GOP Performing Below Expectations in House Races

[DonViejo]

"Tepid fundraising, underperforming candidates and a lousy party brand are threatening to deprive House Republicans of the sweeping 2014 gains that some top party officials have been predicting this year," Politico reports.

"Politico interviewed more than a dozen top strategists from both parties about their outlook for the House in the midterms, and their assessment was nearly unanimous: Republicans are on track to expand their majority by only five or six seats, or roughly half their goal. The conversations covered everything from advertising strategies to fundraising to polling."

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/09/02/gop_performing_below_expectations_in_house_races.html

[Jackpine Radical]

1. "Below expectations"

is still in disaster territory for the Dems.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Below expections mean the expectations the mass media has propagandized for months...truth hurts.

[msongs]

3. predicitions of the demise of the repubs are premature and unwarranted as usual since dems

are too much like repubs to offer much of an alternative and dems do not seem to have a clear, unified message based on values they claim to espouse

[Silent3]

4. That we're merely talking about a smaller gains in the House than losses...

...for Republicans is more than disgusting enough, and with the Senate still being at real risk.

I'd like to see Democrats try to rally around one key issue, minimum wage, and see what that could do to fix this situation.