GA-6 Special election discussion thread

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I seriously think people underplay how close a Ossoff vs Handel race could be

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Got to love how Trump's guy Gray is nowhere right now

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This is a GOP Georgia guy

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Ah crap well bring on Handel

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I called Ossoff vs Handel so Im not disappointed people really downplay the runoff  

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In very typical fashion people are getting way to invested here earlier today someone on this thread would have told you upper 40's against Handel was a good position for Ossoff but now libs are doom and gloom an reps are declaring Handel rep

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Well this sucks if you are a Democrat...

No it doesn't.

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I get Trump has a huge troll following but this is not a GOP win at all everyone coming in said Ossoff hitting 50% would had been catastrophic for the GOP him at 47-48% vs Handel is a good position

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I'm refreshing twitter on #GA06 and it's surprising how many Republicans are feasting on imaginary Democratic tears because Ossoff may have to go to a run-off in this district that's been Republican since 1980.

Again his followers are trolls

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The closer to Trump the worse that canidate did so I di t get Handel's thinking https://mobile.twitter.com/HenryJGomez/status/854548401974890497

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Have any presidents had as much of a proclivity for intensifying polarization, and trying to use it to their advantage, as Trump?

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https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/854676780527079425

Notbin recent history

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So Spicer now got up an called this an "big loss" for the dems and repeated that "spent 8 million" lie. Quick question why is Trump keeping throwing bombs on stuff like this when by his own admission he needs dems for his infrastructure plan?

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So Spicer now got up an called this an "big loss" for the dems and repeated that "spent 8 million" lie. Quick question why is Trump keeping throwing bombs on stuff like this when by his own admission he needs dems for his infrastructure plan?

They'll look small and stupid if they vote down an infrastructure plan. What does it matter? He holds all the cards right now and you'll have to take them away  one by one before you can stop him on the infrastructure plan. He's gonna give your side just about everything they want because he happens to be basically a Democrat on infrastructure/related funding issues. He'll piss on you all the way to the bank until 2020, which is the next serious opportunity for a reset by Dems.

Ok a president who couldn't get a key policy through despite controlling both houses and doesn't get along with his own party is not called "the man holding all the cards" he's called Jimmy Carter

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Bernie Sanders says he is not ready to endorse Jon Ossoff because he "doesn't know whether or not he's a progressive"

Okay that is just annoying on Bernie's part

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Number 1 is the easier point to address; there's a good resource available here that deals with this in part: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/03/do-we-become-more-conservative-with-age-young-old-politics

The basic gist is this: people get more conservative as they age. The baby boomers used to be the most liberal generation of them all, and are now the most conservative. This isn't that hard to understand because as people experience more of the world their worldview tends to solidify, and they become more resistant to change. While not universal, this is a definite trend that Democrats seem to conveniently ignore whenever they discuss the emerging supermajority the millennial generation will provide them with.

Except that there is real election data in America that directly contradicts this both at the national level and the state level. Yes, parties can win over older voters, but it is harder. Yes, a party can change enough to lose certain groups of voters even in old age, but these are not common events. The Boomer generation wasn't all hyper-liberal, and even now there is a subgroup of boomers that is more Democratic - the ones that grew up under Nixon. The rest are more Republican and tilt that group towards conservatives. Further, young people under Reagan started out supporting Republicans and stuck that way. Finally, just getting more 'conservative' as they age and more apt to defending the status quo does not automatically equate to supporting Republicans.

So, no, the huge age gap the parties are seeing is not automatically going to resolve itself in favor of Republicans.

^This I mean seriously think about it for millennial pov in their lifetime the republican party a) lead us into Iraq, b) created our debt problem, c) crashed our economy, and d) made Trump an all possible incompetent baggage he is going to bring

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New article out on Ossoff vs Handel with some interesting tibits:
1) Ossoff is now having his field team starting to focus on winning indies and GOPers who don't like Handel 
2) Handel has raised about 1 million dollars since the runoff was announced but unlike Ossoff she has to use more of that to build up her staff due to it being smaller because of the split field while Ossoff has a much bigger staff/team already in place
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/ossoff-campaign-efforts-runoff

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More bad news for Ossoff

http://politics.blog.myajc.com/2017/04/24/karen-handel-raises-nearly-1-million-a-week-into-georgia-6th-runoff/

I covered that earlier an it really isn't seeing as Ossoff has like 6 mil in his war chest from the primary

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I now the race isn't till June but why no polling for this matchup hasn't come out?

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I got a bad feeling Ossoff might be falling behind. You check social media or any news related to him these days an it's all negative getting attacked over not living in the district, a local paper is calling him a "child of privilege", "trying to buy the seat with Hollywoid Soros money". Etc

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http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/04/28/at-fundraiser-trump-quips-to-handel-youd-better-win-6th-district-race/

Wow way to give Ossoff ammunition

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I guess those debates will actual be important

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Ossoff has reserved $5.2 Million in airtime from now until the runoff.

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/05/02/jon-ossoffs-campaign-readies-a-5-2m-ad-blitz/

Wow

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Ossoff seeking to appeal to Republican voters: http://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/democrat-ossoff-hunts-for-republican-votes-6th-district-runoff/Thf08C6tvcKnyj04v5rvVK/

RIP Ossoff.

But he has been trying that already he constantly talks about cutting gov't waste in his ads

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Handel now openly supports the bill arguing "It is important that we not let the perfect be the enemy of the good" http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/05/04/a-6th-district-rift-over-the-house-healthcare-plan-in-tom-prices-old-turf/