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In an election that was largely seen cast as a referendum on the first months of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, young, metrosexual wonder boy - selected for his resemblance to young Canadian metrosexual wonder boy Justin Trudeau – couldn’t even beat a decidedly not hot middle aged woman!  This despite having raised an amazing $22 million from across the country (and Hollywood) for a local congressional race. Not bad for a neophyte who couldn’t even vote for himself because he doesn’t live in the district! But the sad truth is that even after spending approximately $176 dollar per vote, Georgia’s...

schisms, not only in the state GOP but also among the various factions of activists – social conservative, citizen activist, party loyal, libertarians The special election for Georgia’s 6th District seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has been described ad nauseam as a referendum on President Trump’s first weeks in office. It was indeed a referendum, but not one about Trump: the referendum was about the failure of the Georgia GOP to do its job.

But beating him in the June 20 runoff won't be easy for Republican Karen Handel. Of course the boss has taken a great interest in this race since he lives in the area and knows Tom Price so well. I’ve taken only a passing interest in it, as much because of the creep factor evident in Democrat Jon Ossoff as anything else. If Ossoff manages to somehow grab Price’s old congressional seat in a district that Romney won by 23 points in 2012, but that Trump won by only 1 point in 2016, you know perfectly well what the media...