT opinion piece:

[quote]He has run to the political middle on cultural issues (like guns and abortion) and to the left on economic ones (like trade).

So... he's against abortion? What does that mean exactly, being in the political middle on that issue? Does he want the states to decide the issue for themselves? If so, that's a total boner killer.

Lamb will be really hot for Capitol Hill.

IDK what the NYT means. He has called himself pro choice and said he would have voted against the 20 week abortion ban. He says he is personally not a fan of abortion but is anyone really?

Is that the real Poll Troll, R249, or an imposter?

r261 Thanks, that makes me feel better about him. And yes, "not being a fan of abortion" is a ridiculous thing to say for anyone, but especially a man.

Huge win, please. Voter enthusiasm matters a lot, and nothing breeds enthusiasm like a winner, we'll that and racism if you're a Republican, but that's another discussion.

So regardless of who wins, they re-enter the campaign mode tomorrow because the same seat is up again for the midterms? We're basically talking about a symbolic win here, correct?

Sounded just like the way Poll Troll writes to me, R262.

r264 Agreed! I know someone upthread said they don't want Lamb to win by a big margin as that would cause the GOP to pull out all the stops for the midterms, but on the other hand, people tend to underestimate just how much this would energize the Democratic base. It's literally change you can see with your eyes and there's nothing more motivating than that.

Someone is trying to bump old threads all day to cover up:

Potential dem victory in PA

Another dead Brit

President’s personal assistant was FIRED today.

That’s 3 scandals in one day.

Some of these scandals are intended to win the news cycle.

r259, he's anti-abortion like Joe Biden. He's personally against it but he's not going to force the electorate to think like him. With that said, he's more conservative than people here would like so I doubt you'd all vote him in as President, but he is a democrat in a republican district so he can't win as a progressive.

Pennsylvania polls are now closed.

First results expected around 8:20 p.m. Eastern time.

PT is it true. Say your name three times and you appear!

r271 You're back!

Yes, I'm back. :)

And yes, that was me posting yesterday on the other thread about the most recent Monmouth Poll for the PA race.

It's expected to be a close race.

So it may be a couple of hours before the final results are known.

I'm so excited PT. I'm here in Allegheny County! My colleagues say that voter turnout was strong.

There are some reports today of high turnout in Mt Lebanon.

Mt Lebanon is the bluest part of the district, so that could be an encouraging sign for Lamb.

Good!

Poll troll in da House! We have us some election coverage now, bay-bee!

Early numbers have just come in from Allegheny County:

Lamb (D) 52.5%

Saccone (R) 47.0%

I have not like Tom Perez before, but he is killing it on CNN right now

Allegheny! My county is awesome.

Fun fact: voters as far as Lehigh Valley (300 miles away) were complaining that they weren't able to vote today. Nobody said Pennsylvanians were smart!

R280 that's 1% reporting lets hope those numbers hold or improve.

Thank you baby Jebus! Let's hope it holds, as R283 said.

(And yeah, he's dreamy... for a politician. Let's not go nuts.)

The NYT model is predicting a close race based on these early results, with a small advantage to Lamb.

2% of the vote now in.

Lamb (58.7%)

Saccone (40.6)

Greene county is close so far and that is truly amazing. It's Pensultucky like.

MSNBC not giving us the election panel treatment tonight? Why am I looking at Chris Hayes? Where is Rachel and Lawrence and the gang? Wtf, it’s like they don’t care.

Lamb is increasing his lead with 3% of the vote now in.

I’ve been forced to turn to CNN. They’re the only ones doing it right. But I prefer the NBC crew.

Lamb (60.2%)

Saccone (39.3)

62 lamb vs. 37 saccone with 6% in!!!

So far Lamb is running several points ahead of the NYT Model's estimate.

Lamb is outperforming by about 3 points so far.

A frenetic Steve Kornacki appears, with his board on MSNBC now.

No results from Westmoreland county yet—does it (shudder) lean Republican?

10% of polls now in.

Lamb (58.6%)

Saccone (40.9%)

Yes, r295, but they have the smarter republicans out there.

The Pittburgh papers endorsed Saccone, but Lamb got the endorsement of many of the labor unions.

