Republicans are bracing for major losses in November with polling pointing toward a potential Democratic wave.
President Donald Trump’s job approval sits at 38.5% in the RealClearPolitics (RCP) polling average creating a severe drag on Republican congressional candidates.
The GOP House majority appears lost, with RCP forecasting a Democratic gain of 21 seats and the House majority (236-199).
Democrats are increasingly confident of winning the Senate, which currently has a 53-47 GOP majority.
RCP polling from 12 Senate battleground races shows Democratic Senate candidate leading in all except one. GOP candidates trail in six states they now hold: Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, North Carolina and Texas. The GOP incumbent is tied in Kansas.
A six or seven-seat Democratic pick-up would result in a 53 or 54-seat Senate Democratic majority.
In North Carolina, Trump threatened a primary challenge against Sen. Thom Tillis who then announced his retirement. Trump’s GOP pick, Michael Whatley, is trailing badly.
In Texas, Trump endorsed state Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the primary. Paxton is saddled with personal scandal, ethical improprieties and a far-right record.
He trails Democrat James Talarico, a left-liberal state legislator. Republicans are spending $200 million to rescue Paxton– money they could have spent on GOP Senate races elsewhere.
Trump’s failure to support electable incumbents Tillis and Cornyn was a colossal blunder.
Democrats have nominated extreme, far-left Senate candidates in three blue battleground states.
In Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson, a perennial candidate who finished third in this year’s Democratic primary for governor is opposing GOP Sen. Susan Collins. He replaced radical, scandal-plagued Graham Platner, who quit the race after multiple credible claims of sexual misconduct. Jackson and Platner share a political base.
Collins, chair of the Appropriations Committee, has the most bipartisan record in the Senate.
She deserves re-election for her heroic stand against manufactured hysteria by voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Her Senate speech examined his judicial record and the complete lack of corroborating evidence for the sexual assault charges against him.
In Michigan, radical Abdul El-Sayed put an antisemitic, anti-American extremist, Hasan Piker, at the center of his primary campaign. Piker has declared America “deserved” 9/11 and that he hates America.
El-Syed defeated a liberal Democratic congresswoman in the primary.
He won’t disavow Piker. El-Syed refuses to say whether Iran, a state-sponsor of terrorism, is a greater threat to the U. S. than Israel, our democratic ally.
His Republican opponent is Mike Rogers, a former FBI agent, who served 14 years in the House and chaired the House Intelligence Committee.
In Minnesota, far-left activist Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, with Bernie Sanders’ endorsement, defeated a liberal congresswoman in the primary.
Flanagan can’t escape responsibility for $9 billion in fraudulent welfare scams in Minnesota. Bad enough to cause Gov. Tim Walz to abandon his bid for a third term.
Her Republican opponent is former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, a four-time Emmy Award-winning sports journalist.
Jackson, El-Syed and Flanagan each advocate for “Medicare for All” and call to disband ICE.
In 2018, the estimated cost of “Medicare for All” was a staggering $32.6 trillion over a decade. “Medicare for All” also means forcing Americans into a government system that millions don’t want. Private health plans would be outlawed.
A Democratic Senate would block Trump’s appointments, including to the Supreme Court.
If a Democrat wins in 2028, the conservative nightmare begins– bills to override state-based election laws, including voter ID, to impose term limits on or add seats to the Supreme Court, and grant statehood to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
A lefty wish list: raise taxes, limit oil and gas production, expand government and mess with health care.
This Senate election has lasting consequences. Republicans need to spend smartly now in races that could save Senate control.
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