{"id":1131419,"date":"2021-12-18T22:49:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T03:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131419"},"modified":"2021-12-18T22:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T03:49:42","slug":"report-democrat-party-leaders-prepare-for-red-wave-in-2022-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-democrat-party-leaders-prepare-for-red-wave-in-2022-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Democrat Party Leaders Prepare for Red Wave in 2022 Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-democrat-party-leaders-prepare-for-red-wave-in-2022-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131419&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/oct20-2021-nancy-pelosi-build-back-better-bill-ap-photo-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrat Party leaders are lowering their expectations for the 2022 midterms and bracing for a future wherein Republicans control both the House and Senate, according to a&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/18\/democrats-2022-hurricane-525283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After interviewing over 24 state party chairs, strategists, and executive directors,&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;determined that the Democrats \u201care reframing the 2022 election as a defensive effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rather than keeping their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats\u2019 focus is on maintaining their Senate majority and preventing the Republicans from taking control of the House by more than 20 seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goal is \u2014 even if it\u2019s slim, if it\u2019s by one \u2014 it\u2019s keeping control of the House and adding at least one or two more to the United States Senate,\u201d&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/18\/democrats-2022-hurricane-525283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Democrat National Committee chair Jaime Harrison.<\/p>\n<p>At a Democrat training event in Charleston, South Carolina, one strategist said, \u201cIf we\u2019re in the 10 to 20 [loss of House seats] range, that will be better than we thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>One state party chair gave up on the idea of a Democrat majority in the House, telling&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>, \u201cI don\u2019t see any way we keep the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Democrat Party\u2019s vice chair, Peg Schaffer, said, \u201cI\u2019m scared. We need to get the vote out, and in the midterms, it\u2019s hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With rising inflation, President Joe Biden\u2019s plummeting approval rating, and thousands of Americans dying each day from the coronavirus, Democrats feel their 2022 prospects are not promising. Karl Sandstrom, a lawyer working with Democrats, said, \u201cIt certainly isn\u2019t promising. But it\u2019s a long year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Certain Democrats ,like Sandstrom and Nevada Democrat Party chair Judith Whitmer, are optimistic about their chances in 2022, but they are a part of a dwindling minority of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to stop with this tendency to have a self-fulfilling prophecy,\u201d&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/18\/democrats-2022-hurricane-525283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Whitmer. \u201cWe keep hearing this narrative, \u2018It\u2019s going to be a bloodbath.\u2019 \u2026 I don\u2019t think we should look at it like that. I think we have to be optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats believe the key to success in the midterm election relies on the ability of Congress to get Biden\u2019s agenda passed.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/18\/democrats-2022-hurricane-525283\">Politico<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>&nbsp;If Democrats are able to muscle voting rights legislation through Congress and also pass Biden\u2019s Build Back Better agenda \u2014 and if inflation and Covid come under control \u2014 one state party executive director said Democrats could at least maintain a sufficiently large minority in the House to \u201cblock bad things from happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Democrats face an uphill battle attempting to pass Biden\u2019s Build Back Better agenda. Biden recently&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/16\/biden-concedes-bbb-bill-wont-get-passed-this-year-525194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conceded<\/a>&nbsp;that the bill would not get passed before the end of the year, which is what Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wanted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Party leaders are lowering their expectations for the 2022 midterms and bracing for a future wherein Republicans control both the House and Senate, according to a\u00a0Politico\u00a0report. 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