Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen does not appear confident that her party will be successful in the midterm elections.
Rosen made an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday during which she expressed her disappointment with her own party.
“I’m a loyal Democrat, but I am not happy. I just think that we are — we did not listen to voters in this election and I think we are going to have a bad night,” Rosen said.
She continued, “You know, this conversation’s not going to have much impact on Tuesday, but I hope it has an impact going forward.”
Rosen suggested when voters “tell you over and over and over again that they care mostly about the economy, listen to them. Stop talking about democracy being at stake. Democracy is at stake because people are fighting so much about what elections mean. I mean, voters have told us what they wanted to hear, and I don’t think Democrats have delivered this cycle.”
Watch Rosen’s comments below:
Longtime dem strategist @hilaryr: “I'm a loyal Democrat, but I am not happy. I just thinking we did not listen to voters in this election and I think we are going to have a bad night”
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) November 6, 2022
Notes that voters kept saying the economy was the number 1 issue
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CNN’s Bakari Sellers weighed in, saying Rosen’s point is “very true” about the messaging taking place.
He pointed out there are “good candidates” following her advice, including Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA).
While Rosen agreed Kelly is “popular,” she explained, “But Kari Lake is more popular. And the combination of Kari Lake’s popularity and Joe Biden’s unpopularity is going to hurt Mark Kelly. And so I think we’re going to — we’re in trouble because of the top of the ticket.”
Other political experts shared their predictions with Fox News with most saying Republicans will take control of the House while the Senate remains a toss-up.
The outlet predicts 47 Senate seats will go to the Democrats and 49 to the Republicans.
When it comes to the House, Fox News predicts Republicans will take control with a 19-seat majority.
Josh Kraushaar, a Fox News contributor and a senior correspondent for Axios, explained, “Given the degree to which Democrats are playing defense in blue districts, it’s difficult to see how Democrats hold their narrow House majority.”
He added, “Democrats have a fighting chance to win some close Senate races, but Republicans hold favorable odds to win the one seat necessary to retake the majority. It would take a big Republican wave, however, to win more than two seats.”
