This does not have to be.
Sure, the Republicans may suffer some loss of seats in the mid-term elections, but I still do not buy into the assertions about a “blue tsunami” coming our way. The Democrats and their liberal media cohorts may TALK a good game, but short of a really powerful defamation attack against incumbent Republicans and challengers of Democrats in normally swing districts, they simply do not have a lot going for them.
Raise taxes and defund the border security effort? Only a fool would be encouraged by that agenda.
Of course, there are plenty of fools to go around. Get them all on your side and you got the majority in any town.
Nullifying or impeaching Donald Trump, while it gets the juices flowing for a certain minority, is not a sufficiently strong issue to stir the masses.
The progressive corportists that control the GOPe want to stop MAGA. The best way to that without leaving any finger prints is to throw the House to the Dems.
Mid-term elections are a referendum on the administration, and the best things the Democrats have going for them is Trump and this Republican Congress. Trump will make sure the Democrat base turns out, and he may well motivate much of the Republican base as well. But can the Republicans point to a whole lot of support for the President? No. People who would crawl across broken glass for the President may not be as anxious to do the same for Congressmen and Senators who have blocked Trump at every turn. As for everyone else, what has the Republican Congress done to deserve their support? Talk up the responsible governing and the Democrats throw back the ballooning deficit. Talk up the tax increases and the Democrats reply with how most of it has gone to the wealthy and corporations. Talk up the economy and the Democrats ask how many have gotten the $4000 raises that Trump promised.
There is another impact to this. By saying he's retiring, Ryan has made it clear in bold, clear neon letters that he expects the GOP to lose the House in November. What kind of impact is that going to have on fund raising? If the Republican members don't expect to keep their majority then why should contributors give their money to a losing cause? The Democrats should have a spending advantage.
In short, if the GOP expects to lose then it will likely become a self-fulfilling prophesy.