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Republicans Will Keep Congress. Here's Why.
Townhall ^ | 11/05/2018 | Arthur Schaper

Posted on 11/05/2018 11:33:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

I agree. Most of the Dem gains will be due to activist court shenanigans here in PA.


21 posted on 11/05/2018 11:51:44 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mewzilla
More on the NY-23 thing...

#NY23: Tom Reed hits Mitrano campaign for staffer anti-cop, anti-capitalist social media post

22 posted on 11/05/2018 11:52:08 AM PST by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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To: Hojczyk

I have the same hopeful feeling as before the 2016 election.
I knew Trump would win. The crowd sizes showed it.
Now Trump has delivered on many things and his voters love him even more. His tireless campaigning is endearing and inspiring.
I believe we will win and bigly.


23 posted on 11/05/2018 11:52:41 AM PST by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bttt.

5.56mm


24 posted on 11/05/2018 11:54:08 AM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Concerning races in the House, are there no apparently vulnerable Democrat seats? All I keep hearing about are that the only vulnerable seats belong to the GOP? So ... all of the Democrat districts are supposedly safe? How is it possible that Democrats can be so near majority represented when the vast majority of state legislatures are in GOP hands? This makes no sense. I need help understanding how the Democrats can be on the verge of controlling anything when the districts they run in are being shaped by their opponents..


25 posted on 11/05/2018 11:55:48 AM PST by antonico
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To: LS

Ping


26 posted on 11/05/2018 11:56:01 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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What is going on with the House races, though? For better information, I have been paying attention Arizona native, writer, political data analyzer and prognosticator Larry Schweikart. He accurately predicted Trump’s victory, and he has mined the numbers—actually figures, as opposed to touch-feely polling—which maintains that Republican voter registrations have risen in key states.
27 posted on 11/05/2018 11:57:15 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: TheConservativeParty

I agree with you.

It seems counter-intuitive for anyone to vote democrat.

But....they vote blindly...every time! I don’t get it. The D’s have it all hanging out there from rigging their own primary in 2016 to the Kavanaugh fiasco and yet their constituent think all is just dandy.

I just don’t get it.


28 posted on 11/05/2018 12:02:48 PM PST by EBH ( May God Save the Republic)
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To: EBH

But....they vote blindly...every time! I don’t get it. The D’s have it all hanging out there from rigging their own primary in 2016 to the Kavanaugh fiasco and yet their constituent think all is just dandy.

I just don’t get it.


Because to a Democrat the end result is more important then how they get there, at any cost to worship their government utopia.


29 posted on 11/05/2018 12:09:06 PM PST by IVAXMAN
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To: EBH

I am encouraged by the Blexit and #WalkAway movements. Trump has delivered for all Americans. Trump will get us many new voters.

The dems keep on trying to divide, racists that they are.

Trump and conservatives welcome all to the conservative movement.


30 posted on 11/05/2018 12:14:23 PM PST by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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To: LostInBayport

LS has been very quiet this past week. That concerns me.


31 posted on 11/05/2018 12:15:15 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: Pollard

RE: Article is dated today, Monday the 5th

It was written on Nov. 4 and published on Nov. 5 is my guess. Not much difference in terms of his analysis IMHO.


32 posted on 11/05/2018 12:15:51 PM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

What is missing from all this endless analysis is that Hillary was running in 2016 and even Dimms hated (hate) her.

I remain unconvinced that Trump would have won if the Dimms coulda found a reasonable candidate...which seems unlikely.


33 posted on 11/05/2018 12:16:33 PM PST by Cuttnhorse (Never fear the cow)
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To: antonico

The article points out several House seats that are likely pick-ups by the GOP. The main reason many are predicting a D advantage is because 45 GOP representatives chose to retire this year. Many made this decision because they did not like Trump or thought Trump would be a disastrous POTUS with no coattails to ride on; many of those were GOP seats but in districts that HRC carried or which were very divided. They thought they saw a tough road ahead and chose to retire than to fight against the POTUS and party and demographics.

They made the decision early, as they generally have to do for fundraising and planning reasons, back when the anti-Trump crusade was at its peak; when Mueller was appointed and the media was claiming disarray in the White House, when several insiders like Spicer and Bannon resigned, with media incessantly crying “the walls are closing in” and “the beginning of the end” as that recent video showed.

The Dems have the same problem in the Senate, in reverse. They have more open seats, and races for seats in states that Trump carried or came close to winning, and a couple vulnerable candidates. That is why most polls see a GOP pickup in the Senate.

Those of little faith, how little did they know. I sure hope the GOP holds the House. I wonder too if any Dems elected to the House might be persuaded to flip sides; there are a couple of fairly moderate, decent Dems running. I don’t think they will win their races but these are people who might otherwise have run as GOP candidates if the seats were open. Not many mind you, but maybe 2 or 3 I can think of. They will probably not win as Dems but you never know.


34 posted on 11/05/2018 12:23:41 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: Obadiah

yeah tomorrow is going to be a long day, I’ll admit I’ve gone from optimistic to a feeling of dread. I need some pearls


35 posted on 11/05/2018 12:44:55 PM PST by datricker (Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Watching President Trump’s rally in Cleveland Ohio he asked the question to the massive crowd how many of you have voted already and the response was very few when he asked how many have not the whole massive audience erupted. I’m thinking tomorrow is going to be a massive red day!


36 posted on 11/05/2018 12:52:41 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: antonico

Actually there are about 13 Democrat seats that might flip Red.


37 posted on 11/05/2018 12:56:15 PM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: datricker

It’s fearful times as such you need to get on your knees and seek God for peace, comfort and a victory!! Take nothing for granted!! ALREADY VOTED? Good!! Get on your knees and pray!! Already helped GOTV..good!! Get on your knees and pray!! That’s all that is left, that’s all we can humanly possibly do ...God will do the rest!


38 posted on 11/05/2018 1:00:19 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: SeekAndFind

Well when you’re an news author and you’re writing an article late at night, plan ahead. If you’re an editor or the one hitting the Publish button, you do a quick read of the article. The date gaff is in the first sentence.


39 posted on 11/05/2018 1:11:59 PM PST by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Evil Slayer

First vote, then pray.

God helps those who help themselves; those who sit on the couch praying, without doing anything with the mind and hands that He gave us, not so much. It is, after all, a bit of a miracle that we can still vote for our representatives well over 2 centuries after our system was set up - THAT is you miracle, so go and USE IT.


40 posted on 11/05/2018 1:30:07 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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