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senseandsensibility

(24,147 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2025, 02:46 PM 20 hrs ago

So I waited until the dust settled after the TN election to suggest this, but.... [View all]

do you think a more "moderate" candidate might have actually won? I'm not claiming to know since I'm not that familiar with TN politics. But, according to an editorial written by Steve Kornacki on NBC.com, it's a possibility that a moderate candidate might have actually pulled it out.

Tennessee is a very red place, and unfortunately, she did have some statements in her past that the big money Rs were able to run nonstop towards the end of the campaign. What if they didn't have that material? Just a thought.

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So I waited until the dust settled after the TN election to suggest this, but.... [View all] senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago OP

Im pretty sure Boo1 20 hrs ago #1

Wow. senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #4

I agree LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #28

Agree and its the same with Tennessee aeromanKC 20 hrs ago #2

I actually confused TN with KY in my OP at first senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #6

Everyone makes mistakes MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #42

Thanks senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #50

It was Tennessee and she won a primary against 3 other Democrats Just_Vote_Dem 20 hrs ago #3

Fixed it senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #7

Good! n/t Just_Vote_Dem 20 hrs ago #8

Progressive Democrats should definetly run ... PBC_Democrat 19 hrs ago #37

Gillum didn't lose because he was a progressive. carpetbagger 18 hrs ago #54

Aftyn Behn won 78.8% of the Nashville vote on Tuesday. Tanuki 18 hrs ago #59

I agree that Graham would have beaten DeathSantis LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #69

That narrative is what gets me in trouble with Democrats. gab13by13 20 hrs ago #5

I'm personally for the most liberal candidate in almost all situations senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #10

Give me one example where the DNC said gab13by13 19 hrs ago #16

I'm guessing that there are Bettie 19 hrs ago #31

I don't really care what the DNC thinks senseandsensibility 19 hrs ago #32

i saw them tank a progressive for a moderate. they lost. we got roscum. mopinko 18 hrs ago #65

I'm with you gab Docreed2003 18 hrs ago #48

I kind of doubt it. yardwork 20 hrs ago #9

Yes, I agree that the more progressive senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #11

I think that's what we need. yardwork 20 hrs ago #13

Agree 👍 anciano 20 hrs ago #12

Wresting power from the Republican party Alsteen 20 hrs ago #14

No n/t leftstreet 20 hrs ago #15

You just said what I was trying to say. gab13by13 19 hrs ago #18

NO... 2naSalit 19 hrs ago #17

So a candidate that ran a Bernie type campaign Emile 19 hrs ago #19

My whole OP was a question senseandsensibility 19 hrs ago #20

You should ask Jason Kanew n/t leftstreet 19 hrs ago #21

Passive aggressives use questions to push a point. Bobstandard 18 hrs ago #62

So you're calling me passive aggressive without actually doing so? senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #64

Thicker skin. Shorter fuse. Bobstandard 18 hrs ago #66

I think you answered your own question.... getagrip_already 19 hrs ago #26

I'm sorry, but the only ones doing a purity test Emile 19 hrs ago #30

how so? getagrip_already 19 hrs ago #40

So the only ones that do purity tests are progressives. Emile 18 hrs ago #49

She won the primary. returnee 19 hrs ago #34

that is very true, but a primary, especially in a special, is a very progressive race... getagrip_already 19 hrs ago #38

Probably correct. It's hard to make predictions based upon a special election with significantly lower turnout Silent Type 19 hrs ago #22

Probably not. It wasn't a winnable district Jose Garcia 19 hrs ago #23

Good question: Aftyn Behn would have done better or won, Ars Longa 19 hrs ago #24

I didn't hear about the country music thing until the day after the election senseandsensibility 19 hrs ago #27

I love country music. returnee 19 hrs ago #35

Old country was OK- Modern "Bro Country" sounds like has been Ars Longa 19 hrs ago #43

Yes, give me Willie and Waylon and Johnny Cash and Dolly senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #47

I go back to Appalachian folk ballads and fiddle tunes... returnee 16 hrs ago #72

Merle Haggard? Liberal? returnee 16 hrs ago #73

By "these days" I take it you mean the last quarter century? johnp3907 12 hrs ago #84

I really doubt it mvd 19 hrs ago #25

Republican-lite always loses to a real Republican Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #29

Harry Truman Emile 18 hrs ago #63

Exactly correct Deminpenn 18 hrs ago #67

Seems a bit irrelevant... EarlG 19 hrs ago #33

You nailed it MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #45

It's true that rehashing would have been could have been scenarios senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #53

"...old markodochartaigh 18 hrs ago #57

Plenty of red state moderate incumbents have lost to MAGA Republicans over the years IronLionZion 19 hrs ago #36

What are the actual examples of progressive winning in deep red states? RoeVWade 19 hrs ago #39

Was the lack of voter turnout an issue? czarjak 19 hrs ago #41

No. They said the same things about the moderate dem candidates here. 2 Meow Momma 19 hrs ago #44

No...absolutely not Docreed2003 18 hrs ago #46

This +1 Emile 18 hrs ago #52

Her message was very mainstream. Bluetus 18 hrs ago #60

I never said that she was "too progressive" Docreed2003 17 hrs ago #71

My apologies. You are correct. I replied to the wrong post Bluetus 13 hrs ago #78

It didn't help that she was female. Beshear is liberal, but he is a white man and he wins everywhere in KY Wanderlust988 18 hrs ago #51

Sadly, I'm sure that was a factor. senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #56

It was highly highly unlikely that we were going to win it ibegurpard 18 hrs ago #55

No. Nashville/Davidson County's rock solid Democratic congressional district Tanuki 18 hrs ago #58

Thanks senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #61

The election in a deep red district, and the outcome, is scaring the hell out of the white supremacy Tr**plicans. NNadir 18 hrs ago #68

We've been running to the center for 45 years. Gore1FL 18 hrs ago #70

There have been many moderate southern Dems over the past few decades. Wanderlust988 13 hrs ago #74

Never heard of Jasmine Crockett? Emile 13 hrs ago #77

She's in a very Democratic district Wanderlust988 12 hrs ago #81

Used to be a very democratic district. Emile 12 hrs ago #82

I want what you are smoking. Even Jasmine knows this and will likely run for the Senate Wanderlust988 11 hrs ago #85

Keep your personal judgement against fellow duers, Emile 4 hrs ago #87

Maybe we should try; I remember similar arguments regarding what was possible in 2008. Gore1FL 12 hrs ago #83

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won in Georgia...but they are male Wanderlust988 13 hrs ago #75

No matter how 'moderate' the candidate is, the GQP will label them "socialist communist fascist radical left Jack Valentino 13 hrs ago #76

Done better perhaps, but not won Justice Brandeis 13 hrs ago #79

There are different meanings of "progressive" and "moderate". MervinFerd 13 hrs ago #80

What does "moderate" even mean in this context? Crunchy Frog 11 hrs ago #86