Originally Posted by Greger
Pero,

Rick has every right as a partisan Democrat to hope that the Blue Team scores a grand slam on November 8th. That good will triumph over evil, that the moral turpitude of the Republican party will be revealed and that Americans can march into a Brave New World....
Certainly, he does. I would expect nothing less. But hardcore partisans make very poor political strategist or forecasters, prognosticators or even political realist. Rick in the end may be right, but not today. We have 68 days to go before the election, quite a lot can happen between now and then. Trump can continue to shoot the Republican Party and its candidates in the foot, making them limp into the general election. A very good possibility.

Then again something could happen to energize the GOP to where once again they might regain both chambers. I doubt it, but possible. If I were a democratic political realist, I’d be very happy with gaining 3-4 governors, 2-3 in the senate giving the Democrats more control while losing the house by a few seats. That would be in my opinion an outstanding victory for the Democrats.

My Braves struggled to a 52-53 record at the end of July before they caught fire and went on to win the World series last year. Who would have thought that possible at the end of July. No one. The realist in me told me the Braves were going nowhere, but hope springs eternal. With 88 wins, my braves had the worst record of any playoff team. Yet they won it all. Are the democrats last years Atlanta Braves only in the political arena instead of the baseball field? Possible, but the odds are stacked against them, but then again, so too were the odds on my braves last year. The odds are against my braves again this year, maybe we’ll both be happy once all is said and done. I doubt it, but there’s always hope.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.