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This isn’t an unreasonable view to take, given Trump’s persistently dismal approval ratings and the GOP-controlled Congress’s deep unpopularity. And of course history suggests that the party of a first-term president will usually lose seats in a midterm election.
But the main problem with the blue wave theory of 2018 is that it asks too much of the Democratic Party, which is riven by as much division and confusion as the GOP is, if not more. As Ed O’Keefe and Dave Weigel reported recently in The Washington Post, Democrats “can’t agree on what the party stands for. From immigration to banking reform to taxes to sexual harassment, many in the party say it does not have a unified message to spread around the country.”
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Plain and simple, there is NO blue wave or democrat wave, period. But there is no red or republican wave either. There is however, a tsunami Trump wave. The hardcore Rs and Ds will never see or vote anything else. But combined together, the hardcore Rs and Ds, are probably less than 25% of voters. The vast majority of voters even most Rs and Ds have lost confidence in both parties.
ReplyDeleteMost of the leading republicans have totally sold out to the elites and special interests. But even they are not stupid. Look at the Roy Moore fiasco. A candidate worse than Hillary Clinton, lost by only a tiny percentage. Common wisdom says he should have lost by 20% or more. The question becomes, why? I believe because he was a strong supporter of President Trump and his policies. I think anyone which honestly looks at that election cannot find a different reason.
Democrats know this, the nation supports President Trump’s policies. Republicans, are a bit dense to come to this realization. Many of the GOP leaders, still think they are the reason for President Trump winning. However, many of the rank and file Senators and Congressmen see the light. Even RINO Ryan is beginning to talk positive about President Trump’s policies.
Outside their hardcore supporters, democrats have made themselves into “dancing fools.” They have become so unhinged being anti-Trump, they look like clowns. Their arguments sound either tired and uninspired or something from the theater of the absurd. With the aid of the democratic media, this foolishness is being played 24/7 for the nation to see. Americans via MSNBC, CNN, and others are hearing nonstop tired calls, President Trump is racist, fascist, a Nazi, or Hitler. Or from the theater of the absurd, democrats are telling workers they voted against the bonuses and pay raises they have received because, wait for it, they were not big enough.
No, if and only if, the GOP and republicans begin backing and supporting President Trump, there will be no “Blue Wave.” But, if the GOP and republicans continue to fight President Trump, republicans in congress will be swept away in a blue wave.
The choices are simple and only the GOP and republicans control the outcome of the 2018, elections. Democrats and their lapdog media hold no sway. This outcome is only dependent on the GOP and republicans. Nominate and support candidates that are behind President Trump and his policies, and win. Or nominate and support the typical RINO candidates and lose. It really is that simple.
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Excellent analysis. Thanks.
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