So much for "Roe-vember"

Death. Taxes. Democrats finding a proverbial feces pile to step in. 

The Dems' derangement in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's June ruling overturning Roe v. Wade had them convinced they could thwart Republicans' attempts to take over Congress. And while polling actually improved for Democrats over the summer, their prospects to keep the majority in the U.S. House are gone with the U.S. Senate still a "toss up." No more denying reality. 

A recent CBS News/YouGov survey has Democrats running 2 percentage points behind Republicans in the generic congressional ballot — a measure closely tied to a party’s performance in the midterms. A New York Times/Siena College poll released on Monday showed likely voters inclined to vote Republican by a 49 percent to 45 percent margin. Independent women — a critical constituency for Democrats in swing states and districts — had swung sharply toward Republicans in the span of a month.

“I’m wishing the election were in August,” said Matt Bennett of the center-left group Third Way. “I think we peaked a little early.”

For Democrats, the timing could hardly be worse. Gas prices, after falling for weeks, are climbing again. Inflation is still out of control, and the stock market, despite a rally on Monday, has been taking a beating. Meantime, Republicans have been hammering Democrats on the economy and crime in a barrage of post-Labor Day advertising. And all of that is happening with early voting already underway in key states.

“Look, man, I’ve been at this for 30 years, and it is always the period in late September and early October when an election starts to tilt and move,” said Mark Longabaugh, a progressive ad maker who worked on Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign. “So, we’re at that moment, and I don’t think you can look at these numbers across the country and say anything but it looks like it’s moving in Republicans’ direction.”

He said, “I think it’s clear Republicans have seized the upper hand.”

A big problem for Dems is the far left progs are the loudest voices in their party. As such, they operate under the delusion that the leftist pap spewed on platforms like Twitter is the approach they should take to campaigning and then, if elected, governing. While they thought they could market the overturning of Roe as an assault on "women's healthcare," they ended up overplaying their hand whenever pressed on if they believed there should be any restrictions on abortion. And that's where Republicans could actually...uh....POUNCE. 

On the campaign trail, not a single Democratic candidate running for national office will publicly support any restriction on abortion. This includes Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who is running for Senate in Ohio; gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.); Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who is running for governor; Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman who is running for Senate; and many more.

This position, championed as “mainstream” by most in media, is wildly out of step with the American people, and the data proves it. More importantly, it’s out of touch with women, including those who typically cast their ballots for Democrats.

According to a Harvard/Harris poll released in July, the vast majority of women believe abortion should be banned after 15-weeks, with many holding the view restrictions should come earlier in pregnancy. The poll was the largest survey on the issue since the Dobbs decision a few weeks earlier.

I guess we now know why Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) proposed legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks despite it having no chance to get through the Senate. He was looking to get Dems on the record of voting against a measure which is literally within the mainstream. 

Whether Democrats like it or not, the top concerns on the minds of voters are inflation, the economy and public safety. As gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D-GA) clearly demonstrated, they still can't help but invoke abortion when asked specifically about economic issues. 

>@StaceyAbrams was asked what she can do as governor to alleviate high prices and "livability" issues w/ polls showing the economy is a greater factor for many voters than the Supreme Court's abortion ruling. Here’s what she said: #gapol pic.twitter.com/IjOIB2gES6

— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) October 19, 2022

There ya have it. Families could endure tough economic times if they had just killed those kids when they had a chance. Utterly ghoulish. 

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