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Democrats brace against potential 2018 Senate 'disaster'

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Red-state Democrats and party strategists are already nervously looking past 2016, when they are angling to recapture the Senate, to the 2018 elections, hoping against hope that their party isn’t setting itself up for a titanic midterm backlash that could flip control of the Senate for a third time in three elections.

As difficult as the 2016 Senate map has been for Republicans, who had to defend numerous blue- and purple-state seats and could lose their majority, Democrats’ 2018 map looks practically unnavigable. The party starts with five ruby-red seats to defend: Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia. Then, Democrats have a slew of Senate seats up in traditional swing states, including Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin. If he doesn’t become vice president, Tim Kaine will also face reelection in closely divided Virginia in 2018. And if he does, a Democratic appointee could face an expensive special election in 2017 before the race for a full term the next year.
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Democrats brace against potential 2018 Senate 'disaster' - POLITICO

The Trump effect, if it translates down ticket at all, will likely be short-lived. My sympathies are with wanting to keep what remaining moderate to conservative Democrats we have, but be ready for the continued impact of America's increasingly polarized electorate and the long-standing mid-term lethargy from Democratic Party voters.
 
Fiddytree said:
Democrats brace against potential 2018 Senate 'disaster' - POLITICO

The Trump effect, if it translates down ticket at all, will likely be short-lived. My sympathies are with wanting to keep what remaining moderate to conservative Democrats we have, but be ready for the continued impact of America's increasingly polarized electorate and the long-standing mid-term lethargy from Democratic Party voters.
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I was thinking about this the other day, and couldn't help but wonder:

If the Dems win a very slight Senatorial majority in November, does this give license to the GOP to stall the Supreme Court nominations until 2018?

I suspect not, but I bet they'd like to try. If Clinton gets in, it will likely be a 'squeaker' - with her getting a plurality of the vote, rather than a majority. Could this, along with vociferous post-election Trumpian cries of "fixed & rigged", give them motivation?
 
Even if the Democrats retake the Senate this year I see almost no chance for Democrats to keep the Senate in 2018. Manchin and Heitkamp's personal popularity might save them if they're very lucky, but Tester and Donnelly seem very likely to go down. McCaskill seems more and more likely to retire than try and win a very uphill senate battle here.
 
Chomsky said:
I was thinking about this the other day, and couldn't help but wonder:

If the Dems win a very slight Senatorial majority in November, does this give license to the GOP to stall the Supreme Court nominations until 2018?

I suspect not, but I bet they'd like to try. If Clinton gets in, it will likely be a 'squeaker' - with her getting a plurality of the vote, rather than a majority. Could this, along with vociferous post-election Trumpian cries of "fixed & rigged", give them motivation?
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Can't the president appoint a temporary justice until the Senate votes in a permanent choice?
 
Moderate Right said:
Can't the president appoint a temporary justice until the Senate votes in a permanent choice?
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To the best of my knowledge - no.

Actually, there's a provision I believe when the Senate is in recess or out of session, but Obama got bit by the SCOTUS last time he tried to use that provision.
 
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