Posted on 01/15/2018 5:04:18 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Trump's day of reckoning ... The one thing that could dramatically diminish President Trump’s chances of avoiding impeachment and chalking up legislative wins is Democrats winning the House.
• And, thanks to series of recent developments, Trump knows this no longer just seems plausible, but probable.
• Hill sources tell us that a House Democratic takeover is now likely.
• One strategist close to Republican leaders believes that a loss of the House is "baked in," and said top Republicans don't see a way to avoid it.
• It would take a flip of 24 seats for Dems to take over. The average loss for the president's party in his first midterm is about 32 seats, and we're hearing forecasts of 40+ losses.
You can’t predict outcomes this far out, but these hard facts scare the hell out of Republicans:
• Eight House GOP chairs have retired: You don’t climb to the top of power in Congress and leave unless you feel confident your reign will soon end. (Another factor: Chairmanships are term-limited from a Gingrich-era reform.)
• Record retirements for GOP: Already, 29 GOP seats are open, a pace far exceeding the past two elections that saw power change hands.
• Democrats outperformed their norms in turnout, and in total votes, in all seven 2017 elections. This is a clear indicator of energy.
• Record number of Democratic women voting and considering running for office. This, more than anything, is a reaction to Trump and the #MeToo movement.
• In polls, voters prefer Democrats for Congress by a 10-point margin. There is no way to spin this: +10 is terrible in a 50/50 nation.
(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...
We have some time. Trump is BATMAN.
Mike Allen is a JERK writer.
What is Axion? Where did they come from? Two weeks ago I’d never heard of them and suddenly they’re being sourced all over FR.
Mickey Allen has been a liar and a Dem operative for years .
This fraud ‘s wife is a DNC employee and he been planting there lies and spin forever .
Mickey is famous for his water gun fight with his good pal Joe Biden at the WH Dem party events .
A liar’s liar .
If the Dems overtake the House it will be because the Repubs wanted it to happen.
I believe Axios is really just Politico.
They are the old lefties from far left Politico .
Same liars Same Dem spin hourly .
Well, the gop=e better get its collective head out of its rear end.
According to Rasmussen, Trump's net approval is ahead of where Obama's was at this point in 2010.
Granted, the Democrats did lose the House. But voters were about to get their pockets picked by Obamacare, not about to get money stuffed into their pockets by a tax cut.
Interesting chart on party of the sitting president’s losses during mid term elections.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_midterm_election
I’m thinking about voting straight democrat ticket to get the GOPe out of power.
They have been baking it in for 10 years.
Hillary was going to win, if you remember.
Yeah, Trump should now cave in to the GOPe and became a swamp creature. That will fix everything. /sarcasm
Trump is almost completely alone.
Globalists run the GOP. Globalists run the Dems.
Trump however, is not obviously a globalist. If the GOP makes the mistake of not supporting him, however, the GOP will lose bigtime, and the Dems will take over America.
Likely, forever. GOP stand for Trump. Stand for America’s border, and stand for American jobs.
Stand for America.
Trump’s nightmare?!?!? If the Rats win anything, it’s AMERICA’S NIGHTMARE!!!!
These wishful types are still woefully ignorant on how things work.
You can ‘impeach’ all you want. Impeachment does NOT equal removal from office..........Klintoon was impeached however not removed from office.
The requirements:
1. A majority vote of Congress
2. A two thirds vote of the Senate
3. Article I, Section 2, Clause 5), which are then tried before the Senate (Article I, Section 3, Clause 6
I wish they would learn to read the Constitution before mouthing off - they’d shut their pie holes.
Of course a dumbed down population believes anything.
“...this is a clear indicator of energy...”
....and also a clear indicator of Democrats voting from cemeteries, voting early and often from out of town,
Democrat districts “maintaining” their voting machines and other activities that lend themselves to a Democrat tsunami.
(Not to mention false reporting from the Democrat Ministry of Propaganda, that is, the mainstream media.)
IMHO
YAWN!
I think it is more likely that the economy is only going to get better while the Democrats have to deal with Hillary (and all the related baggage)being exposed to the Nation.
If the Democrats could not win when they had 100% of the media, the DOJ, the FBI, the IRS all working to defeat President Trump, just what cards are they bring to the table?
The race card - Trump supporters have already been called racist so that is not going to work.
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