The result of a Pennsylvania special election doesn't bode well for the president's party in 2016.

[DigitalDrifter]

Oh darn.

Democrats in Free Fall

The Democrats have yet to realize they are in free fall, dragged down by the anchor that is the unsuccessful reign of Barack Obama. Despite evidence to the contrary from all across the country, where the president’s party and its allies continue to suffer unexpected electoral defeats and are frequently on the losing end of battles to reverse policies in place since Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society and even Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, Democrats and progressives in the nation’s capital are digging in their heels.

The latest example comes from Pennsylvania where on Tuesday 26-year-old Republican financial advisor Martina White posted an upset victory in a special election for a seat in the state House of Representatives. GOP voters in that district are outnumbered by Democrats 2-to-1, and Obama carried it in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote.

[SEE: Political Cartoons on the Republican Party]

White knocked on nearly 6,000 doors on her way to victory in this northeast Philadelphia district, proving once again that when it comes to boots-on-the-ground and grassroots campaigning there is no substitute, especially at the local level. Her decision to focus on taxes – she said repeatedly she’d fight to keep property taxes in check while a member of the state Legislature – and education funding were an important part of her formula for victory.

She also benefited, it should be noted, from a serious split among the Democrats over which candidate the party would nominate, with ward heelers and elected officials playing favorites. In the end, the split was enough to earn White the backing of several local unions including the Fraternal Order of Police.

Now it is always a mistake to draw too many big conclusions from the outcome of a single special election, especially one for a seat in a state legislature. But Pennsylvania’s 170th House District is Democrat country, Obama country, Clinton country – and no Republican should ever be expected to win there. That one did is reason enough for people to sit up and take notice that the internal divisions among progressive Democrats – who back the current president – and more traditional party hacks – who tend to back folks like the last president who was a Democrat and his wife (who wants very badly to be the next Democrat in the White House) are not figments of the GOP imagination. They are real and they matter.

Pennsylvania Special Election Loss Could Be Bad Sign for Democrats in 2016 - US News

 

[Statistikhengst]

Only, historically, special elections in off-years have absolutely NO effect on the ensuing GE in the year that follows.

Those special recall elections in Wisconsin in 2011 did not go the Democrat's way, and yet, in spite of the fact that Walker also survived the recall election against him, Obama won the GE in November 2012 and he also won Wisconsin by 7 full points, vastly outperforming the end-polling aggregate.

So, no, a small special election doesn't mean jack-shit when compared the national stage. It is NOT the canary in the coal mine that Republicans hope it will be.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

 

[Vigilante]

Only, historically, special elections in off-years have absolutely NO effect on the ensuing GE in the year that follows.

Those special recall elections in Wisconsin in 2011 did not go the Democrat's way, and yet, in spite of the fact that Walker also survived the recall election against him, Obama won the GE in November 2012 and he also won Wisconsin by 7 full points, vastly outperforming the end-polling aggregate.

So, no, a small special election doesn't mean jack-shit when compared the national stage. It is NOT the canary in the coal mine that Republicans hope it will be.

Well, the fucking German Nazi has made a prognostication about something that he has to spin for his puppet masters! Pay no attention to him, as if it would have been one of his fellow travelers, he would be PROMOTING it as STRONG PROOF the DemocRATS are on the upswing.... The losers never realize we can see right through the rhetoric!

 

[Statistikhengst]

Next time, when you have real information, just let me know.

 

[jillian]

Only, historically, special elections in off-years have absolutely NO effect on the ensuing GE in the year that follows.

Those special recall elections in Wisconsin in 2011 did not go the Democrat's way, and yet, in spite of the fact that Walker also survived the recall election against him, Obama won the GE in November 2012 and he also won Wisconsin by 7 full points, vastly outperforming the end-polling aggregate.

So, no, a small special election doesn't mean jack-shit when compared the national stage. It is NOT the canary in the coal mine that Republicans hope it will be.

shhhhhhhh.... it's on a roll...

 

[TheOldSchool]

Oh darn.

