I’m not so sure that is valid. I’m no fan of Ryan, but at least the House sends bills, and budgets, to the Senate. It’s in the Senate where they die. Get rid of the turtle.
It costs a lot of money to get you to vote for Bush League Republicans.........
This is the Hill doing its best to get everyone to view keeping the House in GOP hands as a lost cause so that no one spends money on House races and thus, creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. The last polls show a tightening of the generic lead. That combined with the power of incumbency means that a Dem takeover is no sure thing. It will and should be a battle.
Surge: GOP Improves to Strongest National Polling Position, Majority Approves of Trump’s Economy!
Townhall ^ | 03/27/2018 | Guy Benson
Posted on 3/27/2018, 9:46:49 AM by SeekAndFind
Let’s start with the good news for Republicans in the latest Fox News national survey, conducted by the network’s respected, bipartisan pollster. First, the president’s job approval rating sits at (45/52), which isn’t much to write home about, but is still an improvement over his first year nadir in the mid-to-high 30’s. Second, he’s above water on his handling of the US economy, hitting a (51/44) majority. By a bigger margin (51/32), Americans say they’re feeling more optimistic about their family’s financial situation now than they were a year ago. This aligns with other metrics pointing to a rosier economic outlook. Third, thanks to tax reform, his marks on that issue have surged 16 net points since late 2017 to a respectable (48/46). And then there’s this:
The 2018 generic ballot has trended back toward the GOP, w/ the in-party’s deficit averaging in the mid-single-digits: pic.twitter.com/h875DTLRZA Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 26, 2018
Many in the media pounced on the NBC/WSJ polling series’ recent data point showing Democrats bouncing out to a ten-point lead on the Congressional ballot — so at first, I wondered if the Fox number was an outlier. It turns out that NBC/WSJ actually appears to be the outlier, with Fox’s numbers mirroring findings from Marist, Quinnipiac (whose results have been heavily anti-Republican lately) and YouGov/Economist. Reuters/Ipsos shows the partisan split even closer.
That’s a lot better than things have looked for the GOP in some time, despite some negative numbers in the Fox survey: Namely, that the president is underwater on every other issue polled, and that Americans have taken a pro-gun control turn on a number of policy proposals — with respondents splitting (40/53) when asked whether protecting gun owners’ rights or protecting people from gun violence should be more important to lawmakers. A 54-percent majority say that passing stricter gun laws will make no difference or make the country less safe (an anti-gun control shift in the series), but more people worry worry that any Congressional action on the matter won’t go far enough, as opposed to going too far. But big picture, heading into the fall elections, both of these statements are accurate:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3642830/posts
I doubt they are fretting but I’m certain they are planning for it. The dont like Trump anymore than the democrats.
They still don't get President Trump or us.
Dems 2018/20 Blue Wave!
Thanks to Navy Patriot and ObozoMustGo2012 for the above!
The GOP donors for sure own the pols they bought and paid for. But they don't own us!
Sorta reminds me of a huge British garrison somewhere in or near SEA during WWII. They outnumbered their Japanese attackers considerably, but just surrendered without much of a fight.
If our GOP is so worried, why don’t they just surrender?
Oh, wait a minute, they already have. They are just going through the motions of pretending they are on our side.
That will go a LONG way towards changing things.
-PJ
Maybe they think Democrats promising to raise taxes impeach Trump and try to repeal the 2nd A will give that certain something voters crave. Just sayin’