Media step back from Democrat 'blue wave' predictions

The national media are scaling back their prediction for a Democratic “blue wave” in the 2018 midterms, just as a new poll shows some Democrats are vulnerable this year, and the Texas primaries showed a healthy GOP vote.

Even before those events, some were noting that things might be tougher for Democrats than many believed. Fueled in part by Republican-backed tax cuts that increased the paychecks for most people, Republicans and President Trump have seen their own poll numbers rise, and what was previously viewed as a coming reckoning by Democrats has stalled.