New alarm among Republicans that Democrats could win big this year

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

A raft of retirements, difficulty recruiting candidates and President Trump’s continuing pattern of throwing his party off message have prompted new alarm among Republicans that they could be facing a Democratic electoral wave in November.

The concern has grown so acute that Trump received what one congressional aide described as a “sobering” slide presentation about the difficult midterm landscape at Camp David last weekend, leading the president to pledge a robust schedule of fundraising and campaign travel in the coming months, White House officials said.

But the trends have continued, and perhaps worsened, since that briefing, with two more prominent Republican House members announcing plans to retire from vulnerable seats and a would-be recruit begging off a Senate challenge to Democrat Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota despite pressure from Trump to run.

And by the end of the week, many Republicans were scrambling to distance themselves from the president after he spoke of “shithole countries” during an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers about immigration policy. Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah), a rising star in the party who faces a strong Democratic challenge this year, quickly denounced Trump for apparently denigrating Haiti, the birthplace of both her parents, during the Oval Office discussion.

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[MFM008]

1. Will

Will win big.

[world wide wally]

2. Not to even mention that Dems feel a sense of urgency and so many Repugs are in a state of denial

which is making them less excited about voting for this regime.

[duforsure]

3. Every day he's left in office

The numbers will grow more against trump and the Republicans. Shelby and others should flip over to the Democrat side.

[bronxiteforever]

4. I hope both Houses. We need the Senate.

[LuckyLib]

5. Ya think?

[grumpyduck]

6. They did it to themselves.

I'm sitting here playing "My heart bleeds for you" on the galaxy's smallest violin.

Or maybe I should be playing "My guts shit on you" on the galaxy's largest tuba.

[tanyev]

7. Should have thought of that before you boarded the Trump train.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. "Off message" and new candidates? They don't think trashing Obamacare, and tax cuts for the rich

might be what hurts them?

It's quite worrying that they're confident they can get away with the real damage they've done, and that's it's the "optics" that they think are their problem. I'd have said that the "raft of retirements" is good for them - the newbies can say "I wasn't part of those votes". Bu, then again, the "alarm" expressed here may be to turn attention away from the actual acts of Republicans, and make it look like nothing more than a PR problem.

[C_U_L8R]

9. They're clearly scurrying for cover

Hey Republican rats... judgement day is coming

[not fooled]

10. Geez

even after being told at Camp David point-blank to his face that he needs to constrain himself to avoid political suicide, dump can't stop acting like an idiot.

pukes are gonna be hoping that the vote stealing and gerrymandering hold back the blue wave. Our job is to overwhelm their attempts at cheating.

Oh, and for most 'Muricans, this election is literally life-or-death: if we don't stop the dump agenda, people will be dying--even more than is already the case--from lack of services.

[angrychair]

11. ROFL

This is literally not getting the point:

leading the president to pledge a robust schedule of fundraising and campaign travel in the coming months, White House officials said.

Please, proceed Mr. Trump...

[Skittles]

12. they still have Russia, gerrymandering and voter suppression

[shenmue]

13. Go team!

[darbus]

14. Do not take anything for granted..

or become complacent. We still need to work hard. They not only need to be defeated but defeated by huge margins.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. +1. . . . . nt

[AC_Mem]

17. I agree

and I want to volunteer but i'm not sure where? Normally I would reach out to OFA, or Hillary's team. Nobody has called me to ask me to volunteer, etc. I'm not sure who is going to be coordinating the effort - which in and of itself is a SHAME - we should be all over this and they should be getting people like me (I have training on the voter database) onboard and at meetings.

Does anyone have any idea who is coordinating the midterm efforts?

thanks, annette

[darbus]

18. try..

swingleft.org
or the Democratic congressional campaign committee DCCC.org
There are several facebook groups also

[Cosmocat]

21. Good chance you have a local party or Facebook group

The traditional is to go to your county party - you can google your county and Democrats. Should be able to get information on events or people to contact.

Also, there is likely a Facebook "Resistance" group in your area, too. Try to find it and apply. That is where the trand is moving very quickly, to connect online and form groups that way.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Keep the Trump & Republican / GOP brands welded together, for years to come. . . . nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. God I sure hope so

Trump and his deplorables are trying (unwittingly) to make it so.

[tclambert]

20. I want Trump to wake up the day after election day to headlines calling him Loser Trump.

[yurbud]

22. If they do, Democrats should hit the ground running, put some progressive legislation on Trump's

desk and dare him to veto it.

If nothing else, a law requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns, and formalizing the divestment requirement.

[lagomorph777]

23. president to pledge a robust schedule of fundraising and campaign travel

That's a disaster whether he honors the pledge (hey, there's a first time for everything, right?), or breaks the pledge.

He can travel around and raise money. The money won't help them, and his presence in any district will poison the chances of that candidate.

Or he can travel around to his golf resorts, same as ever.

He may as well replace the golf cart with the 4 Horses of the Apocalypse.