McCaskill Blames Fox News for Her Defeat

[DonViejo]

November 8, 2018 at 10:16 am EST By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) told the New York Times that the impact of Fox News on voters in her state led to her reelection defeat.

Said McCaskill: “It’s time we all quit dancing around what is now a state-owned news channel.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/11/08/mccaskill-blames-fox-news-for-her-defeat/

[DURHAM D]

1. Go Claire !

Call it like it is. Someone needs to.

[vi5]

2. It's only "state owned" when a Republican is in charge.

When a Democrat is in charge then they become the voice of the resistance.

[wellst0nev0ter]

35. So it's a party mouthpiece

Just like the People's Daily.

[femmocrat]

3. The three democratic senators who lost...

were all “moderates” or conservadems in red states. I don’t know exactly what that means, but maybe trying to play it both ways is no longer a winning strategy.
Embrace your inner blueness!!

[Sherman A1]

5. While I agree to a point

One cannot change the population of the states we are discussing. I wish that Claire was more progressive, but she was elected to represent the state population not to go out and create a new paradigm.

[world wide wally]

6. This!

[KCDebbie]

7. I'm in Missouri and Claire McCaskill was MY Senator...

She spent her 12 years as Senator asking Missouri republicans to "like" her and vote for her while being as careful as possible not to say anything that could piss off republicans in Missouri. Notable exception was the Kavanaugh vote!

Meanwhile, she put her Democratic base to sleep!

She won her first term on the back of Rush Limbaugh mocking Michael J Fox's Parkinson's disease symptoms.

And if it wasn't for the fact that she ran against that legitimate rape imbecile in 2012, she would have been a 1-term Senator!

Good-bye, Claire! I hope we can find a real Democrat to run against Roy Blunt in 2 years and another real Democrat to run against Hawley in 6 years!

[uponit7771]

10. +1, what was up with the "I support Trump" on the caravan bullshit !?!?! I was floored

[KCDebbie]

12. She was channeling Joe Manchin cause it worked

For him! All that did was alienate the Dems here in Missouri...

She also put out an ad calling Protesters that heckle repub Senators and Congressmen "Crazy Democrats!"

I and my younger daughter held our noses and voted for McCaskill. My older REFUSED to vote for Claire, but she didn't vote for any republicans either so there's that!

[uponit7771]

15. Hopefully these guys will learn to keep it real in the future, conservative light sucks

[whathehell]

27. Yeah..Sometimes one actually needs Principles

Instead of just raw Pragmatism.

[Vinca]

17. That has always been my impression of her and I'm glad to hear your opinion as a "local."

[femmocrat]

19. Thanks, KCDebbie.

I heard some TV pundit say that Missouri African-Americans were still angry with her about Ferguson. Was this a factor? Do you think in the future, a candidate with more appeal to black voters would be more successful? Or would the republican/conservative vote still outweigh that demographic?

Just your opinion.... you don’t have to supply any numbers. I just found your perspective very interesting. I had forgotten about those earlier races. I only remembered that she barely won in the past.

[KCDebbie]

21. McCaskill had issues with estrangement from

Missouri Democrats long before Ferguson! As I said, she only won in 2012 because she ran against the openly stupid legitimate rape guy...

[EffieBlack]

26. I remember earlier this year some DUers dismissing AA Missouri Dems who

were furious that McGaskill ignored and insulted them. I was told tgey needed to understand she was just doing what she had to do to keep the seat and to stop pressuring her.

[KCDebbie]

40. But by ignoring voters of color, McCaskill failed

To energize her base! She traded potential frenzied support by Democrats to begging for republicans to "like" her and vote for her and not be mad at her.

Her strategy was pathetic really and as I said before, we're it not for Limbaugh mocking Parkinson's disease symptoms in '06 and running against the legitimate rape in '12, she'd never have been elected...

I wish her well in her future endeavors, tho! I just hope that city dwellers in Missouri can get a Senate representative who is ready to move forward into the 21st Century...

