Did I think Obama could beat Hillary? Yes. I had a front row seat to Obamamania, I saw him win the rat Senate primary here with ease.
Did I expect Obama to be reelected? Well after 2010 I certainly hoped not, but keeping in mind 1948 and 1996 I knew it was a very distinct possibility, especially with the shitey GOP field.
What’s next? Julian Castro as the Brown Obama to beat Hillary again? He doesn’t just share a middle name with a dictator like Obama but a last name!
As for CT, I agree with the Cafero that’s it’s generally not ideal to run political neophytes for Governor or Senator, they don’t know how to be candidates and it usually shows. CT has a weak GOP bench though. Who was “the right Republican” to win the Governorship?
More importantly who IS the right Republican to win it in 2018? I guess it’s not Tim Herbst, since he “lost” the Treas race.
Boughton would have gotten the job done.
A populist conservative who can give a down-home stump speech with the best of them.