{"id":5315,"date":"2018-03-14T09:40:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2018\/03\/14\/the-republicans-political-problem-is-republican-not-saccone\/"},"modified":"2018-03-14T09:44:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:44:53","slug":"the-republicans-political-problem-is-republican-not-saccone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2018\/03\/14\/the-republicans-political-problem-is-republican-not-saccone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Republican political problem is Republican, not Saccone"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned this last night<\/a>, but in the clear light of day, it’s striking how the GOP spin to explain why Conor Lamb was able to eke out a victory in a district that Trump won by 20 points all come down to the current fundamental weakness of the GOP political brand. In Playbook<\/a>, the summation of the official Republican talking points basically cedes away what anyone would have listed as the top Republican assets: Trump, money, messaging. All were deployed, in full force, on behalf of Rick Saccone, to little effect.<\/p>\n

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I mentioned this last night, but in the clear light of day, it’s striking how the GOP spin to explain why Conor Lamb was able to eke out a victory in a district that Trump won by 20 points all come down to the current fundamental weakness of the GOP political brand. In Playbook, the … <\/p>\n

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