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| Trump Blamed for GOP Loss in Pennsylvania - Blue Wave Coming |
| 2018-03-15 |
| [Dallas Morning News] With visions of a fall tidal wave spinning in their heads, Democrats spent Wednesday celebrating a win in a Pittsburgh-area congressional district that Donald Trump had carried by 20 points. However, The White House also insisted that Trump's personal involvement kept the race closer than it would have been. "The president's engagement in the race turned what was a deficit for the Republican candidate to what is essentially a tie," said principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah. "Also, the Democrat in the race really embraced the president's policies and his vision, whereas he didn't really embrace Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader." Lamb himself did not frame the race as a referendum on Trump. Unlike many of the Democrats seeking to topple Texas incumbents, he wasn't urging voters to "send a message." "I never really asked anyone who they voted for in November 2016. I thought that was a little impolite and kind of beside the point," he said Wednesday on MSNBC, emphasizing a willingness to work with Trump. "The president is still very popular in this district, and my guess is he did energize some voters." The Dems also 'sees what they want to see and disregard the rest' Democrats insist that means Pennsylvania voters effectively repudiated the GOP tax bill, which, as Democratic national chairman Tom Perez put it, "gives massive giveaways to corporations and their wealthy shareholders at the expense of American workers." "Last night's stunning upset was just the latest rebuke to the Trump-Republican agenda," Perez wrote in an open memo. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #10 Senator Paul had pleural effusion as a result of the attack, which might have caused his lungs to collapse and kill him. His attacker could have been charged with attempted manslaughter... or had he died, successful manslaughter. Separately, the GOP is challenging the results of the special election, claiming multiple voting irregularities, so we’ll see if that goes anywhere. Link. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-03-15 15:56 |
| #9 Assaulting one's neighbor seems like a rather extreme measure. In Rand Paul's case, perhaps it was justified. Technically not legal, but justified. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-15 14:08 |
| #8 That circus clown Rand Paul helped the GOP lose this election. He is AFU |
| Posted by: newc 2018-03-15 14:02 |
| #7 Conservative Democrat, riiight!?! He will 'wander off the reservation' from time to time if the Democrats get a Majority+5 and the rest of the time it will be 'lock-step Liberal clone'. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-03-15 14:01 |
| #6 Anybody remembers O's 2008 platform? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-15 13:40 |
| #5 He may talk conservative, but he was supported by and owes his allegiance to the DNC and Perez and Pelosi. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-03-15 13:34 |
| #4 Let's see how he votes. Frank G. "Lets look at the record (of Democratic party)" Al Smith. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-15 13:27 |
| #3 Let's see how he votes. A lib wolf in Lamb's clothing |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-03-15 12:47 |
| #2 Yeah... he basically ran on Trump's platform in a historically Demoncrat area and was backed by unions. This is not a referendum on Trump as the dems can't do this all over the nation. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-03-15 12:20 |
| #1 That and the Dem candidate looked and sounded more conservative than his opponent. I'm sure that will change shortly. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-03-15 12:03 |