"Afterward, labor officials insisted that they had triumphed by losing -- that putting such a scare into Lincoln would ensure fealty to their agenda by other moderates in her mold. Maybe. But labor played to win, not to narrowly lose." Chris "Because Haley Barbour Told Me So" Cillizza in today's Kaplan Daily feature "Worst Week in Washington," declaring labor the "loser" in the Lincoln/Halter primary. Hmmm, so as Cillizza says, "In politics, as in sports, success is measured by wins and losses." Let's test "Cillizza's Law."
"While Conservative party nominee Doug Hoffman's candidacy ultimately fell short in the special election in New York's 23rd district, his rapid rise was based almost entirely on an anti-Washington, throw-the-bums-out messaging." Cillizza on November 11, 2009, following the defeat of tea bagger Hoffman and the loss of the NY-23 seat to a Democrat for the first time in nearly a century! Nothing about "loser" there. Nothing about the tea baggers alienating voters in a safe Rethuglican district. That would be counter to his narrative of "it's always good news for the Rethuglicans and bad news for progressives." And, by the way, in last Tuesday's primaries, incumbents won 82 of 84 contests, which makes Cillizza's other, anti-incumbent narrative, uh, a "loser."
Congrats, or something.
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That post should also be a letter to the editor in the Kaplan!
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