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The Daily 202: Democrats despondent, Trump emboldened after GOP victory in Georgia special election

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/06/21/daily-202-democrats-despondent-trump-emboldened-after-gop-victory-in-georgia-special-election/59497f2fe9b69b2fb981ddc6/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_daily202-740am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.fa72e948420f


Gabriel Debenedetti ? @gdebenedetti
Dem member of Congress eyeing results texts to ask Q on many Dem minds: "Lots of 'moral victories.' But when do we get actual victories???"
9:23 PM - 20 Jun 2017

-- Last night was a wake-up call for Democrats that they still need to home in on an effective anti-Trump message. Seth Moulton, the Democratic congressman from Massachusetts who has been flirting with a longshot 2020 presidential bid, seized on the results:

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Seth Moulton ? @sethmoulton
#Ossof Race better be a wake up call for Democrats - business as usual isn't working. Time to stop rehashing 2016 and talk about the future.
10:24 PM - 20 Jun 2017 · Washington, DC

Seth Moulton ? @sethmoulton
We need a genuinely new message, a serious jobs plan that reaches all Americans, and a bigger tent not a smaller one. Focus on the future.
10:29 PM - 20 Jun 2017 · Washington, DC

-- The outcome demonstrated that two political fundamentals remain true: Attack ads work, and candidates matter.

Democrats pinned their hopes on a 30-year-old who had never run for office before and didn’t even live in the district. Ossoff became more dynamic on the stump as the race dragged on, but his lack of a record made it easy to caricature him. He was a vessel through which Democrats channeled their hopes, but he lacked charisma.