So if they are cheering, it might be because they have just test fired a new weapon and though it didn't win the battle this time out of the box, it looks to be a potential winner. And if this is the case, the the Conservatives are living on borrowed time if an effective response is not developed, tested and rolled out into the field. Oh bullshit!
He was a handsome war vet in his uniform hiding his true beliefs and party affiliation.
He fooled some of the people, some of the time.
You think they can find 538 candidates like that?
If you looked at the analysis, this wasn't cross-over republicans being fooled. Its the Democrats turning out fully twice the number of voters as the republican get out the vote effort did.
Yes they had a candidate, not a wimp. But the Dems only have to come up with about 20 good candidates and a working strategy to shift the balance of power.