Even though he lost, Ed Gillespie was the best candidate, ran the best campaign.
Scott Walker was also awesome.
Cillizza is a bleeding heart liberal. Everything he writes is filtered through a leftist prism, so nothing he say has any claim to reality.
Walker, considering how they were so after him... he keeps rising to the top... and Joni Ernst...
Cory ran a heck of a campaign, very disciplined and on message. He totally defeated the war on women b.s. and in fact turned it around on “Senator Uterus.”
All things being equal,I prefer a governor to a member of congress. Given that, few are the equal of Scott Walker.
There were lots of great candidates this year. Two local ones hail from Maryland. Larry Hogan smacked and crushed his Democrat, sitting Lt. Governor chosen one opponent into the dirt in a stunning landslide.
Dan Bongino, while not successful ran a textbook campaign and came within a couple thousand votes of vanquishing a Democrat Congressman in a gerrymandered district designed especially for him.
Using his experience as a former Secret service agent, Bongino garnered a national level of respect and recognition. Alas, he’s a district over so I couldn’t vote for him.
Did I say gerrymandered? I’m sorry, I meant vomited on a wall and drew circles around it. That’s how poorly they define districts here in the PRM. (People’s Republic of Maryland)
I see Cornyn isn’t on the list. I’m not even sure he ran a campaign. Did he take up golf or something?
I saw Capito on Fox News Sunday. I thought she came across very well - what sounded like genuine and well thought out answers. Then they had Gardner on there. He sounded like the typical weasel-mouthed politician giving the same old RINO scripted responses.
Scott Walker is the pit bull of politics. No one else had to fight three elections in three years, defying the polls, and winning them all.
Scott Walker!
All he had to do was stand there and look stupid.
Real easy for him.
Scott Walker was the best.
For worst, a tossup between Wendy Davis and Alison Grimes.
Tie between Gillespie and Ernst for me.
Remember, when the camapign started, Republicans sort of gave up on Iowa. They failed to attract their top tier candidate and so got this obscure state senator. Over the course of the campaign, she deconstructed the fumbling Braley perfectly and came across as a real citizen candidate. Cruised to a blowout victory!
Gillespie’s near-upset was just... stunning. Nobody saw it coming. The best sleeper ground game I have seen in a longtime. He and Dave Brat prove that a solid Republican ground game can defy the polls!