With everyone and his brother predicting that a blue tsunami will wash over the Senate as well as the House, I want to write something contrarian. This way, if the Republicans do hang on to the Senate, I’ll get credit for defying the conventional wisdom.And if they don’t, I won’t get kicked out of the punditocracy – folks will just say well, he put a lot of caveats in there.THE NINE KEY RACES THAT WILL DECIDE WHO CONTROLS THE SENATE, AND WHERE THEY STANDThe truth is, I don’t know who is going to capture the upper chamber, and neither do you. And neither do all the pontificators and speculators online or on the air. A view of the US Senate office as the US Capitol Police (USCP). (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)I do know the GOP is pouring tens of millions into contests they might otherwise lose, giving their people – even scandal-scarred Ken Paxton – a huge advantage on the airwaves in the final two weeks.
But money doesn’t always move voters once they’ve made up their minds in this era of early voting. Is Maine’s Susan Collins liked enough to hang one more time against aggressive Troy Jackson (and thankfully not weirdo Graham Platner), when Donald Trump shouts every day ‘Pretend I’m on the ballot’?" We got it, Mr.President. Josh Turek is an Iowa legislator and also a wheelchair basketball player who suffers from spina bifida.
His GOP opponent, Rep.Ashley Hinton, says she doesn’t want "endless wars" but welcomes a Trump visit. She’s talked about such issues as open borders and transgender surgery.
Turek has focused on the Iran war and soaring health premiums because Congress failed to amend the Affordable Care Act.In nearby Kansas, where Trump campaigned yesterday, Democrat Adam Hamilton is the founder of a Methodist mega-church, which would seem like a big plus in that conservative state, but some Dems are turned off by the religious aspect.Republican Sen.
Roger Marshall, an obstetrician who served in the Army R...