Name recognition, media support, and sheepish nature of Republicans helps progressives.
Hughes doubled his support in 3 weeks. If the primary were in March, he could have won.
I didn’t pick up on Patrick Hughes until very late in the campaign!
Conservative networking and getting our message out is near non-existant in my area. We have to do better!
I have no doubt of that. Patrick Hughes or a candidate like him could still win. There is no great love for Kirk. He didn’t win because people understood who they were voting for he won because he hid from the competition and masked his identity. I think when we look at the results of the breakdown of the Governors race which had conservative candidates with more money it is pretty clear Kirk shouldn’t have won this. He managed to slick his way in. Now I want nothing more than to see him lose and lose badly. We don’t need his seat. We can pick up seats in the South and be happy campers. We don’t need a new Lincoln Chafee in the Senate. I’d like nothing more than to smack the Republican leadership who setup Kirk for the seat in the face like NY 23. I think Hughes could win. I hope he considers it.