# GOP still trending to win Senate

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 13, 2014, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-still-trending-to-win-senate/695426 "2014-08-13T10:52:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-still-trending-to-win-senate/695426/1344 "2014-11-05T19:25:14Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> My question for 2014 – are you going to address, even obliquely, how utterly wrong your predictions were?

They were based on an overestimate of the intelligence of the electorate. I did not see any way that such a silly little ditz like Ernst could pick up Iowa, nor did I think that a cockroach like Walker could win once exposed to the light.

I’m much more optimistic about the 2016 prospects, when the intellectually challenged among us won’t be voting to spite Obama.

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