Victor Davis Hanson: Do Republicans Have Enough Time? They Definitely Are Getting Momentum Now
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Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson argued on "Hannity" that Republicans have an opportunity to defy expectations in the midterm election.

SEAN HANNITY: All right, joining us now with reaction to the race in Maine and other critical races across the country. We have Hoover Institution's senior fellow, Victor Davis Hanson, is here. I will tell you, if you look at Mike Rogers and his debate, Darline Graham and her debate, Susan Collins and her debate, Bruce Blakeman and his debate, Republicans are crushing it in these debates, and I think they're helping themselves a lot.

OK, if you believe the polls, Abdul El-Sayed would have won the primary in Michigan by 20 points. He won by barely a point. If you believe the polls between 20 and 30 points, Francesca Hong would have won. I am telling people not to trust the polls, but I will ask you, the great Victor Davis Hanson, as you look at Maine and New Hampshire and North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, as you look at Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas, Alaska, what are you seeing? Iowa would be another one.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Something's definitely going on. I mean, for a supposed blue wave, Sean, there's these races in Minnesota and Maine and Michigan and Oregon and New York, whether Senate or gubernatorial, they shouldn't be so close. And when you add in the second factor that in the last three elections, the pollsters have been off by three to five to the detriment of Republicans.

So I think it's a question of time. Can the Republicans get the right message out, and they're doing pretty well? Do they have enough time, and do they have enough money? And one thing that's in their favor is, at least they're authentic. They're not erasing their social media accounts. They're not trying to double back and say, I really didn't mean that.

They are what they are. But their opponents are starting to panic because, basically, they have an agenda that's about 40% approval, and they know it, and they know if they can get elected, then they will announce what they said in the campaign and reveal their true self. So the challenge for the Republicans is, can I show the people who they really are?

And these are not authentic people during the campaign, and they stand for positions and issues and ideologies that are incompatible in the United States. And that's why four or five million people leave blue states every year where they're in charge to red states. And that's why they erase their social media accounts, and that's why they said, I need contacts. I really didn't mean that. So it's just a matter of they have enough time, because they definitely have them getting momentum now.