Westmoreland County may not report results until 9:30 PM.

Although Lamb is leading in these early returns, the NYT Model is still predicting a close race.

[QUOTE]The Pittburgh papers endorsed Saccone

Why would they do that?

The Times is giving Saccone a 60% shot of winning.

They predict the final result will be Saccone by 2 points.

WTF is wrong with the Times?

It could go either way.

Westmoreland County is not expected to report results until 9:30 PM, and it's a Republican stronghold, so Saccone could pull ahead.

That’s awful news.

Maybe that’s why MSNBC isn’t going all out with the special election coverage.

Well, if Lamb loses by only a few points, that bodes well for a win in November after the district is redrawn more evenly.

Saccone closing in already.

Westmoreland now beginning to report in.

NYT just jumped back to Lamb

NYT Model now back to 52% Lamb chance of winning.

If it suddenly flips at the 50% reporting mark... you know it was hacked.

Alright, I won’t cancel my subscription then.

The NYT needle will probably be volatile for a while.

PGH buddy says Saccone is doing better than locals expected. Big movement on ground after Trump rally. Nail biting on Liberty Avenue.

Nate Cohn reports that Saccone is doing better than expected in his own state legislative district.

What’s PGH? What’s Liberty Avenue?

45% of the vote now in.

Lamb leads by 8 points, and 7,000 votes.

Gay district in Pittsburgh.

NYT Model at 53% Lamb.

I can't take this...hurry up!

About 93, 000 votes have now been counted.

Predictions are for about 230,000 votes to be cast in total.

Oh no... that Westmorland county is super red... hasn't come in yet.

58% of the vote now in.

Lamb lead shrinks to 5%.

R300 the Gazette went to the dark side when it was bought out. They ran a really horrible editorial a few weeks ago that had their reporters do a byline strike. The Trib has always been conservative.

If Lamb can keep a loss to a slim one in Greene then it's over for Saccone.

Kornacki reporting that Lamb's lead won't be able to withold the expected vote totals for Saccone in the remaining districts. Lamb needs to run about 10% better in the remaining counties in order to win, and he won't be able to. Saccone probably wins by at least 3 points.

That would make me really sad, R325, hopefully the good guy pulls this one out.

If Saccone wins, I’m moving to Canada.

Conor will win. There aren't enough votes left in Westmoreland and they are tied in Washington, the other republican county

A new complication has arisen.

Westmoreland County says that they aren't going to report results by precinct tonight.

Nate Cohn says the NYT may turn off the model.

A Saccone win by 3 means it would still be a 17-point swing for the Democrats. That is very good. Trump won this district by 20 points.

The districts are being redrawn for the November regular election and this one will include Lamb's hometown, which is more affluent and Democratic.

61% of the vote now in.

Lamb lead up to 6 percentage points.

And Saccone will be moved into the 14th district which include true blue, Pittsburgh proper!

If the full results aren't reported tonight, then Saccone wins.

Are they rigging it?

An estimated 100,000 more votes remain to be counted.

Lamb probably thinks of this as at worst a dry run for the better playing field in November, at best an outright win.

I love Joe Trippi. He first rose to prominence when he worked for Howard Dean back in the day He's a genius with polls and elections and voter behavior. He's on CNN. I'll take his analysis over anyones. RIght now he is saying that no matter who wins tonight,m this is a very bad result for the Republicans. Trump won this district by more than 60% in 2016. And if Saccone wins it will be by a hair. IF. and right now it doesn't look good for Saccone.

WTF is up with Westmoreland County? All the other counties are almost done reporting and they have barely started. Are they a bunch of hillbillies who don't know how to count?

WHY are they tinkering with precinct results?

Lamb has been trending up on the NYT's final result estimates in the last 10-15 minutes.

R334, if that heavily Republican area isn't reporting tonight then I expect Saccone will squeak out a narrow win when the votes are finally counted.

Recount!

71% of the vote now in.

Lamb lead down to 4 points.

Kornacki is the REAL poll troll. He's always leaning towards the Republicans whenever he "reports" on things.

Can't stand him.

Sort of, r338. The further away from Pittsburgh the worse it gets.

