In One Tweet, Former Obama Speechwriter Sums Up Why Conor Lamb Won #PA18

[yurbud]

He won on this platform in a deep, deep red district.

What are "centrists" excuses for not running on and fighting for these progressive policies?

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2018</a>

If Lamb won running on these issues, in a heavily red gerrymandered district, then Democrats in 114 bluer districts can win too. Bottom line, Trump’s agenda is not in step with the majority of the American people. Not even in a red district like #PA18.

But the contest was never supposed to be competitive. In fact, there are 114 Republican-held House seats more competitive than Pennsylvania's 18th, according to a Democratic tabulation of the Cook Political Report's partisan voting index.

November 6th, 2018 is the reckoning for the Republican Party.

Via DailyKos

[RandomAccess]

1. I hope the folks in Washington take a good, long look at this

It's neither radical nor that conservative an agenda in today's environment.

He's a DEMOCRAT. The Party keeps looking for messaging. We have a message -- a bunch of them, actually, and they all amount to pretty much what we've always stood for. All they have to do is ARTICULATE IT.

[yurbud]

2. too many are looking for a message that won't offend their big donors and so vague

they can't be held accountable if they don't do it.

[yurbud]

3. Instead, they are helping (or for most, not blocking) the GOP repeal of Dodd-Frank