House Republicans Shouldn’t Get Too Comfortable in Majority

rollcall ^ | March 6, 2017

[SMGFan]

Number of competitive races could balloon before Election Day

Nathan L. Gonzales 

Roll Call

Republican gerrymandering has put the House majority out of reach for Democrats, we’re told. But even though the initial playing field of competitive races is probably too small for the GOP to fall into the minority,

Republicans shouldn’t get too comfortable. The playing field could expand dramatically over the next 20 months.

Inside Elections (formerly The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report) rated 43 House races as competitive in its initial 2018 ratings. That total includes 28 seats held by Republicans and 15 seats held by Democrats. Democrats need to gain 24 seats to regain the House majority, which means they would need to win all but four of the competitive districts to get to 218. That’s possible, but not likely.

[SMGFan]

" That’s possible, but not likely."

But Dems can dream.

[Libloather]

Just as long as Hillary is comfortable, in her mansion, wearing fuzzy slippers, slamming Maker’s Mark, chatting with the dogs, I’m good.

[ncalburt]

Left wing propaganda outlet has never predicted any gop good news.

It’s a useless Dem lobbyist pr group calling itself a news outlet.
Bogus fake liars site

[Liz]

THIS JUST IN---Despite heavy investments, Democrats Flip Zero Seats in Four Blue State Special Elections

This latest Democrat slaughter occurred after DNC newbie Perez bragged Democrats would show that their resistance to Trump could be translated into electoral victories.

To add insult to injury, the Minnesota, Connecticut, Virginia Democrat losses are the states Hillary won in the 2016 presidential election.

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Just look at the numbers.

HAT TIP VENDOME---23 Dems, 2 indies and 8 Republican seats are up in 2018. The math is improbable, as in not even possible for Dems to make a gain. At least 10 of those seats are very much in jeopardy. They are going to lose bigly and then the census favors the Republicans in 2020.

Trump for 8 years and with a Republican majority...then Pence for eight years. If you force the nuclear option just once, that becomes the standard for the next 8 years. We will get 4 more bites of the apple on SCOTUS, ensuring wins on almost any issue for the next 16 years of elections and 100 years in the courts. .

hat tip Travis McGee

[Bryanw92]

What is this talking point about Republican gerrymandering? I keep hearing it, but here in the south every gerrymandered district is built to elect a black Democrat.

[Arm_Bears]

If Ryan and the rest of the GOP-e screw around too much with Trump’s agenda, voters could well send the Republican Party to electoral Siberia in 2018.

[WinMod70]

“If Ryan and the rest of the GOP-e screw around too much with Trump’s agenda, voters could well send the Republican Party to electoral Siberia in 2018.”

That!

Past time to start acting like the party that has the House, Senate and El Presidente. Where is the legislation?

[Vlad The Inhaler]

It seems as if the RINOs and Big Gov Globalist Republicans didn’t get the message from the voters in November any better than the democrats did.

They need to get over their hurt feelings, stop trying to save the Big Gov agenda and start helping President Trump implement his agenda or they will blow this opportunity to salvage the nation from the destruction Obama caused.

If republicans don’t perform in the next two years voters will put them out to pasture in 2018.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Republican gerrymandering has put the House majority out of reach for Democrats, we’re told.

Maybe, just maybe, if there were any investigative journalists, they might do some digging and check it out! Then, again, there are no more investigative journalists, just stenographers!

[Gay State Conservative]

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[johnthebaptistmoore]

All of this assiduous attacking and meltdowns about President Trump, the majority of the GOP, and all of conservatism, by the worldwide MSM, is, already, turning off the majority of general public voters, who are paying full attention to what’s, really, going on, from the point of view of the Worldwide Left.

[DoodleDawg]

But Dems can dream.

The Republicans road to the majority on Obamacare. The Democrats could possibly do the same on Ryancare.

[jmaroneps37]

Nothing left for the Left but fanciful lies that make them feel good.

[depressed in 06]

If the TEA Party were the option, never Bolshies.

[trebb]

If they get off their arses and push through Trump’s agendas (as he stated them), then they can get as comfortable as they want.

[TomGuy]

If the Pubbies in both the House and Senate continue to obfuscate and ignore the promises they got elected on, they very well could see a backlash from the voters.

For example, Pubbies have been promising to repeal Obamacare since 2010, and 2012, and 2014, and 2016. They have NOT yet, even with the presidency and majorities in both Chambers. ‘We don’t have 60 votes’ is their current whine. Recall when Majority Leader Reid did not let 60 votes detract him from getting Obama’s appointees seated — with the nuclear option.

It is the Pubbies’ to lose, and they are good at that — always finding a way to pull defeat out of the jaws of victory. More than a few of them are quite willing to dump the president who is a member of their party, as they were quite comfortable thinking there would be a Hillary Clinton presidency.

[babble-on]

Well, they’re gerrymandered to put all the blacks voting in one house seat, and to keep them out of any other districts. So the black representatives have 88% support, but that’s way more than what would be needed to have a safe seat.

[Buckeye McFrog]

“In play” means limp-wristed RINOs p*ssing off their voters in droves.

Does NOT mean they are voting Democrat. A new MAGA party is rising.

[Postman]

It’s their latest s**t which is being spread by their useful idiots in the towns comprising local (i.e. congressional district) levels. There is a good article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2017-02-20-0000/donald-trump-republican-house-democrats

[LS]

I haven’t come close to analyzing O-care repeal. If it is 65% repeal, Republicans have nothing to worry about for years.

If it is 35% repeal, they could be in trouble.