GOP confidence in Senate majority builds

[DonViejo]

Republicans are growing much more optimistic about their chances of saving their Senate majority. Less than 100 days before the election, unconventional Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has yet to become the albatross many Republicans feared.

He and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are running about even in most polls, though Democrats hope their candidate will get a boost after her convention. In the critical states of Ohio, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, GOP candidates are running as strongly as they were before Trump became the party’s presidential nominee.

“If the election were held today, it’d be exactly like a midterm election. Good campaigns are going to win. There’s no landslide,” said David Carney, a New Hampshire-based Republican strategist. “The bases are baked in. I don’t see dramatic shifts anywhere.”

Republicans and Democrats say the fight to win control of the 115th Congress will start in earnest this weekend, now that both parties have laid out their markers during national conventions.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/289763-gop-confidence-in-senate-majority-builds

[liberal N proud]

1. And the obstruction will continue

[book_worm]

2. I think they are whistling past the graveyard

When Schumer predicted a Democratic Senate last week they now have to say the opposite. Frankly, I think Schumer should not have made that prediction--just said something like "we are confident it can happen." But I do think it could happen as the GOP have many more vulnerable seats than the GOP and polls show some surprisingly close races where there shouldn't be--such as in Missouri.