Posted on 10/10/2018 12:06:00 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Democratic pollster Mark Mellman said on Wednesday that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings will wake up Republicans who were previously wavering on the party's leadership.
"There's no question that the Kavanaugh hearings woke up Republicans who [were] really not so sure about Donald Trump, not so sure how important it is for them to support Republicans in Congress, who they really don't like, I mean Republicans don't feel very favorably about their own congressional leadership," Mellman, CEO of the Mellman Group, told Hill.TV's Joe Concha on "What America's Thinking."
"Election is still a month off, and the reality is Kavanaugh is seated as justice of the Supreme Court. The issue's over. So are they going to go back to their previous lethargy or are they going to continue to be excited? We have no idea yet," he said.
A Politico/Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday found that 68 percent of Republicans said they were "very motivated" to vote in November's midterm elections.
Democrats are even more energized, with 77 percent saying they were "very motivated" to vote.
Marist Poll director Lee Miringoff said it is natural for both sides to become more energized as the midterms near.
"I'm not surprised that that might not have happened as we get closer anyways," Miringoff said.
"The president was planning to do what he's now doing, which is fairly independent of the whole Kavanaugh thing. So I would expect the Democrats to go in with the enthusiasm advantage," he continued.
The whole blue wave thing was an MSM contrivance. There never was a “blue wave”.
#staywoke
Woke up a lot of Dems and Inds too. Did a real good job of it.
Woke up a lot of Dems and Inds too. Did a real good job of it.
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That’s right.
The Dems continue to show their ugly, vile true colors and normal, decent people don’t like what they see.
And we know how that turned out last time Americans woke up, in December 1941...
In the distorted “minds” of dems, the Kavanaugh hearings were merely a warmup for IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS!
I think Graham deserves a lot of credit for that, and Collins as well. When R’s saw a guy who many of us thought of as weak RINO turn on the Dems like a Boss, it woke a bunch of people up. Could we have THIS all the time maybe? And Collins speech was deservedly praised by independents and moderates who would have have done so for a blood-and-guts conservative.
[Kavanaugh hearings woke up GOP, says Dem pollster]
Excellent! Vote Republicans, in these midterms! VERY important, especially in critical areas. Maybe Larry can let us know all the critical areas.
Hannity was pointing some of them out last night. Said he’s going to keep doing that. Excellent.
You cannot UNSEE what you saw at those hearings.
There are a lot of naive suburbanites living in their bubble thinking that those vague, distant urban problems and those radical university professors are just non-threatening issues and they will still only have to worry about traffic jams to soccer practice or the line at the starbucks drive thru.... then they saw the circus and what was being said.
Democrats lie. It’s what they do.
How any democrat can claim to be a Christian is beyond me.
Murder is a commandment for petes sake geesh
Our Last Chance? [Can Donald Trump Revive The "Spirit of '76?]
I’ve seen more people who never talked politics seem upset with the way the Dems handles the Kav hearing.
The Dems successfully make their already angry anti-Trump base angrier, but that’s about it IMHO.
Woke?
Try 24-hour insomnia! People are pissed!
“The Dems continue to show their ugly, vile true colors and normal, decent people don’t like what they see.”
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Sad though true statement, laplata. I just hope our side continues to stay involved. So many times the crisis passes and Republicans fall back to sleep. Hopefully, many younger families are open to seeing what the future holds for their children should they not disregard what is happening and make it to the Ballot Box on Election Day, 2018.
Sad though true statement, laplata. I just hope our side continues to stay involved. So many times the crisis passes and Republicans fall back to sleep. Hopefully, many younger families are open to seeing what the future holds for their children should they not disregard what is happening and make it to the Ballot Box on Election Day, 2018.
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Right on, Notthereyet!
Your reference the children is the key and I think this incident won’t be forgotten and there will be many more ugly instances. I don’t see people on our side becoming as complacent again.
Thanks for sharing that. It’s encouraging that it’s awakened some. I hope we underestimate the impact.
People are pissed!
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Damned right they are and the Dems are in for a rude awakening.
Nov2018RedTsunami!!
Two major problems with the wishcasting that the enthusiasm will dissipate by election day.
1) Absentee ballots have already gone out in many states and will be coming in this week. In AZ, 85% of the ballots were absentee or early!
2) Republicans finally saw the key link between Trump and Congress/Senate.
Now, since I sent out my circular to my ping list yesterday (?) a number of very good things have happened.
First, Dino Rossi (a must have seat for Ds if they want to take the House) is up to a 10 point lead in WA8.
Second, AZ GOP told me they are putting more money into Marquez-Peterson’s race vs. Kirkpatrick in McSally’s old district.
THIS IS A DIRECT CONTRADICTION OF A LIE RUN IN THE AZ REPUBLIC SAYING THEY HAD PULLED MONEY. Moreover, the Repulsive story says Peterson trailing in a poll, but never gives details.
Third, a NE seat thought a “must have” for Ds to take the House has the R up.
Fourth, McGloughlin Group polling, which is a GOP firm, has Patrick Morrissey within one of Joe Manchin. A little skeptical of an “internal” poll, but if it’s even within two, with a visit to Charleston in the final days, Trump can win this for the GOP.
Fifth, Will Hurd is now safe in his TX district, meaning Ds will have no flips at all in TX, NC, or OH. Hearing that Claudia Tenney has stabilized in NY, and may be ok. Barbara Comstock in VA likewise has an internal poll out showing her up one. Big. She was down 12.
Ds have mounted a big registration drive in AZ since July, and cut the GOP registration edge from 150,000 to 107,000 in August. Could be lower by now, but AZ Sec State doesn’t have data up. If it stabilizes at 100,000, any statewide R has to win indies 3:2 to have a shot. Won’t happen. Ducey is blowing out Garcia by 20+, and now that McSally is up 6 in latest polling, it puts a lot of pressure in CD1, CD2, and CD9 democrats.
Oh, and Trump just named eight more judges, including three to circuit courts of which two are to the Ninth Circus.
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