Don't get too happy about the districts being redrawn. There's a court challenge.

Lamb only had a 3 point lead in the latest polls going into tonight.

So these results are still in line with the polls.

This was expected to be close.

OK. Keep an eye on this. If there is any tampering it'll be here. Westmoreland. It has always been GOP. But Lamb was pulling in 44% of the vote. Hillary only got 35% there. Which is good, because he is also way ahead in the Dem stronghold of Allegheny county. He is out performing Hillary by a lot, and Saccone is underperforming Trump by a lot.

What the hell is going on here?

NYT has decided to turn off the needle.

It'll be down to Republican turnout in Westmoreland. If it is high, Lamb loses.

The NYT Model relies on precinct results.

Westmoreland County isn't going to report precinct results.

So NYT has had to shut their model down.

John King is saying 88% of Westmoreland is already in.

The most Republican part of the district — Greene County — reported its results: Saccone up by 16.

But Trump won that county by 43 points. Romney won in 2012 by 25 points.

Turnout was down 56% from the 2016 election.

That is a 27-POINT SWING to the Democrats.

83% of the vote now in.

Lamb leads by by 2.5 points.

87% of the vote now in.

Lamb lead down to 1.4 points.

Unless the last batch of Westmoreland is 2-1 Saccone, Conor has this

damn

I will say it again and again. Close elections are much easier to steal. We have to show up. We have to turn out. I don't care how well Conor Lamb and the Dems do, if we lose. Those rotten fuckers. Well. The court ordered them to redraw the district lines so we can regroup and win in November, but shit. If we really want to get rid of Trump we have to win the House. We need 25 seats. there are four vacancies. We can win them all. If we show up.

So close.

This is not going in Lamb's direction. It's reminding me of what happened Election night 2016 when it felt like Hillary had it, and then suddenly Trump came up from behind and took it away.

I'm still traumatized by that night.

I doubt Lamb will win now. The margin in Greene was too wide. In order for Lamb to win, Saccone had to squeak by in Washington and Westmoreland and take Greene by no more than 12.

Rural red districts are all run dirty. True in late surging numbers in MI and PA.

These motherfuckers. Break this goddamn country up already. Why should I be subjected to the whims of “rural voters” in some bumfuck county I never even heard of?

If I were Lamb I'd zero in on key precincts in Westmoreland and demand certain precincts be recounted. Absolutely. If he loses this he has to.

Other than optics, it really doesn't matter who wins this vote, this congressional district won't even exist in November 2018 and both Lamb and Saccone will live in different congressional districts then.

88% now in.

Lamb lead increases ever so slightly to 1.5%

God I love America.

Lamb up a tick more...

leading by 0.4% with 94% reporting

Wow.

94% now in.

Lamb lead down to 0.4%.

Yes it does matter. That fucker Saccone said anybody who was against him was anti Trump, anti country, and anti-God or some bullshit like that. How do Repukes get away with that shit?

He and his president need to lose and that loss needs to be humiliating.

WESTMORELAND fully counted! Lambs lead can only go up now!!

95% now reporting.

Lamb lead at 0.5%.

but there are red areas of Washington and Allegheny

Lamb's lead is around 700 votes, a very tight race.

Is what R371 said true, Poll Troll? Is this the pinnacle for Saccone?

More Allegheny still coming in to pad his lead

I can't believe that MSNBC is having no in depth coverage about this race tonight. They certainly talked about the race enough in the weeks leading up to tonight's race.

They had to call-in the Russian hackers, #374.

Switch to CNN, they never disappoint

It seems like Drew Miller(3rd party) who has .6% of the vote is keeping Lamb alive.

3700 absentee ballots not included yet.

With only 700 votes will that trigger an automatic recount?

Pooty's ground crew are trying their best to save it for the Bone Spur league. They could have someone fucking with the machines

NYT still has Westmoreland at 97%. Washington @ 90%

There's really no need for it R377. Rachel's covering it now a bit.

Whoever wins will do it by less than a thousand votes.

PA please!!! prove the rest of us wrong and that there is hope in beautiful Pennsylvania.

