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With the midterm elections around the corner, the New York Times is starting to hedge their bets.

They are preparing liberals for a possible letdown. On Tuesday, a Times headline asked what could hold

back a Democrat blue wave? And then he listed a bunch of sober reality checks that might help

Republicans reduce their losses or maybe even keep their house majority. Now, the biggest sober

reality to the New York Times, life is pretty darn good out there in flyover country.

The unemployment numbers the lowest in 50 years, consumer confidence is spilling over,

says the Times for both businesses and consumers. The economy is growing faster than it has in

years. You would think they would be celebrating. You'd think they'd be happy about it. But to the

New York Times and Democrats, a great economy is a sober reality and a problem. On top of that,

the Times lists two more sober realities, voter reaction to the attack on justice cabinet,

and thousands of migrants mobbing our southern border. Bottom line, the only blue wave the Democrats

might see is the wave that causes their wipeout, at least that is their fear. So was there ever really

a blue wave in the first place or was it all manufactured and now reality is crashing ashore?