Democrats are way too cocky over 2018

You know what they say about pride going before the fall ...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats.
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We know what to expect from midterm elections in a president's first term. History tells us that the party holding the White House generally loses seats in Congress. When presidents have approval ratings below 50 percent, they lose even more seats — and President Trump has never been close to sniffing 50 percent. It's little surprise, then, that Democrats confidently expect to pick up loads of seats in November's election, perhaps enough to wrest back control of the House, if not the Senate.

This may well be folly.

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Edward Morrissey

Edward Morrissey has been writing about politics since 2003 in his blog, Captain's Quarters, and now writes for HotAir.com. His columns have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Post, The New York Sun, the Washington Times, and other newspapers. Morrissey has a daily Internet talk show on politics and culture at Hot Air. Since 2004, Morrissey has had a weekend talk radio show in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and often fills in as a guest on Salem Radio Network's nationally-syndicated shows. He lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota with his wife, son and daughter-in-law, and his two granddaughters. Morrissey's new book, GOING RED, will be published by Crown Forum on April 5, 2016.