Don’t believe the hype. Scott Walker’s recall election was supposed to be bad news for the Marxist in 2012.
That doesn't hide long term joblessness, losing your health insurance...ect
I don’t care who wins or loses .. special elections, etc mean NOTHING. I don’t care if the Dim had won. It means NOTHING when it comes to the National stage and elections. Like the one post says here, the Walker recall election was supposed to be a big deal and hurt the Dims. It meant NOTHING.
The problem with reading the tea leaves in little snap shots as evidence of a bigger issue is, well .. they aren’t and then everyone acts surprised. It’s how the GOP elite rules ... they tell us that something is big, we believe it and do their bidding. Yeah that is a WAY oversimplification but you get my drift. Saying this means something is right up there with saying that Elway doesn’t play well in the cold but he sure plays well in above freezing so the Broncos will win the Super Bowl.
The San Diego mayoral election was largely driven by local issues, including a disgraced Democrat incumbent who was caught up in a sexual harassment scandal. Don't read it as an omen, good or bad.
For a large city in a liberal state, San Diego has a lot of conservatives. Most people think “California” and assume everyone there is Dem. You have to remember, San Diego is the largest US city that borders Mexico. Only when San Diego complained about illegal immigration did people like Duncan Hunter act and build a wall along California. Call them moderate, but they do have a breaking point. This election is another show of that.
This was a non-partisan special election, in by far the most right-leaning large city in California, in which the Republican ran on a scrupulously moderate platform and the Democrat conspicuously wed himself to public employee unions and Mexican nationalism ... and still got 45% of the vote. A conservative who takes much satisfaction from this win is kidding himself.
The Democrats cannot concede the election just yet - there just HAS to be a recount, and the recounts have to be continued until the Democrat is a winner by at least three votes.
The more local the election, the better Republicans do.
I think Republicans hold the majority of Governorships and state legislators.
Let's hope this trend continues.
While we continue to be sold out by national Republicans like John Boner and Miotch McConnell, they don't even realize the ground is shifting beneath them.
I, for one, am going to enjoy the crap out of the look on their faces when the floor falls beneath them.
Oh really? What happened in Virginia?
Interesting. Thanks for posting. Informative thread BUMP!
Cannot read too much into this particular election. SD has a long history of electing GOP mayors.
The primary source of GOP weakness in recent decades is its miserable performance in nearly all of the nation’s major metropolitan areas. A trend which needs to reversed if the Party wants to start winning presidential elections.
It should also be noted that off year and midterm elections are very different from presidential election years. The turnout is generally lower, the voters more committed, the electorate somewhat whiter and older than is the case in presidential elections, therefore more Republican leaning.
In the November open primary, Democrats had won 54 percent of the ballots cast and were convinced they could win the runoff between Faulconer and Alvarez.
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See? This is why we have to get people like Cornyn and McConnell in a run-off and the rest will be history.