Article snippet: Posted at 9:30 pm on June 21, 2017 by Brad Slager In the weeks leading up to the hotly focused runoff election for the House seat in the Georgia 6th District one thing became apparent. No matter what the result would be in the deeply conservative sector Democrats would claim some type of victory. Anything less than an embarrassing landslide would be deemed an unqualified success, measured with the most qualifying of metrics. Once the results came in it was quickly apparent the past month of polling data showing a strong lead for Jon Ossoff were manufactured to create a demand. Handel “surged” in the days before the election, and as the results came in it was evident quickly it was no contest. Just don’t listen to Democrat pundits. One of the first to forward this narrative was Representative Cheri Bustos (D), from Illinois. She came on CNN to desperately put a spin on the result, looking disconsolate the whole time. She vainly tried to sell the notion how in the last election the GOP won by 20 points. “Tonight they “only” won by 5 points”, she detailed, indicating this was a significant message against the President, as well as a signifier for the upcoming midterm elections. Except, it wasn’t. The biggest influence on the election result was the wildly inflated spending taking place. Ossoff, aided by a flood of money coming from out of Georgia, spent a record $22.5 million. This flush campaign chest meant that his campaign resembled a military o... Link to the full article to read more