Really, I was never much of a fan of Terry Mac but this would have never happened with him.
I have to say though that Terry Mac was a good fundraiser and was able to help out down here in GA with our state races.
You gotta be kidding me. Under Terry, the Democratic party lost both of their Senators from George, the governor, and the state legislature. I don't know how you could call that "help".
And you are proposing to run a candidate that will drag all the GA dems out of office except those that live in deep blue districts? Sanford Bishop will be gone with Obama on the ticket.
Sanford Bishop's district is majority black and he probably wont even have a Republican opponent. Obama will boost black turnout in GA-08, giving Jim Marshall the extra boost he needs to win.
It is not majority black. It has lots of blacks in it but it is not majority. The only majority black districts are around Atlanta.
With Obama on the ticket, blacks would make up a majority of the vote on election day.
Nope. They won't be the majority. It will be the same as always.
Nope, Jim Marshall will be gone with Obama at the top of the ticket. His district is about 45% black and it won't be enough for him to keep his seat. He'll lose 45/55 to his opponent with Obama on the top of the ticket.
Well, Trauner would lose WY if Hillary was on top of the ticket.. Scott Kleeb would have no chance in Nebraska... so, it balances out...
Udall will lose in CO if Hillary is at the top of the ticket, as will Baron Hill in IN-09, Nancy Boyda in KS-02, Gabby Giffords in AZ-08, Anne Kirkpatrick in AZ-01, and possibly even Dennis Moore in KS-03.
Considering the fact that Obama lost AZ then he'll lose those AZ seats too.
Marshall almost lost in 2006 because of low black turnout. That will not be a problem with Obama at the top of the district. Hillary Clinton will bring out those longtime Newt Gingrich style Hillary haters in droves and pull Marshall under.
You are wrong time and again about this. The GOP will define the race as black vs. white. And the majority whites will vote for Marshall's opponent in mass. Obama is a candidate that loses 1/3 of the democrats down here in GA. How does that help down ticket races? When you have Democrats who won't vote for him.
Are you even familiar with the landscape that lead to Max Cleland, Roy Barnes, and Denise Majette losing in 2002 and 2004?
Just in case you aren't, let me just point out to you that Denise Majette didn't stand a chance against Johnny Isakson in 2004.
Roy Barnes failed to realize the discontent that was festering amongst the Georgia electorate concerning the change of the state flag in 2002.
And Max Cleland, well, he was a victim of the fallout from Roy Barnes and the nasty campaign Saxby Chambliss ran against him.
You can't blame any of that on Terry McAuliffe.
Terry McCauliffe was a born loser... I don't think we won a thing while he was in charge...
As for fundraising, the Internet model that Dean created has worked very well for Obama, and now, Hillary.
We were able to keep the governorship and many statewide elected offices. We've lost more since Dean took over and the party is in shambles. He brought in activists who were more concerned with voting machines that putting forward an electable candidate like Cathy Cox. They were so obsessed with those machines that they put Mark Taylor up for Governor. Cathy Cox would be governor now if not for poor choices. And these same voters decided that we should put Denise Majette up against Johnny Isakson. Brilliant I tell you.
Dean win 6 seante seats and 32 house seats in two years...
Exactly how many senate and congressional seats did McCauliffe win?
Oh, yeah... zero... He lost a ton, too...
That's a lousy yardstick for success...
The Democratic establishment never did anything for the party, except keep losing to Bush by being democratic-lite... it's the young "whippersnappers" that finally got the democratic train moving again in the right direction.
I'm talking about GA. And how was Dean anymore responsible for increasing seats than the demise of the Delay Machine?
Because unlike the demise of the Delay Machine, Dean actually got party organizers on the ground in states that had been ignored by Terry Macaullife!
No he didn't. He didn't have any down here in GA at least.
