FLUKE OR REAL? – AT 9:28 A.M. ET:  A second major poll, following Reuters earlier, now shows a dramatic tightening in the "generic ballot," which is a good predicter of miderm Congressional results.  From Rasmussen: 

Republicans have closed the gap in the Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

The latest telephone and online survey finds that 43% of Likely U.S. Voters would choose the Democratic candidate if the elections for Congress were held today. Forty-two percent (42%) would opt for the Republican. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and 10% are undecided.

This is the closest the ballot has been all year, but it remains to be seen whether this is a developing trend or a fluke.

Democrats held a 46% to 40% lead last week.

COMMENT:  We note that the election is a bit more than five months away.  That's about 20 lifetimes in politics.  If this is a trend, and not a fluke, the Dems are in serious trouble.  If they wish to take back the House and Senate, they should be much further ahead by now. 

One problem the Dems have is that they offer nothing besides hatred of Trump.  There is no real Democratic program.  Any attempts within the party to formulate one runs into the deep split between traditional Democrats and the new, radical left, which must be called what it is – socialist.  Most Americans are not socialists.

May 24,  2018