GA-06: Why Handel's Win Isn't a Disaster for Democrats  —  It's a devastating psychological blow for a party to spend over $30 million on a House special election and still lose.  For Democrats, Jon Ossoff's defeat to Karen Handel stings, and the blame game is already raging: “Why did Ossoff run such a bland campaign?

This Might Be the Worst Democratic Freak-out Ever  —  Karen Handel's close-but-not-that-close win in Georgia's sixth district, the fourth Republican victory in four special elections, has officially made the party's failure to capture a House seat in 2017 a capital-T Thing.

One big lesson from GA 06.  —  Pretty close to exactly 12 years ago, I took the reins of the political operation of the Florida House Democratic Caucus.  During my three years there, we picked up nine Republican districts, including two swing seat Special Elections, including a special in a ruby-red type district like Georgia 06.

Poll: Opposition to GOP health bill is on the rise  —  Opposition to the Republican health bill is growing, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  —  As the GOP-led Senate prepares to take up the measure, only 35 percent of voters surveyed approve of the bill passed by the House last month.

G.O.P. Rift Over Medicaid and Opioids Imperils Senate Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON — A growing rift among Senate Republicans over federal spending on Medicaid and the opioid epidemic is imperiling legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act that Senate leaders are trying to put to a vote by the end of next week.