Devil's advocate, if you please

The Great Democratic Hope

Once again, I don't want to take anything away from yesterday's results in GA-06--Jon Ossoff took a commanding percentage of the vote, he's running a spirited campaign, and Democrats seem genuinely enamored of both the man and his politics.  And considering that republicans have held this seat since 1980, the percentage of the vote he had looks even better in retrospect.

But any way you slice it, Democrats once again did not win a House seat in a special election.  And while we will have a runoff in June, the final tally shows that Democrats, even with Ossoff winning 48% (give or take) of the vote, did not rule the day in the election (while it was close, the final tally was R's 50, D's 49).  Republicans will also have two months to collect and use tons of Koch Brothers money to crucify Ossoff while trying to win this seat yet again.

On the bright side, it's also two months for Donald Trump to keep fucking up.  And Ossoff's opponent, Karen Handel, is notorious for a) losing elections, and b) being a sworn enemy of Planned Parenthood who would love nothing more than to energize lots and lots of women to keep Handel in Georgia.

But in the end, it's the South, and republicans will play their usual hand and make this race about God, gays, and guns.

And if I were a betting man, I'd wager that it's going to be enough in a state like Georgia to chalk up another loss for the Dems.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee