THE DEM DREAM – AT 11:24 A.M. ET:   Democrats increasingly believe that they might be able to flip the House of Representatives next year.  It's a tall order, and the party isn't highly loved by most of the public.  But the Republicans aren't exactly writing the book on governing right now, and that might give the Dems a shot.  From Fox: 

Democrats are banking on Trump fatigue and discontent with the GOP-led Congress as they vow to compete in 79 House races next year, but the ambitious plan to retake the chamber will also require a big dose of cash. 

Capitol Hill Republicans’ struggles with ObamaCare reform and the flood of negative news about the White House may give the Democrats an opening to win back the House. Needing to capture at least 24 net seats in 2018 to take the House, party leaders identified 59 potentially competitive races in January and 20 more last week.

“No district is off the table,” New Mexico Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, co-chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said at a press conference last week.

Lujan said the group has raised more money online so far this year than in all of 2015, but added, “I know (Republicans) will outraise us.”

Jesse Hunt, national spokesman for the Republican National Congressional Committee, on Tuesday told Fox News: “It appears House Democrats haven’t given up on the old shotgun approach. Throwing out races to see which ones stick is the same strategy that’s kept them in the minority since 2010.”

Republicans have controlled the Senate since 2014 and won control of the House seven years ago in the same kind of midterm wave election Democrats are hoping to ride next year.

COMMENT:  The 2018  election is a year and five months away, so predictions are absurd.  But Republicans might try waking up and getting things done, and the White House might try for a better sense of organization.  Republicans have historically worked hard and creatively to lose elections.  I hope they redirect their efforts this time.

May 31, 2017