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

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Three hours before Washington County reports absentee vote according to the registrar of voters

Gotta work tomorrow.

Good night and good thoughts, guys

Can the Austin dude send some packages to Saccone voters?

Night r2,

Come on LAMB!!!!!

LAMB! we need LAMB!!

Pull through, LAMB!

It's good to be at DL tonight, my friends !

Wasn’t there recently another young cute democratic that people thought would win and then he lost? Or did I just imagine that?

"Barring a major tabulation error"

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I want to suckle that rack of lamb

Yes, r8, that was Jon Ossoff, who lost a special election in Georgia.

I stumped for him

lets hear how fukhead trump spins this loss for him.....

This ABSOLUTELY proves the Repigs would vote to cut their own throats! We {the Dems} are in trouble. Every Dems needs to vote.

don't care for john hallprin

dull prick

Thank you, r13, for your time and effort!

Jon Ossof was almost a year ago wasn't he? Feels like it anyway.

I would hump Jon Ostroff. Or Conor Lamb.

#TwitOnTwitter#DJT

Whats that thing on Kornacki's hand

Given that Tim Murphy, who vacated the seat, ran unopposed because the district was THAT red. Win or lose...Tonight was miraculous

he's a mutant

if you had seen the debates between Lamb and Saccone you would say Lamb was a 10. I'm actually surprised Saccone got as many votes as he did because he was terrible in the debates.

The Trump cult is strong among Pennsylvania red necks

I have to say Brian Williams can be quite charming.

r25, it unfortunately is

very few Dems run in my area (above Pittsburgh) because the republicans threaten them and tell them that they will lose because they will throw millions in for their person to win. So the Dems don't even sign up to run. It's awful when you go to vote and your only choice is a republican so you don't vote for anyone which doesn't do anything.

Who's going to post the STEVE HAWKINS IS DEAD TO ME thread?

And the protest at KDKA where his supporters dressed as sheep was a hilarious fail too, r24.

R24, the district is full of rednecks who will vote GOP no matter how bad the candidate is. I know because I live there.

There is no way for Trump to spin this. The party will begin to dump him

the tide has turned: I think a lot of regular folks are pissd cause of that dam taxcut for the rich fuks

Damn scary that an infantile imbecile like Trump still has so many by the balls.

Everything Trump touches dies a slow miserable death.

The DCCC just put a statement to claim victory for Lamb. I like this new gutsy Dem organization.

shocked Hawkins lasted as long as she did.

r35, or rather quick sometimes

can they fix the gerrymandering stuff??

This is bad, bad, bad for Trump and Republicans. Even if Lamb loses by a slight margin...its baaaaaaaaahhhhhhddddd for them.

Trump will spin it:

1) Saccone was a bad bad candidate. Very bad!

2) I pulled Saccone out of the gutter numbers. My name is vote-gold!

This isn't just Trump's fault. The tax reform bill was supposed to save republicans and it didn't

Not sure how the Orange Asshole is going to spin it (will likely blame a "terrible" candidate in Saccone), but there is already significant spin on the part of the GOP. Some insiders are saying they expected a "bloodbath," and the fact that it's so close is a minor miracle.

Umm, yeah right. Dump won here by 20. This was never in a million years going to be a Lamb landslide. Keep on spinning, assholes. Whatever lets you sleep at night.

What do yuou mean R39? Pennsylvania was ordered to redraw their districts asap. In fact this district, PA-18, won't exist very soon.

plz let trump and lady jared be led away in chains soon

R39, the supreme court of PA already has ruled it, it's gonna get fixed or else, this is the last election to be held with the old districts

I get a huge kick out of kornacki

he deserves a whole show , hope he gets one if he wants the hassle

R41, Trump stooges are already saying that Lamb won because he was the outsider, like Trump, lol.

Brian Williams to Kornacki: "Steve, flap your arms if you need to go on air."

thx @ 39. the gerrymandering issue bugs the fuk outta me. huge deal.

Keep in mind the redistrcting is being challenged in court.

R47 , Steve already had a show on MSNBC.

It was cancelled.

it IS huge. PA has been called one of the worst cases of political gerrymandering ever

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court already drew the new map:

scarey, election so close. musta been cheating from repubs no doubt.

Lady Jared will be my new drag name.

Dump was already saying yesterday that suckonne was a terrible candidate. Already spinning. Always lying.

All election day votes counted. Waiting on absentees.

R54, I believe Federal Courts now have it. But it is still making its way through the court system. It's not a done deal yet.

R54, ithe new map still favors Republicans but it is a huge improvement. If we want fairer districts,vwe gotta make sure Dems are in charge in 2020.

R59, but having the courts reject the new map is a longshot.

Turning Tables....

lol Williams just called out Steve for his manic antics. I love Steve <3

R59, I believe it's already been to the Supreme Court where Alito, of all people, refused the stay on the implementation of the new map for the 2018 midterm elections.

all votes are in but absentee and Lamb has it by 579 votes

Brian Williams is in his element tonight.

That was fucking funny: He put Kornacki on "standby or preheat mode."

This is an imposter thread so I won’t dignify it.

So, turnout for Dems, was at 79% of Clinton vote totals while for Trump totals, it was only 53%.

brian sed: 'flap if u have news for us steve' ...love him

R61, this may actually make it to SCOTUS. I'm not so hopefully of it passing if it does.

I think the bullshit that the GOP "needs " trump to campaign for them is a myth. I think Trump hates to associate with losers. If he gets the numbers ahead of time and it looks like it's going to be too close to call or that his guy is going to lose, he avoids it. This is a great example. He didn't campaign for this guy until the last minute. His kid went there. Pence went there. But he didn't go until this weekend and they probably had to drag him there. He knew the guy was going to lose, or at least that it would be closer than it should be and he didn't want the stink to attach to himself. He doesn't realize he IS the stink.

You guys are being rude as shit to our long time and honored guest.

wtf u talkin bout

Sorry this is not the imposter thread.

I must go there and shame them instead.

sickening how red the Sup Court is...

This particular case hasn't made it to SCOTUS yet, r64. It's being argued in Harrisburg now. If a loss happens there then it moves up the chain.

LMAO! Steve hit back at Brian.

CNN reported that there are 118 seats held by pukes that are more competitive than PA18

What did he do, r77?

Well?

[quote]turnout for Dems was at 79% of Clinton vote totals

The 21% no-shows should be ashamed of themselves.

Lol watch the dems end up with 300 seats this fall.

Still, 79% turnout of a presidential race for a special election is insane and unheard of.

79% turnout?! That can't be right. Beyond insane.

Well, let's hope this is a lesson learned for the Dem electorate. Fucking go out and vote!

