Hillary making dems lose?

[Takket]

I just saw a rethug claim all the senate dems Hillary campaigned for lost and this meant American doesn't want her. Is that true? I don't have a clue who she did or didn't campaign for but even if I did I find it hard to believe her presence lost more goes than it gained.

[MineralMan]

1. Uh, no. Hillary Clinton came to Minnesota to campaign for both

Al Franken and our Governor Dayton. Both won their elections handily. I'm not saying they won because of Hillary, but they did win. Your Republican friend is full of crap.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

3. Did anyone else she endorsed win? Your senator and governor would have

won without her so that they won really isn't representative of her, and her benefactors', success.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. She campaigned for 25 candidates and 12 won...

She campaigned for 25 candidates and 12 won, but only in a parallel universe was this election a referendum on her.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

8. Since you have the info handy, could you copy and paste the names of those who

won?

I believe you. I just haven't had the stomach to dig out the results and put myself through our ass-stomping yet again so, I admit, I am shy a little information.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Here

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/midterm-elections-2014-clinton-backed-candidates-fared/story?id=26694294

[ChisolmTrailDem]

10. Thanks...

DSB!

[wyldwolf]

11. on the other hand, Elizabeth Warren's win/loss ratio wasn't too impressive, either.

She also stumped for Grimes

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. I think the last Dem to represent KY in the Senate was Dee Huddleston

That was when The Police were topping the charts.

[wyldwolf]

14. if people are seriously saying Hillary caused Dems to lose because she stumped for them...

... we also have to point out that Warren stumped for, among others, Bruce Baily and Martha Coakley, both losers in races they should have won.

Just sayin'

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. Massachussetts has a long history of electing Republcan governors

Weld. Cellucci, Swift, Romney...

[MineralMan]

18. I don't have an answer for your question. I gave you an example

of people Hillary campaigned for.

[Capt. Obvious]

2. 80-20 Senate with Clinton on the ticket!

[meadowlark5]

4. I doubt it

Someone here posted the turnout numbers for this election and it was 40% of registered voters, or 19.6% of the entire population. Well how much of that percentage was the conservatives/republicans? We know they'll be out to vote come hell or high water. Only 12% of people under 30 voted. The numbers were pretty bad and we all know that benefits republicans.

And geographically, dems were at a disadvantage anyway. Pretty tough for a dem to get elected in a blood red state. Ideology and party loyalty is hard to bust through.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. 99-1 Senate if HRC runs with the lone Democratic senator being Joe Manchin.

SNARK

[True Blue Door]

6. I don't want Clinton, but that's a call for the primary.

If we are pathetic enough to nominate her for lack of a better candidate, then I shut the fuck up and become her soldier - right up to the moment she inevitably throws away all advantages for no reason and loses the election.

[WI_DEM]

13. Of course it is utter nonsense.

[rock]

16. Now listen close (I may ramble)

Presidential elections and congressional elections work entirely differently. Your vote may be swamped in a Congressional election but it has a much greater chance of be pivotal for the the presidential race. Therefore a voter is much more likely to want to vote in the presidential race. Not voting in the congressional race where he feels his vote will be lost (example: a heavily gerrymandered district) doesn't indicate much. The rethug is full of shit as expected.

[Beacool]

17. That was Rand Paul.

He has a burr on his backside for Hillary. He's the real loser, he'll never be president. The midterms had zero to do with Hillary. Obviously she and Bill campaigned for Democrats, but Jesus himself could have shown up to campaign for some of these people and they still would have lost. It is what it is...........

Here's an article about Paul's taunts:

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/11/05/Rand-Paul-taunts-Hillary-Clinton-on-social-media-over-midterm-results/8541415191668/