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ANALYSIS: Republican strategists say Democrats virtually certain to win House in 2018
ABC ^ | Jan. 14, 2018 | Jonathan Karl

Posted on 01/14/2018 8:39:14 AM PST by Hadean

Republican strategists have turned decidedly pessimistic about their prospects for the 2018 midterm elections. Prominent Republicans are now saying privately that Democrats are virtually certain to win control of the House of Representatives.

As one senior Republican on Capitol Hill told ABC News, “If the election were held today, the House would be gone. Fortunately, the election is not today.”

Another prominent Republican strategist working on the midterm elections went further, telling ABC News point-blank that Republicans will lose the House and that this prospect unlikely to change.

“The only question is whether Democrats win narrowly by picking up 25 seats or whether it is a blowout of more than 35 seats,” the strategist told me.

Allies of President Donald Trump are convinced the president will quickly face impeachment hearings if Democrats take control of the House.

One Republican close to Trump predicted that not only will there be impeachment hearings but that the prospects for the president would be grim.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018; 2018midterms; democrats; dempickups; fakenews; gopestablishment; house; liberalmedia; rinos; uniparty
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To: Hadean
Republican strategists have turned decidedly pessimistic...

If ABC doesn't have the balls to 'name names' I'm going to assume they're lying.

41 posted on 01/14/2018 9:14:48 AM PST by GOPJ (Controlling the content and flow of information and you control the outcome. freeper DaveA37)
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To: DaveA37

If it happens, it will be with the help of the GOP. We’ve seen this many times over the years.


42 posted on 01/14/2018 9:16:23 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Hadean

Name names.


43 posted on 01/14/2018 9:19:21 AM PST by Lazamataz (It is known.)
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To: Hadean

Because the American people overwhelmingly support higher taxes, more govt spending, govt takeover of their medical choices, open borders, war games to chest- bump Russia, carbon controls on their lives as dictated by Europeans, boys showering with girls, trannies representing the US military, politicians controlled by BLM and Antifa, and getting another president held in such contrmpt by our biggest strategic foe China, that she is forced to climb out the assend of Air Force One on a state visit?

Yeah theres the ticket to vote democrat


44 posted on 01/14/2018 9:19:30 AM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Hadean

Let’s not play red jerseys vs blue jerseys any more. That game is so over.

A constitutional agenda, the Trump America First agenda. Those people in congress are there for that, or against that.

I don’t care which party you are using to get your scum money and scummier sex affairs. Do you Rep the American People, or are you selling them out for your own cash, power, and orgasms? Those are our only choices.


45 posted on 01/14/2018 9:24:53 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Hadean

The RINOS want to lose.


46 posted on 01/14/2018 9:26:18 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: neverevergiveup

I like it when another freeper understands the sitch.

I’d be happier with Sanderistas and other Lefties in Congress. Then we could fight them on ideas and goals for Americans. The republicans are not our friends. They are as fake as the diamond rings in quarter toy machines.


47 posted on 01/14/2018 9:28:44 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Hadean

Wouldn’t surprise me if the GOP gave it away to thwart Trump. They don’t have the stones to lead.


48 posted on 01/14/2018 9:30:33 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Hadean
"If the election were held today, the House would be gone. Fortunately, the election is not today."

That seems a lot less than "virtual certainty".

Are these the same inside-the-Beltway Republican strategists who were "virtually certain" that Donald Trump would lose?

If Trump isn't polling ahead of where Obama was in October 2010 (as poorly as -20), that could be. But Trump was -13 on Rasmussen on Friday, and I think voters outside of the Beltway and the deep blue states will enjoy having a few more dollars in their pockets, despite Pelosi calling the tax cuts "crumbs".

49 posted on 01/14/2018 9:30:53 AM PST by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement quÂ’elle mérite.” ("Every nation has the government it deserves.Â)
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To: Sooth2222

Here’s the difference. Democrats always want to win. Republicans are happy playing second fiddle.


50 posted on 01/14/2018 9:32:43 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Hadean

President Hillary Clinton has been saying this all along.


51 posted on 01/14/2018 9:34:20 AM PST by skimbell
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To: Hadean

Not buying this dog piddle.

Pro Trump agenda candidates will do very well in 2018 I expect.


52 posted on 01/14/2018 9:34:56 AM PST by TheStickman (#MAGA all day every day!)
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To: Hadean

Ten months away, which is a lifetime in politics. This is going to swing back and forth several times before election day as far as who’s going to win the house.


53 posted on 01/14/2018 9:35:13 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: faithhopecharity
But djt needs to Drain the washDC Swamp Instead of just talking about it

He needs to stop giving them 6 months to do something, because of that we have trannies being recruited as we speak. He also needs to just ignore these rogue judges. Somehow we have ceded power to these district judges that they don't have.

54 posted on 01/14/2018 9:35:14 AM PST by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: All

GOP will lose about 10 seats in CA alone due to passing the biggest tax increase in state history. Maybe lying about a phony tax cut bill wasn’t such a good idea, Mr Trump?


55 posted on 01/14/2018 9:35:29 AM PST by CaliGangsta
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To: Hadean

ABC?

Already. Been. Chewed.
and spit out!
Crazy, crazy, dingbat liberals.


56 posted on 01/14/2018 9:37:18 AM PST by V K Lee (Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - Donald J. Trump)
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To: CaliGangsta

I just saw a report this morning on One America News that because of redistricting they felt the Republicans might pick up seats in California for 2018. SO who is right?????


57 posted on 01/14/2018 9:37:25 AM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: silverleaf
Because the American people overwhelmingly support higher taxes, more govt spending, govt takeover of their medical choices

Democrats vote party, not issues.

58 posted on 01/14/2018 9:39:28 AM PST by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: Drew68

If anyone could blow this, the GOP can.

However the Democrats are not all the popular either. Sure we see the vocal, loud, rude, destructive 5% the media hypes to us as “all of America” but it isn’t. Alabama was fluke, bad candidate, issues were not discussed, a candidate who did not deny the charges of pedophilia, now more concerned with a fairy tail of voter fraud and not about clearing his name. I throw that out the window. Democrats spent tons of money down there and got the media to smear the republican 24/7 with national coverage, for a month, with ZERO evidence. Can they scale that formula? Can they call every single GOP candidate in 2018 a dirty old pedo? I doubt so. They got lucky.

The democrats are the ones in trouble, they have a band that nobody is buying. If the GOP keeps up with MAGA they will win in 2018, if they stray and return to their roots of Demcorat Lite, the Democrats, even they the American Public hates them, will end up winning.


59 posted on 01/14/2018 9:39:35 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Hadean

It won’t surprise me. And the pubs have only themselves to blame . McCain, Graham, Flake(perfect name) and many more Rinos.


60 posted on 01/14/2018 9:40:32 AM PST by Vinnie
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