Steve is annoying as fuk

Does Steve own another color pants?

of Clinton vote totals

Steve is brilliant and sexy and funz

Mary! I fear Steve will stroke out and collapse on live tv during the midterm elections.

R86 ITA. He is cute, but way too hyper for me! I will turn on MSNBC if Lamb wins after the absentee votes are counted.

misread that as "absent teen votes"

Steve is the Jerry O'Connell of cable news.

THis is a big deal. Not just Santorum's heartland, but one with a big preference for protectionsim as espoused by populist Trump.

Lamb isn't liberal enough for me to care about this. He's not that different from that asshole from WV who claims to be a dem.

SOMEONE GET STEVE SOME MORE WATER

Agree totally with r94 -- this sends a very strong message going into the midterms--hope this triggers more R retirements.

Fine r95, but I hope you don't live in the Pennsylvania district where this is all happening either.

R95 would you rather have Republicans in those seats? You sound like the Bernie Bros who refused to vote for Clinton because she wasn't liberal enough.

The fact of the matter is, a progressive cannot win this seat. Or Manchin's seat. I would much rather have Manchin or Lamb, who I agree with on 75% of the issues, than a Republican that I disagree with on 90% of the issues.

Steve's "giant laptop" LOL

R95 is the reason this country is where it is today..Thanks!

Precisely, r71. Saccone was polling much better in early February before Trump, Donnie Jr., Pence, and Ivanka started showing up to campaign for him. Obviously he felt he needed the campaign cash, so he didn't have a choice who the GOP sent his way. But I am convinced Trump & Co. hurt him. Certainly bodes well for the blue wave in November.

That other, second-rate thread has gone as far as to steal our anchor link @OP.

A new low.

bump for authenticity and for the sake of honor and all that is pure.

So it looks like Lamb has won, yes? They said Labor unions really got behind LLamb. The head labor guy for the steelworkers says these triffs are bulshit and will do more harm then good. He is also calling Trump out on the tax cuts. Articulate and kicking ass and they turned out.

Right R99. Plus Dems need control of the house to put the breaks on Trump. At this point who cares if it is half blue dog Dems if we can get the Committees to actually investigate Trump and Republicans among other things.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the poll troll slinked out of the back door due to the shameful acts of a few.

I completely agree, r99.

Have you read the comments in that thread, r103? It's a remedial election results thread.

omg lamb so sexy wexy !!!!!!

Brian W. is on fire tonight with the bon mots.

Telling a pundit, "I've been wanting to get to you like a dream sequence."

He’s showing his handsome face on tv right now.

What did Steve say back to BW?

Conor Lamb speaking now: "It took a little longer than expected, but -- we did it"

dreamy creamy luscious and suk suk suckable

W00T!

Absentee ballots in????

he is prez material.....THE NEW KENNEDY ......MEET THE WHITE HOUSE SIR

He asked Brian if he was lacking caffeine.

gosh he looks 17 yrs old

WOKE

Now Brian fucking Williams is being a killjoy: "No news organization has called the race yet"

Well clearly Steve had plenty to spare.

But it looked more like coke or something hard.

He's much cuter in video vs. pictures.

And he didn't take corporate PAC money!

I'm watching Conor Lamb's speech live on C-SPAN and omg he is HOTT

YAY!!!!!!!

Yes, he thanked me, I sent him $25 from Los Angeles, lol.

He looks kinda special though. I hadn't heard him speak before.

R117 he wouldn't win the democratic primary. He's not the kind of democrat that most democrats want these days. He's the kind of democrat that this district needed though.

Steve on MSNBC is pretty much saying it looks like lamb can win bc absentee ballots go dem.

Too close to call.

Republican might fight in court.

WE NEED MORE GOOD LOOKIN DEMS LIKE HIM IN THE GOVT

He looks nervous.

So I'm assuming this doesn't bode well for the GOP in November or is that just wishful thinking?

The new Dems, he is the face of winning, goodness, fair play

Um, he's declared victory but I believe that there are a couple of counties that won't have results until tomorrow. I hope he wins, but as I understand it Saccone could ask for a recall if the totals are within a certain percentage point.

handsomest guy in congress now. wow

Trump is losing his shit tonight. He really wanted to win this, to call it a win for him. They are going to have to dart him.

I had never realized until tonight just how blazingly hot this man is. But r131 has got it right: fair play, openness, friendliness--and his strong commitment to organized labor in his region--will be a winning strategy for Dems. This guy and Mayor Pete Buttegieg of South Bend, IN have got it.

R132, who cares. He's likely going to win and I'm okay with Dems growing a pair and being proactive and aggressive instead of always being cautious . where has caution gotten us?

Saccone losing is a big deal for the republican platform saccone is already a local elected official and runs on anti union/right to work rhectic (cough batshit). the jig is up, no one is this states buy into this shit.

he has beautiful energy around him.

[quote]fair play, openness, friendliness--and his strong commitment to organized labor in his region-

Pennsylvania, god damn

It could make a real difference.

imagine how farther along dems be if Pelosi were replaced by someone better

He's smart to invoke FDR. I like it.

so lamb thinks he won?

Please explain R140. How is Pelosi holding Dems back?

Daddy!

More of this in November please.

Did Lamb say he wouldn't vote for Pelosi for Housespeaker (provided the Dems take the House back), or did I just imagine that?

the new smart hipsters don't dig old pelosi

2018 came in like a liar, will go out like a Lamb.

r143 the "Establishment" Democratic party has become a gerontocracy--and it is very much The Establishment. If Dianne Feinstein is re-relected, she will be 93 when she leaves office. John Conyers (before he left at age 88) paid someone to call him every morning to tell him what day it is. Pelosi has been in power long enough. The party will die if it doesn't develop its "bench" -- the next generation(s). And by the way Obama did ZERO to help the party do this while he was in power, and next thing you know he is windsurfing with Richard Branson on a private island. So people like Conor Lamb are very important.

Vaughn hillyard: Alfred e neuman

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this photo

YoU hear correct, r146. That was part of his platform.

I'm happy to see a resurgence of the centrists. I think Bernie took things to far to the other side.

Pelosi is yesterday

dems want new faces, new votes, new NEW

lamb is great grandson of john fitzgerald kennedy dammit.

Centrists? This dude is opposed to abortion. Christ Almighty.

its a foot in the door. he had to lean tad right to win...

He said he's "personally opposed" but would defend a woman's right to abortion.

he believes in UFO's.....

So are we getting anymore results tonight?

I think dems would pick up a lot of voters if they replaced old political hacks like Pelosi. (and diane....

Yes, he looks a little nervous, and he’s as green as a new sprout, but isn’t this his first experience in politics?

