The Daily 202: Pennsylvania special election shows GOP still hasn’t found a winning midterms message
Pennsylvania special election shows GOP still hasn’t found a winning midterms message Lamb declares victory; Saccone says ‘it’s not over yet’ BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: National Republicans threw the kitchen sink to hold a House seat in Pennsylvania that President Trump won by 20 points. But while the special election remains too close to call , Democrat Conor Lamb clings to a narrow lead and declared victory early this morning. The media will focus today on what an embarrassment it is for Trump to lose in the heart of his geographic base of support. He went to Pittsburgh twice in the closing weeks to boost Republican Rick Saccone, including on Saturday, and tweeted his support again on Tuesday. The White House also deployed Don Jr., Ivanka, Kellyanne Conway, Mike Pence and even Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to help. The bigger reason that the savviest GOP operatives in town are freakin...