Posted on 07/11/2018 8:59:47 AM PDT by SMGFan
RUSH: Okay, back to this Axios poll. Its a poll they took with SurveyMonkey, which is a credible bunch. They have a bar, Monkey Bar in New York, SurveyMonkey, same people. You knew that, right? Brutal poll. No, Im making it up. People may not know when Im kidding. I have to admit when Im kidding more than ever today.
Democrats Senate Dream Slips Away. They never had a realistic opportunity of taking the Senate. You know, this is another illustration. Ever since election night 2016 when Trump won, the whole mantra has been illegitimate, people dont really mean this, they voted for Trump, they were mad, but they dont really like Trump and theyre regretting it. As time went on, they regret Trump won, people regret it, they wish they could vote against him. Next chance they get theyre gonna vote against him.
And that became Democrats are gonna win back the House, big, gigantic blue wave, Democrats gonna win the Senate. None of that was ever true. There was never any evidence of a blue wave. There was never any evidence the Democrats were gonna take the Senate. Its always been practically an impossible hill to climb in the Senate. They have too many seats to defend.
Right now the Democrats need to hold on to 10 seats in red states that Trump won by double digits. And then, in addition to holding that many, they have to win two pickups. They have to win two seats currently held by Republicans. The odds that theyre gonna win 12 and the Republicans dont have to defend nearly as many, this has never been a slam dunk.
But because they created the lying illusion in all of these news reports for many months, now were getting down to reality time, so they have to correct this. And theyre using a poll to do it by claiming, Oh, no, there is a brutal new poll out that shows the dream of the Democrats taking over the Senate is slipping away. It was never anything but a dream. But, you know, theyre being hoisted on their own petard now, because now theyve been telling everybody Democrats are gonna win everything, everybody hates Trump, everybody regrets voting for Trump.
And now they have to make it look like the dream is slipping away, like it was a chance, it was a realistic possibility, it was gonna happen, but somethings gone wrong. It was never gonna happen.
To win the Senate, Democrats need to keep all 10 seats theyre defending in states that President Trump won in 2016 plus pick up two more seats. Thats not happening. A new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll of key states shows Dems would lose three of those red-state seats while picking up two GOP seats still short of the majority.
Its looking nearly impossible, says Axios, for Democrats to take back the Senate. So the stakes are even higher for them to win the House if theyre going to have any kind of congressional check on President Trump. The polls shows three Democratic senators are poised to lose their seats to Republicans Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota, Bill Nelson in Florida and Joe Donnelly in Indiana.
By the way, about Nelson, you know, Rick Scott, the governor now running for Nelsons Senate seat, this race came up over the weekend and a guy said to me, I havent seen any ads. I havent seen any ads. I said, You havent? Ive seen them all over the place. What? What ads have you seen? .................
"RUSH: So why would Axios publicize a poll showing how desolate it is for the Democrats out there? Why would they do that? Why would they publish a poll to depress the troops? I mean, the Axios/SurveyMonkey Bar poll is, Forget it. No chance. The dream of the Democrats taking back control of the Senate is lost. Why do this? Why do this now?
Well, its gotta be for a reason. Nothing happens on the left in a vacuum. There has to be a reason, beyond the fact that its just what the poll says. I think the poll, Axios, thats part of the Politico its Vox, its all part of this Millennial uptick mainstream media apparatus now. Its not fringe, so I think that its meant to be a warning to the Democrats to not sacrifice Senate seats to beat Kavanaugh."
If you have the Rush Limbaugh app, you can follow the Doctor Of Democracy on your iPhone.
His website sucks on a mobile device.
Reality?
[Axios Poll Telling Democrats They Cant Win the Senate?]
It’s the signal for DEMOCRATS to get out the vote. Happens every election.
Watch for the propaganda machine to ratchet up going into November to get out the vote in a big way, while at the same time suppressing the Republican vote by creating complacency and overconfidence.
Of course, they still have the illegal vote, the dead vote, and the multiple vote to mitigate the damage.
