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McConnell sees Ohio in play as confidence about midterms grows
The Hill ^ | 05/26/18 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 05/26/2018 2:45:10 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in an interview with The Hill said he thinks Republicans can make a play for Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown’s seat in Ohio.

Brown previously hadn’t been a top target of McConnell’s, who just last week left Ohio off a list of Democratic-held seats he saw as top midterm targets.

His new comments point to the growing optimism among Republicans that they can widen the map, and that their electoral prospects are improving with a strengthening economy and an uptick in President Trump’s approval numbers.

“I saw a survey within the last week in Ohio indicating that race is very competitive. I would certainly add Ohio to the list,” McConnell told The Hill.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; midterms; oh2018; ohio
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1 posted on 05/26/2018 2:45:11 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Yeah but McConnell is like Colonel Klink. Cut the opposite wire he tells you to cut.


2 posted on 05/26/2018 2:52:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: yesthatjallen
That OH US Senate seat: Incumbant Democrat Sherrod Brown is off to an early start. There are nasty, untrue TV ads against Renacci that frame him as being owned by lobbyists. If Renacci doesn't counter with some ads soon, that impression will frame Renacci going into the summer.

Sherrod Brown should be vulnerable. He was supposed to be a very progressive Democrat. He has been the Sounds of Silence about "his" issues. It seems he stands for NOTHING, except a sure, quiet US Senate vote for the Dems.

That's my take, anyway.

3 posted on 05/26/2018 2:54:20 PM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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To: yesthatjallen

I don’t suppose anyone would be so gauche as to ask Sen. McConnell what is the reason for his improved confidence level.


4 posted on 05/26/2018 2:55:37 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: yesthatjallen

So just how will he try to screw it up.........I wonder


5 posted on 05/26/2018 2:58:59 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McConnell is compromised.

He can’t openly campaign for the democrats as much as he wants to.

All he can do is NOT help republicans.

Trump’s rally’s and his unfiltered twitter megaphone have the RINOs frozen in place.

I have a very good feeling about the mid-terms.


6 posted on 05/26/2018 3:04:27 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: yesthatjallen

If establishment pubbies get their heads out of their rears, they can own Washington for decades. If they acknowledge they have a winner in the White House already, he has even more support from us Deplorables and others.

They ran on ‘promises’ that POTUS is making happen. That goads some of them and inspires the others.


7 posted on 05/26/2018 3:05:57 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy
The guy in the White House is showing them they can win if they fight and live up to their campaign promises.

Voters cheer and turn out in record numbers.

It makes you wonder...

8 posted on 05/26/2018 3:11:31 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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DeWine (R) got 147,000 more votes than Cordray (D) in the Ohio Gov. primary.

https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/ohio/


9 posted on 05/26/2018 3:22:33 PM PDT by Atlantan
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I have suspected for a long time that 'the opposition party' has managed to elect 'plants'. Why would they not try? Look at what their people in the FBI and other agencies have done. We have learned that there was at least one and possibly up to 6 or 7 people they used to try to infiltrate the Trump campaign and administration. Why would they not try the same in the Senate and House?

Count votes on major issues and you can see some who consistently vote with the opposition minority.


10 posted on 05/26/2018 3:24:08 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh Turtle. Don’t take credit for anything good that happens in November. YOU ARE THE SWAMP YOU POS.


11 posted on 05/26/2018 3:24:45 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: Atlantan

Correction: 147,000 more GOP voters than Dems in the Ohio Governor primary.


12 posted on 05/26/2018 3:26:14 PM PDT by Atlantan
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“McConnell sees Ohio in play as confidence about midterms grows”

No thanks to you A-hole.


13 posted on 05/26/2018 3:28:10 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: yesthatjallen

Now, That requires him to come up with a devious plan to screw that up.


14 posted on 05/26/2018 3:38:36 PM PDT by kempster
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Oh Turtle. Don’t take credit for anything good that happens in November. YOU ARE THE SWAMP YOU POS.

If we win in November, it will be in SPITE of Rat Boy and Turtle Face!!!


15 posted on 05/26/2018 3:39:36 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Apparently people believe that having a legislative body work as effectively and quickly as the Executive is possible.

Dividing the party is stupid when the targets are elsewhere and in droves.


16 posted on 05/26/2018 3:45:10 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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Well Mitch you know what you could do to show voters that a Republican Senate is valuable and gets things done? Keep the Senate in session all summer and use the Harry Reid nuclear option to ram every single last judicial nominee down the Democrats’ throats. That would show us you mean business.


17 posted on 05/26/2018 4:02:33 PM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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To: Vaquero

NO TURTLES IN OHIO!


18 posted on 05/26/2018 4:04:35 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAY)
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To: yesthatjallen

Mitch is dealing in pure fantasy. Brown is a magic political name in Ohio for generations. Trump and Sherrod talk the same language in industrialized Ohio about America First, jobs, etc. Repub candidate against Brown is a nobody canon fodder. The Governor’s race is a rematch where former US Senator DeWine thumped Cordray and now Cordray has been repackaged as a disciple of Elizabeth Warren who set him up in that consumer protection gig in DC.

It’s over Mitch.


19 posted on 05/26/2018 4:08:56 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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There’d be more “in play” if McConnell had spent the past year and a half working WITH as opposed to AGAINST President Trump. IF only the GOP had worked in tandem you could be looking at a 60 R (veto proof) majority. Instead, he caved to Schumer at every chance.


20 posted on 05/26/2018 4:11:00 PM PDT by EDINVA
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