The Dems need to replace the octogenarians in the party.

I'm shocked the repub did not get more votes...thought tha bum might pull it out..

what do pelosi, Feinstein, etc lend to the party???

Trump isn't actually campaigning for anyone except himself. How much, or should I say how little time, does he spend at the White House? The Trumps running the country plays out like a bad comedy.

corey booker is good

san Francisco democrat?

how dare they

[quote]but as I understand it Saccone could ask for a recall if the totals are within a certain percentage point.

There are no mandatory recounts for district races, only statewide races.

No, r166. No Booker.

I hate that Pelosi is being demonized, especially because Obamacare was her pet project, however at one point she needs to pass the torch. It is only natural that people would want change.

Schiff or someone young like Swalwell should take the spot.

Here's the hurdle that Saccone faces:

[quote]Pennsylvania Sec. of State spokesperson Wanda Murren tells CNN that b/c this is a district race & not statewide, there is no mandatory recount here. Petitions are allowed, which require 3 voters in each precinct; have 5 days to file after the county completes its computation.

Is that why Pelosi is such a dirty word - Obamacare? GOP propaganda has her as a villain of Lex Luthor proportions.

r155, personally he's opposed to abortion. He's Catholic. But he is pro-choice as far as keeping that option open for others.

Pelosi is almost 80, she's just too damn old to still be Speaker.

Retire Nancy.

who is good to replace her?

Patty Murray

R175 Tim Ryan (D Ohio) challenged her last time.

The GOP assholes have turned Pelosi into their all-purpose punching bag (or chew toy, depending on your perspective) — they do this to a ton of Democratic women. Susan Rice was another. Elizabeth Warren is another.

They've made her this vaporous demonic figure that their supporters can pour their fears into, whatever they are.

Steve: "I live for nights like this. Not only election nights but close election nights."

[quote]So I'm assuming this doesn't bode well for the GOP in November or is that just wishful thinking?

There has been about a 17-point swing to the Democrats in special elections over the past year.

In 2006, when the Republicans lost Congress, there was a 15-point swing towards the Democrats.

So yes, these results raise the possibility of a Democratic wave in November.

Patty Murray is a Senator dumbass. not a member of the House

PA18 is +11R

I hope lil devin Nunes is quaking in his tiny shoes this morning. His district is +8R

And invertebrate Paul Ryan’s district is +4R

By cunts

Something about Jonathan Alter is so sexy to me. Could be because he reminds me of the late, great, hyper-literate NBC newsman Newman.

Pelosi is tough as nails ya silly queens. She’d eat Lamb for breakfast

And I repeat, there are 118 puke seats that are more competitive than this one. one hundred and eighteen

Still waiting on absentee ballots from Washington County!!? Really? 1175 votes takes this long to count? Watch those Republicunts pull some shady business.

Lamb is a good Catholic boy, that is why he is personally opposed to abortion.

This msnbc dork needs a sedative POST HASTE

JFC

No, we don't need to lift a finger, our Russian friends are taking care of business and even sending us $$$ via NRA. We just chill and pick which Cuban cigar we should smoke.

[quote]And invertebrate Paul Ryan’s district is +4R

Hey! I resent that remark! There's more integrity in my wall-eyes than Rep. PX90 has in his entire body.

Is that a master-bastion glove steve is wearing ?

Where’s Brian Williams Jesus

Dems allow the GOP to demonize their positions and never fight back and play offense.

[quote]Rep. PX90

Bitch you skip leg day. Poseur

This blonde little TWAT needs to get of my TV POST HASTE!!!!

Dare I switch to CNN? Is it still live? Thus panel sucks

[quote]Where’s Brian Williams Jesus

Off to get his beauty sleep.

[quote]Is that why Pelosi is such a dirty word - Obamacare? GOP propaganda has her as a villain of Lex Luthor

People forget [bold]we have a Republican congress because Obamacare passed[/bold]. The idiot Republicans and Independents voted for Republicans for the lest few elections because until recently they hated Obamacare. I know, it makes no sense given many of them benefit because of the ACA.

Thankfully many of them are waking up.

Kyle GriffinVerified account @kylegriffin1

Steve Kornacki is trending nationally on Twitter and that really says so much about 2018.

WHere are the damn absentee ballots.

how bad will it get for the traitorous greed and death cult GOP?

[Quote]Pelosi is yesterday | dems want new faces, new votes, new NEW

“New” what?

…New corporate Ds?

Kornacki in his best personal trainer impersonation, "You've made it thus far, stay tuned." He really wants you to share the thrills and chills of absentee votes results.

Do we think Steve is an enthusiastic lovah? Or selfish ? He’s a homo right?

I am cracking up because Steve is like the energizer bunny. Where does he get all this enthusiasm? He must be a great laid. <3

PLZ GOD LET RYAN GO DOWN IN FLAMES

CUNTWIPE

[quote]Is that why Pelosi is such a dirty word

"Nancy" is the dirty word to them.

GOD BLESS KORNACKI

HE STILL UP, 3 AM PACIFIC...

SLEEP DUDE

REPUBLICANS ARE EVIL VULTURES

They're calling it for Lamb!

This is what happens when Democrats get out and vote!

However, many on social media celebrated the needle’s demise. The election forecaster became infamous after initially predicting that Hillary Clinton would easily win before President Trump’s upset in the 2016 presidential election.

So tired of all the winning

hottie who won gonna be on morn joe shortly....the insufferable joe and mika. gawd.

damn he so presidential:::::georgous guy,

Love the way he shut that dumb ass Heilman down.

He has star power written all over him.

Interesting to look at the difference between this special election and the one in the somewhat less red Georgia 6th district last June. Maybe it's partly that Lamb ran a better campaign than Ossoff, but even if so, I suspect a bigger difference is that after nine more months of Trump there are just more people who are disaffected by the Republicans and want to vote for a Democrat.

gee, it only took trump running the country into the crapper.

yet still the southern states I reckon luv his tax cut ass.

😡 I hope Saccone is having a miserable morning that will only get worse as the day progresses.

More desirable in the departamiento del dongo.

Next race for Conor is statewide against Toomey!

How's that r219?

It makes sense, if you are a Dem and can win in the red part of the state, winning statewide isn't so hard. Most places in PA will be easier than what he's already done. Unless Wolf runs, the dem nomination for Senate is Lambs to lose. And he's clearly ambitious.

R177, the irony of course is that Tim Ryan as Speaker would take the Dems into more conservative territory. The Dem leaders must be more liberal than the Dem Caucus. A conservative Dem leader would be a disaster for the party and if it is between Pelosi and a blue dog like Tim Ryan, we should be so lucky to get Pelosi.

