The phrase "fight like hell" is a common idiom originating in England three hundred years ago and has been used by Biden, Schumer, and almost everyone I knew growing up on the east coast, including my father.
My mother never used it. Being an immigrant, she used German phrases. Took us years to know what she was saying, since she spoke English perfectly, but her idioms did not always translate well.
Here is a common example of the idiom's usage...
I'm planning to fight like hell against this illness, so I'm researching both Western and Eastern methods of treatment.
Raskin, a Democrat from the east said...
“We must fight like hell to stop this assault on health care and the Constitution.”
How about Biden, when he said?
“That’s why I’ve spent my whole career fighting — and I will continue to fight — like hell so that no one ever has to make that walk again,” Biden tweeted in May.
I would have preferred if Schumer had said we are going to "fight like hell" to pass an abortion bill... that would have been far less scary... but as it was... it came out as a direct threat... one that someone took seriously.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/man-gun-arrested-justice-kavanaughs-residence-rcna32535
Abortion and the upcoming 2024 election (we have wandered off the general topic of "fight like hell" as an idiom...
The polls were far more accurate than people realized... no red wave was predicted by the polling going into the election... that talk dates back to the spring of 2022. Below is an analysis of the polls.
https://www.270towin.com/2024-senate-election/consensus-2024-senate-forecast
No doubt abortion played a role in the 2022 and will play a role in 2024 elections. But the big difference is the impact of the Dobb's ruling is largely baked in the current polling data, whereas it did not really get baked into 2022 polling data until close to election time.
I think the 270TOWIN predictions look pretty good... you can browse 270TOWIN easily rather than show 3 links. Pretty interesting.
Bottomline, it looks like Republicans will regain the Senate, at best the Dems will hold on to 50 seats. The House could flip Democrat, even though they lead is the "certain seats", the Democrats are stronger in the "toss up" seats. At the Presidential level Republicans are lead in the "certain" states and the toss up states are pretty unhappy with Biden... But this is where the Democrats strong "ground game" and funding could swing the election... As I said issues like abortion are now baked in... However, other issues, like another war, changing economy, etc. could still change the minds of undecided voters.
As the saying goes... we live in interesting times... I do not think a conservative wave is sweeping America as much as more people are pulling away from progressive liberalism... there is a huge chasm between conservative and progressive liberal... where people like me hang out... an ex Democrat turned Republican when the Democrat party abandoned classical liberalism.
