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“What if this is Kavanaugh again” is the ultimate example of Democrats’ scaredy-cat disease. After Kavanaugh, they lost Senate seats in deep red states; they also won 40 House seats and swept the Midwest, as most voters opposed Kavanaugh’s confirmation. https://t.co/eEyoaMWLkT — PolitiTweet.org

Heard a lot of top Dem political strategists — upon first hearing the Trump/Ukraine news — fearing the politics of… https://t.co/ZZnK6xerIB

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Big question here is what those supporters of the single-digit candidates do. Biden’s support is lower than Clinton’s — same CNN poll four years ago had her at 70 percent to 20% for Sanders. https://t.co/gXwbPhYBSJ — PolitiTweet.org

Biden still has a South Carolina firewall. https://t.co/VxggFAvz06

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Anyway, the “what if we fire up their base” conversation makes sense in a *midterm,* when both parties’ vote tends to decline; anything that wakes up the other team is bad. In a presidential year, the other team is turning out anyway. — PolitiTweet.org

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