CalvinBall wrote:I did not win. Frustrating experience in many ways. It was in the bag for the person who won before it even started. Truly, she could have said anything and would have won. I feel confident I have better messages than her let me read the bullet points on my resume snooze fests.

The zone leaders of the two largest zones in the district were actively campaigning for her. One sent out and email telling everyone to vote for her or else kind of thing.

I'm glad it's over but it is amazing how much weird group think there is. Sigh.

jerseyhoya wrote:Cballs, I love to rag on you in this thread, but I am impressed that you took this step and my takeaways from this experience (based on knowledge from this thread and educated guesses) if I were you would be:

You did the right thing - you identified a potential opportunity and capitalized. You targeted the right audience with your pitch, and at the very least made an introduction/impression.

Literally nothing you could have done would have changed the outcome. So certainly no room for recriminations. People's minds were made up, and probably deals/discussions happened before you would have even had an inkling of the opportunity.

Think of people who you've met through this but didn't side with you as potential friends moving forward rather than current opponents. Not trying to sound like a motivational speaker, but politics are quick moving, transactional, and not a lot of room to hold any grudges. It's frustrating, but there's no upside.

Chin up. If you keep throwing your hat in the ring, you'll land something. You are in an enviable spot right now where there's a lot of turnover and you're politically on the right side of it.

threecount wrote:Prepare for a Biden Landslide(From National Journal)

Josh Kraushaar: “Right now, it looks more likely that Biden will win a landslide victory, picking up states uncontested by Democrats in recent elections, than it is that Trump can mount a miraculous turnaround in just over four months. Even as Trump tries to advance a law-and-order pitch amid growing violence and tumult in the nation’s cities, it’s unlikely to benefit the president because he’s the leader in charge. The chaos candidate is now the chaos president. Biden is the challenger pledging a return to normalcy.”

“Just look at the swing-state map: Biden is leading in every battleground state, according to the RealClearPolitics polling averages, with the exception of North Carolina where the race is tied. Trump trails by 6 points in the electoral prize of Florida, where the president’s newfound willingness to meet with Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro prompted a fierce backlash and quick White House retreat. He’s down 4 points in Arizona, a state that has only voted for a Democratic presidential candidate once since 1964. He’s not close to hitting even 45 percent of the vote in Michigan, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin—the Midwestern states he flipped to win the presidency.”

“Meanwhile, the Trump campaign is airing ads in Iowa and Ohio, two states he won by near double-digit margins in 2016, as recent polls show Trump in precarious shape in both states.”

Uncle Milty wrote:A 24 year old destroyed Trump endorsed candidate in NC-11 runoff.

PSUsarge wrote:

momadance wrote:@ddale8
Q: "Mr. President, at that rally when you said you asked your people to slow down testing, were you just kidding, or do you have a plan to slow down testing?"

Trump: "I don't kid."

With video:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1275438150119088130

Another perfect Biden ad clip, beautiful.

CalvinBall wrote:I did not win. Frustrating experience in many ways. It was in the bag for the person who won before it even started. Truly, she could have said anything and would have won. I feel confident I have better messages than her let me read the bullet points on my resume snooze fests.

The zone leaders of the two largest zones in the district were actively campaigning for her. One sent out and email telling everyone to vote for her or else kind of thing.

I'm glad it's over but it is amazing how much weird group think there is. Sigh.

Uncle Milty wrote:

threecount wrote:Prepare for a Biden Landslide(From National Journal)

Josh Kraushaar: “Right now, it looks more likely that Biden will win a landslide victory, picking up states uncontested by Democrats in recent elections, than it is that Trump can mount a miraculous turnaround in just over four months. Even as Trump tries to advance a law-and-order pitch amid growing violence and tumult in the nation’s cities, it’s unlikely to benefit the president because he’s the leader in charge. The chaos candidate is now the chaos president. Biden is the challenger pledging a return to normalcy.”

“Just look at the swing-state map: Biden is leading in every battleground state, according to the RealClearPolitics polling averages, with the exception of North Carolina where the race is tied. Trump trails by 6 points in the electoral prize of Florida, where the president’s newfound willingness to meet with Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro prompted a fierce backlash and quick White House retreat. He’s down 4 points in Arizona, a state that has only voted for a Democratic presidential candidate once since 1964. He’s not close to hitting even 45 percent of the vote in Michigan, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin—the Midwestern states he flipped to win the presidency.”

“Meanwhile, the Trump campaign is airing ads in Iowa and Ohio, two states he won by near double-digit margins in 2016, as recent polls show Trump in precarious shape in both states.”

I absolute hate these articles. Afraid it will energize Trumpers and create complacency in Dems.