We’re so old here at Twitchy that we remember when the conventional wisdom back in 2013 was that voters angry at the shutdown of the federal government would punish the GOP in the 2014 midterm elections. Well, as we wait to find out the exact magnitude of liberal wrongness, here are 10 reminders of why the pundit class is not always best at predicting future voter trends. Enjoy!
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/387614155806892033
GOP SHUTDOWN WATCH: What GOP Senate Candidates Are Reading http://t.co/XWtz5TMxAu
— Senate Democrats (@dscc) October 4, 2013
As a consequence of the shutdown, feel: More negative toward GOP leaders in Congress 61% / More positive 24% (Gallup) http://t.co/Q9HMKWASAB
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 4, 2013
Sage advice. Nancy Pelosi to GOP: ‘Take back your party’ http://t.co/pu8bo6i3ar
— Kennett Area Dems (@KennettDems) October 4, 2013
Progressive activists pledge over 1 million phone calls against GOP over shutdown: http://t.co/6fcj82emtS
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) October 4, 2013
Washington Post: Shutdown could diminish GOP hopes of winning Senate http://t.co/rJQwgRbapu
— Senate Democrats (@dscc) October 4, 2013
DNC had best single day since election Monday, fueled by threat of shutdown: $850K from 30K w 6,537 first-time donors http://t.co/PzgD1fXiHM
— Sheila Krumholz (@skrmhlz) October 2, 2013
https://twitter.com/JocelynBenson/status/385301335270105088
https://twitter.com/LibertyBelleJ/status/385098305837232128
Republicans lost election, had Supreme Court overrule their objections on Obamacare. So they shut down gvmnt. Good luck in the nxt elections
— Urvaksh (@Urvaksh) October 1, 2013
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