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Karl Rove: Trump should be lowering expectations ahead of midterms, not talking about 'red wave'
The Hill ^ | 08/06/18 | Michael Burke

Posted on 08/06/2018 10:46:13 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Republican strategist Karl Rove on Monday said President Trump should lower expectations ahead of November’s midterm elections, not predict a "red wave" of GOP victories.

Rove, appearing on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” pointed out that the party that holds the White House historically has lost seats in a midterm election.

“In all likelihood, Republicans are going to lose seats in the House, they’re going to lose governorships, they’re going to lose state legislative seats,” Rove said. “I think the president would be well-advised to say we face an uphill fight but he feels good about it, rather than set the expectation that somehow or another the Republicans are going to gain across the board with a red wave.”

Rove’s comments came a day after Trump predicted on Twitter that there “might be a Red Wave” in November.

Trump used the same phrase during a rally Saturday in Ohio, where he was campaigning for Republican Troy Balderson, who faces a special House election against Democrat Danny O’Connor on Tuesday.

“If the Democrats get in, they’re going to raise your taxes. You’re going to have crime all over the place. You’re going to have people all over the border,” Trump said. “So why would that be a blue wave? I think it could be a red wave.”

A RealClearPolitics average of major congressional polls shows that Democrats hold about a 7-point lead over Republicans.

Most political handicappers give Democrats a good chance of taking back the House, though Republicans are well-positioned to retain their Senate majority given a 2018 map that has Democrats defending 10 seats in states won by Trump.

Rove, former President George W. Bush's political strategist, saw his old boss pickup House seats in 2002 — a remarkable achievement that came just more than a year after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; dannyoconnor; dimbulbdanny; karlrove; mediawingofthednc; michaelburke; midterms; ohio; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; redwave; rove; smearmachine; thehill; troybalderson; trump
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To: bassmaner

He’s worse than that, he’s a dumb FUKR!!


61 posted on 08/06/2018 11:35:14 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: yesthatjallen

What a loser mentality!


62 posted on 08/06/2018 11:35:45 AM PDT by FranklinsTower
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To: yesthatjallen

My, my how Karl Rove has gone from ‘Magnificent Bastard’ to just bastard.


63 posted on 08/06/2018 11:37:35 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: yesthatjallen

That is why Bush barely won both of his elections-low expectations.


64 posted on 08/06/2018 11:37:42 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: yesthatjallen

Karl must have low self esteem.


65 posted on 08/06/2018 11:38:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: yesthatjallen

Lowered Expectations is a perfect slogan for the GOPe.


66 posted on 08/06/2018 11:39:03 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: yesthatjallen

Karl Rove Says Virginia Race Is Tightening, Gets Proved Wrong in Less Than 10 Seconds

https://youtu.be/6BZyI8n5FQM


67 posted on 08/06/2018 11:41:49 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: fortheDeclaration
It is also why 2006 was a Republican disaster.

Karl Rove

2006

68 posted on 08/06/2018 11:48:06 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: yesthatjallen

Did he have his white board to point out all the stats showing why he’s right? Just wondering, because that’s what he did right up until Trump won.


69 posted on 08/06/2018 11:51:53 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia
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To: yesthatjallen

Karl Rove: ‘Trump Can’t Win General Election’ | MSNBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyET5yZPh94

“Jeb Bush, Christie, Rubio” - have the best shot


70 posted on 08/06/2018 11:52:03 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: yesthatjallen

Friggin Eeyore


71 posted on 08/06/2018 12:07:04 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh, yea, Karl, sure. Lowering expectations is a sure fire way to get the base out. F’ing idiot.


72 posted on 08/06/2018 12:08:47 PM PDT by anton
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Remember when Karl Rove said LARGE CROWDS don't win Elections?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

73 posted on 08/06/2018 12:09:30 PM PDT by KavMan
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To: Leep

The same way you and Bush eagerly took daily beatings like the nerds of the class for eight years from the leftist?

These characters like him actually think the GOP base is going to start listening to them once Trump leaves the scheme. Trump has exposed them for the leftist they really are. Karl just go away.


74 posted on 08/06/2018 12:10:55 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: yesthatjallen; All

Rove’s thinking could be that optimism leads to complacency and naïveté about the effects of voter fraud.


75 posted on 08/06/2018 12:15:08 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Shut up, Tokyo Rove!!


76 posted on 08/06/2018 12:18:23 PM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Rove, you Insignificant Bastard!


77 posted on 08/06/2018 12:18:30 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The bad news is, that Karl Rove is shooting his uninformed mouth off...the good news is no one is listening to a word that he utters.

Karl Rove.......the “Bush butt Licking Lap Dog” is simply...Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest.


78 posted on 08/06/2018 12:21:12 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Maybe after the red wave in November, Rove can saddle up and ride off and disappear into the sunset.


79 posted on 08/06/2018 12:23:30 PM PDT by odawg
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To: yesthatjallen

Karl Rove —> Exposed


80 posted on 08/06/2018 12:29:07 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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