{"id":1468732,"date":"2022-05-09T11:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1468732"},"modified":"2022-05-09T11:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:14:39","slug":"the-biden-administration-is-a-loser-in-the-2022-midterms-democratic-strategist-offers-warning-to-his-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biden-administration-is-a-loser-in-the-2022-midterms-democratic-strategist-offers-warning-to-his-party\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Biden Administration Is A Loser\u2019 In The 2022 Midterms: Democratic Strategist Offers Warning To His Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fthe-biden-administration-is-a-loser-in-the-2022-midterms-democratic-strategist-offers-warning-to-his-party%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=1468732&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/2022-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Democrats will lose their control of the House by a \u201cbig majority\u201d if they campaign on a stridently progressive, left-wing message, according to one of the top strategists in the Democratic Party. Yet, this source believes his party will stick with the Biden administration\u2019s approved talking points \u2014 despite the electoral risk \u2014 which, in turn, will set up a midterm election outcome that \u201cwill be a foregone conclusion\u201d in favor of the GOP. With six months to the midterms, and Republicans polling well above average, he believes the force most likely to stop the Republicans from electoral success is <\/span><i><span>themselves<\/span><\/i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Democratic campaign consultant <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/douglasschoen.com\/bio\/\"><span>Doug Schoen<\/span><\/a><span>, a former advisor to President Bill Clinton, told this reporter that Democrats who cling to the administration\u2019s policies will pay the price in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI would say that the agenda of the Biden administration is a loser,\u201d said Schoen in an interview with The Daily Wire. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen that in poll after poll and special election after special election.\u201d The most dramatic example may be the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-the-virginia-governors-race-was-won\"><span>Republican sweep of Virginia\u2019s top state races<\/span><\/a><span> last November, as Glenn Youngkin, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/winsome-sears-calls-out-joy-reid-over-msnbc-analysts-rant\"><span>Winsome Sears<\/span><\/a><span>, and Jason Miyares were elected governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, respectively, in an increasingly Democratic state. Their winning formula returned suburban women to the GOP fold by campaigning in favor of parental rights in education and against <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/what-is-critical-race-theory-breaking-down-the-ideology-thats-hitting-schools-across-the-country\"><span>politically polarizing public school curricula<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>These wins mean that the Democratic Party needs to appeal less to a thin, ideological niche and more to the average American. Schoen speculated that Democrats who hope to win in 2022 should \u201crun much more as fiscal conservatives, much more inclusively, and much more on promoting a bipartisan agenda. And I would attack the Republicans for being extreme and the party of Trump.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut frankly, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to work. And even more, I don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to do it,\u201d Schoen said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), as well as some Democrats in the ever-shrinking number of swing districts, have tried to appeal to voters on border security. Hassan visited the border, while Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) called on Congress to pass bipartisan \u201ccomprehensive immigration reform.\u201d Progressive Democrats warn that any step toward increased immigration reform and border security would alienate the party\u2019s left-wing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019ll hurt them with parts of the Democratic coalition who have nowhere else to go,\u201d Schoen considered. \u201cBut bottom line: The broad mass of the American people \u2014 especially swing voters in Arizona and Nevada, where we have two key Senate races \u2014 want border security, and they want it now. And unless Biden and the Democrats appreciate that and act on it, the impact in November for the Democratic Party will be cataclysmic in the southwest and will hurt nationwide.