Because he ran when no one else with more serious credentials was willing to. Their primary was before the pandemic at a time when literally no one thought dems would win anything in GA, it's why the special election primary was so much more competitive too. If you wanted to be the dem senate nominee for a state like say idaho or alabama, it wouldn't be exceptionally difficult to get that nomination all things considered should you have worked in a congressional office as a staffer like Ossoff did.
Essentially he got this seat for the same reason Biden got his senate seat at the age of 29, pure insane luck.
Essentially he got this seat for the same reason Biden got his senate seat at the age of 29, pure insane luck.
Ossoff was connected in a way even most Senate candidates are not. He got linked into the Clinton fundraising network and his financial resources exploded.
He got those connections by being a staffer in John Louis's office, if you're a staffer in any comparable house office you can make those same fundraising connections.
It's just the reality is most staffers like that have no interest in actually running for office, and progressives don't have the same ability to fundraise that establishment insiders do.
if you’re a staffer in any comparable house office you can make those same fundraising connections
He was breaking records in his House race. It goes far above and beyond what your average first-time candidate can achieve. His promotion to Senate after the House defeat was a consequence of connections that he likely made with Lewis but go significantly beyond that.
It’s just the reality is most staffers like that have no interest in actually running for office, and progressives don’t have the same ability to fundraise that establishment insiders do.
I'll spot you the second, but plenty of staffers have their eyes on elected office.
He was breaking records in his House race. It goes far above and beyond what your average first-time candidate can achieve.
I don't want to downplay the value of inside connections, but that election was basically the first one for a national office after Trump's win and I think it got an incredible amount of unusual attention and fundraising because of that.
And then the Dems still lost because Ossof represents nothing.
Because he ran when no one else with more serious credentials was willing to. Their primary was before the pandemic at a time when literally no one thought dems would win anything in GA, it's why the special election primary was so much more competitive too. If you wanted to be the dem senate nominee for a state like say idaho or alabama, it wouldn't be exceptionally difficult to get that nomination all things considered should you have worked in a congressional office as a staffer like Ossoff did.
Essentially he got this seat for the same reason Biden got his senate seat at the age of 29, pure insane luck.
Ossoff was connected in a way even most Senate candidates are not. He got linked into the Clinton fundraising network and his financial resources exploded.
He got those connections by being a staffer in John Louis's office, if you're a staffer in any comparable house office you can make those same fundraising connections.
It's just the reality is most staffers like that have no interest in actually running for office, and progressives don't have the same ability to fundraise that establishment insiders do.
He was breaking records in his House race. It goes far above and beyond what your average first-time candidate can achieve. His promotion to Senate after the House defeat was a consequence of connections that he likely made with Lewis but go significantly beyond that.
I'll spot you the second, but plenty of staffers have their eyes on elected office.
I don't want to downplay the value of inside connections, but that election was basically the first one for a national office after Trump's win and I think it got an incredible amount of unusual attention and fundraising because of that.
And then the Dems still lost because Ossof represents nothing.
Well, now he represents the whole state.
Can't wait for him to be the guy that's like two notches left of Manchin.