re: Landrieu outperformed the rcp poling averages by 8 points

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RCP showed her down 20.2, and she lost by 12.

Even in a red tide year that saw other southern dems go down by twenty or more, this lady managed to over-perform expectations.

Why has she been able to "defy odds" so damn much in elections? I'm glad she's gone, but I wanted a wendy davis type landslide.

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Considering she received >40% in the primary, anyone seriously predicting she'd lose by >20% needed their head examined.

Make no mistake though. Landrieu was crushed.

Don't take my word for it.
Here is Politico's account:

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DEMS' FINAL INSULT: LANDRIEU CRUSHED

Cassidy trounces incumbent with Republicans set to control 54 Senate seats in the next Congress.

By James Hohmann
12/6/14 9:49 PM EST

In the final insult of a devastating 2014 election for Democrats, Sen. Mary Landrieu, the party’s last remaining statewide officeholder from the Deep South, was trounced Saturday in the head-to-head Louisiana Senate runoff election.
Republican Bill Cassidy’s resounding victory is the ninth Senate seat picked up by the GOP in this year’s elections, three more than the party needed to take control of the chamber. With nearly all the ballots counted, Cassidy led Landrieu by 14 points, 57 percent to 43 percent.

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