Not long ago, our friends on the other side of the aisle proclaimed, “It’s time to force Republicans to fight on our turf!” (Exclamation theirs) and “Fewer Republican-leaning districts would help us hold a Democratic majority.”

While having fewer Republican-leaning state legislative seats in the mix might help Democrats, victory for the democrats is simply not in the cards.  In state after state, all signs point to an increase in the number of Republican leaning seats by the day.

It is understandable why they want to force us onto “their turf”, but where exactly is that?  Republicans are poised to pick up at least four Democrat-controlled chambers in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin along with at least another dozen in play.

So, Where’s the Turf?

This week the Democrats hinted that it might be Tennessee, touting an article in The Tennessean about the Democrat effort to “regain a majority in the Tennessee State House.”

Parade, meet rain.

This morning, an article by the same reporter in the same paper announced, “Tennessee Republicans say their party is leading in seven districts targeted by Democrats, based on the results of a poll conducted for the House Republican Caucus.  In highlights of the poll released this week, the caucus says Republicans average a 23-percentage point advantage over Democrats on a generic legislative ballot in … House districts … described as vulnerable by Democratic leaders.”

As indicated in the RSLC REDMAP Report, Democrats will not take control of a single state legislative chamber in the country this year, including chambers such as the Texas House, Michigan Senate and Tennessee House.  If the Democrats want to force us onto their turf, we’re happy to discuss it.  But please point us in the right direction.