LIZ PEEK: A blue wave? The liberal media wants one, but voters might disagree

Four weeks from today, Americans will go to the polls and set the countrys course for the next two years. Heads up to Republicans: things are shifting.

The liberal media is positively giddy over polls showing Republicans lagging in key Senate races, and others showing the GOP likely to lose the House. But are their happy forecasts of a blue wave likely to prove right?

Maybe, but there are signs that voters are beginning to look at Democrat candidates more closely, and they dont like what they see. When long-time Democrat Debra Messing endorses Republican Bruce Blakeman for governor in New York State over incumbent Kathy Hochul, something is afoot. Incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins, considered vulnerable by Democrats, now leads her opponent and Michigan Democrat candidate Abdul El-Sayed just lost the endorsement of an important union. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, which went for Kamala Harris in 2024, candidate Michele Tafoya could become the first Republican senator from the state since 2009.

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Democrats are not popular. For all they celebrate Donald Trumps low approval ratings, the reality is that the Real Clear Polling averages put Democrats favorability at 39%, exactly tied with the president.

The media are also playing up worst-case scenarios in a determined effort to drive down Republican turnout and campaign funds. Its a clever strategy. If voters think their cause is lost, they may well stay home and decline to back local candidates.

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Note to voters: its far too early to reach that conclusion. Much can change between now and November. The polls are seemingly becoming less reliable with every election cycle and can also be easily manipulated. In a recent New York Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena survey of Maine that shows Collins in the lead, for instance, the surprised author writes it has "a sample that looks reasonably favorable to Democrats." Even the Washington Post admits in a recent piece, "There are reasons to suspect polls could be overestimating Democrats strength."

Meanwhile, there are signs that increased scrutiny may not bode well for the radical leftists running for senate seats in Michigan, in Maine, or elsewhere.

In Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed recently lost the endorsement of the states firefighters union. The head of that labor group claims it had always meant to remain neutral in the race, which also features Republican Mike Rogers, and that El-Sayeds name on a list of endorsements was a clerical mistake.

That account is disputed by at least one union official who says it was El-Sayeds negative views of law enforcement that soured his organization. He told a local news outfit, "Abdul El-Sayed has …held positions within organizations that support defunding the police and abolishing a considerable portion of our prison system."

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CNN Politics confirmed that El-Sayed explicitly endorsed the anti-cop movement, stating in a 2020 interview, "We do need to defund the