[Hoot Gibson]

There is still time for the momentum to swing, but at this moment, Democrats are winning the battle for control of Congress. Given the state of the economy, Republicans should be cruising to tightening their grip on both houses of Congress, but that is not what is happening.

I fault the weak political leadership of the Republican Party. Trump, Ryan, McConnell, and the entire GOP leadership team in Congress should be hammering home their economic record. Instead, we get off message tweets from Trump and repeated back pedaling on the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings from leadership in Congress.

Ultimately, Kananaugh's fate rests in the hands of twin dim-witted RINOs Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins. McConnell and the GOP should have lowered the boom on those two years ago and this country would not be in this mess. Ditto for turncoat John McCain. Those three have been a cancer in the GOP that should have been dealt with a long time ago, even if it had resulted in short term political losses.

Sadly, there is no party discipline in today's Republican Party - from either the White House or Congress. Instead of publicly humiliating Jeff Sessions with criticism that should be communicated behind closed doors, Trump should be demanding Rosenstein's recusal from overseeing the Mueller investigation. Better yet, Session should demand Rosenstein's resignation. Too many issues that distract from a solid record of accomplishment have been allowed to persist deep into the Congressional campaign season.

Republicans are giving Democrats all the help that they need to take control of the House and maybe even the Senate - one unforced error after another has turned what should have been a GOP wave into coin toss.