The Lake

[George K]

Lake is behind by about 24K votes. Still about 250K left to count.

[Mik]

There are roughly 4 million registered voters in Arizona. Assuming 60% showed up, that's 2.4 million. So more than 10% remain to be counted five days after the election.

[Jolly]

That's ridiculous.

Of course, I'm sure they'll keep finding votes and counting until the right candidate wins..

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2022-election-house/350305/

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

Can’t wait for her statesman-like - nay, Churchillian - concession speech.

[89th]

R to D flip, which is ironic since Lake is a D to R flip

[Jolly]

I think she showed a lot of promise. Articulate, energetic and a lot of her volunteers were young people. Her opponent refused to debate her.

Maybe all Demonrats will soon adopt the Biden Basement Strategy.

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in The Lake:

... the Biden Basement Strategy.

Why mess with a winning strategy?

[xenon]

I know next to nothing about her stances - but it's nice to see team Trump lose another one.

Hopefully creates space for other Republicans by solidifying Trump's brand as electoral toxic.

R's should have had this one in the bag.

[Jolly]

@xenon said in The Lake:

I know next to nothing about her stances - but it's nice to see team Trump lose another one.

Hopefully creates space for other Republicans by solidifying Trump's brand as electoral toxic.

R's should have had this one in the bag.

That's a pretty shitty statement, isn't it?

[xenon]

@Jolly said in The Lake:

@xenon said in The Lake:

I know next to nothing about her stances - but it's nice to see team Trump lose another one.

Hopefully creates space for other Republicans by solidifying Trump's brand as electoral toxic.

R's should have had this one in the bag.

That's a pretty shitty statement, isn't it?

Not as shitty as Trump

[George K]

The moment where Lake lost:

There's a difference between thinking something and saying it, potentially pissing off a bunch of people.

She didn't appreciate that difference with this comment.

[George K]

@Jolly said in The Lake:

Maybe all Demonrats will soon adopt the Biden Basement Strategy.

Hobbs and Fetterman (mostly) did exactly that.

[Doctor Phibes]

Critiquing the basement strategy misses the fact that the folks who are losing are losing all by themselves. They’re not winning people over. They are the ones who are failing here.

Maybe they’re the ones who need to change what they’re saying? Well, not maybe, obviously. At least it should be obvious.

[Horace]

It’s good to see Trumpiness unequivocally rejected. Let’s rip the bandaid off and proceed with better candidates. This would be a painful lesson to have to relearn next election.

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in The Lake:

Critiquing the basement strategy misses the fact that the folks who are losing are losing all by themselves. They’re not winning people over. They are the ones who are failing here.

Maybe they’re the ones who need to change what they’re saying? Well, not maybe, obviously. At least it should be obvious.

Hard to make a mistake when you're running a Biden Basement campaign. So, is that what we want, mayonnaise and white bread politics? No original thinking, no charismatic candidates? It's Fetterman & Hobbs, almost unable or unwilling to speak, letting their large war chests buy their messaging through all forms of media?

[jon-nyc]

Right, that’s why you fucking lost.

[Jolly]

Enjoy it while you can.