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GOP icon drops bold midterm 'prediction' that defies the polls
The Senate Committee’s Fantasy MachinePower, Not PredictionThe power in this story sits where it always sits: with the party apparatus that turns political anxiety into money and data. Newt Gingrich’s email, sent on behalf of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, is not a forecast in any serious sense. It is a fundraising instrument dressed up as prophecy, built to extract contact information and cash by telling Republicans what they want to hear.One Short SummaryGingrich told supporters Republicans were headed for a sweeping midterm win, with big House gains and several Senate…
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