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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Sun May 10, 2020, 09:51 AM May 2020

Republicans grow nervous about losing the Senate amid worries over Trump's handling of the pandemic

Republicans are increasingly nervous they could lose control of the Senate this fall as a potent combination of a cratering economy, President Trump’s handling of the pandemic and rising enthusiasm among Democratic voters dims their electoral prospects.

In recent weeks, GOP senators have been forced into a difficult political dance as polling shifts in favor of Democrats: Tout their own response to the coronavirus outbreak without overtly distancing themselves from a president whose management of the crisis is under intense scrutiny but who still holds significant sway with Republican voters.

“It is a bleak picture right now all across the map, to be honest with you,” said one Republican strategist closely involved in Senate races who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss concerns within the party. “This whole conversation is a referendum on Trump, and that is a bad place for Republicans to be. But it’s also not a forever place.”

Republicans have privately become alarmed at the situation in key races where they are counting on GOP incumbents such as Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) and Thom Tillis (N.C.) to hold the line.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-grow-nervous-about-losing-the-senate-amid-worries-over-trumps-handling-of-the-pandemic/2020/05/09/65691184-915f-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html

"Poll dancing" Republicans...

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Republicans grow nervous about losing the Senate amid worries over Trump's handling of the pandemic (Original Post) Zorro May 2020 OP
Oh yes it is. And we're going to make damned sure of that! RobertDevereaux May 2020 #1
For traitortrump . . . the worst is yet to come empedocles May 2020 #2
Perhaps those senate repukes should look at their complicity still_one May 2020 #3
I read your headline with "Russians" Wawannabe May 2020 #4

RobertDevereaux

(1,841 posts)
1. Oh yes it is. And we're going to make damned sure of that!
Sun May 10, 2020, 10:16 AM
May 2020

“This whole conversation is a referendum on Trump, and that is a bad place for Republicans to be. But it’s also not a forever place.”

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
2. For traitortrump . . . the worst is yet to come
Sun May 10, 2020, 10:33 AM
May 2020

[or has he continues to keep outdoing himself on making messes, the worse will keep on coming].

Wawannabe

(5,580 posts)
4. I read your headline with "Russians"
Sun May 10, 2020, 11:31 AM
May 2020

Instead of Republicans... still makes sense.
Lol

Need more coffee

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