[quote]Is what [R371] said true, Poll Troll? Is this the pinnacle for Saccone?

Too soon to tell.

Westmoreland and Washington are almost done, but there still appears to be some left.

Never ever fail to vote. Turn out.

Washington is fairly red too.

Lamb's lead increases ever so slightly.

Now 0.6% ahead.

Looking at the precinct results at NYT, it's hard to determine if the outstanding areas in Wash and Allegheny will go Rep or Dem

Decision Desk HQ hasn't been able to reach a decision yet.

How dare Saccone say Democrats don't like 🗿 Jesus !

[quote]Looking at the precinct results at NYT, it's hard to determine if the outstanding areas in Wash and Allegheny will go Rep or Dem

That's why NYT turned the needle off.

We don't know what's still out.

Hmmm the count seems to be stuck in 95% flashes of 2016 election.

I'm watching Kornacki on MSNBC right now and I wish Lawrence would just stand in front of him slap the glasses off his face

Have all the votes from Moscow been counted?

CNN has a camera crew and reporters INSIDE the absentee ballot counting place. Yaay. I was watching Rachel for a while, but then she said the magic words:Steve Kornacki" and I flipped to CNN. I'd rather look at Rick Santorum than listen to Steve Kornacki. Ugh.

Now up to 96% in.

Lamb holding onto a 0.6% lead.

I thought DL had a big crush on Steve Kornacki. Maybe I'm thinking of someone else.

r394, it was God, not Jesus. And I have nothing against Jesus, I don't believe in him, but I have nothing against him.

Lamb ahead by 1,238 votes.

Ugh I can’t deal with this, I’m taking a Xanax

Allegheny county is what's keeping Lamb alive but they are now at 97%

Washington County is @ 90% with Republicans leading by 2k votes. Keep it close Democrats

I can't even masturbate!

Why all the hate for Steve?

Maybe because he's a Libertarian?

is this going to come down to the absentee ballots?

Because he's an ugly dork

Me too R404

I would hope so on Allegheny County, r405. Of all the districts, that has the most democrats.

[quote]Why all the hate for Steve?Maybe because he's a Libertarian?

Ironically Steve Miller taking .6% of the vote is what's keeping Lamb ahead of the Repig. >6% is the diference between the two. hehe

What's taking so long?

I’d like Steve better if he presented hole.

Well everything will depend on where the absentee ballots came from if they were from Allegheny then it's Lambs.

"BREAKING: At 9pm, it will be at least 3 hours til they call #PA18.

If it comes down to this in a gerrymandered R district Trump won by 20 with a 5x spending advantage and steel tariffs, ignore all his excuses. Trump is running on fumes as a politician."

R401, I think DL turned on him after 2016. I know the DL loved him during the primaries.

Sadly, r412, I know more democrats that went for Miller because they considered Lamb a Dino.

🐑 [bold] This Is A Real Hoof Biter !

Allegheny Elections Board chief says they have around 3700 absentee ballots.

They may not finish counting them until Midnight.

Westmoreland County is what's screwing everything up because Deplorables are leading by 10K, but they are at 99% so the hemorrhage will stop soon.

It will be up to Washington county and the absentee ballots in Allegheny. The Dems need to keep it close in Washington county even if they lose the county.

Really 418, ?

Shades of the 2016 election and the Bernie and Jill Stein vote, that played a part in costing Clinton the White House.

Steve Kornacki use to have a show on MSNBC and wasn't too bad, but then MSNBC made him their election expert gave him a big board and apparently someone told him to start yelling and making exaggerated arm gestures while bending over like a 90 year old man and he became very annoying.

Unfortunately, it looks like the Repug is gonna squeak by with a win.

DL went off Kornacki because he's kind of a loser. His star descended at MSNBC, then descended again.

From host of his own show (Up) to co-host of a four-person show (The Cycle) to ... possibly autistic numbers boy who gets trotted out occasionally.

Harry Enten says we are seeing an even larger swing toward the Democrats in 2018 than we saw back in 2006.

Oh well. I never watched him, but I'll remember him in his adorkable days before he lost favor.

Keep in mind absentee ballots include military and Lamb is a former Marine.

