Who Financed the Georgia Sixth, the Most Expensive House Election Ever https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...eorgia-6th-most-expensive-house-election.html Tuesday’s special election in Georgia is the most expensive House race in history, with candidates and outside groups spending roughly $55 million in the battle for the longtime Republican-held district in suburban Atlanta.
Democrats don't like Citizens United because then anybody can just walk in and buy an election. Except when they do it, it doesn't work.
It was a huge mistake by The DNC making these races seem like a big deal when they are solid red gerrymandered districts that democrats had little chance to win. Zinke won by 16 in 2016.Mulvaney won by 21 in 2016.Price won by 23 in 2016 and Pompao won by 31 in 2016 .It was beyond stupid to get democrats hopes up thinking they could flip seats they lost by 16 to 31 points in less than a year.
Rare moment of honesty from some democrats. House Dems Rip Pelosi: ‘You’d Have to Be An Idiot’ to Think Dems Could Win With Her as Leader by Joe DePaolo | 2:54 pm, June 21st, 2017 The finger-pointing is on in the Democratic party after Jon Ossofffailed to win the special election on Tuesday in Georgia’s sixth Congressional District. And several Democrats are looking right to the top. According to Politico, Democratic Texas Congressman Filemon Vela said that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is at least partially to blame for Ossoff going down on Tuesday. “Nancy Pelosi is not the only reason that Ossoff lost,” Vela said. “But she certainly is one of the reasons.” And the Congressman also said that he believes his party could be looking at more of the same in 2018, if there is no change in leadership. “I think you’d have to be an idiot to think we could win the House with Pelosi at the top,” he said. Vela was joined in his criticism by fellow House Democrat Seth Moulton (MA). “Our leadership owes us an explanation,” Moulton said, in remarks reported by The New York Times. “Personally, I think it’s time for new leadership in the party.” Ohio’s Tim Ryan, who mounted a bid for Minority Leader last year, told the Times, “Our brand is worse than Trump.” According to the Politico piece, Pelosi had a closed-door meeting with Congressional Democrats on Wednesday. Politico’s sources told the website that the House Minority Leader tried to spin Ossoff’s narrow defeat as a moral victory in a District which has traditionally gone red. But ultimately, she admitted, “A loss is a loss. It is a setback.” [image via screengrab]
The mere fact that it was a close race just shows how divided the country is. Trump flees to Iowa to try to rally his dwindling base. People are regretting how they voted, said one person.
I would be one of those people who regretted voting the way I did, except what was my alternative? Do I honestly think things would have been better under the Wicked Witch of the East? Hell no. It's hard to regret your vote when you have Trump vs. Hillary.