What The Democratic Loss in Georgia Means For The Midterms
Everyone wants to take credit for wins, and fingers get pointed in every direction for losses. But what can be read into a special election more than a year out from congressional elections?
Defeat is an orphan.
Summing up the left's response to its deflating loss in a special congressional election in the Atlanta suburbs were two reactions:
(1) Jim Dean, chairman of the progressive activist group Democracy For America, in a statement:
"Defeating Republicans in districts that they have traditionally held requires doing something drastically different than establishment Democrats have done before — specifically, running on a bold progressive vision and investing heavily in direct voter contact to expand the electorate. That's what it will take to win districts like this one in 2018 and take back the House. The same, tired centrist Democratic playbook that has come up short cycle
