Anyone but Marshaā¦
This has been an extremely interesting development Iāve been keeping an eye on. Not just because, flipping a seat in TN, after flipping one in ALā¦but because early polling showing us with a close race there, adds even more encouragement to Dems to run everywhere.
Even if we donāt win everywhere, make them squirm and spin money. If we take the Senate, or even get closerā¦the fear of voters will be strong in their black hearts heading into 2020, the year when their advantage flipsā¦they have more seats to defend than we do. Thatās important, because it makes it much more likely GOP Senators will vote to impeach Trump after a Democratic House passes articles of impeachment.
Have enjoyed you well informed commentary over the years DJ64. Hereās to a triumphant 2018
Think back to the ill-conceived āWhite Lives Matterā twin marches this fall - planned in rural areas (because the lesson - so said the planners - from Charlottesville was to plan events in their natural areas - not in liberal areas) - planned for two events about 100 miles apart one in the morning one in the mid afternoon.
Many more (mostly local) counter protesters showed up than marchers/white supremacists. The second event - in an even smaller community (if I recall correctly) also had a large showing (mostly local) in opposition - but the event marchers (except a handful who didnāt get the message) didnāt show up.
They called the second event off. Allegedly because they left so late from the first event (blamed on having to go through security - and leave line to put all weapons back in their cars and get back into the security line - that pushed the time back too late to make it to the second event.) However, reportedly the āleadersā gathered at a park outside of the first town, and decided it to just call off the second one - because it wasnāt looking like more people were going to join them, and they didnāt make their cause look big and strong - which I think was the whole point.
I read and watched video interviews with some of the counter-protesters - who indicated they felt very strongly that they wanted to send the message that these white supremacists did not represent who they (the town(s)) were.
Tap into that energy in the rural areas - along with the same urban and suburban areas in Tennessee as turned out strongly in Alabama and Virginia - and it seems like their is reason to be hopeful for this race.
If Marsha wins the primary, Democrats should make net neutrality a big issue. Marsha has been extremely antagonistic to municipal broadband in Chattanooga which is an overwhelming success. She led the charge to block the FCC from preempting the law that kept EPB from expanding its footprint. That left a lot of people with little better than dial up when EPB could easily have covered them. There are a whole lot of voters in E.TN that dont have access and it can be pinned squarely on her shoulders. Even now she has written a bill that tries to strip the FCC of any regulatory power over broadband (not that they are using it).
Marsha Blackburn (R-Comcast) has taken over 600,000.00 from Comcast
Tennessee is a much purer test of messaging than Alabama since Roy Moore was both negatively viewed and handicapped by undoubtedly true allegations of bad behavior he lied about via denial. The combination was just enough to let Doug Jones temperate (thatās a good thing) messaging make him the better choice for voters without committed partisanship.
What the Rs havenāt yet figured out is that Trump didnāt win these states by so much because so many people like Trump. They just hated Hillary with a burning passion and swing voters didnāt trust her, particularly after Comey re-opened the āinvestigationā into her emails. Trump was a less-known commodity and people wanted a change, so ā¦ But now Trump is the known commodity, they trust him less, and they want another change. While Trump has many core supporters in both Alabama and Tennessee, itās not a majority in either state (as we discovered) no matter his margin over Hillary in 2016.
I donāt know if the āproblem-solvingā message is the right one to emerge as a winner. More potent would be providing a fair and reasonable check on Washington insiders who pass things like the tax scam to give money to the wealthy and stick the middle-class and poor with the bill. If Blackburn wants to run as the pro-Trumper, let her. Thatās her miscalculation because I doubt a majority of TN voters like it.
Iāve done a lot of previous research on Marsha Blackburn (R-Comcast) and in her entire career in the house she only passes legislation one time that brought any money to her district. It was for a military base thatās on the TN/KY border. She has literally done nothing for the people she represents. She does do a lot of TV though
I live in East TN, popular or not the DIMS will fail if they donāt do the work necessary to win. The last time both Corker and Alexander ran for reelection they did not bother with much campaigning. The DIMS virtually DID NOTHING so it was not much of a surprise that the Ā® won handily, example, I received 1 piece of election related mail for each election.
Itās worth noting, when people talk about the drought of Democratic wins in the South, that the Democrat who was elected in that last Senate win in 1992 was none other than Richard Shelby. He switched parties in 1996, without changing much in the way of votes. Also worth pointing out to the idiots who keep claiming that Democrats have moved right since the 80s and 90s.
Marsha is just the transgendered part of moore
What a waste of a senate seat if she somehow gets it.
Corkers go to girl for coffee, drinks and every once a while read a prepared statement at corkers demand.
Dimwitted at best
I will donate to Marsha āStiletto Heelsā Blackburnās opponent