What the Ds need in Order to Win in 2018/2020

[william the wie]

1) repeal of the SALT cap.
2) slower GDP growth
3) figure out how to win the Senate in 2018. The house is a likely gimme but the odds are roughly 3 to 1 against winning the Senate.

But this is pretty much a trifecta because the blue bond defaults can't be delayed to the 2020 election. So how can this be pulled off?

 

[Marion Morrison]

A miracle from God, whom they deny.

 

[Nova78]

1) repeal of the SALT cap.
2) slower GDP growth
3) figure out how to win the Senate in 2018. The house is a likely gimme but the odds are roughly 3 to 1 against winning the Senate.

But this is pretty much a trifecta because the blue bond defaults can't be delayed to the 2020 election. So how can this be pulled off?

Democrats are losers ,time for them to move to the desert with a limited water supply.

 

[The Original Tree]

I’m thinking they are going to have to nominate The Anti-Christ to win in 2020.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Too early for predictions. 7 months is an eternity in politics

 

[watchingfromafar]

The Dems need to appoint Hillary as the runner for the 2020 election.

All the woman will vote for her

The entire black population will vote for her

All the truely concerned will vote for her

Because she is the one most qualified

To

“Drain The Swamp!!!” ​

 

[Thinker101]

They need more illegal voters?

 

[Stormy Daniels]

1) repeal of the SALT cap.
2) slower GDP growth
3) figure out how to win the Senate in 2018. The house is a likely gimme but the odds are roughly 3 to 1 against winning the Senate.

But this is pretty much a trifecta because the blue bond defaults can't be delayed to the 2020 election. So how can this be pulled off?

Are you living in the same universe as the rest of us?

First of all, let's talk about the House. Because of gerrymandering, most House races are uncompetitive. By it's nature. Flipping a House seat is, by its nature, much more difficult than flipping a Senate seat. That's just the nature of the beast. And because current districting is very Republican friendly, the only way the House will become a "gimme" for Democrats will be for a blue wave to hit state legislatures now in currently Republican dominated states, and persist long enough to rebuild their districts from the ground up come 2020. In other words, will be a while.

Onto the upper chamber. Of the 33 Senate seats to be decided, Democrats have to defend 24 of them, and two more are independents who caucus with the Democrats. That alone suggests a very difficult battle for Democrats to flip the Senate. The Democrats have three times the seats to lose. Which means they have three times the exposure to lose ground.

Taking a closer look, four of those Democrat incumbents are from generally red states (Indiana, North Dakota, Ohio, West Virginia). We could almost add Bill Nelson from Florida to make it five seats. But even though Florida leans Republican it's quite a tossup state. Meanwhile, of the Republican incumbents only Heller from Nevada is in a similar position. And of the three retiring incumbents, only Flake from Arizona hails from a state that would seem willing to entertain a flip.