I haven’t heard any polls recently about the Dems chance of taking back the House. Months ago, we kept hearing polls.indicste the Dems had a 6 to 12 point lead in the generic poll as to taking back the House.
But recently they have stopped reporting on that. Why? It seems it stopped right around the time the media staged Kids at the Border week.
My best guess, is that the latest polls are bad news for Democrats, so the media have chosen not to report on it.
I believe the only poll that counts is on Election Day.
The rest of fhem are fake. Just ask Hillary Clinton.
Yup. If the much-hyped Blue Wave was real, the fake news media would be all over it.
Things dont look great for the Dems and they know it.
Have you noticed there is no joy among Democrats? Only rage and hate? You never see Democrats smiling at their rallies. This is a sharp contrast with 2006, 2008 and 2012, when their rallies were joyful. The joy is all on the Republican side. And since joy always beats rage there will be no Blue Wave. And the Democrats know it.
Wow, five posts in and no one has yet chimed in to tell us the GOP has no chance in picking up seats in November. “Manchin in WV? A lock.” “Donnelly in IN? He’ll pull in out in Nov, no need to waste resources there.” “McCaskell in MO? Just wait, the GOP guy will shoot himself in the foot and she’ll win in a squeaker.” After reading a few threads here on FR, it seems we never have a chance of winning.
I think is why the Left is now ramping up the “Russians are meddling in this election too!” rhetoric.
Trying to delegitimise the election before they even lose it.
Never underestimate the power of incumbency.
People stick with the devil they know. Its nearly impossible to get rid of entrenched politicians.
There may be no Blue Wave but I dont hold out much hope for a Red Tide.
Look for the status quo to continue.
I can’t believe Mitch McConnell was saying a few months ago, “We’re going to lose seats”.
Mitch the Bitch is only slightly smarter than Turban Durbin.
I harp on it all the time, but I think the Left is preparing to abandon the political process. They will take to the streets and embrace violence after they lose in November.
It’s foolish, but they cannot compete politically with an opponent who fights back. So they won’t fight politically and will fight literally.
Oh well, Gods will be done.
:^)
The only thing in their ‘blue wave’ is the Tidy Bowl Man swirling down the toilet.
I believe in the power of incumbency when it comes to the Senate and the presidency, but the House is a different story.
It flips too much towards the mood of that idiotic middle 10 %.
Relax Rush, there is nothing special going on.
In 2016 Survey Monkey, an on-line survey, missed the final margin Clinton had and Trump had. Survey Monkey missed Trumps win saying he would get just 40% when he got 46.1% and Hillary Clinton would get 46% when she got 48.2% for an aggregate 8.3% MISS! They also missed the final results in SEVEN states which changed the result of the election. This steaming pile of dog crap talked to “registered voters.” They did the same in 2016 and guess what? They were wrong because WE either didnt participate or WE lied to them. Did WE participate this time? You decide.
The Montana part of this “poll” says Tester has a 12-point lead! REALLY? That is amazing because in 2012 Tester won by 3.7% and Obama won Montana by 13.5%! Now that he has identified himself as an obstacle to Trump’s policies by voting against Trumps Tax cuts, in a state Trump won by 21 points, Survey Monkey says Tester will do THREE TIMES as well? Trump won Montana by 21 points which was more than 7 points better than what Romney got so THIS adds up to a comfortable 12 point lead for Tester? REALLY? I dont think so.
In West Virginia this “poll” says Manchin is up 13 points against a popular Republican in a state Trump won by 41.7 points. In West Virginia they could pull a name from a hat and beat Manchin. In his own Democrat primary Manchin couldn’t reach 70%. In 2012 Romney won West Virginia by 26.8%. In 2016 Trump won West Virginia by 41.7%. THIS adds up to Manchin being re-elected after also voting against Trump’s Tax Cuts? REALLY? This is a joke.
The Democrats will lose at least 11 seats and if things align just right maybe even New Jersey for a 12th loss as well.
As I said relax Rush, there is nothing special going on.
Both MN women get elected together? Amy K and the unknown Mrs. Smith
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