Pennsylvania lesson for Democrats: Get angry at Trump & GOP, not your own candidates

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Pennsylvania lesson for Democrats: Get angry at Trump & GOP, not your own candidates

PA-18 shows Democrats how to win amid a historic crisis: Stay mad at Trump and the GOP, not candidates who don't check every liberal box.

If Democrats believe the more fevered warnings they’ve been making — that Trump is a historic threat to democracy, that the GOP Congress is more interested in obstructing justice for him than investigating him, that two more years of this will fry what’s left of our nerve endings — the upcoming elections aren’t just elections. They are a national emergency: the only possible way to put a keen eye on corruption, the Census and foreign intrusion in our elections.

That isn’t to say Democrats shouldn’t make demands on their candidates and run competitive primaries. There are more than 110 GOP-held districts that are more Democratic than Pennsylvania’s 18th. Few nominees will triangulate to the degree Lamb has. But in a historic crisis such as what we face now, differences of opinion shouldn’t be read as differences of principle. And true anger needs to end up focusing on defeating Republicans whenever there’s a chance to defeat Republicans.

Then, when some semblance of checks and balances is restored and the House begins actual oversight of the Trump administration, Democrats can turn to battling out what agenda they will run on in 2020.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/14/pennsylvania-special-election-democrats-stay-angry-trump-embrace-your-own-jason-sattler-column/422760002/

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1. To Begin

Before writing an article such as this, another in a line of what the DEms should do or need to know, perhaps they should find out what Lamb actually stood for and why he actually won, especially with white women who previously voted for Comrade Trump...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210358758

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2. Agree that it's a bad frame - I look forward to reading your letter to the USAToday editor! (n/t)

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3. Only If They Print It

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4. First you have to write it - Id be glad to proofread your draft before you submit! Nt

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5. Oh I Hva That Covered, But Thank You