Originally Posted by
tgull
What is really odd is the face off again in November. Seems ridiculous they could not wait 5 months. I mean the guy that just won will rent an apartment now in DC, only to potentially lose in November then what happens to his lease? I get a special election for a Senator since there are only 100 of them, but most House members are the equivalent of a generic UPS driver, they come and go like a waiter in a restaurant. I am generally in tune with the latest in politics, but put a gun to my head right now and I'd be hard pressed to name 15 House members. They are generally worthless.
He's not going to lose.
He didn't just flip the district. He won by 12 points. You don't lose that in 5 months unless you're in some kind of scandal.
This was a longtime red district which started becoming more vulnerable, and then charismatic Katie Hill showed up, sold herself as a moderate, people liked her story, and she won.
However, after her salacious sex scandal and subsequent "I was the victim" attitude, this district has already soured on trying another Democrat for Congress.
They tried it, they got a freaky bisexual swinger who banged two staffers in her office, and they're going back red.
I'd love to say that this was a significant flip and momentum for Republicans, but it's not. This was a weird outlier with a bunch of unique circumstances.
With that said, LOL at all the talking heads on the left who were once saying that the voters in the district were mad a Republicans for pressuring Katie was to resign. Looks like they actually were mad -- at themselves for voting for this weird chick in the first place!