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Don’t count Democrats out of the Congressional race just yet
The number of seats Republicans are expected to capture is impressive. Can Obamacare enrollment help turn the tide?RICHARD PHILLIPS, THE GLOBALIST
Washington insiders are nearly unanimous is forecasting doom for the Democratic Party in the November mid-term elections. And based on current public opinion polls, the list of states in which Republicans are expected to take away seats from the Democrats is impressive.
Indeed, the math alone — on seats to be defended by each party — is very unfavorable for Democrats in the Senate. This presents Democrats with a momentous task to maintain control of the chamber. But the pundits may be ignoring the ever-shifting sands of American politics, where outcomes are not always so easily forecast.
The first major event of the 2014 election season took place on the last day of March, when the Obama Administration took the count of ACA enrollees.
The early expectation had been that 7 million people would enroll in the news health care plans. On Monday, it turned out that registrations surpassed government expectations, with over 7 million enrolled and another million on waiting lists to start the enrollment process.
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http://www.salon.com/2014/04/03/dont_count_democrats_out_of_the_congressional_race_just_yet_partner/
