PA-18 Special Election - Lamb by a nose

[BuckeyeNut]

Apologies if this has been posted already and I missed it, but PPP did "exit polls" of this race.

When asked "Did you vote for Conor Lamb or Rick Saccone?" 1% of the respondents said "Don't know." Let that sink in for a minute lol.

Obviously the Libertarian voters, with rounding.

[Doimper]

Apologies if this has been posted already and I missed it, but PPP did "exit polls" of this race.

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lol

[Brittain33]

A few months ago, when Murphy resigned and the special election was called, I remember Sean Trende tweeting that "here is another chance for the Democrats to lose another race by 5-6 points and claim moral victory afterwards".

I guess things went a little differently than he anticipated.

Sean Trende is a neutral political observer and I don't know why you'd imply otherwise.

[GeorgiaModerate]

A few months ago, when Murphy resigned and the special election was called, I remember Sean Trende tweeting that "here is another chance for the Democrats to lose another race by 5-6 points and claim moral victory afterwards".

I guess things went a little differently than he anticipated.

To be fair, at that time it looked like a long shot.

[Progressive Pessimist]

https://twitter.com/AdrienneLaF/status/974098794928394240

https://twitter.com/elainaplott/status/974106530487382017

There's delusion, and then there's this pathetic thing.

It's especially adorable since the Republicans' main tactics against Lamb were to paint him as a "Nancy Pelosi liberal."

[Beet]

https://twitter.com/AdrienneLaF/status/974098794928394240

https://twitter.com/elainaplott/status/974106530487382017

There's delusion, and then there's this pathetic thing.

It's especially adorable since the Republicans' main tactics against Lamb were to paint him as a "Nancy Pelosi liberal."

If Trump loses to Sherrod Brown this'd be his excuse. "He's just like me. He beat me by being me!"

[Karpatsky]

There's delusion, and then there's this pathetic thing.

It's especially adorable since the Republicans' main tactics against Lamb were to paint him as a "Nancy Pelosi liberal."

If Trump loses to Sherrod Brown this'd be his excuse. "He's just like me. He beat me by being me!"

I really wish Sherrod Brown was what the average Republican looked like.

[Gass3268]

[Landslide Lyndon]

A few months ago, when Murphy resigned and the special election was called, I remember Sean Trende tweeting that "here is another chance for the Democrats to lose another race by 5-6 points and claim moral victory afterwards".

I guess things went a little differently than he anticipated.

To be fair, at that time it looked like a long shot.

Alabama senate looked like a no shot last August.
Yet Bill effing Kristol predicted that Jones would win.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

A few months ago, when Murphy resigned and the special election was called, I remember Sean Trende tweeting that "here is another chance for the Democrats to lose another race by 5-6 points and claim moral victory afterwards".

I guess things went a little differently than he anticipated.

To be fair, at that time it looked like a long shot.

Alabama senate looked like a no shot last August.
Yet Bill effing Kristol predicted that Jones would win.

To be fair, that was the pattern at the time - Democrats failing to win special after special election.
One needs to keep in mind the context and circumstances.

[Antonio the Sixth]

A few months ago, when Murphy resigned and the special election was called, I remember Sean Trende tweeting that "here is another chance for the Democrats to lose another race by 5-6 points and claim moral victory afterwards".

I guess things went a little differently than he anticipated.

To be fair, at that time it looked like a long shot.

Alabama senate looked like a no shot last August.
Yet Bill effing Kristol predicted that Jones would win.

And that was a moronic prediction in the context.

I really don't give a sh*t if someone made a prediction that made no sense at the time but turned out to be "right" just because of unforeseeable developments.

[Landslide Lyndon]

A few months ago, when Murphy resigned and the special election was called, I remember Sean Trende tweeting that "here is another chance for the Democrats to lose another race by 5-6 points and claim moral victory afterwards".

I guess things went a little differently than he anticipated.

To be fair, at that time it looked like a long shot.

Alabama senate looked like a no shot last August.
Yet Bill effing Kristol predicted that Jones would win.

And that was a moronic prediction in the context.

I really don't give a sh*t if someone made a prediction that made no sense at the time but turned out to be "right" just because of unforeseeable developments.

Um, no it was not because Roy Moore had emerged as the front-runner in the Republican primary.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Sounds like a sLambdunk!

[DINGO Joe]

Allegheny county started going through the provisionals and other ballots on Friday with lots of contention over the provisionals.  At the end of the day Lamb's margin grew by 16 votes.  There are still 24 provisionals going through the "process" and 99 overseas and military ballots that will be counted next week. 

http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/13426010-74/review-of-pennsylvanias-special-election-is-underway

[Landslide Lyndon]

Sounds like a sLambdunk!

Miles, is that you?

[Progressive Pessimist]

Sounds like a sLambdunk!

Miles, is that you?

I have no idea who that is. I'm relatively new. Lurked here during the 2016 elections. I just like puns.

[International Brotherhood of Bernard]

Right where Jones was two months before the election.

This post aged well it seems

[Virginiá]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/pennsylvania-special-election-gop-investigation/index.html

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[Sestak]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/pennsylvania-special-election-gop-investigation/index.html

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hahaha no

[Antonio the Sixth]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/pennsylvania-special-election-gop-investigation/index.html

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Whatever, same old story. Didn't help Roy Moore in Alabama and it won't help Saccone here.

[MichaelRbn]

Not allowed to link (😞), but according to Talking Points Memo, a website is claiming that the “45th Federal Appeals Court of Westmoreland County” has declared the election results “tainted beyond reproach”.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Not allowed to link (😞), but according to Talking Points Memo, a website is claiming that the “45th Federal Appeals Court of Westmoreland County” has declared the election results “tainted beyond reproach”.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/false-stories-voter-fraud-pennslyvania-house-race

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[Progressive Pessimist]

This honestly doesn't seem worth the effort to contest the results so hard. A recount? Fine. But all this court nonsense is not worth a seat that is disappearing in less than a year. Saccone will have his chance at PA-14 in November anyway.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Another terrific map by Miles.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Note that the parts of new PA-14 not in the existing PA-18 are, under normal circumstances at least, considerably more D than the parts in the present PA-18. Worth seriously contesting for the Ds, no matter how badly Clinton bombed there.