Are Democrats poised for victory in November? A new NBC/WSJ poll says yes — well, maybe. The Dems are in pretty good shape — or, rather, the Republicans are in truly terrible shape. Indeed, “the Republican Party is on more unstable ground than Democrats were in 1994”. And you know what happened back then. History may be about to be repeated.
Unless Republicans, as seems ever more likely with each passing political disaster, succeed in terrifying voters with the specter of imminent terrorism. Even that might not be enough to stave off defeat, given their massive and well-deserved unpopularity, but, running on empty, terrifying voters is what they’ll try to do. And the fear is about to begin.
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See also top political prognosticator Charlie Cook: “Election Day is three weeks from now, and unless something happens fast, this will be one of those once- or twice-in-a-generation elections when a party enjoys unbelievable gains or endures horrendous losses that prove to be the exceptions to Tip O’Neill’s adage that ‘all politics is local.'”