Pelosi's actual positions perfectly square with the mainstream—not just the Democratic base, but overall with the center in America (health care, Social Security, regulation of banks, etc.), however the far-right 30% might feel. Her demonization by Republicans is basically propaganda, straw-man appeals, and dog-whistling ("San Francisco liberal!").

I agree. She’s just too old

Dems are lucky to have a leader as liberal as Pelosi. I agree on the issues she's excellent.

What some (and trolls) don't understand is that any politician that joins leadership of either party will inevitably come to embody that party in the oppositions mind and their negatives will spike up. It's true for literally all of them within months of joining leadership. Paul Ryan is young, handsome, and charismatic. But his favorables are the exact same as Pelosi, he just has them because he is speaker and for no other reason. Replace Pelosi with any dem and their ratings will instantly crater too, nature of the game

You're wrong, R196. I was there. We have a Republican Congress in 2010 not because of Obamacare, on the contrary, but because the economy was very much on people's minds and Obama's people were so busy trying to sing choruses of "How great thou art" to him they forgot messaging and allowed the GOP to doinate the discussion and completely abandoned talking about the economy until October. There's a very good book written by David Corn, called Showdown, and it is seminal. Read it and learn something. I put the blame for 2010, strictly on the backs of David Axelrod who is a piece of shit, and Rahm Emanuel.

Nancy Pelosi is the reason why Barack Obama got anything done in 2009, 2010. They demonize her because they can't stand losing to a woman. Pelosi was one of the most effective Speakers of the House we have ever had.

And both Pelosi and Feinstein have balls. Yes. I guess there are a lot of men out here, and even some women who can't stand women who are actual dealmakers and who know how to play the great game as good as the guys, and probably better.

For too long the Speaker's chair has been the province of men. Some of them were great like Sam Rayburn. But many of them were hacks. People crow about Tip O' Neill because he "got along with Reagan." But Reagan did a lot of harm.

Rahm Emanuel was an abrasive asshole. When he was in Congress he resisted Howard Dean, who was DNC Chair, and wanted a 50 state strategy. Emanuel was chair oc the DCCC, and wanted to select certain races and pour money into them. They were both fundraising and Emanuel had a public fight with Dean. But Dean was right and we won Congress in 2006, because of him and Joe Trippi.

As Chief of Staff for Obama Rahm was like a bull in a china shop. He arrogantly pronounced Obamacare dead in the water and said it could never pass until the next session. Pelosi defied him, met with Obama and insisted they try for it. Thank goodness.

Pelosi is a seasoned veteran with a lot of chits for favors in her pocket. She has history with a lot of people inside and outside government. People who demonize her are the same ones who go after Elizabeth Warren, Diane Feinstein, and other women who assert themselves.

The GOP wants to divide and disrupt and when they can get us to do it for them it's even better. As a matter of fact, when the fuckers start slinging mud at Pelosi, we need to change the subject and focus on the real slime and there is plenty of it in the GOP Congress and the White House.

We need to fight smart. to think they offer someone as completely corrupt and INCOMPETENT as Paul Ryan as an alternative to Nancy Pelosi is insulting. And because of what the Speaker's job requires we cannot afford someone without the history and the experience of someone younger and prettier.

We need a seasoned politician to be Speaker of the House. Because its the Speaker's job to be effective in managing the entire House of Representatives. . All of Congress not just the Democrats. Just because Ryan choses not to interact with the Dems doesn't make it right.

Since the Speaker is next after the VP in the line of succession, I guess the dinosaurs believe the Speaker needs to have a dick. Perish the thought that a woman walk into the White House as POTUS.

you're long

Jesus r226 edit

Matt Fuller

@MEPFuller Paul Ryan now praising Trump for "closing this race" and getting it to within "a few hundred votes."

Again, ok...

Hear hear R226

IronStache is gonna take Paul Ryan DOWN.

Read and re-read R223 and R225.

Absorb and share.

I support #SpeakerPelosi

[QUOTE]Can’t wait til Ryan loses in nov

He’ll be handing that gavel back real soon.

Lamb will not talk smack about Trump. He’s a conservative. I’m happy for the win but know he’s no progressive.

Pelosi brings the money and keeps them all in line. Find me a candidate that can do what she does and then we’ll talk.

All I need to know about Pelosi:

"Impeachment is OFF the table."

R234, you are ignorant.

Conor Lamb campaigned:

1. For universal health care

2. Against Trump’s tax cut

3. For expanded background checks

4. For stronger unions

5. Against cuts to Social Security

6. For a woman’s right to choose

7. For medical marijuana

“Conservative Democrat.” Ok. Cool.

[quote]I’m happy for the win but know he’s no progressive.

If anything is going to subvert the upcoming Blue Wave, it's the ideological purity tests insisted on by "progressives."

He’ll vote with Pelosi when it counts most. She always gets it done, which is why she’s still in power.

NBC just formally announced Lamb moved from Too Close to Call to Apparent Winner.

Silence or tweet storm?

Impeachment was off the table for two reasons. R236. First, nothing would have got done. Impeachment hearings and the process would have dominated Congress. Completely distracting us from what was really happening in the world. Looking backwards was not an option. We were in a financial crisis. Remember? We were losing jobs y the millions. Businesses were going bankrupt and people were losing their homes. Remember? So Obama's Presidency would not be about Obama and his platform, it would have been about Bush and Cheney. Secondly, Pelosi knew she could not win an impeachment proceeding in the Senate. Yes she had the votes on the Dem side, but She is old school. She believes impeachment is serious. It's a big deal. And it ought to be Bi-Partisan. Ordinarily I'd agree, but in Trump's case I think I can put that aside. LOL! I think while the decision was unpopular, it was wise. We can't have knee jerk reactions from Congress playing to the cheap seats. We need deliberate focused leadership.

Know someone by their enemies. The NRA and the Extreme Right hate Nancy Pelosi. They demonize her out of fear. They are afraid of her. Because she gets it done.

[quote]They are afraid of her. Because she gets it done.

And she's a girl!

Exactly R242. the Right spends A LOT of energy trying to convince the Dem base that Pelosi is hurting them. They make a big show out of going on tv and saying their strategy is to use Pelosi. They "celebrated" when she won minority leader last time. They are afraid of her. Or they would never encourage Dems to drop her

Republicans do not get to choose who the Democratic leaders are.

I refuse to be swayed by their efforts to run Pelosi out of her position.

Lamb basically has 7 days to qualify for the ballot for the new district 17, which is much less republican a district.

R215, if I recall Ossoff was more progressive in a conservative district. What was done correctly here was Conor ran as a centrist. A progressive running here wouldn't have won.

