oh ... I wasn't following the redneck rodeo. A real no class hilljack act.

Thanks for bringing my error to my attention blackdog.

There was never any doubt the guy would win. The only people shocked are the ones who watch CNN.

They were "reporting" about this guy for the last 3 days non-stop and proclaiming what a "close" election this was and how it was a mandate on Trump, etc, etc.

Reminded me of their coverage of the Presidential election when their faces turned ashen and they realized that the fantasy they were crafting was dead wrong.

And in my opinion...it's not that the Republicans can talk to the "hill" people very well.
It's that Democrats talk DOWN to hard working people like you just did when you called them "hill people" as if somehow you are better than they are and much smarter.

That's the problem with the Democrats. They don't stand for anything that matters to a normal hard-working person with a family and a mortgage.
Not saying that as human beings the Dem politicians don't have any empathy for the working man.

I'm saying that the Democrats have built a brand over the last couple of decades that represents what they mean to the country.

When a working person hears the word "Democrat"...they used to think "champion of the working man and woman"

But now? The word "Democrat" conjures up: Soft, climate extremism, extreme feminism, special interest groups, transgender bathrooms, welfare state, food stamps...

You see what I'm saying?
The Democrat Party is ALWAYS talking about those special interest niche subjects and never about jobs and the economy.

This clown in Montana didn't "Win" the election. The Democrats LOST it. Just like they have lost power across the county in local govt. , state govt. and national govt.

They are too leftist and too pussified.
They need to get back to being the party of the working man again.

I had hoped that they were going to do that after Trump shocked them.
And for a couple of days there were Democrats appearing on the news shows discussing that and acknowledging that they had lost their way and needed to get back to their roots.

Then...they did a 180 and have spent every waking moment since then trying to stop Trump from his agenda that the working men and women elected him to do.

I said it before...the Dems should have opened their arms to Trump.
The Republicans hate him because at heart he is a liberal. (remember the hatred for him from EVERY Republican leader during the election?)

The Dems could have worked with Trump and he would have went their way on a ton of issues. But they are still in denial unfortunately.

I think they missed an opportunity.

Right now CNN is concocting another fantasy: That the 2018 election is going to go Democrat. And they are pushing toward that goal.
That's why almost all of their coverage of Trump is negative.
They have an agenda.

I don't think it's going to work.
Why?
Because the Dems haven't learned the lesson yet.

It may take more loss for the Democrat Party to wise up and change their image and start working for the actual tax-paying working citizens of this country instead of freeloaders and illegal immigrants.

Kanye 2020...are you guys feeling it?

Reminds me of bladeboy's post titles

The elections that have been held so far were all seats where the Republican was heavily favored and the Democrats were hoping for a miracle that never came. However, those races were a lot closer than many people thought they would be. To me, there is an election coming up in Georgia on June 20 that may be more telling. It is in a district that hasn't elected a Democrat in decades, yet the polls show the Democrat with a slight lead. If that seat ends up going Democrat or it is very close, that could be a bad sign of things to come for Republicans.

I don't think that any of these local elections are signs of anything except what the candidates themselves represent.

If the Democrat comes out in Georgia talking about problems that matter to working men and women...then they have a shot.
If the Democrat ignores all of that and concentrates on negative campaigning and taxing people more...then they will lose.

In my opinion, this is all for the Democrats to win, or lose. The Republicans aren't having to do anything to win.
But the Dems have certainly been saying and doing plenty over the last 8 years to lose.

The Democrat Party needs to turn that ship around.

The Democrats are in a place where they can turn themselves around and make some serious gains in the process. They have a POTUS that is extremely unpopular among Democrats and Republicans that seem to be in a bit of chaos and ramming through shitty legislature just to say they have done it. Like you say, if the Democrats focus on working middle-class people and they explain to them how they can help, they can do well. The problem is they haven't seemed to learn and are still allowing themselves to be pulled into a culture war that makes them look like they care more about where someone pees than if someone can get a job.

Yaawnnnnn....

Hahaha I LOLed

Jewish reporter and his narrative got body-slammed?

Taste of what's to come. Enjoy :)

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh man...I missed seeing this latest prediction by Rochard.

Goddamn that's funny! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Dude, you are wrong every time you make a pronouncement and have been for almost 2 years! Give it a rest bro!

It's to the point now that if you told me there were casinos here in Vegas...I would feel compelled to double-check because of your track record of being wrong everytime. :1orglaugh

How many times now have you said that about Trump too? "He's done" "Finished" , etc. LOFL!

You predict this clown's political career is "over" and he promptly wins the election!
Classic Rochard!

You have to give him points for consistency.

Yep, he's batting a thousand...at being wrong

He won by more than I suspected. Right now democrat advantage in elections where the media can provoke democrat passion is about 7%. That says Ossoff wins by 5%.

Republicans need to do something quick to increase turnout. Democrats need to turn out constituencies that normally do not turn out. Who will succeed?

I would say that whatever candidate addresses the concerns of the people will succeed.

If a Democrat candidate campaigns on fixing the real problems of any given area that affect the people on a day to day basis...then they can win.
Same with Republicans.

I used to hear an old saying: "All politics is local"

I read that "old saying" yesterday in either the Times or the Post. That seems to be true if they are indeed local. However, this one isn't. Ossoff has over 20mil$ from outside his district. I wouldn't say that was local.

Further, national figures campaigning bring influence. And many people vote straight party, which is the influence of two national parties.

Georgia 6 has been nationalized :1orglaugh

I can't make a prediction until the next poll, that last one may have been an outlier but it agrees with my admittedly amateur assessment.

New poll says Ossoff ahead by only 1.8% which is closer to the norm. So it is all turnout.