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Top Republicans sound increasingly resigned to losing a special House election in Pennsylvania Trump Country a week from today, after party-affiliated groups spent more than $9 million on a race that should be a "gimme."
It's one of the increasingly bearish signs for the GOP ahead of November's midterms, with mammoth stakes for the West Wing: If Dems take the House and there's a Speaker Pelosi, President Trump faces endless subpoenas and perhaps impeachment proceedings.
We had a very clarifying conversation with an analyst who's reliably ahead of the curve, and he agreed to share his findings with Axios.
Chris Krueger, managing director of Cowen & Co.'s Washington Research Group, said he sees four "glaring red flags for the House GOP majority":
2. CA + PA = half-way there: California is the citadel of the resistance, which has 14 House Republicans. Between retirements, losing state-and-local tax deductions in the tax bill, and Trumps California disapproval, the Golden State could lose half its GOP delegation.
3. The new Pennsylvania redistricting map and similar anti-Trump trend lines could cost Rs as many as six seats. These two states get you halfway to a Democratic House.
4. Suburban danger zones: 2018 could make the suburbs great again for the House Democrats. The Democratic victories in last year's Virginia and New Jersey governor's races could well be the canaries in the coal mine. Remember that there are 23 House Republican seats in districts Clinton won and most are suburban.
5. Trump Coalition Unique to Trump: This is the biggest wildcard. Just like we saw with Obama voters in the midterms of 2010 and 2014, we suspect the unique coalition that supported the president will not turn out for generic House members of that Presidents party. Just as Obama voters didnt turn out for generic House Democrats, Trump-centric voters wont come out for generic House Republicans. You do not drain the swamp by reelecting the establishment and the deep state.
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Aristus
(66,316 posts)Let's get out the vote!
PunksMom
(440 posts)The Russians still have the ability to hack again, because tRump is doing nothing about it!
BoneyardDem
(1,202 posts)is apathy, complacency, sense of futility and suppressed involvement. It's up to us to correct that mind game, and refute those that contribute to the negativity.
Fullduplexxx
(7,857 posts)Javaman
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(81,451 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,608 posts)Beyond more Russian meddling he's so effing volatile and impulsive anything could intervene, including him nuking North Korea, Iran, or fill-in-the-blank-country. He'd cancel elections in a heartbeat if he goes to war.
renegade000
(2,301 posts)In electoral politics, not all wins are created equal. Even if victory is likely, which is a big if, everyone should be helping to run up the score.
krawhitham
(4,643 posts)We must be able to block a supreme court nominee