I am not underestimating effort, I live in this district, I have stated REPEATEDLY that the GOP is fighting harder that I have ever seen in this district... I have said that on many many threads... I have stated again and again, should Saccone lose its NOT going to be for lack of fighting for this district, but the MESSAGING they are using to do it.
Republicans didn’t stick together to win PA, that’s the point... that’s the whole Point... Republicans DID NOT DELIVER THE RUST BELT to TRUMP.... Yes, they voted for him, but not by any significantly greater or lower numbers than they had for previous republicans.... What delivered the Rust Belt to Trump were Independents and Democrats who voted Trump!!!
That, that, is what gave Trump the victory, and that’s my entire point. Special and mid term elections are about TURNOUT. The party out of power is going to turn out.. if you are the party in power you have to get more than your party base to show up, especially if you are not in a state that is DEEP your color.
The messaging in this race has been almost exclusively RED MEAT for the Republican base, but NADA for those I and D’s who voted for Trump.. the disenfranchised who showed up in 2016 motivated and excited... Nothing in the Saccone/GOPe/PAC messaging has been anything beyond standard R messaging, that they have used for about 15 years,... and that, is NOT IMHO going to get those MAGA I and D’s to turn out.
R’s are fighting hard, but they are fighting with the WRONG message, an d that’s my point. Saccone SHOULD win this, but reality is, with right messaging, he would run away with it.. instead its going to be a squeaker win most likely at best.. and Lamb winning is not beyond the realm of possibility.
If the messaging for this race is what the R’s are planning for the fall, expect them to lose the house.
I just jumped in here now, but this intrigues me. So, what do you think the way to handle the midterms should be? Do you think we should try nationalizing the House elections, like Gingrich did in '94? Maybe tell our candidates to send a message like, look, don't worry about party affiliation, who is beholden to who, who can deliver the most pork back home. But vote for us and we'll help our President do what you sent him to Washington to do, shake things up, try a different approach, keep draining the swamp. Make the choice clear-cut between that and going back to the same business-as-usual approach that has almost ruined us, starting back in '92 with the Master of Deceit, and continuing through GWB and Hussein Obama. You want that, stay home, and hand the House to the 'Rats. Otherwise, get your butts out there and vote for candidates who will help DJT do what we voted for him to do.