[SaschaHM]

8. If anything, they lost because they were too blue.

All 3 ran up margins in blue areas in their states, but were walloped by surges in red rural areas.

[KCDebbie]

14. McCaskill lost because she wasn't blue enough!

Oh, well, maybe we can find a progressive Democrat to run against Blunt in 4 years and against Hawley in 6...

[pstokely]

22. she could have emphasized her positions against right to work or minimum wage increase

never heard of mention those issues outside of the debates, the dems in statewide positions in MO have always alienated progressives, she also might have spent too much time in outside MO chasing tRump fans and not enough in the urban areas during the campaign

[pstokely]

30. they might have spent too much time in the red rural areas chasing tRump lovers

and not enough time in the blue urban and inner suburban areas reaching the base assuming they had those areas in the bag

[qazplm135]

13. a liberal is not winning in ND

a liberal is not winning in Missouri. I've lived in several places in Missouri. It's Alabama with two Midwestern cities at either end.

A liberal isn't winning Indiana anymore. Demographics have changed since 2008, and quite frankly Obama's win there was a fluke.

We ran a liberal in Florida for Gov. He got almost the exact same voting numbers as the moderate we ran for the Senate, so there's a direct one to one comparison that sometimes it has nothing to do with whether you are a moderate or a "conservadem" or a liberal in some states. Just being a democrat is a bridge too far for some places.

[tavernier]

20. Same thing in Indiana

The Dem Senator bragged about voting with Rump on many issues. Made me gag every time I heard it. I spent the last three months in Indiana so I heard it every day! I was more than happy to come back to the Keys and vote in my own precinct!

[Garrett78]

24. Republicans will almost always choose the genuine article over a Dem trying to win them over.

It's better to just focus on the metro areas and turn out the base.

[LisaL]

28. Worked for Manchin.

[Cha]

31. Manchin won in WV.. it depends on the state.

Bill Nelson is an incumbent and he's good.. and still in it the last I read.

[LisaL]

32. Manchin is almost a Republican.

[Cha]

33. He still counts when it comes to

the numbers and some votes.

[oberliner]

34. What about Joe Manchin?

[Johonny]

4. I don't think there's any valid argument against that fact

FOX news is propaganda aimed at rural white voters to get them to vote GOP. It clearly has worked and it clearly is leading to terrible consequences for America. It certainly isn't a news organization.

[uponit7771]

9. +1, Benedict Donald wouldn't be in the 40s without FAUX News

[Tiggeroshii]

11. Fox would be proud

[Bettie]

16. She's probably not wrong

I wouldn't say it was the only factor, but it rates among them.

Frankly, Fox is a cancer eating at the brains of people.

[triron]

18. Wonder if the Russians also had a hand in it.

[Awsi Dooger]

23. Missouri exit poll didn't look nearly as bad as I expected

Conservative liberal split of 39-23, when I would have guessed more like 41-21.

That state is not nearly as far gone as Tennessee, for example.

Heavy white percentage of 84% and not much of a gender gap means we need the ideal candidate, someone who can appeal to those reluctant white females and pick off just enough white males.

[pstokely]

29. the ballot initiatives might brought some progressive voters who skipped her on the ballot

they just voted on the initiatives and left the rest the ballot blank

[UCmeNdc]

25. The Democratic Party has to find a way to neutralize FOX

FOX News propaganda destroys Democratic candidates popularity and establishes a negative image in its place.

[In It to Win It]

36. Maybe people remembered Neil Gorsuch

[Funtatlaguy]

37. Fix News was created by Murdoch and Ailes to elect Republicans.

[JHB]

38. Not "state-owned" nir "news channel. It's a one-party messaging outfit...

..., a house organ, and it'll also attack party members that don't toe the party line.

[Stellar]

39. McCaskill went full Republican when she thought it would suit her...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/us/politics/claire-mccaskill-crazy-democrats.html

[jcgoldie]

41. She said what she had to say to have a chance in a state full of fox news rednecks...

... but unlike Manchin when the chips were down with Kavanaugh she did not vote like a republican.

[Stellar]

42. OK n/t