Hapless in Democratland National Review, Feb 1, 2018, Heather Wilhelm
‘Can’t stand church and family? Neither can we! Vote for the Democrats in 2018!’ It’s mind-boggling, isn’t it? As America edges closer to the 2018 midterm elections, expect to hear a growing herd of weirdly confident political pundits talk about a coming and inevitable “blue wave†— you know, the overwhelming mass election of Democrats to Congress that’s sure to come as a response to the presidency of Donald Trump.
This very well might happen. It also very well might not. When it comes to the current rush of breezy “blue wave†chatter, I’m reminded of a simple lesson that even the biggest knucklehead in politics should have learned by now. It’s a truth that applies not just to politics, but to life, so take heed: Unless you’re Nostradamus and can trick a bunch of people by waving around a dramatic-looking beard and some mystical-sounding quatrains, don’t go around making broad and overly confident predictions. They might end up making you look daffy.
History is full of terrible predictions uttered by smart and prominent people — “Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau,†from an economist in October 1929, is one particularly amazing specimen — so perhaps we shouldn’t be too harsh. The urge to predict is clearly hard to resist. But there’s a second and simpler reason to tread carefully around blue-wave predictions for this fall, and it is this: Strangely, the Democratic party’s strategy for 2018 seems to revolve around reminding people how happy they are that Democrats aren’t in charge.
Read more at:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455998/democratic-party-2018-midterm-congressional-elections-blue-wave-predictions-agenda-anti-trump
