Democrats for Optimism

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Democrats for Optimism
By Kyle Trygstad, Roll Call


Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen , the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is confident Democrats will retain the majority in Congress on Nov. 2, despite the GOP’s optimism about their party’s prospects.

“Congressional Republicans inside the Beltway are already popping the champagne bottles and say that they are going to seize control of the United States Congress,” Van Hollen told reporters on Friday in a speech at the National Press Club. “It is a premature celebration. And I can assure that you that despite the Washington summer political chatter, reports of the House Democrats’ demise are greatly exaggerated.”

Van Hollen’s reasoning centered on three arguments: Americans want to “continue moving forward” and not return to the economic policies of President George W. Bush ; GOP candidates “emerging from primaries across the country are on the far right of the political spectrum” and do not fit the districts they are running in; and that “campaigns do matter, and Congressional Democrats have been preparing for what we knew would be a very tough cycle.”

Van Hollen, in his second tour as chairman of the DCCC, also took issue with those who are comparing 2010 to 1994. That year, Republicans catapulted back into power by picking up 54 House seats and eight Senate seats. While President Barack Obama ’s approval ratings continue to fall and Republicans hold the lead in generic polling, Van Hollen pointed to recent surveys that show Democrats remain the more trustworthy party.

“In 1994, the American people saw congressional Republicans as a viable alternative to the Democrats,” he said. “The polls today indicate that is simply not the case.”

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[DemocraticPilgrim]

1. I think so too, we have a lot to be optimistic about as long as we can keep them in office. The auto

industry is the PRIME example of good Democratic governance and should be hammered home till November. The auto industry is what America can, and will look like by the time their work has done. They just need the tools, with more Senators and House members. Understandably peoples cynicism grew large under the last Republican administration, but time to wear the rose tinted glasses because ahead are great days indeed.