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Lamb won
Author: Raine    Date: 03/14/2018 13:08:22

Democrat Conor Lamb won a special election in a conservative district in Pennsylvania last night. He's not my kind of democrat, but he is perfect for his district.

Last night we saw that Dems can win in districts that once seemed unattainable.
The district — which Saccone himself had called “Trump country” — had been the sort of place where Democrats struggled to compete. While registered Democrats slightly outnumbered registered Republicans, many of those Democrats bolted from their national party during Obama’s presidency.

In 2012, eight Democrats represented part of the district in the state legislature; after 2016, they were down to one. In 2014 and 2016, Democrats did not even bother to field a challenger to Tim Murphy, the Republican congressman whose resignation forced Tuesday’s special election.

They hoped, early on, that Lamb could change their fortunes. A first-time candidate from a storied local political family, the former Marine and federal prosecutor became a natural, if cautious, politician. He was personally antiabortion but opposed to new abortion restrictions; he supported the Second Amendment but favored stronger background checks.


This district will disappear at the end of the year due to a court decision regarding gerrymandering, however one takeaway here is that the most preogressive candidate is not alwways the best fit for a district. So maybe, just maybe, the party leaders are doing something right. They are running candidates that can win, and that's smart politics in this turbulent time.


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Raine






 
 

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Comment by Scoopster on 03/14/2018 13:10:56
Mornin' all!

Well then, yesterday was a ride.

Comment by wickedpam on 03/14/2018 13:18:47
Morning

Honestly, even I don't think Lamb is a real Dem, the man makes Tim Kaine look like a long hair free thinking hippie, but have no clue how to solve the problem of these uber red districts.

Comment by Scoopster on 03/14/2018 13:20:24
Theresa May following Barack Obama's lead, NOT 's





Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 13:38:01
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

Honestly, even I don't think Lamb is a real Dem, the man makes Tim Kaine look like a long hair free thinking hippie, but have no clue how to solve the problem of these uber red districts.
I would pay money to see him in a tie Dye and bandana.


Comment by wickedpam on 03/14/2018 13:44:25
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

Honestly, even I don't think Lamb is a real Dem, the man makes Tim Kaine look like a long hair free thinking hippie, but have no clue how to solve the problem of these uber red districts.
I would pay money to see him in a tie Dye and bandana.



lol - with the Lennon sunglasses too

Comment by BobR on 03/14/2018 13:49:13
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

Honestly, even I don't think Lamb is a real Dem, the man makes Tim Kaine look like a long hair free thinking hippie, but have no clue how to solve the problem of these uber red districts.

He who controls the gavel controls the bills which get voted on. If he's a Dem-in-name-only, I will still take it if it means retaking control of the House. Same goes for the Senate.

Comment by TriSec on 03/14/2018 13:54:48
Well, time to rescue the car. Some parts of this Commonwealth picked up near 27 inches. Not sure what the Waltham total is yet.



Comment by Scoopster on 03/14/2018 13:56:15
Twitch is broken this morning.. I fear I'm gonna end up listening to some apologist idiot on WGBH's midday talk show.

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/14/2018 14:01:09
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

Honestly, even I don't think Lamb is a real Dem, the man makes Tim Kaine look like a long hair free thinking hippie, but have no clue how to solve the problem of these uber red districts.
I would pay money to see him in a tie Dye and bandana.



lol - with the Lennon sunglasses too


Tie-dyed Dead shirt, please.


Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 14:02:11
Quote by Scoopster:
Twitch is broken this morning.. I fear I'm gonna end up listening to some apologist idiot on WGBH's midday talk show.

you got iTunes?

They have mama, MSNBS etc.

Comment by wickedpam on 03/14/2018 14:22:46
Quote by BobR:
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

Honestly, even I don't think Lamb is a real Dem, the man makes Tim Kaine look like a long hair free thinking hippie, but have no clue how to solve the problem of these uber red districts.

He who controls the gavel controls the bills which get voted on. If he's a Dem-in-name-only, I will still take it if it means retaking control of the House. Same goes for the Senate.



I get what your saying but I worry that we start losing planks if we become ok with candidates who are anti-gun control, anti-climate change, anti-choice and all pro business. I'm still unsure as to what makes him a Dem.

Again, I don't have a solution, just a lot of worry.

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 14:23:53
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

Honestly, even I don't think Lamb is a real Dem, the man makes Tim Kaine look like a long hair free thinking hippie, but have no clue how to solve the problem of these uber red districts.

He who controls the gavel controls the bills which get voted on. If he's a Dem-in-name-only, I will still take it if it means retaking control of the House. Same goes for the Senate.



I get what your saying but I worry that we start losing planks if we become ok with candidates who are anti-gun control, anti-climate change, anti-choice and all pro business. I'm still unsure as to what makes him a Dem.

