What's the Left's Answer to the Democrats' Crushing Defeat?
As the lame duck session of Congress approaches, progressives are encouraging the president to act unilaterally, frustrate the Republicans, and let the 2016 class of Democrats run as populists.
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Matt Barretto had good news and bad news for Democrats. They already knew the bad news: Colorado Sen. Mark Udall had been unseated by Republican Rep. Cory Gardner. The good news, which pollster and Latino Decisions co-founder Barretto shared on Wednesday, was that Udall blew it. He was a lost cause, but Colorado wasn’t.
“We asked voters in Colorado if they knew where Mark Udall stood on comprehensive immigration reform,” said Barretto, clicking through slides from his lectern at the National Press Club. “Well, 46 percent of Latinos in Colorado knew that Udall voted for comprehensive immigration reform. Forty-seven percent weren’t quite sure where he stood. Six percent said he was opposed.”