Hey, Donald, there’s a blue iceberg out there and you’re steering right into it! A couple of months ago the chances of taking back the Senate were still in the wishful thinking stages. But Trump has wreaked such havoc since then that now there’s a genuine chance of retaking the upper chamber. And with both chambers of Congress in Democratic hands, Trump will be hogtied. Daily Beast:
The Cook Political Report shifted four Senate races toward Democrats, signaling their growing likelihood of retaking the chamber despite heading into the midterms with a Senate map that once favored Republicans. […]
Despite the president winning North Carolina and Georgia in the 2024 election, the Cook Political Report has now shifted both Senate races from “Toss Up” to “Lean Democrat.”
While both states are deeply purple, even in red states, the non-partisan analysis is moving races toward Democrats. It shifted the race in Ohio from “Lean Republican” to a “Toss Up,” while the Senate race in Nebraska has gone from “Solid Republican” to “Likely Republican.”
In North Carolina, a state that had repeatedly delivered for Trump while electing Democratic governors, popular former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper has been leading Trump-backed Republican Matt Whatley. […]
But in an even more unlikely twist, the Ohio Senate race is also looking ever more competitive as former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, ousted in 2024, looks to make a comeback against Republican Sen. Jon Husted, who was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Vice President JD Vance after Trump won.
Meanwhile, Republican Senator Pete Ricketts’ reelection bid has become increasingly competitive as he faces off against Independent candidate Dan Osborn.
The mechanic-turned-Senate candidate first ran against Sen. Deb Fischer in a surprisingly closer-than-expected 2024 race. In the end, the incumbent Republican won by more than six points, but it was a strong year for the GOP, with Trump at the top of the ticket and Americans frustrated under Joe Biden’s presidency. But the tide has turned, with Republicans the target of voters’ wrath ahead of this fall’s midterms.
Then there is Susan Collins, more vulnerable than she has ever been, sitting like a duck in deep blue Maine. She may end up part of the housecleaning that seems to be going on in both chambers of Congress.
Bear in mind, Trump’s out of control and the unpopular war, plus the economic fallout from same, isn’t going to get any better, only worse. We could indeed take back both chambers of Congress. Wouldn’t that be delightful?
A closer chance in the Senate? Well, hot diggety! The tide really is turning. Flipping both sections of Congress would be glorious. And maybe we could finally get some things *done* for America and its people. The waiting is going to be stressful LOL
Won’t we all miss Susan Collins?
No, but our aim is improving.