Winning by 6,500 when the last guy never won by less than 70k isn’t a great thing to hoot about.
I’ll TAKE IT but our people need to find out why the drastic difference.
He was not a good campaigner...he’ll probably be a great asset for Trump going forward, but he’s got no pizzaz!!
Correct. MSNBC's ratings are way up from before the election, by a third to a half. The left is VERY energized. Nobody should pretend they're in shrinking violet mode. Trump needs to realize that a strong left means he needs a strong right to fight them. He needs to govern as a strict conservative. There is NO "winning the left over" when they're in this rabid dog mode. That'd be like negotiating with somebody high on bath salts and meth.
In November, over 250,000 turned out to vote in the 4th District and Pompeo (incumbent) won by a margin of 61-30. Last night only about 120,000 came out to vote - less than half the November turnout.
This reminded me of the special election in Massachusetts when Scott Brown upset the Democrat and captured the “Kennedy” seat. After the Obama victory, Republicans and anti-Obama Independents were energized and got behind Scott Brown like he was the messiah, even though he was a run-of-the-mill RINO. Many Democrats voters sat out that election, still savoring the Obama victory and not believing that a Republican could possibly win a statewide race in Massachusetts.
We dodged a bullet last night in Kansas. Hopefully we all realize that our work is far from done. In order for Trump to have a chance of his agenda being passed, we cannot afford to look past special elections. A GOP loss in Kansas last night would have been devastating.