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rubio, mccgain, and graham could spike it if dems stick together.

however, there are dems like manchin that would cross over.

R's need a solid block of 5 to hold out IMO to accomodate potential d flips (there will be those like manchin, heidi, and tester that will be willing). [/quote]

McCain and Graham are wild cards for sure but OTOH in addition to Manchin, Heidi H and Tester consider these vulnerable Democrats who may be jeopardy to varying degrees in 2018: mostly clustered in Rust Belt and heartland states -- Joe Donnelly in Indiana, Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin, Brown in Ohio, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Claire McCaskill in Missouri. Bill Nelson of Florida and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan also face voters in states Trump won.[/quote]

I don't know making a political calculation will help- it's better if they vote their conscience. Whatever that is.
Who knows what people will feel about Trump in 2 years, even in those States.
You can't campaign as a populist and govern as a corporatist without some discontent.
And HRC and Obama will be forgotten as fast as Bush was: in 2 years people will blame Trump for all their problems or praise him for all their successes.
As far as I am concerned, I don't see Trump being able to improve the economy for the common person more than it is now. It's just impossible based on economic forces- even if he wanted to. It's like saying I am going to bring farm jobs back to 1850 levels...you can't.

And adds related to a Sec of State appointment don't get a lot of mileage. Adds against Exxon giving you expensive gas have much more leg if you want to be cynical. There will be other more salient issues driving the election in 2018.
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