Posted on 08/06/2018 10:46:13 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Republican strategist Karl Rove on Monday said President Trump should lower expectations ahead of November’s midterm elections, not predict a "red wave" of GOP victories.
Rove, appearing on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” pointed out that the party that holds the White House historically has lost seats in a midterm election.
“In all likelihood, Republicans are going to lose seats in the House, they’re going to lose governorships, they’re going to lose state legislative seats,” Rove said. “I think the president would be well-advised to say we face an uphill fight but he feels good about it, rather than set the expectation that somehow or another the Republicans are going to gain across the board with a red wave.”
Rove’s comments came a day after Trump predicted on Twitter that there “might be a Red Wave” in November.
Trump used the same phrase during a rally Saturday in Ohio, where he was campaigning for Republican Troy Balderson, who faces a special House election against Democrat Danny O’Connor on Tuesday.
“If the Democrats get in, they’re going to raise your taxes. You’re going to have crime all over the place. You’re going to have people all over the border,” Trump said. “So why would that be a blue wave? I think it could be a red wave.”
A RealClearPolitics average of major congressional polls shows that Democrats hold about a 7-point lead over Republicans.
Most political handicappers give Democrats a good chance of taking back the House, though Republicans are well-positioned to retain their Senate majority given a 2018 map that has Democrats defending 10 seats in states won by Trump.
Rove, former President George W. Bush's political strategist, saw his old boss pickup House seats in 2002 — a remarkable achievement that came just more than a year after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
He’s worse than that, he’s a dumb FUKR!!
What a loser mentality!
My, my how Karl Rove has gone from ‘Magnificent Bastard’ to just bastard.
That is why Bush barely won both of his elections-low expectations.
Karl must have low self esteem.
Lowered Expectations is a perfect slogan for the GOPe.
Karl Rove Says Virginia Race Is Tightening, Gets Proved Wrong in Less Than 10 Seconds
Did he have his white board to point out all the stats showing why he’s right? Just wondering, because that’s what he did right up until Trump won.
Karl Rove: ‘Trump Can’t Win General Election’ | MSNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyET5yZPh94
“Jeb Bush, Christie, Rubio” - have the best shot
Friggin Eeyore
Oh, yea, Karl, sure. Lowering expectations is a sure fire way to get the base out. F’ing idiot.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The same way you and Bush eagerly took daily beatings like the nerds of the class for eight years from the leftist?
These characters like him actually think the GOP base is going to start listening to them once Trump leaves the scheme. Trump has exposed them for the leftist they really are. Karl just go away.
Rove’s thinking could be that optimism leads to complacency and naïveté about the effects of voter fraud.
Shut up, Tokyo Rove!!
Rove, you Insignificant Bastard!
The bad news is, that Karl Rove is shooting his uninformed mouth off...the good news is no one is listening to a word that he utters.
Karl Rove.......the “Bush butt Licking Lap Dog” is simply...Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest.
Maybe after the red wave in November, Rove can saddle up and ride off and disappear into the sunset.
Karl Rove —> Exposed
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