E.J.Dionne is an uber-lefty. No matter what happens, he always sees the Democrats as correct and the Republicans as wrong. He makes it plain that he hates President Trump. Nevertheless, he writes often in the mainstream media and people take him seriously. Today, for example, he's out with a column predicting that the "blue wave" for Democrats in November is going to start in New Jersey. Dionne is predicting big things for the Democrats in the garden state.
That's odd to me. Dionne is predicting a big sweep in Jersey just days after recent polling shows that the supposedly safe Democrat candidate for the senate, Bob Menendez is running only 2% ahead of his little known GOP opponent. That's terrible news for Menendez and the Democrats. And since there's no election for governor, it will be the senate race that will be at the top of the ticket. A GOP win in the senate race could easily swing House races to the GOP as well. Dionne just ignores all this and predicts a big Democrat win.
I never know how much of what someone like Dionne says is just lying and how much is a true difference in perspective. We all let our biases affect our expectations somewhat; it's human nature. Still, it seems hard to believe that reasonable people could come to the conclusions that Dionne is spouting.
I guess it's not too long until November. We will find out soon enough who is correct.
That's odd to me. Dionne is predicting a big sweep in Jersey just days after recent polling shows that the supposedly safe Democrat candidate for the senate, Bob Menendez is running only 2% ahead of his little known GOP opponent. That's terrible news for Menendez and the Democrats. And since there's no election for governor, it will be the senate race that will be at the top of the ticket. A GOP win in the senate race could easily swing House races to the GOP as well. Dionne just ignores all this and predicts a big Democrat win.
I never know how much of what someone like Dionne says is just lying and how much is a true difference in perspective. We all let our biases affect our expectations somewhat; it's human nature. Still, it seems hard to believe that reasonable people could come to the conclusions that Dionne is spouting.
I guess it's not too long until November. We will find out soon enough who is correct.
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