Do Republicans really want to keep the House?

The low-energy party faces the midterms

Paul Ryan.
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Republicans appear very worried about the possibility of losing the House of Representatives this fall. For good reason.

The president's party losing the midterm elections is not exactly unheard of. This happens for a variety of reasons. President Trump's biggest problem is that he lost to Hillary Clinton in a number of suburban congressional districts currently represented by business-class Republicans. Spoiler alert: The Clintonite candidates running against them will do just as good a job taking care of these voters' stock portfolios as our old friend Rep. Blueblazer McEntrepreneurship.

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Matthew Walther

Matthew Walther is a national correspondent at The Week. His work has also appeared in First Things, The Spectator of London, The Catholic Herald, National Review, and other publications. He is currently writing a biography of the Rev. Montague Summers. He is also a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.