GOP gloom: Republicans predict House majority will be swept away by Democratic 'spending tsunami'
by David M. Drucker
| October 03, 2018 10:07 AM
Five weeks before critical midterm elections, House Republicans are outgunned and outmanned as a constellation of well-resourced Democratic groups dedicated to winning the majority overwhelm GOP defenses.
From financially flush super PACs flooding the zone with advertising to grassroots organizations directing money and volunteers to targeted races, around a dozen political groups are fueling the Democratic Party’s campaign to flip 23 seats and capture the House on Nov. 6.
In a toxic environment driven by discontent with President Donald Trump, the barrage has become too much to handle for the two groups manning the barricades for House Republicans: the National Republican Congressional Committee, their official campaign arm, and the Congressional Leadership Fund, their designated super PAC.
“Our guys are taking a beating,†Rob Simms, a Republican consultant and former NRCC executive director, said Tuesday in an interview with the Washington Examiner.
America First Action, a third GOP group and Trump's designated super PAC, is playing a limited role in defending the Republican Party's threatened House majority, with investments in 10 key races.
Democrats are challenging in districts from coast to coast amid a brewing blue storm sustained by a rebellion in America’s historically Republican suburbs. Women are the tip of the spear for Democrats, with their strong support helping the party build a durable generic ballot lead of more than 7 percentage points that suggests voters are poised to rebuke the House GOP on Election Day.
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