Massive Political Tornado Grows Over GOP Strongholds

John Loftus, editor at large, warns that Republicans in the Midwest face a political disaster building ahead of them, even though the region has typically been solid GOP territory. No actual twister is forming there, he stresses; the comparison is a metaphor for an electoral threat that he says could sweep away GOP candidates across the board, according to Daily Caller.

To convey the scale, Loftus borrows from meteorology. Experts grade tornadoes on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which assigns an EF rating according to wind speeds and the damage a storm is estimated to cause. The mildest category he describes, EF-1, involves winds of 86-110 mph and moderate destruction. At the opposite extreme sits EF-5, a violent storm with winds of 200 mph and above, capable of tearing well-built houses from their foundations and hurling cars through the air.

Placing the political threat on that scale, Loftus judges it would probably register at no less than an EF-3 and perhaps as high as an EF-4. In his telling, the region's usual Republican lean does not spare it from the looming storm hanging over the party's candidates.

Summarized by PolitiKool from Daily Caller’s reporting. Read the full story at Daily Caller →