I remember all that surety about the GOP taking over the Senate in 2012, too.
Remember, we’re talking about Republicans... they have an unmatched ability to turn certain victory into stunning defeat.
“I remember all that surety about the GOP taking over the Senate in 2012, too.
Remember, we’re talking about Republicans... they have an unmatched ability to turn certain victory into stunning defeat.”
Very good point. Here’s why I’m highly skeptical about the rosy outlook in this article; the GOP is on a suicide mission to pass some kind of amnesty. AND, they are engineering this dog and pony show where the House GOP members can vote to defund Obamacare, but the Senate will not have to pass it.
The end result would be Obamacare fully funded and the GOP reps claiming they “did everything they could” to defund it.
If this happens and they allow an amnesty bill to pass, they are going to face an unprecedented revolt from the grassroots. But unfortunately, when you have a civil war like this, there will be casualties — meaning we will not get all our candidates through the primaries, and any RINO running in one of these Senate races will have ZERO enthusiasm from those of us that do all the heavy lifting come election time.
So as for the GOP prospects of taking over the Senate, I’d say 50/50 at best. But the more likely result is gaining just a couple Senate seats (mostly because of built-in advantages in the 2014 election cycle) and lose several seats in the House, perhaps even losing the majority.
The sad thing is that at this point, I don’t even care if these worst case scenarios take place, because the current GOP leadership already gives me zero confidence and/or inspiration.