Again, I don't have a solution, just a lot of worry.

It's a delicate dance for sure.

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 14:24:20
Watching teens from all over the nation on twitter right now fills my heart.

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 14:28:32




Comment by BobR on 03/14/2018 14:29:38
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

Honestly, even I don't think Lamb is a real Dem, the man makes Tim Kaine look like a long hair free thinking hippie, but have no clue how to solve the problem of these uber red districts.

He who controls the gavel controls the bills which get voted on. If he's a Dem-in-name-only, I will still take it if it means retaking control of the House. Same goes for the Senate.



I get what your saying but I worry that we start losing planks if we become ok with candidates who are anti-gun control, anti-climate change, anti-choice and all pro business. I'm still unsure as to what makes him a Dem.

Again, I don't have a solution, just a lot of worry.

Tim Kaine is personally against abortion, but is more against legislating against a woman's right to choose. I am not concerned with their personal positions so much as I am with how they plan to legislate.

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 14:30:57




Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 14:35:59
Quote by Raine:


This is about 5 minutes from our place. George Mason Elementary school.





Comment by Mondobubba on 03/14/2018 14:37:52
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:


This is about 5 minutes from our place. George Mason Elementary school.






Who's chopping onions?

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/14/2018 14:39:22
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 14:48:44

We had an incident with a gun yesterday at a middle school --

The SCHOOL SAFETY officer had his gun discharge!

Comment by wickedpam on 03/14/2018 14:48:46
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:


This is about 5 minutes from our place. George Mason Elementary school.






Who's chopping onions?



frigin' dust *sniffles*

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/14/2018 14:51:10


RIP Professor


Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 15:10:43
Quote by Mondobubba:


RIP Professor

That was awesome.

Comment by Scoopster on 03/14/2018 15:25:44
Uhoh.. I have a status report about office dog. He's been dry coughing & heaving as if he has a hairball for over a week now, but nothing comes up. The vet says it's acid reflux.

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 15:35:25
Quote by Scoopster:
Uhoh.. I have a status report about office dog. He's been dry coughing & heaving as if he has a hairball for over a week now, but nothing comes up. The vet says it's acid reflux.

Aww, poor baby.

Comment by BobR on 03/14/2018 15:45:41
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
Uhoh.. I have a status report about office dog. He's been dry coughing & heaving as if he has a hairball for over a week now, but nothing comes up. The vet says it's acid reflux.

Aww, poor baby.

tRump is even stressing out the animals

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 16:05:49
Columbine High School is walking out right now.

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 16:07:43




Comment by TriSec on 03/14/2018 16:34:46
All shoveled out.

We're heading out in a few for some "historical research" for work. Walking part of the Battle Road and viewing the Paul Revere Capture site from our snowshoes.

http://allthingsliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/capture.gif


Comment by wickedpam on 03/14/2018 16:50:53




Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 16:57:06
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Wow.

That is incredible.

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 16:58:54
Bob went over the rally, I hope he got a chance to hear Rep. John Lewis speak, he was a little less incredible that the American Student University that introduced him. That is how amazing these teens were today.

Comment by livingonli on 03/14/2018 17:24:14
MSNBC showed a big walk out that happened in Great Neck.

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 17:34:31
Quote by livingonli:
MSNBC showed a big walk out that happened in Great Neck.

Nice!

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 17:35:15




Comment by Scoopster on 03/14/2018 17:57:52
Did I miss something? Adam Schiff is talking about Rick Perry being shuffled from DOE to Veterans Affairs.

Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 18:02:09
Quote by Scoopster:
Did I miss something? Adam Schiff is talking about Rick Perry being shuffled from DOE to Veterans Affairs.

That's the Rumour.

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/14/2018 18:03:19
Quote by wickedpam:







Comment by Raine on 03/14/2018 19:50:09
I talked to a neighbor's son as he got off the bus from school, he was walking with another kid that was still using his megaphone that he brought to class. NEighbors son said that he did walk out and the City school system canceled classes for the walkout so no kid would have to face disciplinary actions for the walkout.

He's in the 5th grade and said it felt really cool to do this and be a part of all.



Comment by TriSec on 03/14/2018 20:20:11
And we're back. Over two hours on the trail today, from the Paul Revere Capture Site, down the Battle Road to Hartwell's Tavern and back.

Regaling my young Padawan with the REAL story of the minutemen, and how others around the country have hijacked the name for nefarious purposes.



Comment by TriSec on 03/14/2018 20:34:42
Say, did you see that this happened during the storm?



Comment by Mondobubba on 03/14/2018 22:00:32
Quote by TriSec:
Say, did you see that this happened during the storm?



Aye!

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