Posted on 10/20/2018 2:45:59 PM PDT by NRx
Democratic hopes for a wave election that would carry them to a significant House majority have been tempered in recent weeks amid a shifting political landscape and a torrent of hard-hitting attack ads from Republicans.
Democrats remain favored to win, but GOP leaders believe they can minimize the number of seats they would lose — and, perhaps, find a path to preserving their advantage in the chamber.
The tightening, with just over two weeks left, reflects how President Trump’s rising approval rating and the polarizing fight over Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh appear to be boosting the party’s candidates in a number of conservative and rural districts that have been considered up for grabs.
But Democrats have retained their strength in key suburban areas, where polls show female voters furious with Trump are likely to help flip Republican-held seats.
“The past few weeks haven’t really diminished Democrats’ chances of a takeover by that much, but they’ve increased the chances of a small Democratic majority,” said David Wasserman, House editor for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. He estimated Democrats have a 70 to 75 percent chance of winning the House.
At stake is the fate of the Trump presidency — whether Democrats will gain the power to investigate his administration and thwart his agenda, or if emboldened Republicans will fulfill the president’s vision for the nation, from building a border wall to repeal of the Obama-era health-care law.
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Pray for the defeat of *every* demonrat.
Pray without ceasing.
Vote.
There was never a blue wave. They were just hoping to manufacture a blue wave due to the off year election. Now they are admitting they cannot.
It was bound to tighten up but now is not the time to ease up. No matter what the polls say Republicans need to fight like they’re two points behind all the way up to election day.
there never was a “wave”. It was all BS.
There’s not a single thinking, mature, well adjusted American that would vote for those idiots that are unable to identify what sex they are, how old and what species of living organism they want to copulate with, how lower taxes is bad for our wallets, how America is the force for evil all over the world but people will die to get here.
It was all a scam. It was generated in order to sell advertising to the public in order to keep their jobs. They literally tie themselves in knots trying to explain how a 15 year old POSSIBLY laying on top of another teenager is worse that putting a cigar in a 22 yo intern’s vagina, drowning a young woman and leaving her to die in your car or running a gay whorehouse out of your apartment.
These clowns are dangerous, They actually think that if they can keep a straight face, pull out their Ivy League resume, act shocked and outraged that they are in the right. I actually pray for the day that they get what they so dream of.
I’d love to see Stephanopoulos,DeNiro, Kimmel, any of the Hollywood tough guys and gals that want a war, any of the media and all the congressman/women that advocate bringing a gun to a knife fight and kicking a man that is down....
Well it’s all fun and games till your teeth are smashed on a curb, your house is burned to the ground and there is fear in your heart at night wondering if someone has a 100-800 yard clear line of sight to you. Our country has already had this happen in the 60’s.
Beware of letting slip the dogs of war libs....I’m pretty sure that I’d bet the side with proclivity and training in the use of firearms over celler dwelling androgynous mental defectives that think if you get shot you’ll get to respawn or reboot just like they do in Call of Duty....hahahahahahaha.
Like the Lloyd Braun reference, LOL.
***JOBS NOT MOBS***
VOTE REPUBLICAN AND PRAY!!!!!
That sums it up
A small group furious because they believe lies from the Fake News Media.
That has worked in the past. The public has gotten wise to how the polling organizations work. I am one who does not answer my phone when I see an unknown number. I have taken myself out of the sample. Many people are like me and I doubt the polls are getting an accurate sample. In a close election this can lead to inaccurate polling.
Yeah, I thought this was a wish fulfillment vanity by a desperate FReeper (like me) who has cracked under the strain of Antifa mob encroachment.
We *have* to win these midterms. Or fight in the new civil war. Try the peaceful ballot box approach this once.
NPR called nonpartisan.
I stopped hysterically laughing long enough to post this.
walkawaymarch.com
I’ve noticed even the lefties on CNN and MSNBC are subtly trying to tamp down expectations, the conversation has shifted over the last few weeks from, “We could win 60 or 70 seats! The Sky’s the limit!” to “We are still favored to take the house. That’s what matters....”
No - where she rightfully belongs is under a gravestone. With all of the Botox in her ... I’m rather surprised she hasn’t made it yet.
“Democrats remain favored to win”
uh, yeah, right Bezos Blog, sure they do ... but then why the plethora of leftist outlets backtracking right now, and why your headline of “House Democrats’ hope for wave election diminishes as Republicans rebound”?
“How Republicans Keeping Majorities in Congress Sets Up Democrats to Win the Presidency in 2020”
WHOA! I haven’t heard about THIS. Can you either tell me about it or direct me to a place where I can learn? Thanks! smvoice
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