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If the Democratic party base is not energized to overturn the Republican Party gains in the Congress , Senate and White House. , then they deserve Republican Party rule.
I agree with your expectation, view 4-6 GOP Senate gain likely, and would not be shocked to see Manchin switch parties as 2020 is another good GOP Senate map. 60 good shot then.
Seems surprising if Republicans are able to achieve major gains in the Senate this year without defeating Manchin. West Virginia does have a strongly Democratic history, but the president is better liked there than virtually anywhere else, and they may very well choose a Republican Senator that agrees with his entire agenda rather than a Democrat who just supports some of it.
As for 60 seats, the president's party gaining 8 Senate seats during his first term would be truly unprecedented (fair to say Democrats are just borrowing the Alabama seat due to a fluke series of events) but I guess it makes sense if enough of the electorate associates Republicans with keeping the country safe and more money in their bank accounts, and Democrats with obstruction and incompetence. I wouldn't bet that is necessarily the consensus view in this very divided country.
I agree with your expectation, view 4-6 GOP Senate gain likely, and would not be shocked to see Manchin switch parties as 2020 is another good GOP Senate map. 60 good shot then.
Forget about the 4-6 Senate seat gain you have for this year, but on what planet is the 2020 Senate map good for the GOP??
Republicans control both houses today, and the Democrats are still able to obstruct and stall.
You misrepresent the situation.
The Democrats are normally shut out of the bill crafting process, they can not get their own legislation to the floor.
The Republican leadership has made no attempt to work with the Democrats, which requires some measure of compromise (anathema to Republicans). Our government was designed for working together and compromise for the good of the nation.
Democrats don't have to stall, they are iced out. If they are not allowed to participate in crafting legislation, why should they support it? They are not a rubber stamp for whatever you want.
The real problem is that Republicans can not get their own act together, which again, requires compromise among themselves. The solution is in their own hands. The Republicans in congress have constipated themselves in their own obstinacy.
Democrats controlled the House of Representatives continually between 1955 and 1995, and routinely held generic ballot leads in the double digits during that period.
Democrats controlled the House of Representatives continually between 1955 and 1995, and routinely held generic ballot leads in the double digits during that period.
You guys need to stop saying "generic ballot" if you are not going to differentiate between an individual poll's generic ballot and the average of the 10 to 20 most recent polls that is called the generic ballot
Reuters 2018 Midterm Elections Polling:
March 4 = Democrats by 11.8%
April 1 = Democrats by 8.9%
April 29 = Democrats by 8.4%
May 20 = Republicans by 2.3%
Reuters 2018 Midterm Elections Polling:
March 4 = Democrats by 11.8%
April 1 = Democrats by 8.9%
April 29 = Democrats by 8.4%
May 20 = Republicans by 2.3%
None of the polls matter at this point so who cares what they say. November is a long way from now and so many things can change going either way.
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