Allegheny county still has three precincts that haven't reported any votes and that county is going more for Lamb.

We are seeing a 17-point swing towards the Democrats.

In 2006 there was a 15-point swing toward the Democrats and the Republicans lose Congress.

Bodes well for Dems in November.

Yeah -- watch how Lamb leads the while time and then loses at the last minute.

That's how the Russkis do it.

97 percent of precincts fully reporting.

Oh no...

R431 = Donnie's Rump

Does anyone trust the election officials in these redneck Trump cult states? I don’t

98% reporting.

Lamb leads by 0.3 points

Kornacki just spat out a shitload of numbers and Lawrence seems annoyed.

Cross Creek 3 just reported in Wash Co. Super red! 75.9% - 24.1%

[QUOTE]Does anyone trust the election officials in these redneck Trump cult states? I don’t

Doesn’t PA have a Democrat governor who’s in control of this shit?

Conor Lamb leads by 0.3 percentage points, or 585 votes, over Rick Saccone with 98 percent of precincts fully reporting.

Conor Lamb 107,155 49.8%t Rick Saccone 106,570 49.6t Drew Miller 1,304 0.6t

I thought they normally counted absentee ballots first, what they doing counting them twice?

With Washco having 7% remaining, and everyone else basically done, I think Saccone is going to just barely pull this off.

r439 yes because we had a really crappy republican gov. before him but how soon they forget

It doesn’t matter if they have a Democratic Governor. Republicans cheat

I understand

WTF......Some counties aren't counting absentee ballots until tomorrow.?

Decision Desk HQ reports that Washington County will not be counting absentee ballots until the morning.

[quote]Kornacki just spat out a shitload of numbers and Lawrence seems annoyed.

I'm trying to squeeze out every ounce of limelight here!

This race may not be called tonight.

MSNBC's Traveling NewsTwink Vaughn Hillyard looks so cute tonight!

98% reporting (581 of 593 precincts)

Just leaving the ballots there until they get to them in the morning, I suppose. That sounds sketchy.

700 vote lead.

r439, it's "Democratic" but somehow I think you knew that already.

Troll.

I agree Poll Troll at R449. BTW, I clicked my ruby red slippers three times and then I clapped like they did for Tinkerbell, and you came HOME. So happy to see you!!!!

Lawrence did seem annoyed!

Steve’s back on. Good Lord, take a breathe

R452, I think you're spot-on. Super sketchy. Hope the Dem attorneys are there to watch things. Cameras, too.

I don't care if Lamb only wins by ten votes, as long as he wins!

Conor Lamb leads by 0.3 percentage points, or 700 votes, over Rick Saccone with 98 percent of precincts fully reporting.

Conor Lamb 107,471 49.9%

Rick Saccone 106,771 49.5%

Drew Miller 1,308 0.6%

215,550 votes, 98% reporting (581 of 593 precincts)

Isn’t this a major defeat for Republicans no matter what? Trump is a drain on their party

We might not know who wins until tomorrow?

Fuck, I'm going to bed.

7,000 absentee ballots in Allegheny County, which is going heavy for Lamb.

It ain't over yet!

I think the red counties are waiting to "count" absentee ballots so they can figure out how many to "adjust" after they see the absentee numbers for the blue county.

Allegheny County expects to count its absentee votes by Midnight.

However, Greene County and Washington County aren't planning to count absentees until tomorrow.

Kornacki is beyond HYPER.

Chill, bitch!!!!

Yeah, those red counties will just announce a higher number since Republicans are filthy liars

[quote] However, Greene County and Washington County aren't planning to count absentees until tomorrow.

Jonathan Alter just called Greene County 'Cow County'. He says nobody lives there!

Yes, Kornacki needs to calm the fuck down.

[quote]BTW, I clicked my ruby red slippers three times and then I clapped like they did for Tinkerbell, and you came HOME. So happy to see you!!!!

Hi, R455.

That's sweet. :)

I can't believe how small some of these precinct are, one had a total of 38 total votes. West Middletown, Washington county.

R463 is correct.

Rethugs always cheat.

Always.

[QUOTE]Jonathan Alter just called Greene County 'Cow County'. He says nobody lives there!

