Yesterday, Republican David Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink in a congressional race for Florida’s 13th district to decide who would finish the term of Republican Bill Young, who died last October.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz spun the Dem loss in a race many considered to be a referendum on Obamacare as a GOP underperformance. The district, according to CNN, is 37% Republican, 35% Demcorat, and 28% unaffiliated. Obama won the district both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections.
Matt Yglesias, now executive editor of Ezra Klein’s Vox.com, the fledgling site with the stated mission of making the news easy to understand, “simplified” things this way:
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/443558627291721728
Ha! My how those talking points evolve:
DCCC release: #fl13 'heavily Republican'; Oct '13 release: 'competitive' #cd13 Obama won 2x + Nelson '12 & Sink '10 pic.twitter.com/IwocvPZUFm
— Greg Giroux (@greggiroux) March 12, 2014
Many aren’t buying the Dem spin for the loss:
Nothing to see. Go Obamacare! RT @mattyglesias The big political news of the day is that the GOP won a House race in a GOP-held district?
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) March 12, 2014
@KurtSchlichter @JonathanRyrie1 @mattyglesias If Vox was up and running, he would have explainered us better.
— David Steinberg (@realDSteinberg) March 12, 2014
Wasn’t Obamacare going to be so awesome that the Republican would have trouble winning elections again?
https://twitter.com/FigDrewton/status/443591260100886528
@yesnicksearcy @monsterhunter45 @KurtSchlichter @mattyglesias Didn't Bill Clinton & Biden STUMP FOR SINK? Go ObamaCare!! OoOopps!
— ???? (@Rockprincess818) March 12, 2014
Actor Nick Searcy can’t figure out what the Dems are trying to say:
https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/443607390705823744
Really makes a lot of sense, eh?
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