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    Democrats just went 0-4. When will they win?

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    • Democratic strategists and candidates are pondering what went wrong
    • This follows Jon Ossoff's loss in the Georgia special election on Tuesday

    Atlanta (CNN)Democrats tried an inoffensive moderate message in Georgia. They ran a banjo-strumming populist in Montana. They called in the cavalry in South Carolina and tried to catch their foe sleeping through a long-shot in Kansas.

    None of it worked.

    In the special elections for House seats vacated by Republicans who wound up in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, Democrats went 0-for-4.

    Now, party officials, strategists and candidates are pondering what went wrong -- and how they can turn it around in time for the 2018 midterm elections.

    Jon Ossoff's loss Tuesday night in a hyper-competitive Georgia race -- the most expensive in history -- "better be a wake up call for Democrats," tweeted Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, an emerging Democratic leader.

    "We need a genuinely new message, a serious jobs plan that reaches all Americans, and a bigger tent," he wrote, "not an smaller one. Focus on the future."

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    The losses aren't all doom and gloom for Democrats. The party got closer than it has in decades to winning some of the four seats -- a sign they've closed their gaps with Republicans in both suburban and rural areas and in 2018 will have a broad playing field with dozens of more competitive districts.

    "We have to remember that these elections are being held in districts hand-picked by Trump -- districts where he created vacancies because he thought they were 'can't lose' seats," said Ron Klain, a Democratic operative who was chief of staff to vice presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore.

    Democrats also came closer than expected in South Carolina on Tuesday -- which, Klain said, "shows there are no safe seats for Republicans and the Democrats have a broad array of districts to contest."

    But before the 2018 midterms, Democrats must grapple with the party's need to drive its base to the polls while also convincing some independents and moderate Republicans to reject Trump.

    "Democrats haven't figured out how to beat Trump," a senior Trump administration official said Tuesday night.

    After scoring their latest victories, Republicans were spiking the football. Kellyanne Conway, a top White House aide, jabbed at Ossoff for being 30 years old and living just outside Georgia's 6th District, tweeting her thanks to Republican Karen Handel...

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    We were praying for these elections in my prayer group! We are overjoyed with the outcome! Particularly in Georgia.
    When your praise match your prayers, the answer will come.
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    Democrats haven't figured out how to beat Trump," a senior Trump administration official said Tuesday night.
    First of all, Christians are praying more than ever for more Conservative leadership; Secondly, partly because the body of Christ is getting serious about who we choose to govern us, we're praying, and God is hearing and answering; thirdly, the Dems have no message, no solutions, and no morals. God bless America!
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    Don't sell those Dems short.

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    I'm with Nikos. Sure, the Dems lost four elections. But in my opinion, the flow of the world is on their side. Anti-Christian Progressivism is on the upswing, especially among the youth--our future voters. We must remember our hope is not in election results--our ONLY hope is in revival. Without revival, the tidal wave of Progressive thought will eventually wash over the entire nation--well, actually the entire world--as we move toward a globalization that will curtail our freedoms and bring about increased persecution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bookman View Post
    I'm with Nikos. Sure, the Dems lost four elections. But in my opinion, the flow of the world is on their side. Anti-Christian Progressivism is on the upswing, especially among the youth--our future voters. We must remember our hope is not in election results--our ONLY hope is in revival. Without revival, the tidal wave of Progressive thought will eventually wash over the entire nation--well, actually the entire world--as we move toward a globalization that will curtail our freedoms and bring about increased persecution.
    Young voters tend to change when they grow older. It's a reoccuring phenomenon.

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    Young voters tend to change when they grow older. It's a reoccuring phenomenon.
    American youth have been so brainwashed in our high schools and colleges, it's hard to imagine them wising up. If anything, they may become more radicalized.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bookman View Post
    American youth have been so brainwashed in our high schools and colleges, it's hard to imagine them wising up. If anything, they may become more radicalized.
    Growing older and doing new things changes people's perspective. Every generation disbelieves that their youth will change but then they do. Not necessarily enough to stem the tide of liberalism though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bookman View Post
    But in my opinion, the flow of the world is on their side. Anti-Christian Progressivism is on the upswing, especially among the youth--our future voters.
    Yep. The flow of the world is a good way to put it. I was reading an article in the past couple of days that a high percentage of millennial (if not a majority, can't remember) basically are socialists and that's what Appealed to them about Bernie. Free hand outs, college paid for, etc, etc. The article basically suggested they are driven by their own greed and 'freebies' that socialism presents to them.

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    Well, I don't have such a dim view of the world. As Christians we have authority in our Country and if we do what we're called to do, we can turn things around. But not with all of this fatalist speak. Either we trust God to answer our prayers for the righteous to be the governing authority, or we don't.
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