"This special election, to be sure, seemed different, largely because Mr. Trump infused it with significance, but in fact there have been 86 special elections like this one since the beginning of the 21st century alone, and there breathes hardly a soul outside each of those ridings who remembers any of them even a few weeks later. The importance of these contests is almost always inflated, in part because the local combatants themselves know that national attention brings national money.

The classic example of a special election freighted with false significance came on the north shore of Massachusetts almost exactly a half-century ago, when an insurgent Democrat, Michael Harrington, defeated a classic establishment Republican, William Saltonstall, in a contest described as a referendum on then-President Richard Nixon, who was then beginning his efforts to unwind the war in Vietnam. Mr. Harrington imported anti-war icons such as senators George McGovern and Edmund Muskie (both presidential candidates three years later) along with the singer Peter Yarrow (of the Peter, Paul and Mary folk group), while Mr. Saltonstall was photographed with Mr. Nixon at the White House."

"For Republicans, it may not be the lesson that Democrats wish it might be: that the President is toxic even to his own constituents and that his 2016 backers have soured on him because he turned out to be a traditional politician who talks like a populist but acts like a plutocrat.

Mr. Trump defies every rule of politics, including the rule that presidents can be effective election surrogates. Mr. Trump speaks best about himself and for himself, and may be of little assistance to GOP candidates in the autumn midterm congressional elections. In those elections he may not wear coattails (which in American political argot suggests that he can drag partisans into office), but instead may sport an Eisenhower jacket (the waist-length garment the general favoured, possessed of no coattails)."

"In addition, even Republicans believe their candidate, Mr. Saccone, was ineffectual in campaign appearances and so poor a fundraiser that national GOP and conservative groups filled the vacuum with television and web advertisements that fell flat, almost certainly putting too much emphasis on the prospect of a Democratic Congress in 2019 led by representative Nancy Pelosi, whom the campaign spots demonized."

Made my first anti-Casey pic and it turned out horribly

Just doing the standard "he loves Planned Parenthood" works well with Conservatives.

@Nuke I think this is great. We in Pa aren’t super anti-abortion but if you do something like this it shows why Casey’s actions are wrong.

@Den How about this?

That looks really professional, like the NRCC commissioned it

That's because I actually copied their style.

Bob Casey is so bad his initials are literally BC.

@Nuke great work

compile everything you made into a folder

share it with us through imgur

@Nuke is it possible to make an anti-Wagner Meme? I really think that Mango has a better Shot in the General

All from 4chan

https://www.mangoforpa.com/is_scott_wagner_the_republican_he_claims_to_be

I guess Wagner has funded a ton of Democrats and worked really hard to hurt Rick Santorum

I don't know if I should make anti-Wagner materials since he looks like he's expected to win the primary. I guess I could though.

Also I'm really surprised to see the name LaRouche

Yeah and he recently donated money to Kathleen Kane our former Dem Atorney General who is now in prison for corruption

Anyone have any treacherous Republican Memes?

He can't win if he makes it to the general

Mango or Wagner?

Wagner

He's establishment but he's also said a lot of stuff which makes him unelectable.

He's said stuff about jews so he's gonna get pretty much hammered in a state like Pennsylvania

He's polling the best of all of the candidates.

In the general that is

But the sample size is too small

Wagner is every Republicans default pick because the Pa GOP is behind him but they like Mango more after the learn more about them

Mango is better with Independents and Dems which you need like 100,000 Dem Voters. The UMW is going to back Mango which is huge since he is a Republican

http://www.politicspa.com/app-poll-wagner-20-mango-18-ellsworth-3/87004/

We still have to be ecumenical. If Scott Wagner wins the primary then it doesn't help us win in the general if we're just attacking him

Well yeah

But we're a ways out still

Exactly.

Wagner has the support of the majority of PA Republicans and the official endorsement of the PA GOP.

saw someone with a Mango sign on their lawn today

https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States map of sanctuary cities