{"id":4841,"date":"2018-10-22T12:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T16:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=4841"},"modified":"2018-10-22T12:31:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T16:31:28","slug":"22oct2018-mid-terms-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/22\/22oct2018-mid-terms-update\/","title":{"rendered":"22OCT2018 &#8211; Mid-Terms Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dems have written off taking over the Senate.\u00a0 So they&#8217;ve thrown all their money and all their gas-lighting to retaking the House.\u00a0 But even there, things are not going as planned.\u00a0 Instead of the towering Blue Wave they are down to the ebb and flow of the tide coming in and out and the Republicans look just as likely as not to hold the House this time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2018\/10\/22\/five_reasons_republicans_can_hold_the_house.html\">https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2018\/10\/22\/five_reasons_republicans_can_hold_the_house.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, if the American people spare the House Republicans once again there&#8217;s no guarantee that these Republican Rats will honor this trust and get the president&#8217;s agenda moving in the House.\u00a0 They are a feckless bunch and only marginally better than the Dems.\u00a0 But somehow I think that with Ryan gone the House will somewhat make up for their past sins by getting the Wall on the agenda.\u00a0 I know it seems crazy to believe they&#8217;ll come through but somehow I think they realize it&#8217;s the only thing that can save their precious jobs in the long run.\u00a0 I&#8217;m already looking forward to the event.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll have a post up to allow the comments to run as a discussion area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dems have written off taking over the Senate.\u00a0 So they&#8217;ve thrown all their money and all their gas-lighting to retaking the House.\u00a0 But even<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,818,245,237,6],"tags":[1414,1085,268],"class_list":["post-4841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-ocf","category-review-of-article","category-reviews","category-trump","tag-2018-mid-terms","tag-house-mid-terms","tag-senate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>22OCT2018 - Mid-Terms Update - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/22\/22oct2018-mid-terms-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"22OCT2018 - Mid-Terms Update - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Dems have written off taking over the Senate.\u00a0 So they&#8217;ve thrown all their money and all their gas-lighting to retaking the House.\u00a0 But even\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/22\/22oct2018-mid-terms-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-22T16:31:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"photog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@orionscoldfire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@orionscoldfire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"photog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/22\/22oct2018-mid-terms-update\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/22\/22oct2018-mid-terms-update\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"photog\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d11e80f83f3825ce9fe38a5303eb64d3\"},\"headline\":\"22OCT2018 &#8211; 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