It's safe to say now that we have won a special, but Ossoff was a joke candidate. I wouldn't want to vote for him if it was my district. Young and attractive but no substance. He was just a congressional staffer who made movies. We don't support Handel's views but she was a least highly experienced and even served on the Susan G Komen foundation.

Conor Lamb was a marine and a federal prosecutor. I'm MUCH more comfortable with someone like that representing me.

R234 = Right-wind talking point twat.

Lamb would have lost here a year ago. Ossof was running in a time when conservatives were still hopeful of Trump. I would like him to run again to see what happens.

r248 = evildoer

R249, just block him.

I stand by what I wrote at R248. But R250 is right, Trumps approval is 5-8 points lower than it was during GA6.

Wait even if Im a democrat who supports Conor and is glad he won, I'm still evil for just saying I thought Ossoff was much less credible than his opponent?!

Ossoff didn’t!t live in the district and refused to move. That alone was a loser decision that hurt his campaign.

That you could utter even one positive sentiment about that cunt Handel, implying that she was in any way superior to Jon Ossoff, is what makes you evil.

Welcome to DL, r254.

Also, remember that Ossof might have been hurt from Republicans actually cheating. Remember how in the lead up to the election certain voting machines went "missing"... The person incharged only notified the office secretary until days later. People forget that a lot of funny incidents took place days before that election.

I'm skeptical not living in the district mattered to people. He was born and raised there and lived right next to it.

Let me be clear, I would have voted for Ossoff and considered it an easy vote. BUT I in general would not like someone as inexperienced as Ossoff representing me. I'd have supported a different Dem in the primary. Someone asked why Lamb won and Ossoff didn't. I think the reason was clearly candidate quality. Most people in GA6 aren't nearly as liberal as us so the resume's mattered and hers was much longer.

Here is the WAPO story about voting machines going missing in the lead up to the Georgia election.

To this day I believe the Republicans were to their old tricks of stealing elections. Ossoff was screwed.

Ossoff is even more adorable than Lambikins.

R236, Alamo didn't campaign on Universal Healthcare ala Bernie Sanders. He campaigned on stabizing Obamacare. He also campaigned in support of the steel tariffs.

And just this morning he was asked about Trump's campaigning for Saccone and he said something to the effect that by the time Trump campaigned here there was already fatigue for that style of campaigning. I'll try to find the quote.

So, R234 very well may be correct.

Don't get me wrong, either could wreck me but I found Lamb hotter. Dat strong jaw

Ossoff please come back !!!! We need the eye candy!!

Age played a factor in Ossof's campaign race. Politics is probably the only field where reverse age discrimination comes into play, and where 30-something is seen as too young. Glad to see it didn't play much of a factor in Lamb's case.

Handel was and is Trupanista who was really hated by the State GOP. She was a bad candidate. But people at that time had no idea Trump would be quite as bad as he's turned out to be The State GOP got behind Handel late. She had Paul Ryan, Pence and even Trump come in to campaign for her. She has a bad track record and her time with the Komen foundation is nothing to brag about. In fact quite to opposite. Ossoff had thin credentials, and I believe his reluctance to move into the district hurt him. It was just something the GOP could point to and it worked. I live in the district and I can tell you Handel was a piece of shit even before she decided to run for Congress.

Alamo = Lamb in r262

I don't think people care if a candidate lives just outside the district, they would probably care if he/she lived 50-100 miles away.

I really like Lamb, dare I say future prez material, not that you need to presidential anymore considering the current occupant.

Especially if he lived most of his life inside the district. He was a product of it.

I just want a Dem who has made some kind of impact in the world. Managed a staff. Had to work with rivals and balance priorities. Ossoff didn't have any of that yet. He would have been a loyal Dem, and thus an easy vote, but I don't believe he would have been an effective advocate for the district in congress.

How can you look at that punim and not want to vote for him? Or do things with him. Dirty things. Sexy things. Semen-inducing things.

Ugh forgot how sexy Ossoff was

We all need him to run again. Apparently he was very heartbroken after the loss.

Baby come back!!!

r271 He's cute, a tad on the wimpy beta male side.

I guess "wimpy beta male" must be my type, because I would eat that up.

Host a Tossoff for Ossoff party!

I want to live in a world where Lamb and Ossoff cockfight. <3

He looks MUCH hotter with the beard imo

Never ceases to amaze me...

[quote]This special election was triggered by the resignation of former Rep. Tim Murphy, who stepped down after it was revealed that he — an anti-abortion-rights congressman — had had an extramarital affair and pressured his mistress to terminate a possible pregnancy.

You can't make this shit up. Really.

PA has a TON of those old boys club shitheads

Connor Lamb won where there are significantly more Registered Republicans than Democrats. This means that registered republicans voted for connor lamb.

Also, saccone is already an elected republican official there, so he was a local name brand. He lost against a democrat. This is major.

Another thing is Saccone ran on anti union/labor, but with the Right to Work BS, just like paul ryan. people there are aware now, there are still no more secure jobs with great benefits. This means that BS is OVER. Republicans have nothing, just pathological lies and chaos.

R281, actually there are more democrats registered in that district. They're just not the most reliable democrats when it comes to voting.

[quote]We don't support Handel's views but she was a least highly experienced and even served on the Susan G Komen foundation.

Lol that you bring up her Komen record. Such an experienced Rethug indeed.

[quote]Karen Handel, the Brinker protégée whose opposition to abortion was at the center of the Planned Parenthood controversy, resigned and has published a book on the controversy titled Planned Bullyhood.

[quote]On January 31, 2012, Komen stopped funding Planned Parenthood, citing a congressional investigation by Rep. Cliff Stearns and a newly created internal rule about not funding organizations under any federal, state or local investigation. Four days later, Komen's Board of Directors reversed the decision and announced that it would amend the policy to "make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political". Several top-level staff members resigned from Komen during the controversy. In January, 2014 it was reported that the foundation saw a decline of 22% in contributions in the year following their decision to cease (and then continue) funding for Planned Parenthood.

R283 We hate those things because we are liberal. They are catnip to rethugs.

Did they ever say how many absentee ballots are outstanding? Is it more than 600? I'm reading conflicting things about his win. It seems like they just can't certify it yet, but statistically - he won right?

Yes, Even if every single one of those ballots was a vote for Saccone (which of course would never happen), that would not be enough to eat up Lamb's lead

Ok good. Thanks r286.

I think saccone is holding out. He has not conceded yet. Probably, RNC lawyers are looking into recount proceedings.

PA-18 and GA-06 aren't the same district even if the vote spread in 2016 was similar.

