Determined corgi tries to get his lethargic friend to go on a walk https://t.co/EXP08NowPk pic.twitter.com/1y0wj3rgbQ
— Colin Campbell (@colincampbell) July 27, 2018
Note that the ‘lethargic friend’ is holding their end of the rope in their teeth, so it’s more game than trial.
This poor little dude, on the other hand…
Party with your doggo while he's wearing this lit vest pic.twitter.com/0iKC8MkRhr
— Mashable (@mashable) July 28, 2018
Stay positive!
A number of Republicans glumly agree that the Democrats’ tidal wave looks big enough right now to wash over the seawall they’ve built with gerrymandered districts https://t.co/28kGM11amx
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 27, 2018
… In more than a dozen interviews with top strategists in both parties conducted by TPM this week, every Democrat and all but one Republican said that the Democrats have the upper hand heading into the homestretch of the campaign. But there’s plenty of disagreement about how sure a bet that is. Different plugged-in Democrats guesstimated their chances of winning control as between 55 percent and 80 percent. Two Republicans put their party’s chances of control as low as one in three, while one optimist put it at 60 percent likelihood.
That’s a wide range of opinions held by people with access to a lot of private polling and modeling information, as well as the opposition research and TV ads that have yet to air, though the majority of strategists in both parties put Democrats’ chances of winning at between 50 and 60 percent. The one thing all strategists, granted anonymity so they could speak candidly, agree on: Democrats’ chances of winning the 23 House seats needed for control look significantly better than they did even one month ago…
Democrats’ enthusiasm gap advantage remains large. Independents are breaking for Democrats by double-digit margins nationally and in most districts. The map of true tossup races seems to keep shifting Democrats’ way. With Sunday marking 100 days until the election, the unofficial start of the campaign’s homestretch, professional Democrats are a lot cheerier than their Republican counterparts as they look to get their clients to Congress…
In a special preview for Axios readers, @Redistrict of Cook Political Report unpacks the GOP's daunting math: "With 102 days to go, Democrats remain substantial favorites for House control." https://t.co/dJ1FF6YcFz
— Axios (@axios) July 27, 2018
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