Republicans aren’t guaranteed to sweep the midterms, but if they do, here’s what to expect

[mystery-ak]

 Republicans aren’t guaranteed to sweep the midterms, but if they do, here’s what to expect
by Bill Schneider, opinion contributor - 07/10/22 12:30 PM ET

“A week is a long time in politics,” former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said. By that standard, four months is an eternity. Everything could change between now and Nov. 8. At least, Democrats better hope so. Because as things now stand, Democrats are likely to lose their slim majority in the House of Representatives. If that happens, President Biden’s agenda will be doomed.

One shock has already happened: the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs case last month to overturnRoe v. Wade and thereby end the constitutionally protected status of abortion rights.     

You can’t take away a right that Americans have had for 50 years without expecting a political backlash. Like what’s happening now. “It’s up to every single one of us to go out day after day after day until November,” Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) told protesters outside the Supreme Court.

What exactly can the voters do this November? They can elect more Democrats to the House and Senate, thereby making it more likely that Congress will give statutory protection to abortion rights. As long as the filibuster is in place, however, such a measure is likely to go nowhere in the Senate. The prospects for either party to gain a 60-vote (and thereby filibuster-proof) Senate majority seem remote. And Democrats may want the filibuster in place if they lose their single-vote majority in the Senate this year.

Donald Trump is eager to get press attention in order to defend himself from the damaging revelations coming out of the Jan. 6 committee hearings in Congress. Suppose Trump enters the 2024 presidential race before November. It would electrify the 2022 campaign, especially if the Justice Department initiates a criminal investigation of the former president. Democrats would have a powerful issue: “Look at what President Trump did to the Supreme Court. Imagine what he could do if he is re-elected with a Republican Congress!”

Some Democrats are supporting extremist Republicans in the GOP primaries — on the theory that they would be easy to defeat in November. Those Democrats are missing a crucial fact about political behavior. Democrats now control the White House and both houses of Congress. When voters vote for the opposition party, they are typically not making an ideological statement. They are voting for change.

If the demand for change becomes strong enough, many people will vote for the opposition party no matter who the candidate is. Once voters start saying “We can’t go on like this!” — inflation, gas prices, crime, immigration — even radical opposition candidates will look acceptable. Do Democrats really want to take that risk?

Suppose Republicans do enjoy a sweeping victory this year. Will it mean anything for the 2024 presidential race? Not necessarily.

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[IsailedawayfromFR]

You can’t take away a right that Americans have had for 50 years without expecting a political backlash. Like what’s happening now.

Absolute hogwash.  The Hill does not disappoint as a trough of leftism.

A right cannot be taken away nor given except by the Creator.  It says so in our Declaration of Independence.

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

[Smokin Joe]

Donald Trump is eager to get press attention in order to defend himself from the damaging revelations coming out of the Jan. 6 committee hearings in Congress.

What damaging revelations? ...it's just a witch hunt.

[jafo2010]

The Jan 6th Democommie clown act is about as relevant as a fart!

Anyone voting for any Democommie simply does not have a functioning brain.  Why the entire Biden Admin has not been indicted for high treason is a mystery.

And as far as Trump is concerned, I believe he runs in 2024, and stands a good chance to lose.  Fact is, on his two most important promises, he did not get either accomplished.  He promised a wall, and wasted his whole first year screwing with healthcare.  He promised to end the H1-b Visa Program DAY ONE, and a few months into his presidency, he increased the numbers for the program, kissing the posterior of the tech billionaires.  These two aw-sh*ts wipe out most of what he accomplished, and Biden is wiping out the rest, and proactively destroying every aspect of this nation.  Had Trump kept to his promise for these two major items, he would be serving a second term.  His rhetoric is every bit as empty as any other politician.

What the Republicans have proven is that they are about as worthless as t*** on a bull.  And the Dems have gone full blown commie.  No one represents the people of the USA any longer.  Pukes in Congress are more concerned about placating illegal invading aliens.  And Wrecking Ball Joe is consumed with obeying the guidance of his masters, the CCP.

And all of them lining their pockets with gold!!!

[roamer_1]

Here's what to expect: Nothing. Pretty much nothing (as history firmly attests). 

[jafo2010]

Our system is flawed, flawed for a very long time.  One thing I do like about the Brit system is when their leader falls out of favor, he/she is sent packing.  Biden should have been sent packing a couple months into his presidency.

[Smokin Joe]

Here's what to expect: Nothing. Pretty much nothing (as history firmly attests). 

That's about where I am, too. A few relatively minor (but lucrative) concessions to show "bipartisanship", nothing rolled back, nothing repealed, and no Rights protected by statute.

The whole purpose of Government is to protect our Rights.
That just hasn't been happening, with the small exception of SCOTUS.

[Smokin Joe]

Our system is flawed, flawed for a very long time.  One thing I do like about the Brit system is when their leader falls out of favor, he/she is sent packing.  Biden should have been sent packing a couple months into his presidency.

Couple of months? More like day two. Because day one is a big part of what put us where we are now.