Posted on 06/21/2017 4:39:56 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
Taking the stage in a half-filled airplane hangar to rally supporters of the Republican candidate Karen Handel, Health Secretary Tom Price could not help but point to the record-shattering surge of liberal money that has flooded into the special House race here.
“The out-of-state money is crazy,” said Mr. Price, whose vacated congressional seat is up for grabs on Tuesday.
Following Mr. Price, Sonny Perdue, the agriculture secretary and a former Georgia governor, was even more direct.
“I know some of you out there, some Republicans may even be turned off by our president,” said Mr. Perdue, before making the case for his boss.
The two Trump cabinet secretaries, both Georgia Republicans, had unwittingly revealed the twin hurdles standing in Ms. Handel’s path heading into Tuesday’s election: Democratic enthusiasm is soaring across the country while the sort of pastel-and-polo-clad Republicans who reside in this district are uneasy about what they see in Washington and have decidedly mixed views of President Trump.
The hard-fought battle for Mr. Price’s seat in Atlanta’s northern reaches has not only become a financial arms race — by far the most expensive House contest in history — it has evolved into one of the most consequential special elections in decades.
Republicans, weighed down by Mr. Trump’s growing unpopularity, must demonstrate they can separate themselves from the president enough to hold suburban districts that only now are becoming battlegrounds.
And Democrats, facing a restive base hungry for victory after disappointing losses in Montana and Kansas, are under pressure to show they can notch something more than a moral victory in the sort of affluent seat they will need in order to take back the House majority.
An outright win in Georgia would serve as validation of the party’s overall strategy. ..
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Sorry, I just couldn’t resist.
LOL
Laughing at NYT!!!
#FAKEAMERICANS
#FAKEAMERICANS
compelling.
Republicans, weighed down by Mr. Trump's growing unpopularity, must demonstrate they can separate themselves from the president enough to hold suburban districts that only now are becoming battlegrounds.
And Democrats, facing a restive base hungry for victory after disappointing losses in Montana and Kansas, are under pressure to show they can notch something more than a moral victory in the sort of affluent seat they will need in order to take back the House majority.
An outright win in Georgia would serve as validation of the [Democrats] party's overall strategy.
Today: What election?
“Handel thanked President Donald Trump and other prominent Republicans who supported her in the nationally watched runoff, leading to cheers of “Trump, Trump, Trump” from the crowd at the Hyatt Regency in Dunwoody.”
LAUGHING MY OSSOFF / Kelly Anne
“Democratic enthusiasm is soaring across the country “
Sure, that’s why the Dems are winning all the races, right ? (/sarc)
How could any thinking American—someone who truly loves his or her country—possibly want to give any power to the Democrat party at any level of government?
The Democrats and Media (but I repeat myself) are absolutely consumed with blind hate.
Even though it's hard for decent Americans to see and hear on a daily basis, it's comforting to know that the Democrats are utterly destroying themselves as a political force, and will remain in the minority for decades to come...
“I know some of you out there, some Republicans may even be turned off by our president,”
LAUGHING MY OSSOFF / Kelly Anne
Yes, that is absolutely hilarious.
LIBERAL SPIN
Monday:
Wednesday:
Excellent.
It is hard for the Party to say that “We have always been at war with Eastasia.” When freerepublic and the Internets exist, scoff, and make fun of their existence.
I stopped after “half filled airplane hangar”.
$30 million versus $3 million is an arms race?
Greg Gutfeld said it hours before she did.
And today:
Democrats Seethe After Georgia Loss: ‘Our Brand Is Worse Than Trump’
Typical of liberals/progressives spending $50 million on an election and losing is no big deal. That is why liberals/progressives should be no where near spending/budgeting.
He spent his Ossoff, but the lady Handled him.
Yes, it was a referendum on trump!
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