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The thrust of this story is that Democrat Senate candidates are doing better than expected in places where Republicans normally win. My gut tells they are having a pipe dream. Thoughts?
1 posted on 09/10/2018 9:01:10 PM PDT by fhayek
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Could have been an easier year for Senate Republicans, but the party decided to screw Roy Moore over. We lost a seat. Will it turn out crucial? Who really knows? I tend to doubt it, but if Republican leaders can find a way, they’ll screw it up.


2 posted on 09/10/2018 9:04:10 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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Who knows, can’t believe anything out of the msm anymore. Maybe never could.


3 posted on 09/10/2018 9:06:15 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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Trump has no path to 270. /s


4 posted on 09/10/2018 9:06:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Last name of author is Emanuel, same last name as Rahm Emanuel which may tell us his bias and bend. So who knows?


7 posted on 09/10/2018 9:08:26 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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Even if we take this at face value, that Republicans may lose a few, there are still about 25 Democrat Senate seats up for election, and about 10 of those in states Trump won. There are a number of vulnerable Democrats, and those Democrats are still vulnerable, even if we see some Republicans not as solid as we had hoped.


9 posted on 09/10/2018 9:09:05 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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In the end, Cruz likely wins...I see five additional seats going to the GOP.

All you have to do is go and review all the video material on Youtube for election 2016, and note the whacked-up behavior of predicting the outcome.

I would not use the Roy Moore-outcome to say much....even among Alabamian Republicans, he just wasn’t that attractive of a candidate.


10 posted on 09/10/2018 9:11:04 PM PDT by pepsionice
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This year, Democrats are motivated by this: Impeach Trump. Their fever dream is to regain the House and Senate so that they can oust Trump ASAP.


11 posted on 09/10/2018 9:12:19 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Best not to get cocky.

Every one of our votes is needed. Nobody should stay home.

It is time to even vote for RINOS if that is the only choice left in some States.

12 posted on 09/10/2018 9:12:28 PM PDT by flamberge (What next?)
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Either they are trying to help get the vote out or they’re trying to cover for some coming monkey biz that elects dems.

What exactly right now, would any Trump voter disapprove of? Trump has accomplished what everyone said was impossible... Just like he said he could.


16 posted on 09/10/2018 9:21:47 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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Not a prayer in hell anything of the sort happens without widespread election-rigging of the most extreme sort.


17 posted on 09/10/2018 9:22:31 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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Maybe, just maybe if they’d do as promised, fund the wall, repeal Obamacare, end DACA, national reciprocity, etc., maybe people would be more enthused to get them re-elected? Oh, they just want our money and vote, no action. /s


18 posted on 09/10/2018 9:23:08 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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Ted Cruz is NOT going to lose in TX. democrats have been delusional about that state since the sneaker wearing dumb ass — who’s name escapes me at the moment.


19 posted on 09/10/2018 9:29:56 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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Ignore everything and just get out and VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


20 posted on 09/10/2018 9:31:20 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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Even Chuck Schumer disagrees with this nonsense


22 posted on 09/10/2018 9:33:30 PM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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It’s psych warfare. Shouldn’t we all be used to this now from the MSM? It’s no so much directed at us, but they know the weakest link in the GOP is the establishment and the RINO squishes. They take MSM polls and anti-Republican stories as gospel even if they’re totally bogus and BS!


25 posted on 09/10/2018 9:35:37 PM PDT by dowcaet
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If the GOP-e knew what they were doing and would listen to voters, they could be looking at a 8 seat pickup.
Instead they decided to listen to McCain...and he is still dead.


27 posted on 09/10/2018 9:39:55 PM PDT by Zathras
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This texas race has tightened but ....last three polls were dem polls...just saying..wonder how Cruz internals look.....I’m more worried about Tennessee where Bredesen is popular and Blackburn like most women candidates just doesn’t light it up even though I like her a lot and have supported her for years and wifey knows her

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28 posted on 09/10/2018 9:41:38 PM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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We (the GOP) have no one running for the Senate in KS this term but we do have all our Representatives (4) up for re-election.

In my own KS 3rd District, my choice is between a mixed race, self-styled, lesbian Communist (calling herself a Democratic/Socialist) running against the turncoat Kevin Yoder!

Though I must truly hold my nose to vote for him, I’m smart enough to understand it IS about the numbers and the balance of power - a GOP Speaker of the House (I’m really pulling for Jim Jordan or the “moderate” Kevin McCarthy vs Nancy Pelosi!

I’ll NEVER vote to turn the House over to the Communists, knowing they will impeach Pres. Trump, period!

29 posted on 09/10/2018 9:42:25 PM PDT by zerosix
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The thrust of this argument is that some races are tighter than the GOP thought they would be. But what about races tightening for democrats in places like NJ? Really, NJ is a mirror to Texas. Deep Red, Deep Blue. Liberal sitting Senator Menendez, Conservative Senator Cruz.

Yet, yet, only one of those races is showcased as a sign of doom for one party. A close Senate race in NJ?!?! Granted, Menendez will win but still.

Sorry, I am not buying that the irrational hatred of Trump isn’t coloring and distorting rationality. Every story has been and will continue to be “blue wave.” Yet, unlike waves of the past, there are no supporting fundamentals. What is the Dem’s platform that has nationalized the election? What is it that has made Trump unpopular with the non-resistance voter? There is no unpopular foreign war, no bad economy, etc. As a matter of fact, on issue after issue the democrats poll on the wrong side.

Also, wherever Trump goes to campaign, his support is an instant turbo boost. I am just not seeing or feeling it for the Dems. What I am seeing is the usual, “GOP doomed, Democrats have already won, why bother holding the election” crepola and the let’s oversample democrats by 9 gazillion percent and make our fake poll the lead story.


36 posted on 09/10/2018 10:10:40 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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Gandering at the news today you will find s story for every election going on that’s says the democrats are going to win. They are going to win every governorship, every Senate election, every house seat and on and on and on.


40 posted on 09/10/2018 10:22:31 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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