Posted on 05/23/2017 2:35:20 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: From TheHill.com. Here’s the headline: “Is a Wave Election Forming for Democrats? — Democrats are increasingly bullish about the prospect of a wave election in 2018 amid backlash against the” House Republicans for repealing Obamacare. And, of course, all the mess with Trump. Now, it’s true to say, is it not, that practically every election the Democrats think that they’re gonna win it in a landslide?
They were gonna win 2016 in a landslide. Hillary was gonna mop the floor with Trump. They go in… But now they really believe, folks — because they believe their media, and they believe everybody in America believes their media. And they believe, therefore, that everybody, now, hates Trump, that everybody is dissatisfied with the election results in 2016.
They believe that every American realizes they’ve made a mistake. They think that every American realizes Trump was a disaster, the Republicans are a disaster. They believe that practically every voting American now wishes they had voted Hillary and voted Democrat. And they are telling themselves it’s gonna lead to them regaining the House, regaining the Senate in 2018.
Okay. Well, you would think that they’re raising money left and right, wouldn’t you? You would think this big momentum for Democrats to be back in power, why, people must be donating to the Democrats left and right.
Well, the Democrat National Committee reported its worst April of fundraising since 2009. On Monday, yesterday, according to the Federal Election Commission, the DNC reported taking in $4.7 million last month. Now, this is admittedly an off year for fundraising. But last year the DNC raised $8.5 million and nearly five million in 2015. Between 2010 and 2014, they received anywhere from $6.3 to 14.4 million per year.
The Republican National Committee’s April numbers more than doubled the DNC numbers. The RNC reported raising $9.6 million in April. They have $41 million on cash. The Democrats have $8.8 million on hand in cash and raised 4.7. So the Democrats have all this momentum. They have all this spirit. They have all this unity. They have all this purpose. They have all this resolve. Everybody hates Trump. Everybody hates the Republicans. The Republicans have a crazy guy for president. But when you look at the mother’s milk of politics, and that’s money, the Democrats don’t have any, compared to the Republicans.
So where is this wave? How is this wave gonna happen? Where is all this momentum? Where is all this unity? Where is all this spirit? From The Daily Caller today: “Bernie Supporters: The Democratic Party Is In ‘Absolute Crisis’ — Influential organizers who supported Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential primary still think that the Democratic Party is in an ‘absolute crisis,’ according to an interview published Sunday. ‘They are a party in absolute crisis and denial,’ leader of the California Nurse’s Association RoseAnn DeMoro told the Bee about Democratic leadership. ‘They are too comfortable.’
‘”Democrats moved to the right for so long that they were basically centrists,’ Democratic delegate Mike Van Gorder said. ‘It absolutely needs to change.'” These Democrats think the DNC has gone too far to the right. Anyway, there isn’t any evidence of a wave other than what these Democrats are telling themselves.
Trump’s approval number is actually climbing again. It’s up to 46%. The Democrats are not raising any money, and yet they’re convinced that they’re gonna sweep the floor in 2018. On the other side of this, however, is this. Just cleared about an hour and 10 minutes ago. It’s a story from TheHill.com, and it is a poll from SurveyUSA. It’s about the special election in the Georgia House race. The Pajama Boy, Jon Ossoff versus the Republican, Karen Handel. This is Georgia 6. It was Newt’s district. And in this latest poll from SurveyUSA, Ossoff is up seven points over Republican Karen Handel.
This is about the same lead that Hillary had over Trump throughout the entire campaign. Now, this poll is one of the only things the Democrats have that might tell them they’re gonna be in a wave election. There have been two previous special elections this year, and they all said each of these elections is gonna show that the public has turned on Trump and want us back, and the Republicans won both. The Democrats lost.
The Democrats are already counting Ossoff as a winner. This election will be on June the 20th. Fifty-one percent of likely and actual voters in Georgia say they would vote for Ossoff if the election were today. Forty-four percent say they’d vote for Handel. Six percent are undecided. YouGov, SurveyUSA, you name it, these polling groups all had Hillary up by the same margin, six or seven points. I don’t know if this is accurate or not. But the Democrats are looking at this and they’re salivating.
Now, I will say this, folks. I try to be a beacon of optimism here. But if this Pajama Boy guy, who doesn’t even live in the district, if he actually wins this in the district that sent Tom Price and Newt Gingrich, then the Republicans are in trouble. And, by the way, if this happens, I’m gonna tell you, if the Republicans start losing these elections, it’s not gonna be because of the Democrats.
You know why it’s gonna happen. It’s gonna happen because Trump voters are fed up with Trump getting no support from his own party in Washington. Make book on it. If this Georgia district election actually goes that way, it’s not gonna be ’cause people prefer this Pajama Boy guy. It’s gonna be other reasons completely.
The only wave they’re going to catch, is the ones bye-bye.
All over this nation, Democrats are about to be furloughed.
The consider swirling ‘round the bowl catching a, ‘wave?’ ;)
Yes...
And Hillary could even turn Texas BLUE, for the first time in decades! (Actuall CNN Quote)
#FAKENEWS
The Donkeys had the worst April fundraising since 2009. Any questions? The media will only hurt them by telling them what to do since the media doesn’t know ANYTHING about ANYTHING. What they tell the Democrats will be and has been wrong.
The rebubs have no fight in them other then attacking Trump. There is no reason to vote for them when they do exactly what the dems would do anyway. And there is less drama when dems win.
You mean the Jackasses, don’t you? *wink*
Only reason I’d vote for any GOP-er other than a very select few would be because Trump has more tools to put the screws to an R than he does to a D.
“All over this nation, Democrats are about to be furloughed.”
It is hoped that they get one-way tickets to the worker’s paradise of the Republic of North Korea.
IMHO
That would be fitting. It’s the type of regime they certainly seem in tune with.
Trump is in trouble if the MSM has powers of impeachment in 2018.
The party that takes up the center is the one that wins.
Traditionally that means swinging to the middle, but sadly most of Washington seems far more interested in just defining the other side as the most extreme instead.
The only thing that I can see to fix the situation of an opposition party with nothing to lose and everything to gain by being non-functional is to function around them and steal the base they have zero interest in representing out from under them.
I wish the non-functional GOP members who are all heat and no light would understand that compromise is necessary for a representative government.
I can see the Democrats winning both houses of Congress in 2018 simply because conservatives stay home, refusing to vote for the NeverTrump GOP.
If the Republicans don’t start defending the President and put a stop to these Investigations into Nothing, they may be right.
Hopefully the 2018 wave will wash away a bunch of democrats along with their RINO counterparts and replace with conservatives.
Rush is correcto...as usual
Yeah right...the only wave they are going to ride is into hell pits of satan and prison!!!
I know it's unfortunately worked for them far too many times in the past, but I just have a hard time believing that the dems can continue to rely on the same old message of political correctness and free stuff, while Trump increasingly shines as the realist who addresses the issues most really care about.
On the other hand, never underestimate the power of "free" stuff (sigh).
they seem to think that they will be able to fallow the 2010 model that the republicans had when the tea party movment revitalized the republican party. they are mistaken because the tea party movement was not a violent movement and used reason to win voters. the current crop of democrat protesters actually is turning off perspective non liberal voters with there violence.
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