Don’t kid yourself every election matters and must be studied.
Whoever wins, will have to run for re-election in November..................
AND, oh by the way, this seat is up again in November (this year) and Conor Lamb will have to move into the newly redrawn district if he’s to run again.
Seems like Lamb ran to the right of Saccone in many ways.
Not a system the Democrats are likely to utilize in the general elections.
I have to laugh at this. If it were a dem who was behind by 600 votes, we would all be counting down the seconds until the recquisite number of votes magically appeared. The Dems certainly would be manufacturing them. The GOP?!? It is insurmountable!! Game over!!
Agreed.
Not to mention that while seeing DJT on the stump again was a treat, Saccone just didn't come across as having the kind of magnetism that would draw lukewarm voters to the polls.
Which of course speaks more to the abject laziness of lukewarm voters than to Saccone's personality, but still . . .
Maybe the democrats will take a page from the Republican election handbook — run right and government left.
Trump gives them tax cuts,steel and coal jobs and they vote against his man. Never,never, underestimate the stupidity of the voters.
🚨BREAKING: Atleast 7 different bus company employees have contacted various Philadelphia news agencies claiming they bussed in illegals to vote in tonight's #pa18 election. Each bus had Democratic chaperones onboard...developing #Pennsylvania #SpecialElection pic.twitter.com/uCQlTKoiFX— 🚨Josh Cornett🚨 (@therealcornett) March 14, 2018
Yeah, it was so unimportant that Trump went and held a massive rally and endorsement event for Saccone.
These special elections are pointing out 2 things to me: (1) Hillary was an even bigger drag on all the Dem candidates in 2016 than even I thought, and (2) the Dems are energized and turning out bigly.
The GOP better get their act together before the fall campaigns start in earnest, or they’re going to have the butts handed to them all across the country. If they keep running away from Trump and his policies, Nov ‘18 is going to be ugly.
BTW - I don’t know Saccone or Lamb. Really don’t know much about either ones’ history, following or platform. But the moment I saw video and pictures of each candidate, I thought Lamb would win. Saccone fits the caricature of a Republican candidate: middle-age (or older) white guy, with bad-hair and a bad suit - the epitome of a small-town, local politician. Lamb looked clean-cut, ex-military, and more polished in a navy suit and tie - and clearly younger and more energetic. Just these differences likely counted for 10x the vote margin.
So add bad optics to my regular complaint of bad messaging with the GOP and their candidates.
I would love to win a PA-18, Piper Super Cub..... oh wait this is different....never mind
The LSM pundits are having a field day, but if you have a race after a scandal it’s not unusual to have the scandal’s party underperform in an election. They’re all going to be surprised when this “Blue Wave” they’re salivating over turns out to be a Blue Drip.
lol. The excuses on the loss begin....now. The reason for the loss is that Republicans are not motivated to get out of bed to vote. No other reason.
Hopefully, we will have a better candidate, if PA18 is still in existence.
Republicans should panic. Losing one vote in congress is not a big deal, but a Democrat winning a seat in a district that Trump won by 20 points is a crushing loss. Anyone with 1/100 of a brain knows that voting for a Democrat is essentially saying “I have no problem impeaching Trump”. Its the Democrats number one priority if they get the House back. So why are so many people who voted for Trump now saying they don’t care if Trump gets impeached? I don’t get it?
It's one seat closer to the other party taking control of the House. It matters.
Maybe the next go around Romney’s daughter won’t bless the nomination of a frump who looks like a bingo announcer at a managed care facility.
I thought the District goes away in Nov.
In my world PA-18 = Piper Super Cub.