Some of these GOP insiders seem remarkably slow on the uptake. This train has been barreling down the track the whole year.
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“Spain, who worked for the party’s House election arm during Barack Obama’s blowout 7 percentage point first presidential victory, said he sees ‘echoes of 2008’ in the current landscape, with growing chances of a tsunami that drowns congressional Republican candidates.
“‘In 2016, the president was a buoy. In 2020, he’s more of an anchor. There’s no question there are going to be losses down the ballot,’ he said.
“‘Six months ago, Republicans were hoping that we would be talking about Senate races in Colorado, Arizona and Maine. Instead, there’s concern about the potential outcomes in states like South Carolina, Georgia and Kansas.’
“The down-ballot panic intensified with the recognition that Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was in danger as a raft of polls since summer showed his race in a dead heat with Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison.”
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