Lucas, something truly amazing is happening before our eyes: A skilled
arsonist named Donald Trump has doused a major political party in kerosene
and set it aflame—all the while convincing most of its members to
remain aboard and get burnt to a cinder with him. And one charred victim
of this conflagration may well be Speaker Paul Ryan and his majority in
the House of Representatives.
A new poll shows just how hot the fire has gotten.
According to a survey from NBC and the Wall Street Journal taken in the wake of Trump’s Access Hollywood hot mic tape, voters
now say they'd prefer to see Democrats control Congress by a 49-42
margin. That's up from just a 48-45 edge a month ago, but more crucially,
it's also
right around the mark we'd need in the national popular vote to take back the House.
We need to take advantage of the unique opportunity Trump offers. Daily
Kos has already endorsed 11 candidates for the House who are all running
in the kind of difficult races that we'll need to prevail in if we're
to win the 30 seats we need to recapture the House majority. Now we're
adding three more to our slate.
Can you chip in $1 to each of three new Daily Kos-endorsed candidates to
help them fan the flames that Trump's ignited?
The same poll finds Hillary Clinton punishing Trump by a huge 46-35 spread,
which again is an increase from her 43-37 lead in September. And two new
polls released this week show similar numbers: Clinton is up nine in both a
PRRI/The Atlantic poll and in an
NBC News poll. That's three new polls that show a Democratic landslide in the works—and
that's why we're going on offense.
Our three new endorsed candidates are:
- Beekeeper Michael Eggman in California's 10th Congressional District
- Former police officer Lynn Coleman in Indiana's 2nd Congressional District
- Navy veteran John Plumb in New York's 23rd Congressional District
Make no mistake: None of these contests will be easy to win. But the good
news is that the Republican incumbents in all three of these races—Jeff
Denham, Jackie Walorski, and Tom Reed—have refused to drop their
endorsements of Donald Trump, which means they're prepared to get
roasted to a crisp, too. We have four weeks left. It's time to pull
out the bellows and start pumping.
Please chip in $1 to each of our newly-endorsed candidates now and help
turn the House blue.
Keep fighting,
David Nir, Political Director
Daily Kos