It’s the same with all of these redneck ass counties. Get some heroin in there and wipe these Deplorables out already.

CNN interview the guy who is in charge of counting the absentee ballots in allegheny earlier and he said that about 3700 absentee ballots were returned out of nearly 7,000 sent out.

Ok I'm done with Kornacki. Someone take away her adderal

Anyone watching Kornacki in the lower box on MSNBC?

Fucking hilarious.

[quote]Anyone watching Kornacki in the lower box on MSNBC?

I find Kornacki very sexy when he gets so agitated.

But then I find Kornacki very sexy.

And I'm not normally into white guys

Steve finally informed that the recount trigger is 0.5%.

Cornell Belcher said, Call your recount lawyers!

Is it even mathematically possible for these small lazy counties to report a higher number?

There should be a law that requires all absentee ballots to be counted immediately !

9 precincts in red Washington County are driving their ballots to be counted somewhere...

What is there justification for holding out when all other precincts are counting theirs?

Seems super shady to me.

Shady as fuck, R481.

Westmoreland has been stuck @ 99% while Allegheny is already at 100%. They were at 99% since Allegheny was at 97% and Allegheny is a bigger county. What gives? Are they manipulating the votes to give Saccone some extra 100 votes.

This race will go down to a 100-300 votes.

I wonder if the MSNB talent snicker at Steve K with his Election Day antics

R481, it does seem shady, but if these are small counties they may not have a lot of staff.

Or have have someone who can do math

Nor the ability to count very high, R485.

Steve is about to literally jump into his laptop.

"Steve, you've given the viewers every single number they can possibly need." Lawrence, glaring at Steve.

[quote]about 3700 absentee ballots were returned out of nearly 7,000 sent out.

47% of people went to the trouble of requesting an absentee ballot, and then, what, just couldn't find a stamp?

[quote] 9 precincts in red Washington County are driving their ballots to be counted somewhere.

Lamb is winning some precincts in Washington County. Not by huge margins, but it's going to be hard for Saccone to chip away at the 755 votes if he isn't even winning the precincts

This is annoying. Hurry up.

They are tied!

Yep, looks like Lamb is just going to win..... Or lose.

Goodnight Kornacki

Tied even, shit....

They will just mark more ballots if they drive them somewhere. Republicans are nasty

49.7 - 49.7

99%

R477 PA doesn't have an automatic recount provision.

[quote]if these are small counties they may not have a lot of staff.

they also are likely to have fewer counting fingers and toes.

Because of the inbreeding and the gun "accidents."

Fuck the asshole liberals who didn't vote because "he'a DINO!!" They fell for Russian BS.

The Times has Lamb ahead by 95 votes with 2 precincts outstanding.

My prediction is Saccone goes ahead tonight but Lamb wins the absentees and the election

damn, 145 votes difference

I can't stand hyper Kornacki. He looks like an idiot with his eyes popping out.

I'm off to bed, someone give me surprise anal if Lamb wins.

Why Moose and Squirrel kept following us like we some kind of dishonest person?

I hate that Dems don't vote as much as Republicans. Lazy fiucks.

There are just two precinct left in West Moreland County

Calm down R499, there aren't enough Dems in the district for that. Ultimately it was down to suburban Republicans.

[quote] I hate that Dems don't vote as much as Republicans. Lazy fucks.

What about the 1334 asshats who voted for the Libertarian?

When do you think Conor will change into his sweatpants? Will anyone be there with him when he does?

Miller should have graciously bowed out. He didn't have a snowball's chance in hell.

How much did the Repubs pay him?

[quote] PA doesn't have an automatic recount provision.

That's what I thought Steve said but maybe I misinterpreted. He was talking about recount at 0.5%. Maybe it's about requesting a recount.

Conor Lamb leads by 0.0 percentage points, or 95 votes, over Rick Saccone with 99 percent of precincts fully reporting.

Conor Lamb 109,945 49.7%

Rick Saccone 109,850 49.7%

Drew Miller 1,334 0.6%

221,129 votes, 99% reporting (591 of 593 precincts)

I can't believe it's so close. Ugh.