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Politicos already anticipate the 2022 midterms to end Democratic control of Congress. Pollsters have documented a significant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2022\/03\/24\/republicans-more-likely-than-democrats-to-say-partisan-control-of-congress-really-matters\/\"><span>enthusiasm gap<\/span><\/a><span> in favor of Republican voters. President Joe Biden\u2019s approval rating is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/biden-approval-rating\/\"><span>ten points<\/span><\/a><span> underwater, and Vice President Kamala Harris polls <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/approval\/kamala-harris\/\"><span>even lower<\/span><\/a><span>. These numbers come amidst a news cycle punctuated by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/consumer-prices-soar-8-5-in-march-highest-hike-since-1981\"><span>highest inflation rate<\/span><\/a><span> in 40 years, surging gas prices, one quarter of U.S. economic contraction, and an uncontrolled border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When I asked Schoen the most important midterm elections to watch, he named \u201cthe Pennsylvania Senate race, the Nevada Senate race, the Arizona Senate race\u201d \u2014 three of the four Senate races The Daily Wire highlighted in \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/these-are-the-most-important-races-to-watch-in-2022\"><span>These Are The Most Important Races To Watch In 2022<\/span><\/a><span>.\u201d \u201cThose are three big races that have control of the Senate and, indeed, leadership in our country will depend on,\u201d said Schoen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump has endorsed the former TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz in the Republican Senate primary. Some conservatives have questioned Oz\u2019s conservative credentials based on his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dr-oz-campaign-insists-he-has-always-been-pro-life-his-past-comments-indicate-otherwise\"><span>past comments on abortion<\/span><\/a><span>, transgender ideology, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/articles-surface-featuring-dr-ozs-name-on-byline-that-cheer-clamping-down-on-second-amendment-rights\"><span>gun control<\/span><\/a><span>. Oz <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DqChJ9eKDRk\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> Fox News host Sean Hannity earlier this month that he\u2019s pro-life and pro-Second Amendment and that he opposes teaching gender ideology in schools. Polls before the endorsement <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/senate\/Pennsylvania.html\"><span>showed<\/span><\/a><span> Oz trailing former <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2022-04-06\/mccormick-vs-dr-oz-ex-bridgewater-ceo-gets-trumpy-in-pa-senate-race\"><span>hedge fund<\/span><\/a><span> executive <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/david-mccormick-tops-mehmet-oz-in-pennsylvania-senate-race-poll\"><span>David McCormick<\/span><\/a><span>, who has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/ick-santorum-endorses-dave-mccormick-pennsylvania-senate-race-a46bc3ac-b8d0-418e-b80d-f1f475c2b794.html\"><span>endorsed<\/span><\/a><span> by former Senator Rick Santorum. This race may show us the strength of Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement this cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Nevada, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/senate\/nv\/nevada_senate_laxalt_vs_cortez_masto-7392.html\"><span>dueling polls<\/span><\/a><span> show <\/span><span>Republican Adam Laxalt and first-term incumbent Senator Catherine Cortez Masto leading: one favors Laxalt by three points, while another puts the incumbent ahead by eight. Further, Arizona still looks like a toss-up, with Democrat Mark Kelly holding a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azhighground.com\/senator-mark-kelly-maintains-four-point-advantage-over-unnamed-republican-opponent\/\"><span>four-point lead<\/span><\/a><span> over a generic Republican challenger to retain the Senate seat once held by Barry Goldwater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The power of Trump\u2019s endorsement cannot be doubted based on Ohio\u2019s fraught Republican Senate primary. \u201cHillbilly Elegy\u201d author J.D. Vance had once been mired in third place. A March poll showed Vance garnering only <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/official-polls\/gibbons-mandel-lead-ohio-gop-senate-primary\"><span>11%<\/span><\/a><span> support, compared to 20% for former state treasurer Josh Mandel (who was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/3258696-cruz-endorses-josh-mandel-in-ohio-senate-race\/\"><span>endorsed<\/span><\/a><span> by Senator Ted Cruz) and 22% for businessman Mike Gibbons. However, a few things occurred. Firstly, during an Ohio Senate primary debate in March, Mandel and Gibbons appeared close to getting physical with one another, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nb97KhTxJSY\"><span>standing<\/span><\/a><span> literally <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/18\/ohio-gop-senate-debate-gibbons-mandel-fight-00018678\"><span>toe-to-toe<\/span><\/a><span>. Mandel, an Iraq veteran, took exception to Gibbons questioning his private sector experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTwo tours in Iraq. Don\u2019t tell me I haven\u2019t worked,\u201d a visibly upset Mandel told Gibbons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou don\u2019t know squat,\u201d Gibbons