Latest News Update About Labor Day: If you don’t feel like clicking through the links, allow me to summarize: ten more House seats shifted in the GOP’s favor, and so did three Senate seats, and so did four Governor’s races. Only one of them (WY-GOV) is now off the actual board, but Cook is now projecting a net +6 to +8 GOP in the Governors’ races, a net +7 to +9 GOP in the Senate, and at least a net +35 GOP in the House. The House is particularly of interest, as there are currently forty-five Toss-Up races listed by Cook right now, and only three of them are Republican seats.
Couple this with the latest set of regional race polls from Republican-leaning American Action Forum, and the truly atrocious (for the other side) enthusiasm gap that Democrat-leaning Public Policy Polling is finding, and Larry Sabato’s needed-to-slam-a-shot of whiskey-first prediction of a lost House and Senate on the edge, and you get… a lot of people blankly staring at their scratch papers or computer screens and thinking This can’t be right. I must have subtracted where I should have added, or something. Or maybe I made an assumption that I shouldn’t have. Things can’t be this bad for the Democratic party.
For many people, Labor Day weekend is a last rite of summer before classes resume, a last chance to swim before closing the pool, an appreciation for sultry sunny days that blend into autumn’s palate, a sizzling barbecue and a holiday respite.
It also means pennant fever for Major League Baseball fans.
It’s the Giants at the rival Dodgers, Reds at Cardinals, Rangers at Twins, one oh-wow matchup after another. These are the games that make your heart race and your palms sweat. Just imagine: a parade through town with a World Series trophy, maybe in your town. Just imagine, Manny Ramirez back at Fenway Park on a contender with the White Sox.
Labor Day weekend means it’s really here, maybe a dozen regular-season home dates left for your favorite team. There’s something for everyone to watch, and the best part is the surprises bound to happen. The Braves are trying to hold off the Phillies; the Padres are trying to regain form and hold off the Giants; the Yankees and Rays are jockeying atop the American League East.
Labor Day weekend is going to revolve around the National Pastime, as it always does. It will be that way right through the busiest Monday of the baseball season, featuring 16 games, including a Marlins-Phillies doubleheader. Maybe you are heading out to the ballyard for a few hours, and maybe you will be away with family but connected through the live-HD wonders of the $6.99 MLB.com At Bat mobile app. What will you see?
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