https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/apxrepublican-realistic-about-long-odds-against-ocasio-cortez/

Absolute pussy

this is why I've been insisting that just because Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a socialist/Berniecrat, that doesn't mean she's more likely to lose. If anything, she'll be an even stronger opponent than Crowley

It's all about mindset, really

Yeah, if I were him, I'd still put up a fight

Even if I was in the bluest of blue districts, I'd campaign my heart off

try to exploit the fact that Crowley is still on the ballot due to being nominated by the Working Families Party

however, I don't think he got in this to win

Things like Scott Brown, Doug Jones, Conor Lamb will happen in unlikely places if people aren't looking

it probably went like this

>spend decades as a Queens resident who is also Republican
>Queens County Republican Party wants to pick someone to run
>hmm,this guy is 72, has been with us for decades, and is an economics professor. Let's go with him

Scott Brown won because he got in it to win. He ran an energetic primary campaign.

I'm not sure if Doug Jones got in it to win, but he definitely realized he could after Moore's scandals broke out and GOP infighting occured

Lamb was picked as someone who could win given the right strategy

keep this in mind - a large portion of the district are blacks and hispanics. The other large portion are white hipster/yuppie liberals.

ask me this - how would you appeal to those demographics as a Republican? Lamb at least had the benefit of running in an ancestrally Democratic district. There is no viable way to run in New York City as a Republican unless you're an uber liberal who just advocates for lower taxes, and even then - the hispanics/blacks would still vote for Ocasio-Cortez

New York was democratic even when it was majority white

The party has changed for certain but the New York Dem's were certainly not Dixiecrats

there are Republicans who have won in NYC

Michael Bloomberg won because he was literally a billionaire Democrat who ran as a Republican because he couldn't win the Democratic primary. He isn't even a conservative democrat. He's just not far-left

Rudy Giuliani won because Dinkins was a corrupt mayor and the crime rate was super high

Anything is better than sitting back doing jack shit waving the white flag

@Deleted User I think Trump could have won in the 80s

yeah, exactly @FLanon

anyway, Ocasio-Cortez is no Roy Moore. She's a good fit for the district.

tbh, Doug Jones is toast in 2020

she is no Rick Saccone because she's not a fat lazy piece of shit

well of course

If we run Mo Brooks, we win back alabama

I mean she rarely spends time in her district so there could be a parallel

But I think Troy Balderson will win again

Running Luther Strange will win us back Alabama

"I mean she rarely spends time in her district so there could be a parallel"

she spent a lot of time for the primary

Anyone works

her Kansas trips won't really be held against her

she has enough media attention that it doesn't matter

I think that in every district there's a nonzero chance

well, yeah

And with that nonzero chance, you have to try your hardest to grab it, all I'm saying

Never give up

How's everyone today

tbh, I think we should get some Republicans to run strong Green Party Campaigns

So we can steal votes

@shrub I'm Good

Just talk about how the Green Party is rising and the Democrats are falling

it'd be hard to coordinate