PA 18th: 94.28% White, 2.36% Black, 1.63% Asian Partly Coal mine country

GA-06: 72.4% White, 13.4% Black, 9.3% Asian, 11.8% Hispanic Largely suburban Atlanta

[quote]In the South—even the “educated” suburban South of a teeming multicultural metropolis like Atlanta—racial dynamics and party dynamics overlap in inescapable ways. White people generally don’t vote for the Democratic Party in Georgia, or any other Southern state. The idea that a coalition of educated suburban whites would actually team up with black voters to send a message to Donald Trump from Georgia was a fantasy created by the blue screen and CGI of outside Democratic analysts who want a happy ending to the Trump narrative in eight months.

I just realized... The anti-democrat publications The Intercept and The New Republic have kept their mouths shut about Lamb. Guess they can't push their garbage "only Bernie approved Dems can win" message today

R279, Murphy was a real piece of shit. He was a homophobe, too. I live in the district and I was thrilled to see him go.

Will Conor just move into Murphy's offices now, R291?

Probably not R292 Offices on capital hill are given out by seniority. Conor will get a real crappy one

What about his office in Mt. Lebanon?

That's just a regular building Murphy pays rent on. Anyone could rent out now, including Conor if he wanted.

Thanks, R295.

you're welcome

So now all focus is on the midterms or are there any other battles we should watch out for before that?

[quote] PA 18th: 94.28% White, 2.36% Black, 1.63% Asian Partly Coal mine country/GA-06: 72.4% White, 13.4% Black, 9.3% Asian, 11.8% Hispanic Largely suburban Atlanta

Two takeaways :

1) Why are there so little Hispanics in Georgia? We have them by the truckload in the West. We need to start shipping them East to help Georgia flip.

2) Last night the whites came through for us.

R298 There is in fact. It's more dem friendly turf too

Registered republican had to have voted for Lamb for him to win this house race. THE IS MAJOR!

R301 Actually, PA-18 has more registered Democrats than Republicans; they're just conservative and dont vote for Dems often.

Is there any information on the possibility of Ossoff running in the fall?

Remember the ‘they cling to guns and religion’ quote that Obama’s got in hot water about? PA18 is exactly the folks he was talking about.

Rather than running again Ossoff should pad his resume. Join some advocacy groups, push for local political change in GA

No, there are more registered republicans, a lot more. This is why the republican has run unopposed in the past.

This this cook index is more reliable than party registration. Lots of registered Dems in PA voted for doratd but they’re not Dems in my book if they support Cheeto’s racist agenda

R306 and what a prize he was!🙄

This is just a prelude to mid-term. This slim victory is a good talking point, but it won't slow down Trump one bit. Dems still have a lot of work to do. The Dems were asleep at the wheel during the final Obama years, thinking they could neglect the county-by-county grassroots constituent because Obama was "popular" nationwide.

No, r306, believe it or not there are about 70K more registered democrats than republicans in PA18. They're just shit voters.

Ossoff says he isn't running in 2018.

New article by Harry Enten:

[quote]Pennsylvania's special election isn't an isolated incident. The GOP is in trouble.

That's a real good picture of Conor. Glad he will remain in the public eye

Up by 0.2% omg

Still beats that win by coin-toss in VA

I have to say that with Ossoff, he hit his ceiling in the primary at about 48% and he never grew beyond that. I while I know for a fact the GOP here pounded on him for not living in his district, (even though yes he was raised in the district all his life and was only living outside the district a few blocks) so his girlfriend could finish Med school) I also think R270 is right, in terms of his credentials being thing. Being a filmmaker didn't impress a lot of people. Nevertheless, Ossoff could have won if he had grown his base just a bit more. I do believe that some of the people who voted for Handel even with her disgustingly homophobic comments on a live TV interview, did it because they were not yet ready to distance themselves from Trump. Ossoff ran early in 2017. In April I believe.

R315 Yes, Ossoff's prospective would have benefited from the last year or so of Trump failure. But then if the national election had a runoff between the top two, Hillary would be in the WH.

The RNC dumped money into the GA district race to defeat Ossoff. The DNC did not do much, until the progressive in that district raised hell. karen Handel is within the RNC local GA machine.

We still have three more seats to fill in the House, right? The Dems now have 194, and they need 218 to take it back.

Saccone is well known locally and is part of the RNC machine. His lost is MAJOR! Do not let RNC/Paul Ryan tell you that saccone is fringe. Saccone is RNC and they really wanted him to win. They tried everything to get him in. The RNC dumped millions into this race, even at the last minute.

Republicans are freaking out and are planning to impound the voting machines in the district to prove that Sad Sackface won. Something about the Russians not hacking them correctly this time around, I believe.

Saccone was the top Republican recruit. He was a state lawmaker (who idiotically voted to gut unions in his own district).

R319 The Republicans/Trumpies just want the talking point of a victory. New seats are up for grab come November with the redistricting.

Well, they sure did splurge a lot on something that's just a talking point.

r319, I tend not to let Paul Ryan tell me anything, as everything out of that fucking asshole's weasley mouth is Rethug spin or an outright lie.

R323 Without the money, Saccone would have lost even worse. At least, they can save some face because Saccone was just a few hundred votes short.

R225 writes,

[quote]Dems are lucky to have a leader as liberal as [Nancy] Pelosi. I agree on the issues she's excellent.

Really?

You actually think that?

I think she needs to go.

Nancy Pelosi, after the Democrats flipped the U.S. House in 2006, said that impeaching President George W. Bush was off the table.

In 2010, the Democrats—with Pelosi the speaker of the U.S. House—lost not only their majority but the tune of a ridiculous 60+ seats.

Her Democrats suffered more losses in 2014.

Pelosi was speaker, because of majority, for only four years.

She is “excellent” for fundraising; not for policies; not for leadership.

I will submit two articles.

_____________________________

[bold]Nancy Pelosi on Obamacare: ‘I Wanted Single Payer'[/bold]

[quote]“I wanted single payer-- I mean, I'd love a single payer, but we’re not there. I wanted a public option, which would address that. But we've never done anything, whether it was Social Security, Medicare and the rest where we haven't said, ‘Let's see how it works and let's improve it.’

She’s full of shit.

[bold]Pelosi declines to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders' single-payer healthcare bill[/bold]

[quote]House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) declined Tuesday to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders' single-payer healthcare bill, saying her immediate goal is to protect the Affordable Care Act from President Trump's efforts to dismantle it.

[quote]"I’ve been carrying single-payer signs as party chair of California," she said, referring to her tenure decades ago as state party leader. "I’m a progressive from San Francisco. Proud liberal. I have my own kind of credibility on these subjects."

Again—she is absolutely full of shit. And she is no progressive. She is a typical, hollow, corporate Democrat.

