Amazing that Turner watched the establishment candidates consolidate against Sanders and DMFI pound him with negative ads, then… had no effective fightback when this began to happen to her in #OH11.
Brown did not have Biden’s high name ID/positive image with primary voters, but she effectively used her relationships (Fudge, local electeds, CBC) to become the clear Turner alternative, at which point PACs moved in. Once that happened Turner started flailing.
Candidates don’t always lose when this happens. Eliot Engel had the same sort of support (Clinton endorsement, DMFI PAC hitting opponent with negative ads) but Jamaal Bowman’s campaign navigated this and won.
Given how close it was, could Turner have won had she recanted her criticism of Biden at the start of the race, when people weren’t paying much attention? Any reporter who was there will tell you, the “half a bowl of shit” line stuck with voters even as folks On Here rolled eyes.
I was one of those folks On Here who didn’t think the line would be as effective as it was. Had Biden lost, who’d have cared? But he won and had 99% support from Dem primary voters.
I’d mentioned this podcast interview in my own interview w Turner… her analysis of how the left can’t be caught by surprise when the establishment consolidates against it hits different now.
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