The "Dems going after Paul Ryan in 2018" thing...how many voters are that aware, or give a f*ck? [View all]

[Miles Archer]

I read this today and thought "non-starter."

I use my sister and brother in law...both "red hats"...as a litmus test. If I throw Paul Ryan into the conversation, their response is "who?"

So the question I have here is that if the strategy is to make Ryan the poster child of all that is wrong in the Republican party, will that resonate in middle America? I see the red hats simply saying "Trump ought to fire him" and it ending right there.

House Democrats choose a 2019 villain: Paul Ryan — not Donald Trump



https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/house-democrats-choose-a-2019-villain-paul-ryan-not-donald-trump/

WASHINGTON - House Democrats think they've found a Republican to demonize during next year's midterm election, and it's not Donald Trump.

Recognizing the Republican president's enduring popularity with his white working-class base, Democrats are preparing a campaign that focuses just as much on Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House whose standing with Trump voters has suffered as Republicans struggle to pass major legislation through Congress.

Democrats say the Republican lawmaker better represents a dysfunctional Washington, especially in an election in which the party will fight in conservative-leaning districts where Trump performed well last year.

"On the battlefield we have, we have to target districts where Donald Trump performed quite well and talk to people about Speaker Ryan," said Tyler Law, spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the political arm of House Democrats. "A message about establishment Washington Republicans is very powerful and does not alienate voters.

"Speaker Ryan is going to be huge factor in the midterm election," Law said. "There's no question about that."