Ed Schultz Falls Flat on Face, Says Dems Were ‘Brilliant on the Basics’ in Wisconsin
MSNBC host Ed Schultz wants to be taken seriously as a TV host, but he hasn't yet learned not to promote victory for liberal Democrats before the results are all in. On Tuesday night, even after the polls closed, Schultz was touting a possible Democratic wave. Twice, he proclaimed before his 10 pm show came on that Democrats were “brilliant on the basics” in the Wisconsin ground game — before they lost four and won two. At 6 pm, Schultz told Al Sharpton “And if the Democrats are successful tonight, it is really the template on how to get it done. I mean, I think that the progressives in this state, as profound as it is, they have been brilliant on the basics. They have gone door to door. They have talked to their neighbors. They have taken people by the hand to do what they've got to do.” He added: “They have made the countless hours of phone calls. They have done all the things, you know, that — it's the old saying, Al, you can't take my heart, you can`t take my soul, and you`re not going to take my vote. That really has been the attitude against this big money that has come into this state. And what we saw today and just the last couple months is the grassroots will get the back of people who stand on principle for core Democratic values.” At 8 pm, Schultz repeated this line to Lawrence O'Donnell:
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