TheCochese
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Whomever the lead Democrat is will get the hate. The Republicans are pretty consistent.
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Georgia's 6th Congressional District Special Election |OT| Round 2: Fight!
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Lord Frieza
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Pelosi doesn't want to work with Trump. Pretty much no Democrat does at this point. Don't know where you're getting that from.
If not Pelosi they would've use Schumer. If not Schumer they'd use Elizabeth Warren. If not Warren, Franken...
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
almost nobody thinks that schumer or pelosi (or reid when he was in charge) are excellent leaders; the question is who you would replace them with, and the answer isn't obvious, and the answer isn't "Actually Bernie and Elizabeth Warren and I Haven't Heard of Any Members Of The House But I'm Sure They're Good" or whatever.
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The Autumn Wind
He's talking about Ossoff.
Pelosi is good at her job, why should she step down because "optics"?
Are you sure you're talking about Pelosi?
RPGCrazied
Member
How about the ones that voted yes for Trump's nominees?
Lord Frieza
Member
Yeah, I meant this Georgia election. Ossoff is like, the most squeaky clean motherfucker ever. But they still created bullshit about him. It doesn't matter who is charge, they'll make as much bullshit up as they can.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Nominations are resolved in the Senate, not the House...
BlazinSkatinAxel
Member
Karen Handel
R
50%
58,862 votes
Jon Ossoff
D
50%
59,727 votes
0%
Reporting
1/208
Precincts
R
50%
58,862 votes
Jon Ossoff
D
50%
59,727 votes
0%
Reporting
1/208
Precincts
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
It's not optics, it's a tangible drag on your party's chances to take the House next year. But hey, you didn't listen with Clinton, why bother now?
(They will always prefer a woman as their boogeyman, for reasons that should have become obvious over the past year.)
RPGCrazied
Member
Sure, but its still Democrats working with Trump.
Aye.
Its the south, the GOP practically owns it. The most you should ever do is prepared to be disappointed so you can be pleasantly surprised when you aren't.
The good thing here is that even when Osoff loses (guessing he probably will), the fact that it was this close should be a really worrying sign for the republican party.
Trump is doing some real damage to them and they're going to reap that in 2018.
TheLostBigBoss
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lol @ people shitting on Pelosi
mad at another older democrat women who gets shit done I see
mad at another older democrat women who gets shit done I see
So why the fuck are you talking about Pelosi?
CrocMother
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I just don't understand how NYT can have 4% reporting, and 538 14%.
One or both of them are clearly bullshit.
One or both of them are clearly bullshit.
Cesare Borgia
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This is complete bullshit. The House leader does not matter unless he/she is embroiled in scandal.
Lord Frieza
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Most of the nominees were passed across party lines I'm pretty sure.
I don't know if she should step down but let's face it. The base is not going to rally behind her. There are some on the left that hate everything the old guard stands for. They'll literally not vote if they don't get their way.
RPGCrazied
Member
She is the minority leader?
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
I seem to recall them calling Obama all kinds of things too but people saw through it. With Pelosi, I cringe every time I see her bumble through an interview.
BronsonLee
Member
One counts slower!
neurosisxeno
Member
NYT goes by AP numbers and 538 calls the precincts and goes by the state website the updates it in real time. I believe.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
It's not clearly bullshit, it's whatever their data sources have (I believe NYT uses AP and 538 uses DecisionDesk HQ). Their sources are literally human beings on cell phones on the ground yelling out numbers as they see them. Live election data is an insane shitshow.
NYT taking a more vetted approach? They can afford the luxury.
TheAbsolution
Member
Whats the link to the official state website?
Lord Frieza
Member
Huh? It's only a 1 point difference on 538. It's been consistent since it started. Are you looking at the SC numbers by mistake?
Then they should run and vote them out
CrocMother
Banned
So, both of them then.
CitizenCope
Member
I can't watch this. I always assume the worst. When should I come back to see results?
BrutishMrFish
Member
You're kidding, right?
Trump was able to launch his political career because people believed that bullshit.
The Times works with the AP and local news stations. They wait for the numbers to come to them.
AP starts getting their numbers the moment the polls close, but it usually takes 4-5 hours before all votes (besides provisionals) can be counted.
Source: I used to work for the AP during elections.
Tomorrow?
RumbleHumble
Banned
Since when does a Trump tweet matter? He'd be bragging about how he wins even if Handel loses.
Lord Frieza
Member
What the hell, Parnell is getting closer again, I expected Norman to run past him. Wild
Ziltoidia 9
Member
Were the Dems supposed to win SC or is this unexpected?
Hmmm
CitizenCope
Member
But I need to know now!!
It's unexpected. No one was expecting the democrat to be down by around 2 points in SC-5.
Has this been proven to be a problem? Or are we looking for quick results and confirmation because that's a slower process?
Your username is very ironic then.
hodayathink
Member
"If I'm so unpopular, how come their golden boy Ossoff could barely beat a weak R candidate" or something along those lines.
RumbleHumble
Banned
And still getting closer with a higher percentage reporting. Considering this is a race mostly untainted by insane GOP spending, this is the real referendum.
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