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This guy just gave Conor Lamb a better campaign slogan than the DCCC (Original Post) kpete Mar 2018 OP
To Posobiec, who has blocked me on twitter: And? scheming daemons Mar 2018 #1
Thay cuts both ways in that district Tom Rinaldo Mar 2018 #2
Isn't Posobiec a Neo Nazi NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #3
Yes. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #4
They're just pulling out all the stops FakeNoose Mar 2018 #5
I may be wrong MurrayDelph Mar 2018 #6
Yes. I think that's a warning for likeminded people not to vote for him. kcr Mar 2018 #7
Not really...there is a reason dem leadership plays impeachment down...it riles up Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #8

FakeNoose

(32,620 posts)
5. They're just pulling out all the stops
Tue Mar 13, 2018, 11:30 AM
Mar 2018

Really stupid if you ask me.

Conor Lamb, if he wins, will be a junior Representative with no standing in the House. He won't have influence other than the opportunity to vote with Democrats when he chooses. He'll have to run again in less than 6 months and his district will have been dramatically changed by next Fall.

The same can be said for Saccone if he wins. He'll have no standing in the House either, just another junior House member who will have to run again in the Fall.

In my mind the importance of this election is it's proof before our eyes that Democrats will turn out and vote when they have a candidate they want to vote for. The 18th District hasn't had a good strong Dem candidate for many years. And for whatever reason they didn't bother voting for Hillary. Some Dems did jump parties and voted for Trump, to their obvious regret. Those people are seeing this special election as a chance to revise that mistake.

kcr

(15,315 posts)
7. Yes. I think that's a warning for likeminded people not to vote for him.
Tue Mar 13, 2018, 12:28 PM
Mar 2018

But I can understand misreading it if you don't know the intention of the tweeter.

Demsrule86

(68,539 posts)
8. Not really...there is a reason dem leadership plays impeachment down...it riles up
Tue Mar 13, 2018, 12:35 PM
Mar 2018

Trumpers. This is a red district you know. We need to turn out our vote not energize Trumpers.

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