Congressman John Barrow (D) votes with Pelosi and Obama 80% of the time but tricks conservatives to voting for him because he is 100% against amnesty, every single vote.
The Dems would have won TN, NC and GA easily if they ran with Heath Shuler(D-NC)(running in TN instead), McIntyre and John Barrow in the senate races.
Even hit Boehner’s border bill.
The main critique of Allen is that he supported, and Barrow voted against, a supplemental appropriations bill passed in early August to focus on the children coming across the Mexican border. It included a lot of money for border security as well as about $200 million for temporary housing for the kids. In the ad’s retelling, that means Allen supports using “tax dollars to keep illegal immigrants in the United States.”
This brings up a good point. Immigration (or opposition to it) is a winning issue regardless of party. If the GOP refuses to grasp this, then at some point in the future Democrats will. If Republican candidates had been in unity on this issue, we would easily be looking at an 11 or 12 seat pickup in the Senate instead of holding out hope for just a 7 seat gain.