Despite EVERYTHING that has happened there is an article on CNN today entitled "GOP sees highest favorability in seven years": https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/24/politics/republican-party-favorability/index.html The current state of affairs is beyond depressing. I continue to believe that the Democrats should have had a more coherent platform, and they will be lucky to take the House. On the other hand I continue to write checks to the DCCC and the DSCC in the hope that they can get out the vote. If the Dems can take BOTH the Senate and the House, then perhaps disaster can be averted. But my sense is that the Dems are just not adept at what politics has become.