As An Orange Mane Glows In D.C. . . . Republican Prospects Seem Brightening For Mid-Term Elections
By DEXTER DUGGAN Will Republicans in this November’s midterm elections do less walking into walls and more walking on water? Predictions from quarters that wish the GOP ill had foreseen a blue wave of outraged Democrats drowning chronically hapless Republicans in the vote ritual shortly after Halloween. Democrats are frightening enough as the current party of death and degeneracy, and the thought of their becoming more powerful politically in the month before Christmas is no gift by any measure. Political fortunes rise and fall with events, but in early May events were swimming in President Trump’s direction. Sensing the way the tide was running, GOP primary-election candidates often fought to position themselves as the Trumpiest of all. From beneath the…Continue Reading