Posted on 01/14/2018 9:44:50 AM PST by SMGFan
The possibility that Democrats could win the Senate in 2018 seemed preposterous a year ago given President Trump's stunning victory and the basic math facing a party defending three times as many seats as Republicans in November's midterm elections.
Not anymore. The debate has grown over Democrats' chances of capturing control of the agenda and holding power over Trump's nominations, including potential vacancies on the Supreme Court.
The dispute pits the practitioners of big data against those who also scout candidates and measure broader political atmosphere to make their bets.
--------------------- Both Silver and Cook believe the Democratic case for picking up the 24 House seats they need for the majority has only gotten stronger amid Trump's historic unpopularity for a first-year president. Silver actually believes some analysts have been "slow to recognize just how bad things had gotten for Republicans," given election data from 2017 congressional special elections and Virginia's gubernatorial race.
Cook believes Democrats are now favored to win the House.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Nevada and Arizona will go Democrat. All the Rats have to do is hold all their other seats and they will control the Senate.
The House goind Democratic is foregone conclusion.
Then we should buy off the precinct captains and have them 'vote the people who don't show up to vote' (YES, that's how 'the dead' vote... someone votes FOR THEM).
How about that? You on board if we act like democrats?
Maybe we could buy off some thugs in the FBI to do our opposition research too... then provide 'leaks' to equally corrupt editors at the Washington Post and New York Times in exchange for their willingness to 'not looking too closely' when we're caught with OUR pants down... like they do with liberals. Are you on board Williams? Washington Post? You on board too?
Rs will pick up 6-8 seats in the Senate...hold the house. It’s possible for yuge gains if they grew a pair.
You’ve got the wrong end of the stick, FRiend.
It’s not a boast abput Trump’s win...it’s pointing out that the Dem brain trust are STILL bragging about their precious big data even though it led them down the garden path to defeat. Now they want to brag about it some more and are predicting a Senate takeover.
So they are going to hold all 25 seats and we will lose at least 2, giving them a majority.
I would love to play Texas Hold’em with them...
Oh, STFU. What are you talking about?
And Hillary will be the next president of the United States. /s
That’s also how illegals vote, the patronage employee or contractor votes on behalf of the illegal. The illegal himself does not vote.
That’s also the way “movers” vote. And they are the most common vote fraud. People move away. But they remain on the voting rolls and patronage magically pops up claiming to be them and votes on their behalf.
“Vote for us so we can impeach Trump and raise your taxes back to where we know they should be!” Is not a winning formula. The evil donkey will lose ground again in November when the Dow is at 35k and unemployment is 3.7%.
Well, one thing is for sure...the DNC will have spent the last two years preparing voter fraud, so anything is possible.
They have no message, no candidates. They know there’s only one way to win. It’s likely the media are well aware and believe there’s no way for Republicans to win given the plans.
This asshole probably believes in the tooth fairy, too. Delusional twit.
Conservatives need to translate stock gains into gains for ordinary Americans in their retirement accounts.
Under Trump, the typical (or average) retirement accounts of an ordinary American gained n dollars, or x percent.
Messaging needs to be made personal, relateable to the average person. Even if I don’t have a retirement account, it is a positive to me that my sister’s retirement account did so well.
Same way with unemployment numbers. The difference between a.x and b.y is a meaningless statistic.
Under Trump your brother-in-law finally got a job and won’t be borrowing money from you communicates.
Folks are smoking some good stuff. Senate is not in any risk
It seems like we need a list of all conservative candidates that are running. Listing their State, District, Primary Date and election Dates.
Also, links to their websites would be great. Is there one of these put together?
We need to be proactive to win seats and not lose to the communists.
This has all candidates for all parties for Gov, Senate House races.
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/
I do not know where Conservatives are identified.
I agree, he was the wrong candidate.
Fake news by these antiAmerican morons...
If democrats had the Senate Merrick Garlard would be on the SC instead of Gorsuch.
Must be the tanking Trump Economy, oh wait.
Must be the Trump Tax Cuts for 80% of Taxpayers, oh wait.
Must be because America isn’t a Shithole and we need the Democrats back in charge to change that.
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