Kos: 0-20
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Wednesday, June 7, 2006
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Apropos Bilbray’s victory over Busby, David All, a staffer for Rep. Jack Kingston, sends an email with the subject line: “Kos: 0-20.”
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s starting to hitch his wagon to the horse most likely to win. He’s on top of a bubble right now, and if the media (and his cult-like followers) were to ever realize that he’s actually the kiss of death for candidates in general elections (0-for-20 or 1-for-19), people might not compare him to a mixture of Kurt Cobain and Che Guevara anymore.
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losing, I think. Please visit the Pale Horse Galleries online store for art, gifts and collectibles — all hand made by Mexican indigenous artists. Thanks! TAGS: Markos Moulitsas Zuñiga, 0-20, Chief Dan George
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he keeps Armstrong on the payroll, it will appear that Warner is comfortable with a fraud on his staff. If he does the right thing and sends Armstrong packing, will the nuts over at Kos do everything they can to bring his candidacy down? (Then again,maybe that’s a good thing for Warner.) Now, perhaps you can understand why Armstrong was one of the reasons (though certainly not the biggest reason) that I didn’t attend the blog summit. He’s a fraud. UPDATE:Â Jim Geraghty has “
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Actually, I think a careful count would put Kos at 1 win and 19 losses. The one win being the Tester primary victory. Now considering the conventional wisdom that Burns is the second most vulnerable Republican candidate, if he wins, then we may have to consider an asterisk behind the 1 win. Because the 1 win in a primary that might lead to an unexpected win in the general election is certainly a debatable issue as to it really being a win.
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Nit-picking I know, but I think the standard for “keeping score” should be how many actual people he has helped put IN OFFICE (so far – zero). Backing one Democrat over another in a primary race is hardly a watershed moment in his, so far, hapless consulting career. Let’s see if he can carry the general election before scoring a “win”.
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Flypay,
I would agree that we need a definition of “winning”. I believe one of the 19 losses is a democratic primary loss here in Texas.
I would happily accept your definition as it would avoid the “asterisk” issue I raised, but lets settle on one definition.
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The Bellwether Forecast… Good For GOP…
Well, good news in California. Republican Brian Bilbray defeated Francine “You Don’t Need Papers To Vote” Busby. Bilbray will now finish the seven months remaining in the term of former Rep. “Duke” Cunnigham. The Los Angeles Times notes this race….
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Kos doesn’t get behind candidates in cakewalk districts. He likes to pick fights in districts where the opposition (Republican, usually, or DINOs) is expected to win in a landslide.
I’m sure he’d be happier with fewer near misses, though.
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jwb:
Sure. But that’s part of the problem, no? Fighting for underdog candidates might be fun and even ballsy. It’s not exactly smart from a tactical perspective, though, if one’s objective is to actually win seats. There’s a reason the Establishment funnels its money to candidates in “winnable” districts.
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James Joyner: I think Kos hates the Establishment more than he hates the Republicans.
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jwb: Probably so. They’re his obstacle to power, not the GOP.
He’s got great ideas for organizing and motivating people. He’s likely better at that than the folks behind the likes of Dukakis, Mondale, Gore, and Kerry. They’re more realistic, though, about electoral strategy and allocation of scarce resources.
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When Bloggers May be More than Just Bloggers…
Via the NYT: Gathering Highlights Power of the Blog
They may think of themselves as rebels, separate from mainstream politics and media. But by the end of a day on which the convention halls were shoulder to shoulder with bloggers, Democratic operati…
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THE TINFOIL HAT CONVENTION…
YearlyKos is over. Lots of panting and cheerleading from the MSM. What you didn’t see: The Reynolds wrap was in full supply. Special Hot Air correspondent X, who provided fabulous coverage and survived (thanks for your service, X!), snapped this……
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[...] well; you could catch up on your arts and crafts, and the Daily Kos can help! 0-for-20, baby. | Permalink No Comments» [...]
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I think Kos hates the Establishment more than he hates the Republicans.
Well, let’s not judge him too harshly: remember his heartfelt sympathy and compassion for those American contractors who were murdered in Iraq (“Screw them, I feel nothing,” as he put it).
Hatred is relative. I’m not sure how he’d react to Republicans being immolated and strung up on a bridge, but I wouldn’t rule out cheering and/or high-fives. I think a Dem would at least get a sympathetic head tilt (with the exception of Lieberman, of course).
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This 0-20 statistic came from somewhere, right? Other than Wonkette’s ass? Kos supported Ben Chandler (KY) and Stephanie Herseth (SD), who won special elections in the runup to the 2004 election, so the 0-20 tally would have to exclude those.
Kos supported Ciro Rodriguez, who lost in a primary, so if that’s listed among the losses, Tester ought to be listed among the wins.
This smells like a big, walking zombie lie which will be feeding off our brains ad nauseum. That’s fine.
As Gandhi said: First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
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You all should watch CSPAN2. These guys are hilarious! True unintentional comedy at it’s finest!
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