CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 24, 2018
FEWER THAN TWO WEEKS TO GO BEFORE THE ELECTION. HOW IS IT LOOKING?
IF ENTHUSIASM IS ANY INDICATION, PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUES TO DRAW HUGE CROWDS. IN HOUSTON MONDAY NIGHT, 70 THOUSAND PEOPLE TRIED TO GET INTO AN ARENA THAT HOLDS 17,000. SENATOR TED CRUZ’S OPPONENT, BETO O’ROURKE, IS DRAWING FAR SMALLER CROWDS AND BARACK OBAMA IS ALSO DRAWING SMALLER CROWDS THAN HE IS USED TO. IN A RECENT SPEECH HE REFERRED TO HIMSELF MORE THAN 90 TIMES.
PERHAPS THE BIGGEST INDICATOR OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING IS THE MEDIA RESPONSE. THREE MONTHS AGO THE MEDIA WERE PREDICTING A BLUE WAVE OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS. REPUBLICAN WOULD LOSE THEIR MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND TRUMP WOULD BE IMPEACHED. NOW THEY ARE HEDGING THEIR BETS WITH SOME POLLSTERS AND NETWORKS SAYING THE RACE COULD BE CLOSE AND OTHERS SAYING REPUBLICANS COULD HOLD ON TO AND EVEN ADD TO THEIR MAJORITIES IN BOTH HOUSES.
AS ALWAYS TURNOUT IS KEY. APPROVAL FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLICIES IS RISING AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANICS, TWO GROUPS THAT USUALLY VOTE MOSTLY FOR DEMOCRATS. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE YOUR AND THE COUNTRY’S BEST INTERESTS? I’M CAL THOMAS.