She's not wrong, r327, Bernie's single payer plan failed in Vermont because they couldn't get the financials to work. It's one thing to advocate for single payer; it's something entirely different to have a viable plan for single payer. So far nobody has come up with a viable plan to make it work financially.

Democrats should be out there focusing their energies on strengthening and shoring up the Affordable Care Act, which is more popular than ever. We should be talking about the government and insurance companies working together to give healthcare to all, with the inclusion of a Public Option for people who need it, not that Single Payer pipedream. Talk about real solutions that Americans can get behind.

[quote]Again—she is absolutely full of shit.

The only person full of shit is Sanders. His numbers don't add up and his "plan" has so many gaping holes in it that it's really more of a wish list than a plan. Once Bernie gets serious about educating himself and actually figures out how to pay for what he wants and how to get from where we are today to where he would like us to be, I'll take him seriously. Until then, he's nothing more than a bullshit artist.

OMG Trump is taking credit for Saccone coming so close to winning and said that it was because of him.

on another note the broad of elections will not come together and meet to declare the official winner until April 2.

in the meantime The GOP lawyers want the voting machines confiscated to make sure they weren't turning votes because some said they voted Saccone and it registered as Lamb. They are going to do everything possible to see if Saccone really is the winner and that the Dems cheated. GOP are such sore losers

[quote]They are going to do everything possible to see if Saccone really is the winner and that the Dems cheated. GOP are such sore losers

Correction -- they're going to do everything they can to invalidate a bunch of Lamb's votes and declare Saccone the winner.

I'm fine with single payer, public option, Obamacare +, anything really. Goal is universal coverage. How we get there doesn't matter much

We get it. One or two of you old whores thinks Conor is hawt. We. Get. It. W.E.G.E.T.I.T.

Jesus Mary and Joseph

R331 there is a history in these parts of having voting machines change votes. It did happen during the presidential election in 2016. It was a programming error.

That said, it would be funny if the error was in Lamb's favor.

NYT Just declared it for our Lamby pie

[quote]Jesus Mary and Joseph

Is that what the kids are saying these days, R334?

You type 80. Are you 80? Is your name Harold? How about Stanley, is it Stanley?

[quote] on another note the broad of elections will not come together and meet to declare the official winner until April 2

And she's one tough broad, too

Midterm is coming... It's not worth the effort to cheat their way into this seat.....the Republicans will save their dirty tricks for Nov.

Apparently, Trump is pissed off he was dispatched to help Saccone. He only wants winners. So he is completely losing his shit.

This MO dem candidate is pretty cute too. Move over Conor

R340 Who knows? Trump himself might have derailed his own effort by causing a negative media storm over his firing Tillerson on Monday. Should have waited till after the election.

[quote]1) Why are there so little Hispanics in Georgia?

Goddamn, learn some grammar. and yes - California has Latinos as it WAS mexico at one point in history, georgia never ever was.

DAMN

R341 sexy!!

Why are the former vet candidates so hunky?

I am impressed with the recent older millennial men running as Democrats. Yay for some younger blood.

[quote]We still have three more seats to fill in the House, right? The Dems now have 194, and they need 218 to take it back.

If the current polling numbers for the House hold up until November, the Democrats could pick up enough seats to win the House back.

Harry Enten estimates that the Democrats could pick up as many as 30-40 seats.

In 2006 when the Democrats won back Congress, they picked up 30 seats, so it is possible.

The only thing I worry about is someone like Conor not voting to impeach Trump.

Then you need to get some other things to worry about, R348. There's no shortage! No need to pick just one!

He’ll vote to impeach. Nancy will take him to the woodhouse shortly. He’ll be a good boy and fall in line.

The Dems will pick up more than 30-40. Double that. pin this post

[quote] In 2010, the Democrats—with Pelosi the speaker of the U.S. House—lost not only their majority but the tune of a ridiculous 60+ seats.

[quote]Her Democrats suffered more losses in 2014.

R326 is a troll.

Fucking Deplorable misogynistic Berniebot.

Since when is the speaker of the House responsible for helping elect congress seats? That honor went to President Obama who ignored the congressional races and refused to campaigned for them and the poor leadership of the DNC committee.

Bernie did not present a single payer plan, he only presented a fucking one page draft after all the noise he did. Worse, he deliberately presented his draft at the end of the session when he knew that if shut down it would be the end of it with no possibility of coming back. He went against the advice of his colleagues who dvised him not to take the bill to the floor until they had prepared a proper bill with estimates and cost and to wait for the new congressional session to start.

Unlike Bernie, Nancy is on record for pushing single payer and actually presenting a presentable bill to congress. Obamacare, which in reality should be called [bold]Pelosicare[/bold], was her pet project. And what did Obama do when the Dems became unpopular once they passed Obamacare? The president refused to campaign for them even though the polls showed people we going to vote them out for passing the ACA.

Keep dreaming deplorable Berniebot, your mam lost and there is nothing you can do about it.

Impeaching Trump would be as pointless as impeaching Clinton was unless you win the Senate too, which Republicans look on track to hold. Clinton got a lot more support after the impeachment effort. Dems would do better to only impeach if they have something concrete otherwise it risks merely energizing Republican support.

Bobby 3 sticks is slapping back his last bit of expensive scotch while laughing at r352’s concert trolling

Concern trollbg

[quote]The only thing I worry about is someone like Conor not voting to impeach Trump.

just a friendly reminder, impeachment is a POLITICAL act, not a criminal one. Clinton was successfully impeached, but no criminal cases transpired. 45 simply deserves far worse than impeachment.

R351 is essentially correct. But the problem with Obama and his staff, and I blame the staff more than I blame him, is that they lost control of messaging early on. In 2009, they allowed the fucking Republicans to define the terms of the debate around Obamacare. The death panels, the lies about losing control of your healthcare decisions, etc. were embedded in voters' minds and it was really difficult to dispel them. At first Obama seemed incredulous, like "C'mon, man, you don't really believe that BS do you?" but they did.

He was very poorly advised in 2009. People were still reeling from the economic crisis and yet his people ignored it as an issue actually persuading him to talk about how much better things were getting. Well, they were getting better, incrementally, but there were way too many people who were still in crisis . Finally, as for messaging, neither Obama nor his staffers knew how to sell his achievements.

I remember when Bill Clinton spoke at the 2012 convention and he did one hell of a job selling Obama. Obama acknowledged it calling him the "Explainer in Chief." It wasn't that "Obama refused to campaign" in 2010, he was convinced by his staff and by internal polling, that in many of these races, his presence would hurt not help the candidate. This was bullshit. But he not only didn't get out there until mid October, he did nothing to assist in rebuilding the DNC or helping the party..

