Democrats, don't get too giddy about 2018

CNN Opinion ^ | May 7, 2017 | Julian Zelizer

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Gamblers are likely betting on Democrats to do quite well in the 2018 midterm elections.

Historically, the party of the president gets a shellacking, as President Obama called it in 2010, in the first midterm that they face. There have been only two cases when the president's party gained in both houses of Congress since the Civil War: in 1934 and in 2002.

Besides the normal historical cycle of backlash against the White House, Democrats this time around are whetting their lips because House Republicans have just voted for a health care bill that rescinds benefits for millions of hard-working Americans.

This could prove to be a policy victory that ends in political defeat. Between the midterms' track record and the polarizing health care legislation, this week's events would seem to be a recipe for political disaster for the GOP....

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Perhaps I misunderstood when you replied "That's what Primaries are for"

I had been talking about the "principled" folks who thought we needed to "drain the RINO swamp" even if it meant giving the Dems control of both Houses and handcuffed any Repub President.

I took your response as meaning that's how to get rid of them and as a backing of those I mentioned.

Re-looking tells me I screwed up and added my own thoughts to your response, turning it into what it wasn't - I apologize.

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Thank you -

So I do think finding a better conservative candidate in the primary can help. But sure as heck keep the R in the seat.