I hate my home state sometimes. Fat inbred pieces of shit.

That hold up on Westmoreland is looking more and more suspicious. Why did they have to transport the ballots to another place to count them?

god dam right wing hackers makin it this close. shit

CNN just reported Alegheny county absentee votes and Lamb got something like 700 more than Saccome.

The absentee ballots will decide things.

Some votes just came in. Lamb is up by 847!

YAY LAMB WON!!!!!

GODS ON OUR SIDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I hope

[quote] That hold up on Westmoreland is looking more and more suspicious. Why did they have to transport the ballots to another place to count them?

Because Westmoreland County people are so damn dumb they need to be naked to count to 21

Woo Hoo absentee ballots went to Lamb by a 752 vote margin.

They can't tell whether those new votes are absteees from who knows where or those two remaining red county precincts..

kornacki so cute

love him

They're going to wait until the blue county reports all its absentee ballots. It's obvious. They're going to cheat.

OMFG, I thought that Kornacki was gonna kill over just now.

WOW!!

MARY! had a little Lamb.

OMG!!! Yes, Lamb leading by .4% again !!!

PA, deliver for us!!

CNN reporting 3,206 absentee ballots yet to be count from RED counties.

Steve just said, if the result is within 0.5%, it goes to recount.

Oh no.... R528 is right. All the blue county absentee votes are counted. The red counties are going to make sure to tip it for their man.

R526 And either her fleece or her feets were white as snow.

imagine how many blue votes they criminally switched to red.

if lamb wins be a miracle but will happen I hope

Lamb! Please, oh please!

CNN sux

MSNBC lots more energy

I really hope lamb WINS!!!!

Figuring out how to cheat overnight.

Okay Kornacki is reporting those are the number of requested absentee ballots, not the number of votes to be counted. So 3206 is the number of requested absentee ballots in RED counties, not the number of ballots to be counted.

Fox is doing an excellent job on this election. They're admitting a draw is a big win for Dems with a 20 point wave possible in 18.

They're holding off to get the final absentee ballots from Moscow

#Democrats💟Jesus

Lamb up nearly 900. Saccone can't make that up w/ absentee from Washington County, which will be counted tm.

Twitter @EricBoehlert

Nate Cohn ‏Verified account @Nate_Cohn 2m2 minutes ago

.@DecisionDeskHQ says last two Westmoreland precincts are Latrobe2 and NLigonier. Saccone could reasonably hope for net-200 there, brings race down to D+650 CNN says there are 3206 absentees outstanding in GOP counties. Saccone would need to win those by 20. He didn't on eday.

🐑 I believe in miracles

You sexy thing !

I would think only non-Deplorables living in Red precincts would go to the trouble of absentee.?!

Damn, was just about to post that, r541 (based on my own math).

Kornacki was talking with a pen in his mouth, and spit the pen out so he could speak. Hilarious.

R539 and that’s the truth.

Steve pen in mouth, busting out a cell phone calculator, swaying at the map!

LMAO! Steve is literally losing it. Chewing the pen cap as he is speaking to the camera.

R529, CNN also confirmed that there is not automatic recount. It has to be requested, which I'm sure it will.

Kornacki's calculations mirror Cohn's. Consensus seems to be that Saccone needs to top 60% from the absentee ballots. As R542 points out, he's under-performing that tonight

OMG r546 I still giggling at that

REPUGS BURNING ABSENTEE VOTES AS WE SPEAK.

GODDESS HELP LAMB

Nate Cohn ‏Verified account @Nate_Cohn 1m1 minute ago

The bottom line: it is not really realistic to see how Saccone ends up with a lead in the initial tabulated count. Haven't read up on recount rules, etc., or double checked for potential errors, but that's Saccone's path at this point.

they just decided to count all the absentee ballots tonight

in a fair election, lamb woulda won by more.

CNN talking heads said Saccone would have to get 63-64-65% of the absentee ballots to win.

He got 54%, 57%, and 58% of the vote in the three red counties.

Absentees usually track the in-person vote.

Those two precincts held back in Westmoreland County sounds fishy.

Bet my tits Lamb wins.

Wheeeeee

They are counting absentee ballots as we speak!!