Democrats in Free Fall

The Democrats have yet to realize they are in free fall, dragged down by the anchor that is the unsuccessful reign of Barack Obama. Despite evidence to the contrary from all across the country, where the president’s party and its allies continue to suffer unexpected electoral defeats and are frequently on the losing end of battles to reverse policies in place since Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society and even Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, Democrats and progressives in the nation’s capital are digging in their heels.

The latest example comes from Pennsylvania where on Tuesday 26-year-old Republican financial advisor Martina White posted an upset victory in a special election for a seat in the state House of Representatives. GOP voters in that district are outnumbered by Democrats 2-to-1, and Obama carried it in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote.

[SEE: Political Cartoons on the Republican Party]

White knocked on nearly 6,000 doors on her way to victory in this northeast Philadelphia district, proving once again that when it comes to boots-on-the-ground and grassroots campaigning there is no substitute, especially at the local level. Her decision to focus on taxes – she said repeatedly she’d fight to keep property taxes in check while a member of the state Legislature – and education funding were an important part of her formula for victory.

She also benefited, it should be noted, from a serious split among the Democrats over which candidate the party would nominate, with ward heelers and elected officials playing favorites. In the end, the split was enough to earn White the backing of several local unions including the Fraternal Order of Police.

Now it is always a mistake to draw too many big conclusions from the outcome of a single special election, especially one for a seat in a state legislature. But Pennsylvania’s 170th House District is Democrat country, Obama country, Clinton country – and no Republican should ever be expected to win there. That one did is reason enough for people to sit up and take notice that the internal divisions among progressive Democrats – who back the current president – and more traditional party hacks – who tend to back folks like the last president who was a Democrat and his wife (who wants very badly to be the next Democrat in the White House) are not figments of the GOP imagination. They are real and they matter.

Pennsylvania Special Election Loss Could Be Bad Sign for Democrats in 2016 - US News

 

[Statistikhengst]

Oh darn.

Democrats in Free Fall

The Democrats have yet to realize they are in free fall, dragged down by the anchor that is the unsuccessful reign of Barack Obama. Despite evidence to the contrary from all across the country, where the president’s party and its allies continue to suffer unexpected electoral defeats and are frequently on the losing end of battles to reverse policies in place since Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society and even Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, Democrats and progressives in the nation’s capital are digging in their heels.

The latest example comes from Pennsylvania where on Tuesday 26-year-old Republican financial advisor Martina White posted an upset victory in a special election for a seat in the state House of Representatives. GOP voters in that district are outnumbered by Democrats 2-to-1, and Obama carried it in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote.

[SEE: Political Cartoons on the Republican Party]

White knocked on nearly 6,000 doors on her way to victory in this northeast Philadelphia district, proving once again that when it comes to boots-on-the-ground and grassroots campaigning there is no substitute, especially at the local level. Her decision to focus on taxes – she said repeatedly she’d fight to keep property taxes in check while a member of the state Legislature – and education funding were an important part of her formula for victory.

She also benefited, it should be noted, from a serious split among the Democrats over which candidate the party would nominate, with ward heelers and elected officials playing favorites. In the end, the split was enough to earn White the backing of several local unions including the Fraternal Order of Police.

Now it is always a mistake to draw too many big conclusions from the outcome of a single special election, especially one for a seat in a state legislature. But Pennsylvania’s 170th House District is Democrat country, Obama country, Clinton country – and no Republican should ever be expected to win there. That one did is reason enough for people to sit up and take notice that the internal divisions among progressive Democrats – who back the current president – and more traditional party hacks – who tend to back folks like the last president who was a Democrat and his wife (who wants very badly to be the next Democrat in the White House) are not figments of the GOP imagination. They are real and they matter.

Pennsylvania Special Election Loss Could Be Bad Sign for Democrats in 2016 - US News

 

[squeeze berry]

those Pennsylvanians that cling to guns and religion have a memory

 

[The VOR]

those Pennsylvanians that cling to guns and religion have a memory

Maybe, but they are dying off more and more as each year goes by.