retorted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Their dispute allowed Vance to position himself as the voice of reason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Secondly, and most importantly, President Trump endorsed Vance on April 15, despite <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/campaign\/3461193-trump-stumps-for-vance-while-acknowledging-he-said-some-bad-sh-about-me\/\"><span>acknowledging<\/span><\/a><span> that Vance had \u201csaid some bad s**t about me\u201d in 2016. Vance took in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/22\/vance-ohio-senate-00027183\"><span>$5 million<\/span><\/a><span> in new donations in the following week and began an inexorable climb to the top of the polls. On election day, he bested Mandel by roughly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/liveresults.ohiosos.gov\/\"><span>eight points<\/span><\/a><span>. In November, Vance will face Democratic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/therightswriter.com\/2015\/01\/pro-life-democrat-catholic-congressman-embraces-abortion\/\"><span>Rep. Tim Ryan<\/span><\/a><span> of Youngstown. Ryan\u2019s recent spate of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timryan\/status\/1508795783210016772\"><span>anti-China ads<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/tim-ryan-is-right-china-is-our-adversary\"><span>stirred controversy<\/span><\/a><span>,<\/span><span> with some in the identity politics wing of the party denouncing them as anti-Asian.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Perhaps the most significant development in the House is the money race in Wyoming. Liz Cheney holds the state\u2019s only congressional seat, which was once held by her father. In the first quarter of this year, Cheney\u2019s primary challenger, Harriet Hageman, raised a massive $1.3 million \u2014 most of it from inside the state. Late last month, more than 100 House Republicans \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/23\/republicans-fundraiser-liz-cheney-challenger-00019758\"><span>including<\/span><\/a><span> House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, who took Cheney\u2019s position last May \u2014 held a fundraiser, bringing in about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicoalex\/status\/1509367960602877956\"><span>$215,000<\/span><\/a><span> for Hageman. Liz <\/span><span>Cheney has the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trib.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/rep-liz-cheney-challenger-harriet-hageman-smash-fundraising-records\/article_fa70dcd4-a035-576d-aad0-b67c9135c485.html\"><span>support<\/span><\/a><span> of Senator Mitt Romney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cheney also has $6.8 million in her war chest and raised $3 million last quarter. However, almost all of her funds have come from outside the state: Donors in six states contributed more to Cheney\u2019s campaign than Wyoming voters. Massachusetts donated nearly as much to Cheney as Wyoming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hageman looks to hold a prohibitive lead in the polls, but Wyoming\u2019s open primary system could allow Democrats to change their party registration on election day to vote against Hageman. Since Republicans make up 70% of registered Wyoming voters, even a full-scale Democratic defection might not be enough to save Cheney.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Schoen held out little hope that Democrats will retain control of the lower chamber this November. \u201cI think the House is pretty much a foregone conclusion that the Republicans will win and will win, probably, with a pretty big majority,\u201d Schoen inferred.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though, he said those tempted to write off the Democrats as a viable party have exaggerated its peril. \u201cLook, the Democratic Party, even in a reduced state, commands support from 35 to 40% of the electorate, no matter what happens \u2014 so reports of the party\u2019s demise would be overstated. At the same time, any rational observer looking at where they stand would understand they are at a weakened and weaker position than they\u2019ve been in any time since the 2020 election.\u201d He also added that Republican division and infighting during the primary season could weaken the GOP to the point that its voters do not show up at the polls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>I think the important thing to understand is, unless the Democrats have a different message from the one they\u2019re using now, the results will be a foregone conclusion,\u201d Schoen said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd the greatest enemy the Republican Party has as they go forward is the Republican Party.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democrats will lose their control of the House by a \u201cbig majority\u201d if they campaign on a stridently progressive, left-wing message, according to one of the top strategists in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":1482105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1468732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}