It seems that all is not well in Republican Land. The democratic win in Iowa (previously spoken of) has rattled the party. It appears their dominance is starting to crumble. It couldn’t happen to a better bunch of people. From AlterNet:
Republican strategists agreed the GOPs dominance in the House is under severe threat in 2026, judging by polls and recent election losses. Former Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told the panel on CNN’s “Table for Five” that Democrat Catelin Drey (EDIT: remember her?) landed a 10-point win in an Iowa seat that President Donald Trump claimed by 11 points in 2024.
Yup, it’s starting to look anything but easy for the GOP to remain in control of Congress. We may be talking about the House here, but remember a couple of Senators are stepping down or under heavy challenge, already (yes!), for their seats. People are starting to notice. With the impact of the Big Ugly Bill and tariffs starting to hit, well, red will be the tears of loss while the blue surge washes the GOP away.
“That’s over a 20-point swing in Democrats’ favor between those races,” said Singh, adding that Democrats are outperforming Kamala Harris. “…in other special elections all around the country, Democrats are outperforming by an average of 13 points. … Those are the numbers that are indicators to flip the House.” “Table for Five” host Abbe Phillip said the dire indicators are the reason Republicans are redistricting to try to get five new seats in Texas and are pushing Indiana Republicans to do the same.
Well, they made it in Texas, to be countered by California. And I believe a couple of blue states are waiting in the wings to step up and counter whatever the next red state tries next. But it’s unnerving to see a president blatantly trying to bend democracy (and eventually destroy it) to his whims. We have sunk so far in the past 7 months, I wonder if we’ll ever dig our way back out. But. Democracy isn’t giving up the fight.
Republican strategist Lance Trover admitted Trump is trying to rig the midterms through gerrymandering to hold the House. “I don’t think the White House is hiding behind why they want Texas to do what they’re doing. They want Indiana … to do what they’re doing. I mean, there’s no question. This is a fight for the future of this administration, going to go down to the wire in 2026.” “I admit that is a problem, and that is a challenge,” said [columnist Pete] Seat. “That is a hurdle for Republicans to make that connection for voters, particularly voters who aren’t automatic Republican voters.”
If Trump isn’t on the menu, they don’t have a well-known name to get the people to go out and vote. The GOP thinks that’s a problem. They need all hands on deck. Well, it could be all to the good for Democrats. Yes, we need all the voters we can get. But the bad publicity following the Republicans around these days, and making the news, that’s going to help us. We need to take advantage of it. And I hope they(we) do.
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I hope we clean their clocks and hand their butts to them on a platter!
The more they gerrymander, the more they risk making their advantage too slight. And the greater risk for them of a too thin gerrymander being overwhelmed in a blue wave.
Note to republicans, a swing of twenty points, as just seen, is a wave building.