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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFun Fact: Markey and Kennedy spent.....$21 Million to hold on to an absolutely safe D seat.
That could have completely funded 4-5 competitive House races.
dem4decades
(11,297 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)I lost respect for him (Kennedy) over this unnecessary waste of money.
Sen. Ed Markey is a good man and is a fine democrat.
bottomofthehill
(8,334 posts)Alex Morse, Dr Goldstein, AOC, Cori Bush, all primaries in safe democratic seats.
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)It isnt the same. Kennedy wanted a Senate seat, apparently feeling entitled. That is how a lot of people see it.
AOC unseated Jim Crowley, who had taken his constituents for granted. He deserved to lose.
bottomofthehill
(8,334 posts)AOC got about 17000 votes. Joe Crowley was out recruiting and funding democratic candidates nation wide in an attempt to take and hold the House. Did he take his eye off the ball at home, maybe, but as a member of the democratic leadership he had another roll to play.
msongs
(67,420 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)it's not like he would be waiting until his 70s the way Markey did.
dware
(12,399 posts)you just cannot make this shit up. :
Why not spend the money on other, more competitive races?
ALBliberal
(2,342 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)So he pretty much gave up the house seat.
ALBliberal
(2,342 posts)tritsofme
(17,380 posts)The entitlement is nauseating.