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What Senate seats are being contested? A look at what’s at stake in 2018 midterms (FOX News)
Republicans hold a narrow majority in the Senate and can’t afford to give up too many Senate seats if they want to hold onto that power.
Republicans take up 51 seats in the Senate compared to 49 controlled by Democrats – including two independents who caucus with the Democratic Party.
This year there are 35 seats up for grabs with five of them being ranked toss-up elections by Fox News. There are 20 seats that will likely remain Democrat compared to six that will likely remain Republican. Additionally, there are two seats that lean Democrat and two seats that lean Republican.
The map of Senate seats up for grabs is “much more favorable for Republicans,” John Dinan, a professor of politics and international affairs at Wake Forest University, told Fox News.
“In a tough year for Republicans in the House, they have a gift in the map they’ve been given for the Senate,” Dinan said, adding that “it’s an uphill climb for Democrats” seeking to take control. [Read More]
The Origins of Progressive Agony (National Review)
What has transformed the Democratic party into an anguished progressive movement that incorporates the tactics of the street, embraces maenadism, reverts to Sixties carnival barking, and is radicalized by a new young socialist movement? Even party chairman Tom Perez concedes that there are “no moderate Democrats left,” and lately the rantings of Cory Booker, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez confirm that diagnosis. [Read More]
Dave Brat, Abigail Spanberger spar over health care and GOP tax cuts (WTVR)
In likely their only debate, Congressman Dave Brat (R – 7th District) and Democratic challenger Abigail Spanberger faced off Monday evening in Culpeper, Virginia. The event was hosted by the Culpepper Chamber of Commerce at Germanna Community College.Early in the night, Brat went after Spanberger on sanctuary policies for illegal immigrants.
“She said the states and localities can deal with these issues. We don’t need to cooperate with the federal government. That’s what sanctuary cities are,” said Brat.
Spanberger, a former CIA agent, pushed back.
“I do not support anything that would make our communities weak,” Spanberger said of Brat’s comments. “So, for you to allege anything else is frankly comical.” [Read More]
Project Veritas Action Fund has released a third undercover video from campaigns during this 2018 election season. This report exposes how incumbent Senator McCaskill and individuals working on her campaign conceal their liberal views on issues in order to court moderate voters.
Said James O’Keefe, founder and president of Project Veritas Action:
“This undercover report shows just how broken our political system has become. Senator McCaskill hides her true views from voters because she knows they won’t like them.”
Senator McCaskill Talks Gun Bans on Tape
Senator McCaskill revealed her intention to vote on various gun control measures in undercover footage: [Read More]
Dear Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld,
Thank you for your kind words about younger riders at last week’s Metro Board meeting. As millennials lead the way in terms of Metro’s ridership decline, you seem to have a good handle on what would bring us back to the transportation system.
You said that we wanted the commutes and stations to be an experience, much like shopping at Whole Foods is. “You can get groceries anywhere, but the Whole Foods experience is different than someplace else,” you said. “Why do they do it? Because there’s a market for it and it drives revenue. So we have to come at transit that way. Places all over the world have tried it and we have to recognize that … and not just do it the way we’ve been doing it.” [Read More]
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