Hope Dems can undo the g damn gerrymandering

Come on Lamb! So close!

they said the turnout of voters on both sides was astronomical

We’re asking the red counties to fake results for a 666 win - Kellyanne Satan Conway

Conor Lamb leads by 0.4 percentage points, or 847 votes, over Rick Saccone with 99 percent of precincts fully reporting.

Conor Lamb 111,875 49.9%

Rick Saccone 111,028 49.5%

Drew Miller 1,351 0.6%

224,254 votes, 99% reporting (591 of 593 precincts)

Kornacki got fat.

r563, and I bet a number of Republicans actually went for Lamb.

I fucking hate 3rd party candidates.

[quote] Absentees usually track the in-person vote.

Kornacki mentioned that, in Allegheny County, Clinton won the absentee by 4% but lost the district to Trump by 4%.

I realize at this point we're all just blathering on until the absentees are counted, but this gives me hope that Lamb can hang on

wonder what that old killjoy Mark Hellprin is doin 2nite

This is interesting but I am sitting here imagining Kornacki doing this nude, with his cock swinging around as much as his arms. Now that would be interesting.

[quote] Kornacki got fat

He can sit that sexy ass on my face anytime

Is John King like really fat now, cloaked in a fancy suit?

KornACKI CUTE AS HELL

DIGGIN HIS FINE ENERGY

because the race is so close they are going to scan the absentee ballots and then hand count them

haven't been this xcited since jfk won...

Tweeted Joan Walsh: Saccone needs 63% of absentee ballots in GOP counties, he's won by less tonight. Interesting.

1,195 absentee ballots in Washinton county need to be counted and 1,808 in Westmoreland .

Latrobe in Westmoreland has the steel factories.

[QUOTE]wonder what that old killjoy Mark Hellprin is doin 2nite

Fox saying respected analyist has predicted a Lamb win.

Exactly, R572. I would love to have Steve Kornacki on my rim chair for a couple of hours.

If Lamb wins, would this make Lamb the youngest congressman?

BREAKING: Cook Political Report editor calls it for Lamb.

[quote] This is interesting but I am sitting here imagining Kornacki doing this nude, with his cock swinging around as much as his arms.

In your imagination is Kornacki cut or uncut? He was born in MA, but he is of Polish and Lithuanian descent so I can't decide

Saccone looking into options of contesting if he doesn't win. They said there may be military absentee ballots that haven't arrived yet and it might take days before they can declare a winner

Fake news! Sad! The Republican wins by 30 points. And I have huge hands!

🚼 Donnie must be shitting his diapers !

just came all over my laptop watchin kornacki

Toss Saccone in the Roy Moore dumpster. He’s trash.

I would think at least half of military will go for Lamb

Loving Kornacki's sneakers

saccone u fukin retard fat criminal

go let god kiss ur loss away....

they just said there are still 4,000 absentee that haven't been counted in Allegheny, about 1200 in another county

Hopefully the closeted military men vote for hottie Lamb!

Steve now backtracking on the recount. Mentions law is about statewide races, and this is a district, so maybe the law doesn't apply. Maybe no recount.

Make up yo damn mind, Steve!

Kornacki needs to calm down. It is not the last 400 yards of the Kentucky Derby and he has a $20,000 bet on his horse that's five feet behind the leader.

😸 It does not appear that any DL posters are rooting for Saccone ............

We all know that Donnie & Company are sore losers.

We're gonna need another thread.

The funniest part of this whole coverage tonight still has to be when Kornacki, unable to talk, spit out his pen live on air!

r597 Saccone announced in the beginning that He was Trump before Trump was Trump

Lamb *is* military. He was a Marine.

R597 it's past their bedtimes

fox just explaining ghe recount procedure in Pennsylvania and it's pretty simple to get one. Money and lawyers basically. Does Kornacki have no one helping him? He's so frantic and badly informed.

But Emails! Hillary! Wall, folks. Not tremendous! Bad! Sad! Where's my Vlad?

And this Lamb is a seven at best.

Woah thread over 600?

What's with the brace on Kornacki's left hand? Too much whack-off action?

He had a bike accident.

poop