Irregardless of the bad climate or his opponent’s famous daddy , the margin was inexcusable, no incumbent Republican Senator has lost worse since, gee I don’t even know. Even hapless appointed and never elected Cali Republican John Seymour only lost to DiFi by 16 points. Let’s see, here we are, Glenn Beall Jr. of Maryland lost by a slightly margin margin in 1976.
“in 2014 a lot of previously formidible democrats are going to beat in a GOP wave year.”
Indeed, I sure hope so at least, and none of them will ever be President.
Are you implying that neither Mark Begich nor Kay Hagan ever will be president? : )
But seriously, losing a big election seems to have become a prerequisite for eventually being elected president. Nixon lost the 1960 presidential election (allegedly) and the 1962 CA gubernatorial election; Carter finished *third* in the 1966 Democrat primary for GA governor; Reagan lost the 1976 GOP presidential nomination; Bush 41 lost the 1964 and 1970 U.S. Senate elections in TX and the 1980 GOP presidential nomination; Clinton lost a U.S. House race in 1974 and lost reelection as AR governor in 1980; Bush 43 lost a U.S. House race in 1978; and Obama lost the 2000 Democrat primary for a U.S. House seat in 2000.
Yep, excuses are cheap but they dont make a winning candidate.
When I listen to the utter lameness of the Dems excuses for Obama
(”How would Obama know what is in his Obamacare bill, or know what is going on in those agencies?? No one should expect that of him. Its not his responsibility”)
I am reminded of all the pretzel twisting excuses made on this side for GWB, usually mirrored from talk radio.
“Its not Bush's fault that Iraq war turned into a mess while he was C+C, thats not his responsiblity”
“Its not Bush's fault the economy tanked in the last of his EIGHT years, he saved the economy with tax cuts but later in in his term Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Barney Fwank tanked it AFTER that. It wasnt his economy”
Yep, to read many past posts here Bush was responsible for nothing that went bad in his 8 years, as with Obama on MSNBC now.
Great if you live in bubble.