Donald Trump keeps harping on a nonexistent "red wave," which is not only silly but derelict of him. He needs to be worrying instead about the 83-footer that was recently recorded in Hurricane Florence. (But maybe he's too busy diverting money to ICE from FEMA and the Coast Guard.)
But okay, "red wave." It's pretty amazing that the Trumpsters continue to push that narrative when we've been inundated with headlines about how the Senate is now in play.
Mitch McConnell is worried. Democrats are well in the hunt in Arizona, Nevada, Tennessee and even, as we all know from the GOP panicking, Texas. While we don't know how North Dakota, Missouri and Montana are shaking out, we wouldn't be surprised if Fightin' Joe Manchin is removed from the endangered Democratic incumbent list by October 1. (He is basing his campaign on healthcare, a smart move considering that West Virginia has the highest adult obesity rate in the country.)
Which allegedly endangered Democrat will drop off that list after Manchin? Indiana's Joe Donnelly? Like Manchin, Donnelly is facing a relatively weak opponent who emerged from a hotly contested GOP primary. It's unclear how many Republican voters will be motivated to turn out in the face of Trump's bad poll numbers, Robert Mueller's investigation, the "Anonymous" op-ed and Bob Woodward's book.
So long story short, color that red wave blue. In our humble opinion, it's been building ever since Trump's disastrous Helsinki press conference, when clear-thinking Americans of every stripe suddenly grasped the meaning of the nickname "Benedict Donald." We cats HISS and PURR.
(IMAGE: The New York Times)
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