Republicans getting nervous about Dem recruitment

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

I'm beginning to hear senior Republicans fret about Democrats recruiting unusually high quality House candidates for the 2018 midterms. They worry that with Trump in turmoil, accomplished progressives view next year as a their best chance in ages to win a congressional seat.

- Jason Crow to challenge GOP Rep. Mike Coffman for Colorado's 6th District. Crow's bio: "[Led] a platoon of paratroopers during the invasion of Iraq and earned the Bronze Star for his combat actions during the invasion..."
- Chrissy Houlahan to challenge GOP Rep. Ryan Costello for Pennsylvania's 6th District. Houlahan's bio: Engineering degree from Stanford, Captain in the Air Force Reserve, chief operating office of an apparel company and of nonprofits.

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A DCCC source tells me the Democratic committee has already had serious conversations with more than 300 potential candidates in about 75 districts. "There are a great deal of veterans, small business owners and entrepreneurs, and women that are stepping up," the source said.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/republicans-getting-nervous-about-dem-recruitment-2407730766.html

[cstanleytech]

1. Hopefully the Dems will win a clear majority in both the House and atleast 54 seats

in the Senate in 2018 to block the Repugnants from fucking over the majority of americans so the minority of them that are wealthy can enjoy bigger tax breaks at the expense of the majority.

[burrowowl]

7. Hopefully the Dems

will not place victory into the jaws of defeat.
The need a strategy and not just a tactic of attacking trump and repukes.
They need to get voters energized for the greater good!

[ChazInAz]

11. And not continue their practice in the past few Arizona elections.

I'm furious at seeing high-quality candidates getting no support at all from the national party, and being left to wither on the vine. We had a chance to get rid of John McCain, and blew it. Jeff Flake, well-known to all and sundry locally as a being a true flake, now sits in the senate. There's no way Martha McSally could have gotten Gabby's old district if we'd only had the resources and backing of the DNC. Instead, we were inundated by a flood of dark money from the Kochs and their cronies, and never seemed to get on the radar of our own party.

[GreenEyedLefty]

2. They damn well should be nervous.

Fuck them. For real.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Cool. Scientists and engineers are under-represented in politics. . . nt

[paleotn]

4. That's damn right.

[GeoWilliam750]

5. Excellent progress

We also need to have candidates for every state and local seat down to dog catcher's assistant.

[Dustlawyer]

6. That is great, but how many are taking money from large donors?

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I would rather have them in than not for sure, but Donor money has gotten us into this mess.

[wildeyed]

9. That would be an issue for the Supreme Court.

To control the court we need to first win some elections. Can't win 'em if we don't take the money. It's a nasty compromise, but that's politics.

[wildeyed]

8. I'll probably take a leave of absence from work to volunteer for one of them too.

GOP is going to pay for what they are doing to this country.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Emily's List is training candidates and raising money...

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[mdbl]

12. I don't know why repuglicans are so worried

they are the most worthless, moronic, idiotic self-serving group of politicians in the history of the US and REALLY STUPID people keep voting for them.

[sellitman]

13. They control the voting machines

Why the heck would they be worried?

This just doesn't pass the smell test.