How quickly we forgot the lesson on how primaries have nothing to do with general elections

[scheming daemons]

Remember when Hillary won PA and Ohio in the 2008 primaries?


Remember when all the Hillary supporters and the media said that this meant that Obama couldn't win those states in the general election?


Remember when Obama won both states rather handily in the general election?



Primary results are not indicative of general election results in any way, shape, or form.


O'Donnell won a GOP primary in Delaware tonight.... but Mike Castle WOULD HAVE won the senate seat in a general election against Coons. O'Donnell has NO chance to win the general election against Coons.


You cannot extrapolate anything about the general election based on the results of the primary, especially a closed primary.

[still_one]

1. No you can't, but you can say we lost Kennedy's seat because we took it for granted /nt

[babylonsister]

2. Come on. The fact that O'Donnell won is big newz because

sarah palin made that happen, or the baggers did, or someone took away Castle's thunder. Yes, this might mean Coons will win, probably will, but it also means there are a lot of batshit crazy people out there. That's concerning.

[scheming daemons]

3. We've known there were a lot of batshit crazy people out there when Bush was still

getting 30% approval at the end of his term.



30% of this nation is batshit crazy. We knew that before. We know it now.


The good news is that MOST of the country is not.

[babylonsister]

5. Thank goodness for that, huh. Until

idiot son got elected a second time.

I know times have changed thankfully I hope and pray.

:fistbump:

[elocs]

4. In my WI district Feingold is running unopposed in the primary as is Ron Kind, my congressional rep.

I didn't have a reason to go and vote today.

[babylonsister]

6. I keep reading ominous things about Feingold; do you think

they are true? Can he be whupped? I hate even the thought of that.

[elocs]

7. In a close race I think at this point it might be good for him to be a little behind.

That would hopefully motivate Democrats and independents to get out and vote for him and not take his reelection for granted.

He is being portrayed in tv ads as a career politician which is evidently bad if you are a Democrats, but ok if you are a Republican. He is also being tarred with toeing the party line which I don't think he does.

Johnson may have a lot of money to throw toward ads in the campaign, but Feingold has spent the last 18 years getting to know the people of Wisconsin and having lots of talking sessions all over the state. I think he will pull it out in the end, but he needs those who support him to get out and vote for him and to take nothing for granted.

[babylonsister]

8. I love him because he doesn't toe the party line.

I hope thinking people in your state realize that. I would hate to lose this man; he votes his conscience usually, and that is too rare and necessary.