[Man50D]

And you can’t run on the fair tax: you cannot get enough people to wrap their heads around the concept. It just won’t happen.

Tell that to the growing grass roots Fair Tax movement that has resulted in more Congress critters signing on as cosponsors in each session since The Fair Tax Act was first introduced to Congress in 1999. This district is 2:1 RAT and yet Burns lost by a far closer margin. That's despite Critz trying to paint himself as a conservative opposed to gun control and abortion rights, and a foe of Obamacare.

Keep in mind the regular election is only 5 1/2 months away. All these facts bode well for Conservatives in November.

[Adder]

Look at what happened to Burns in PA12: he offered limited support for the fair tax and was immediately hammered for wanting to increase sales taxes by 23%. He was predicted to win. He LOST big, in my opinion, by 12,000 votes.

And one of the reasons he lost is not because people like you and me and yes a growing number understand the fair tax...he lost because the average voter in Johnstown and surrounding areas doesn’t understand the fair tax but they DO understand 23% sales tax. The fair tax just can’t be reduced to an effective sound byte...but raise your taxes 23% definitely CAN be reduced to a sound byte.

Hence my comment.