Sadly 2018 is not on course to be anything like 16....
The GOP messaging is a dud, outside of deep red districts...
PA-18 and OH-12 were not flukes, they are the reality on the ground right now and the arrogance and ignorance being shown in GOP circles refusing to accept this is just as delusional as that the Democrats had thinking Hillary Clinton would win in a landslide.
Dems are going to turn out in near Presidential election numbers... while the GOP have consistently been showing they will get Mid Term level turnouts... With that model, the GOP loses the house.
The GOP has to change its messaging, and start giving those non traditional MAGA voters a reason to care and show up... simply calling the democrats names isn’t going to do it.
The Dems overplaying their hands may indeed engage those voters, but it would be far better if the GOP themselves worked to engage them, and so far, they haven’t... Hopefully they will change course soon.
Sadly 2018 is not on course to be anything like 16....
The GOP messaging is a dud, outside of deep red districts...
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Pessimism sucks.