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The progressive blue wave is crashing and burning in 2018
The Hill ^
| 06/10/18
| Douglas Schoen
Posted on 06/10/2018 3:31:28 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The June 5 primaries underscored just how disastrous an impact the far-left progressive faction of the Democratic Party could have in undermining its chances of taking back control of the House in November. Take what happened in California, the state with arguably the greatest implications for the Democratic Partys prospects this fall. California has widely been seen as a litmus test for Democratic prospects at picking up the 23 seats needed to take back control of the House in midterms.
Yet, the primary season was marked by overcrowded Democratic fields and divisive Democratic infighting between progressive candidates seemingly embracing socialism, and candidates that were markedly moderate and inclusive. These self-styled progressive candidates flooded competitive jungle primary races up and down the Golden State, ultimately cannibalizing the Democratic vote. The end result was a strong night for Republicans at both the gubernatorial and congressional level.
In the governors race, Republicans avoided the doomsday scenario of having two Democrats secure the most votes, which would have left them without a Republican at the top of the ticket this November, while the Democrats failed at shutting Republican candidates out of the top two slots in a single House district, including the seven hotly contested Republican-held districts carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bluewave; democrats; schoen
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Douglas E. Schoen (@DouglasESchoen) served as a pollster for President Clinton. A longtime political consultant, he is also a Fox News contributor and the author of 11 books, including Putins Master Plan: To Destroy Europe, Divide NATO, and Restore Russian Power and Global Influence.
To: yesthatjallen
We needed JUST ONE race with Republicans finishing 1-2.
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:33:41 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: yesthatjallen
The progressive blue wave is crashing and burning in 2018 The progressive blue sinkhole is growing larger/deeper in 2018
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:36:20 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
To: yesthatjallen
There never was a “blue wave”.
It was propaganda.
The pollsters and pundits now have to backtrack.
To: yesthatjallen
The GOPee needs to run ads of Mad Max running around scrami9ng IMPEACH 45!.
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:36:52 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: yesthatjallen
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:37:23 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: DoughtyOne
Issa's House seat (District 49) looked like a goner but now it looks like it will stay in GOP hands with a little luck.
The Democrat is an enviromental lawyer, who was a classmate of Chelsea Clinton's at Stanford.
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:49:46 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: yesthatjallen
There was never any “blue wave” other than the blue wave in the toilet bowl..the Communist Rat party is all about Impeaching Trump and making America Communist..in fact that should be their 2018 Motto, turn America Commie
To: yesthatjallen
I'm thinking 2020 could be the biggest blowout win in election history for Trump. The lying nasty Democrats have a platform of surrender, defeat and decline, and they have no candidate. They have no clue what a leader is.
Whoever they put up is going to get KO'd by Trump!
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:51:58 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: All
“These self-styled progressive candidates flooded competitive ‘jungle primary’ races up and down the Golden State, ultimately cannibalizing the Democratic vote.”
‘A Thing Of Beauty is a Joy Forever.’ ~ John Keats, 1818
MAGA! :)
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:52:38 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Repeal The 17th
The pollsters and pundits now have to backtrack. Would pollsters lie?
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:53:09 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: DoughtyOne
The progressive blue sinkhole is growing larger/deeper in 2018
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:53:22 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Guns sales have suddenly gone Hogg-Wilde!)
To: yesthatjallen
...another Odungo lead disaster... followed up by Hildabeast blaming everything and everybody.....
Watch for more of Odungo claiming the
American people are stupid ....
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:54:28 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-https://youtu...8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: yesthatjallen
To be sure, for Democrats, there is no way of denying that the groundswell of progressive candidates have energized the Democratic base. But they have also left the party profoundly divided heading into November. Blue fog...
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:58:14 PM PDT
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: Paladin2
The GOPee needs to run ads of Mad Max running around scrami9ng IMPEACH 45!.
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posted on
06/10/2018 3:59:59 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Guns sales have suddenly gone Hogg-Wilde!)
To: Paladin2
They seem to have shut her up lately.
Which is too bad. We need more laughs from that Crazy Democrat Maxine Waters.
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posted on
06/10/2018 4:00:44 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Pollster1
"The pollsters and pundits now have to backtrack."
They will just cry again about the Russian 'boogie-men' hiding in the closet, under the beds and in the voting machines.
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posted on
06/10/2018 4:01:04 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Doogle
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posted on
06/10/2018 4:01:45 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Guns sales have suddenly gone Hogg-Wilde!)
If the GOP doesn’t lose, then I hope they get rid of McConnell.
To: yesthatjallen
We can only hope that the crashing and burning of the wave will be followed by the abolition of mixed metaphors
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posted on
06/10/2018 4:06:51 PM PDT
by
j.havenfarm
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