. . . reveal a clueless incumbent in Minnesota's First.
Gil Gutknecht recently told an audience in Rochester that the GOP would add four seats to its majority in the House:
Gutknecht, a six-term incumbent locked in a tight race with Democratic challenger Tim Walz, introduced Bush.
"As they say on Wall Street, the trend is your friend," he said, referring to national generic congressional polls that have recently showed Democrats' anticipated big majorities shrinking. "One I saw yesterday showed they were only four up. If we're only four down on election day, I've got news for you: We're going to gain seats. Everything's going our way."
Actually, over on Wall Street, those leftists at the Wall Street Journal are saying something entirely different about GOP chances of hanging on to the House in the free article "Campaign Cash Clues":
In the House, where Democrats need 15 seats to win control, the field continues to worsen for Republicans. Party leaders have been forced to spend in such states as Idaho, which wasn't on anyone's map of contested races at the start of the year. It isn't clear they have the money to sustain such a broad defense through Election Day.
In the first two weeks of October, Republican Party committees spread millions of dollars across 53 House races while Democrats concentrated on 33. The Republican expenditures include eleventh-hour contributions to protect incumbents in New Mexico, Virginia, Pennsylvania and West Virginia who have suddenly seen their races turn more competitive. Overall, Republican committees have spent $45 million on House races.
The Democrats have spent $26 million, almost all of it trying to snatch Republican-held seats. Of the eight races in which Democratic incumbents are facing serious challenges, the Republican committees stopped spending money in four earlier this month, all but ceding them.
The WSJ also takes a look at "Polls and Pundits: How Reliable Are Forecasts?"
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MnPublius offers its take on the Doug Grow column. As Matt advises, go over to the Walz website and help Tim Walz win.
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