"Trump-Mania! Trump-Mania! I HATE Trump-Mania!!"
Posted on 11/03/2015 10:07:08 PM PST by Vision Thing
Democrats stunned by Matt Bevin's victory in the race for Kentucky governor blamed "Trump-mania" for the Tea Party candidate's unlikely 53%-44% win over Democrat Jack Conway.
"Attorney General Jack Conway ran a strong campaign focused on the issues that matter to Kentuckians: good schools, good-paying jobs and economic opportunity," said Elisabeth Pearson, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association, in an official statement on the results.
Pearson added: "Unfortunately, he ran into the unexpected headwinds of Trump-mania, losing to an outsider candidate in the year of the outsider. While Jack Conway came up just short tonight, his presence in this race strengthened the issues debate in Kentucky."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I won't refer you to read the article, but just re-read the title: it's our adverseries who blame their loss on Trump.
As for Bevin himself, he is quoted as comparing himself favorably with Trump.
That’s gonna be a great fight. If Trump/Cruz wins, Mitch can probably see the dwindling prospects for his career.
Unlike those other tea partiers who headed to DC, Bevin will remain in his home state, far enough away from the source of Potomac swamp fever.
The Democratic Party is in a deep, deep hole. But Democrats are trying to do something about it.
Not long after the 2014 debacle, leading Democratic Party figures began focusing on a profound problem Democrats now faced over the long term: The deep, deep hole the party has dug for itself in on the level of the states.
Democratic Party fundraisers, activists and strategists recognized early this year that this deficit must be addressed, because it’s allowing major GOP policy advances on the state level, and imperiling Democratic chances (due to the role of state legislatures in redistricting, which will happen again after 2020) of winning back the House anytime soon. Republicans control a majority of governorships and an even larger majority of state legislatures.
This problem received a new burst of attention this week when Vox’s Matthew Yglesias published a piece painting the Dem state-level woes in unusually vivid and sobering terms, arguing that Dems are “in denial†about them and “don’t even admit that they exist.†Some on the left pushed back, noting it is unfair to say Democrats are unaware of this; indeed, some Dems have been publicly and privately discussing what to do about it for a year. But Yglesias is right about the enormity of the problem. He’s also right that it’s unclear whether Dems have come up with an adequate solution to it or whether enough of them are focused on just how serious it is.
good job with the grassroots campaigning, thanks for inside scoop
“...take the polls about Hillary’s lead with a grain of salt.”
That probably goes double forthose showing Carson up...
For the dim’s it is them. Not Trump. The continuing loss of state legislatures tells the tale.
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