Three “Red” States, those who voted for Donald Trump, have moderate Democratic Senators, who face tough challenges to be reelected.
Those states are Florida and Bill Nelson, Missouri and Claire McCaskill, and North Dakota and Heidi Heitkamp.
Progressives are not necessarily happy with these Senators, as they tend to be far less liberal than most Democrats, but there is no way for the Democrats to succeed and be a majority, if they repudiate those who tend to be more centrist.
So the hope is that Nelson, McCaskill, and Heitkamp can keep their seats, as if they do not, there is no chance of Democrats being a majority in the US Senate, and the potential loss of some of the 49 present Democratic seats would be disheartening.
It is ironic that it seems likely that the Democrats will win Nevada with Jacky Rosen, and Arizona with Kyrsten Sinema, but if they lose any or all three of the presently held Democratic seats, they will end up in negative territory.
Of course, IF the Democrats could produce a “miracle” and win with Beto O’Rourke in Texas over Ted Cruz, and in Tennessee with Phil Bredesen over Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, along with Nevada and Arizona, the loss of the moderate Democrats would be less significant, as long as at least one of those three seats was retained.
Ronald,
Will you have a blog entry specifically for Election 2018 predictions?
If you do—then I will post mine there as well.
D, I already posted my views on October 24, but will update them on Monday morning. I sense greater optimism, and hopefully, it will not be an illusion again shown to be wrong.
I said then the likelihood was for 40-45 seats gain in the House for the Democrats; a 50-50 tie in the Senate; and 10-11 states gained in the Governorships. So I will look for your commentary on Monday, with me posting early in the morning.
This is a very tense time, needless to say!
Ronald,
That is what I meant.
It’s a timing thing—one’s “official†predictions, just before Election Day.
Thank you!
HAHA, D! So my “official” predictions will be posted early Monday morning, and I look forward to your insights! 🙂
Weather forecast is calling for severe weather outbreak in the South and East on Monday and Tuesday. Hope it doesn’t affect turnout too bad.