#UTAH:Mia Love (R) hires top GOP strategist as she prepares 4 Matheson rematch:http://bit.ly/16A7BIY @KyleTrygstad spoke 2 her at #CPAC
@DavidMDrucker Challenge: If you can't win an open seat with Mitt at the top of the ticket, how do you oust the incumbent in an off year?
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@mattklewis Valid point. Let's see if she learns from mistakes and runs a better race.In the 06-08 cycles I saw Rs survive 1st but lose 2nd -
@DavidMDrucker@mattklewis well midterms ARE bad for the Prez's party. Only 4x since 1865 has the Prez's party gained Hse seats in a mterm. -
@TomLavinNH@mattklewis Most recently 1998 and 2002 -
@DavidMDrucker@mattklewis all 4 were special cases; 1902-size of Hse increased, 1934-FDR/Depression, '98-Clinton Impeachment, '02-post-911. -
@TomLavinNH@davidmdrucker matheson's a conservative Dem from a prominent Utah family. Not an obvious target for defeat. But we'll see. -
@DavidMDrucker@mattklewis indeed. Those are the "laws of midterms" but Matheson seems to defy political gravity. Very impressive pol.
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@mattklewis If it were an off year, she would have had a better chance. Utah wasn't contested in the pres race, which made her race harder. -
@gwbertsch you don't think Romney drove Republican turnout in Utah? -
@mattklewis Romney didn't hurt turnout, but it is harder for congressional campaigns in non-contested states. Ran into the same thing in TX.
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