Biden was the old style Politician, but he couldn't do it alone. Back then prior to the 2010 election Biden wasn't as popular as he later became. He was popular, but he wasn't at his apex yet. There is a lesson in that. It never works when you bring in the guys who helped you campaign. Axelrod and Emanuel were a disaster, and Plouffe knew it wasn't working and left early.

I can't read enough of this

[quote]I remember when Bill Clinton spoke at the 2012 convention and he did one hell of a job selling Obama.

I remember that speech. It was a master class.

It was, R358. And honestly, I don't think we've had a more savvy politician in the White House since Bill Clinton. He is a brilliant man. I remember one of his advisors once said, that he was so damned smart, so politically brilliant, that he made things difficult for himself, like, "OK Let's see if I can do this with one hand tied behind my back." He could be his own worst enemy, as we have seen, but when it came to reading the political tea leaves, dealing with Congress, etc. He was the Best. Not since LBJ, was there anyone more effective politically , as POTUS.

The ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ Could Turn A Democratic Wave Into A Tsunami

By Nate Silver

Did you guys know Nate Silver was openly gay and has a partner? If he were even remotely attractive he would be a DL Icon. Steve Kornacki will have to be enough

Yes, I knew, R361, and honestly. Steve Kornacki couldn't shine Nate's shoes.

Nate is smarter but Kornacki is cuter. I wouldn't let him out of bed

R363, good. Please, keep him in bed and off Cable. He is nerve-wracking. He acts like a damned clown and I find him unwatchable. Somehow, clowns aren't sexy to me.

he's a turd

[quote] He acts like a damned clown and I find him unwatchable

I adore Kornacki, but I did not like his weekend morning show. Too manic for the mornings,. I hope they keep him around for more election nights

I didn’t like Steve but he’s growing on me. Imagine him tied up, blindfolded in a little white jockstrap in bed. Writhing around with all his manic energy.

Oh wow a shirt, tie and slacks. Little Stevie is growing up.

All Trump wants to do is go to rallies and lie, distort and ramble, and fire people. As if that constitutes "work." He has no idea what he is supposed to do, and he thinks just by fiat he can make things happen. He ignores the government process completely. Bad news. All this chaos at the White House, all the firings and 3 AM Tweets is really bad for him. As one Pundit said, "It makes him look like such an amateur." It makes out government look weak and it makes us vulnerable.

So Arizona is the next big special election? What are Democrats' chances there?

it's a strong Republican district, R370, that Trump won by 21%. And the Republican candidate, Debbie Lesko, doesn't appear to have the problems that Saccone did, while the Democratic candidate, Hiral Tipirneni (a political newcomer) doesn't perhaps have quite the appeal that Lamb did. The PA district had quite a few Democratic voters registered; the Arizona district not so much, with 187,129 Republicans, 109,555 Democrats, and 154,764 not registered to a particular party. The prior Representative didn't face a Democratic challenger in 2014 or 2016.

The seat is listed as "Safe Republican," so it's pretty unlikely that Tipirneni can pull this out.

MONDAY SPIN: Lamb is a tax-hiking, gun-grabbing Pelosi clone who will let illegal immigrants slaughter your unborn children.

WEDNESDAY SPIN: Look, he’s basically a Republican.

Sounds like the Arizona district could be 50/50. Aren't there primaries in Ohio and Missouri too?

Probably, R373, but I'm guessing those are just primaries for the fall elections. Ballotpedia says that the next special elections are:

Arizona, 8th District, April 24th. Rated "Safe Republican" so not really 50/50.

Ohio, 12th District, August 7th. This was recently shifted from "Safe Republican" to "Likely Republican," so a possibility of an upset here. A Democrat hasn't represented this district since 1980.

Michigan, 13th District, November 6th. Rated "Safe Democratic."

That last one isn't being held until November because the chicken-shit Republican governor won't hold the special election to replace John Conyers until the regularly-scheduled election day, most likely because he doesn't want a Democrat to win and to be in Congress for the next 9 months. So on November 6th, they'll hold two elections for Michigan's 13th district, the special election to decide who will serve in the lame duck Congress for a couple of months and the regular election to decide who will serve in the next two-year term. In the meantime, that district has no Congressional representation.

shitty GOP cunts

Another cute dem -- this one running for the puppets seat

WOW! orange county, just about as GOP as you get

[quote]Why are the former vet candidates so hunky?

I know, right?

TOTALLY doable

Great, R377. You’ve played Bloody Mary with the shrieking ORANGE-COUNTY-IS-AS-BLUE-AS-THE AEGEAN-SKY!!!! troll.

LOL the Repubs fucked up

[quote]County spokeswoman Amie Downs said that on Election Day there had been discussions with Republican attorneys about their ability to oversee the vote-counting process. Under the state Election Code, she said, such observers must have a signed authorization from the chair of the county committee. "They didn't produce that until the very end of the evening, when the ballots had already been scanned," she said.

[quote]Mark Wolosik, who directs the county's elections office, said that late Tuesday morning, “a call came in asking about people being able to observe the [counting] process on Election Night."

[quote]Usually, he said, "people ask ahead of time" rather than on Election Day itself.

Dummies

watch those fuckers "find" some ballots then charge the Dems with trying to hide them. Rotten bastards.

New headache for Pennsylvania GOP: Rep. Ryan Costello mulls retirement

He’s a headache

It was all done with electronic voting. Any "recount" would just be the machine spitting out the vote counts again.

only the beginning

so when will all of this be cleared up and the result announced for sure, anyone know? (I have a bet riding on this and yes, my bet was on Conor.)

[quote][R236], Alamo didn't campaign on Universal Healthcare a la Bernie Sanders.

Yeah, and sanders lost the primary by a country mile AND tore apart the party enough to damage Clinton enough to lose in the general!

Stein-bots and Bern-it-downers have already doubled down and will NEVER be satisfied until they can clone Zephyr Teachout and have her lose by a landslide in EVERY ONE of the 435 Congressional districts!

Saccone concedes.

[quote]Democrat Conor Lamb announced Wednesday that his Republican opponent, Rick Saccone, has conceded in the close special election last week for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District.

[quote]"Just got off the phone with my opponent, @RickSaccone4PA, who congratulated me & graciously conceded last Tuesday's election," Lamb tweeted Wednesday. "I congratulate Mr. Saccone for a close, hard-fought race & wish him the best. Ready to be sworn in & get to work for the people of #PA18."

[quote]Former Saccone campaign spokesman Patrick McCann said he had spoken to Saccone's team Tuesday. "The tweet is accurate," he said.

How big of a pussy is Saccone?

r391 It would be pointless to drag it out, they're both running for congress again in different districts.

No, why couldn't Saccone concede in public like most candidates do?