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House Democrats’ hope for wave election diminishes as Republicans rebound
WaPo ^ | 10-20-2018 | Sean Sullivan

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018imidterms; redwave
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To: Snickering Hound

That is brilliant.


61 posted on 10/20/2018 4:28:50 PM PDT by deadrock
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To: NRx

This story is what’s called a “tell.”


62 posted on 10/20/2018 4:29:57 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Hey, Rocky--Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)
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To: LS

Continuing to walk back expectations.


63 posted on 10/20/2018 4:33:10 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush (An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.)
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

“This was all predicted long ago. It’s advocacy polling until just before the election then they try to say there’s “movement”.”

The night before the election it will be announced “it’s too close to call.”

And then no matter what, the fake news can report “we told you so.”


64 posted on 10/20/2018 4:33:49 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: NRx
I think there's going to be IMMENSE pressure for Feinstein to step down after her current term ends in the Senate--if not much earlier!
65 posted on 10/20/2018 4:34:28 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: goldstategop
Looks like the GOP is going to hold the House.

Well, I really, really hope so. But right now the pundits say otherwise - they say Democrats win the House but not by very much. That'll still be enough for them to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump and start all sorts of other mischief, however.
66 posted on 10/20/2018 4:47:04 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

It’s in D.C. next week


67 posted on 10/20/2018 4:48:45 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GO BREWERS! KICK THE MLB DEEP STATE @SS!)
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To: mandaladon

Post it everywhere! Best Slogan so far!


68 posted on 10/20/2018 5:03:39 PM PDT by greeneyes
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To: All

“Democrats remain favored to win,...”

“Why aren’t I FIFTY POINTS AHEAD?”

~ TWICE FAILED ‘Presidential Candidate’ Hillary Rodham Clinton

I’ll never, EVER tire of that! Never! MAGA! :)


69 posted on 10/20/2018 5:15:34 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: SaveFerris

Someone FINALLY noticed! Yeesh!

I can relax a little bit; the ‘0bamapocolypse’ has passed! :)


70 posted on 10/20/2018 5:18:42 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: dontreadthis

Thanks! :)


71 posted on 10/20/2018 5:19:34 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Thanks! :)


72 posted on 10/20/2018 5:20:58 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
[Someone FINALLY noticed! Yeesh!]

It's what I do! :)

I'm still waiting for someone to notice what I do here. Not I'm not saying he's the guy, just that he does a terrific impersonation (hint).


73 posted on 10/20/2018 5:24:52 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: NRx

“At stake is the fate of the Trump presidency...”

Um...the Enemy Media and members of the Communist Democrat Party have been saying THAT since TWO MINUTES into PDJT’s term as President!

So far, the hull is holding as, ‘We The People’ DRAIN THE SWAMP!

Best. Election. Ever. EVER! MAGA! :)


74 posted on 10/20/2018 5:26:03 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: NRx
"But Democrats have retained their strength in key suburban areas, where polls show female voters furious with Trump"

Have seen this qoute numerous times in the fake media.

75 posted on 10/20/2018 5:34:10 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Which female voters are “furious with Trump”, other than the same ugly leftist hags who are perpetually angry about everything?


76 posted on 10/20/2018 5:37:18 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Awesome!


77 posted on 10/20/2018 6:04:41 PM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I have long had this vision in my head where the Democrat Party implodes and becomes inconsequential, leaving the field to the Republican Party and the Libertarian Party. No, I am not a Libertarian, but you gotta have a loyal opposition in a two-party system.


78 posted on 10/20/2018 6:08:43 PM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine)
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To: NRx
a shifting political landscape and a torrent of hard-hitting attack ads

Yeah, it has nothing to do with the libs dropping their mask of "tolerance" and "bipartisanship." It has nothing to do with the lynching of Justice Kavanaugh or the pantifa terrorist mobs beating up on crippled vets. It has nothing to do with fake Indians, fake blacks, bat-guano crazy "leaders" and sniveling whiners who can't accept they lost.

Nope. It's because of the "shifting landscape" and some good Republican PR. Uh huh.

Face it, it's Democrat self-immolation.

79 posted on 10/20/2018 6:40:45 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: NRx

‘Bama fans have it right - “Roll Crimson Tide”


80 posted on 10/21/2018 3:00:07 AM PDT by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...)
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