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The upcoming mid-term election and civil unrest globally dominated discussion when Fox News anchor Bret Baier took to the stage Wednesday at the fifth-annual Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas.
Baier says this November’s election is setting up nice for the Republican Party.
“This year could be a wave win for the Republicans,” Baier says. “Some are calling this ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’ The Republican establishment has won almost every race recently with the exception of Eric Cantor (former Representative from Virginia).”
Baier says recent struggles by the Obama administration and an improved, slightly more moderate Republican candidate base is leading the way.
After the 2010 and 2012 elections, the Republican Party has decided “to appeal to a broader and more independent population,” Baier says.
He notes six states in particular (Arkansas, Louisiana, Alaska, Georgia, Minnesota and Michigan) where Republicans could gain seats in the Senate, and expects Republicans also to maintain their control in the House of Representatives.
