Matthews: Democrats Going to ‘Their Battle Stations’ for Midterms

With Democrats facing an uphill battle to hold the Senate this year, expect them to depend on wedge issues to rally their base, says Chris Matthews.

With several red-state incumbents up this year, as well as the growing dissatisfaction over President Obama, “a rosy scenario” for Democrats will be losing only five seats in November, but Republicans can also mount “a big sweep” and viably pick up as many as 10 seats. As a result, Democrats “are going to their battle stations: nothing on Social Security, all-out talk on minimum wage, nothing on trade,” he said on Meet the Press.