House GOP frets over Pennsylvania race

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

House Republicans are fretting over the results of Pennsylvania’s special election, worried that the tight race in the heart of Trump country might be a harbinger of a Democratic wave in the midterm elections later this year.

There’s a “50-50” chance that Democrats can flip the House, senior Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told CNN on Wednesday. Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) called a blue wave this fall “certainly a possibility.”

“It would be a seismic shift politically” if that happened, Sanford told The Hill. “I think a lot of rank-and-file members I’ve talked to are quite concerned about that possibility or that prospect.”

GOP leaders warned Republican members to pick up the pace when it comes to fundraising and to better define themselves as candidates to the voters.

“If you're getting outraised, this is a wake up call. Prepare to bear down,” Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), the chairman of the House GOP’s campaign arm, told rank-and-file Republicans Wednesday during a private meeting, according to a source in the room.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/378390-house-gop-frets-over-pennsylvania-race?userid=229233

[lkinwi]

1. Fretting, but trying to spin that Lamb ran as a repuke.

[Frustratedlady]

2. Why are they worried? Their leader Ryan didn't think it had any significance.

He's seeing blue skies ahead!

[gratuitous]

3. Republicans have put a lot of stock in their attempts to rig the system

They've grown indolent in their repose, knowing that the voter suppression, the gerrymandering of districts, the caging of opposition voters, and the 24-7 propaganda churned out across the country by Fox, its affiliates, and hate radio will take of the election results in their favor. They haven't bothered with actual governance for over a decade, because who wants to work when you can just coast along?

Democrats, on the other hand, have been fighting against all of this institutional disadvantage, and we're just now seeing the results of all that hard works. We're hungry and we're setting the table for November.

[dalton99a]

4. No worries. Trump will come to the rescue

[Gothmog]

5. There are 114 GOP-held seats more competitive than #pa18

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